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ing is of prime importance. Titian, Paul Veronese, Van Dyck, and the rest of the good colorists. Dryden.

To make sad. [Obs.] To deject and contrist myself. Sterne.

To make sorrowful. [Obs.] Bacon.

Crested.

The science of the crystalline structure of inorganic bodies.

One who is an advocate of culture. The culturists, by which term I mean not those who esteem culture (as what intelligent man does notJ. C. Shairp

ession to the throne at the death of Alexander I., in December, 1825; -- called also Dekabrist.

To turn from, or divest of, Christianity.

A Decembrist.

One who keeps a diary.

Distinguishing; distinctive; defining. [R.] -- Di`o*ris"tic*al*ly, adv. [R.] Dr. H. More.

Relating to, or resulting from, experience, or experiment; following from empirical methods or data; -- opposed to nativistic.

One who studies the daily motions and positions of the planets. Howell.

ances himself in unnatural positions and hazardous movements; a balancer. When the equilibrist balances a rod upon his finger. Stewart.

A genus of dipterous insects whose young (called rat-tailed larvæ) are remarkable for their long tapering tail, which spiracles at the tip, and for their ability to live in very impure and salt waters; -- also called drone fly.

Controversial. [Archaic] A specimen of admirable special pleading in the court of eristic logic. Coleridge.

One who encourages and propagates error; one who holds to error.

f giving thanks; thanksgiving. [Obs.] Led through the vale of tears to the region of eucharist and hallelujahs. South.

Giving thanks; expressing thankfulness; rejoicing. [Obs.] The eucharistical part of our daily devotions. Ray.

One who advocates euhemerism.