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Pertaining to, or derived from, beeswax or Chinese wax; as, cerotic acid or alcohol.

ed from Chinese wax, and regarded as an alcohol of the marsh gas series; -- called also cerotic alcohol, ceryl alcohol.

A printing process of engraving on a surface of wax spread on a steel plate, for electrotyping.

A genus of extinct animals, so named from fossil footprints rudely resembling impressions of the human hand, and believed to have been made by labyrinthodont reptiles. See Illustration in Appendix.

A small ruminant of the family Tragulidæ a allied to the musk deer. It inhabits Africa and the East Indies. See Kanchil.

Pertaining to, or affected by, chlorosis.

The dissection of cartilages.

turning, rolling, or whirling round.

To rotate about. [R.]

The act of rolling or revolving round, as a wheel; circumvolution; the state of being whirled round. J. Gregory.

Circular motion in a direction contrary to some other circular motion.

A genus of leguminous plants; rattlebox.

Resembling, or pertaining to, the Crotalidae, or Rattlesnake family.

A Turkish musical instrument.

A kind of castanet used by the Corybantes.

A genus of poisonous serpents, including the rattlesnakes.

The temple or temporal fossa. Also used adjectively.

Pertaining to the temple; temporal.

by the parting of two legs or branches; a fork; the point where a trunk divides; as, the crotch of a tree.

A form of tackle for loading a log sideways on a sled, skidway, etc.