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Umbratic. [R.] B. Jonson.

Not fertile; infertile; barren. -- Un*fer"tile*ness, n.

To take the tiles from; to uncover by removing the tiles.

Profitable; useful. [Obs.]

Liable to be turned in opinion; changeable; variable; unsteady; inconstant; as versatile disposition.

to, or used in, vibratory motion; having the power of vibrating; vibratory; as, the vibratile organs of insects.

ted; easily affected by circumstances; airy; lively; hence, changeable; fickle; as, a volatile temper. You are as giddy and volatile as ever. Swift. Volatile alkali. (Old Chem.) See under Alkali. -- Volatile liniment, a liniment composed of sweet oil and ammonia, so called from the readiness with which the latter evap…

Quality or state of being volatile; disposition to evaporate; changeableness; fickleness.

The green woodpecker, or yaffle. See Yaffle. [Prov. Eng.]

The yaffle. [Prov. Eng.]

Same as Parkesine.

One of the tiles or squares of a tessellated pavement; an abaculus.

A small tile of glass, marble, or other substance, of various colors, used in making ornamental patterns in mosaic pavements. Fairholt.

A volatile oil distilled from the resin or balsam of the nut pine (Pinus sabiniana) of California.

sulting from the mental faculty of abstraction; general as opposed to particular; as, "reptile" is an abstract or general name. Locke. A concrete name is a name which stands for a thing; an abstract name which stands for an attribute of a thing. A practice has grown up in more modern times, which, if not introduced by…

A separation of volatile parts by the act of distillation. Nicholson.

A volatile liquid consisting of three parts of carbon, six of hydrogen, and one of oxygen; pyroacetic spirit, -- obtained by the distillation of certain acetates, or by the destructive distillation of citric acid, starch, sugar, or gum, with quicklime.

Anciently, a snake, called dart snake; now, one of a genus of reptiles closely allied to the lizards.

A limpid, colorless, highly volatile liquid, obtained by the dehydration of glycerin, or the destructive distillation of neutral fats containing glycerin. Its vapors are intensely irritating. Watts.

A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account. A bill of adventure (Com.), a writing setting forth that the goods shipped are at the owner's risk.