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A division of Gregarinæ including those that have two or more internal divisions of the body.

Nimble-fingered; having fingers fit for prestidigitation, or juggling. [R.] "His prestidigital hand." Charles Reade.

Legerdemain; sleight of hand; juggling.

One skilled in legerdemain or sleight of hand; a juggler.

Proglottis.

Rotten; fetid; stinking; base; worthless. Jer. Taylor. "Thy putid muse." Dr. H. More.

The quality or state of being putrid.

Occurring or returning daily; as, a quotidian fever.

Any species of the genus Sarcoptes and related genera of mites, comprising the itch mites and mange mites. -- a.

Any one of numerous species of small bark-boring beetles of the genus Scolytus and allied genera. Also used adjectively.

The days immediately preceding Ash Widnesday, especially the period between the evening before Quinguagesima Sunday and the morning of Ash Wednesday.

The time of spring; springtime. Thomson.

Staurolite.

An anvil; also, a smith shop. See Stithy. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Summer time.

A device for circulating and cooling the air, consisting essentially of a kind of roasting fan fitted in a window and incased in wet tatties. [India]

The twelfth day after Christmas; Epiphany; -- called also Twelfth-day.

The under or after part of the day; undermeal; evening. [Obs.] He, coming home at undertime, there found The fairest creature that he ever saw. Spenser.

Unseasonable; untimely. [Obs.] "Untidy tales." Piers Plowman.

Vastness; immensity. [Obs.] "All the world's vastidity." Shak.