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The act of detaching or separating, or the state of being detached.

Proneness to dispute. [Obs.] Bp. Ward.

To supply with tackle. [Obs.] Skelton.

Belonging to the Equisetaceæ, or Horsetail family.

A dike of piles in the sea, a river, etc., to check the approach of an enemy.

f the Greek ê (eta) like the Italian e long, that is like a in the English word ate. See Itacism.

One who favors etacism.

Discovered by Eustachius.

See Ecstasy. [Obs.]

A tackle or purchase used to raise the flukes of the anchor up to the gunwale. The block used is called the fish-block.

Made of, or resembling, wheat or other grain.

Pertaining to, or derived from, an acid intermediate between glutaric and aconitic acids.

The American larch (Larix Americana), a coniferous tree with slender deciduous leaves; also, its heavy, close-grained timber. Called also tamarack.

A form of apparatus (somewhat different from the hemadrometer) for measuring the velocity of the blood.

The measurement of the velocity of the blood.

Same as Hæmatachometer.

Same as Hæmatachometry.

A name given by soldiers and sailors to a kind of hard biscuit or sea bread.

A stack or conical pile of hay in the open air.

Sorrow; anguish of mind; mental pang. Shak.