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Without reality; illusory, like the ignis fatuus. Thence fatuous fires and meteors take their birth. Danham.

One who dances at the opera, not singly, but in groups or figures; an accessory character on the stage, who figures in its scenes, but has nothing to say; hence, one who figures in any scene, without taking a prominent part.

Anything of an accessory character annexed to houses and lands, so as to constitute a part of them. This term is, however, quite frequently used in the peculiar sense of personal chattels annexed to lands and tenements, but removable by the person annexing them, or his personal representatives. In this latter sense, th…

A freak or whim; also, a falsehood; a lie; an illusory pretext; deception; delusion. [Obs.] A perpetual abuse and flam upon posterity. South.

Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion. Which now they hold by force, and not by right. Shak.

Propped; supported by accessory organs. [R.] Gray.

An accessory organ such as a tendril, stipule, spine, and the like. [R.] Gray.

An antiphon or responsory after the epistle, in the Mass, which was sung on the steps, or while the deacon ascended the steps.

ating to harmony, -- as melodic relates to melody; harmonious; esp., relating to the accessory sounds or overtones which accompany the predominant and apparent single tone of any string or sonorous body.

r chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the chief sensory organs; poll; cephalon.

The payee of a bill of exchange or a promissory note, or the one who owns or holds it.

Giving exhortation; advisory; exhortative. Bullokar.

An accessory plume arising from the posterior side of the stem of the contour feathers of many birds; -- called also aftershaft. See Illust. of Feather.

an acknowledgment of a debt, and taken as evidence thereof, but not amounting to a promissory note; a due bill. Wharton. Story.

Deceiving by false show; deceitful; deceptive; false; illusory; unreal. Truth from illusive falsehood to command. Thomson.

Not to be avoided or evaded; obligatory; binding; compulsory; as, an imperative duty or order.

Intercessory.

Not proceeding from choice; done unwillingly; reluctant; compulsory; as, involuntary submission.

Vindicatory; defensory; justificative.

an equation of the first degree. [Obs.] -- Lateral line (Anat.), in fishes, a line of sensory organs along either side of the body, often marked by a distinct line of color. -- Lateral pressure or stress (Mech.), a pressure or stress at right angles to the length, as of a beam or bridge; -- distinguished from longitu…