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an accretion of earth. A mineral . . . augments not by grown, but by accretion. Owen. To strip off all the subordinate parts of his as a later accretion. Sir G. C. Lewis.

Developing from below towards the apex, or from the circumference towards the center; centripetal; -- said of certain inflorescence.

tz, presenting various tints in the same specimen. Its colors are delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds.

A triple prayer in the sacrifice of the Mass, beginning with the words "Agnus Dei."

et come to blows, perceiving the fewness of their enemies, came down amain. Milton. That striping giant, ill-bred and scoffing, shouts amain. T. Parker.

n the cable is drawn in do tight as to bring to ship directly over it. -- The anchor is atrip, or aweigh, when it is lifted out of the ground. -- The anchor is awash, when it is hove up to the surface of the water. -- At anchor, anchored. -- To back an anchor, to increase the holding power by laying down a small an…

A narrow stripe of purple worn by the equites on each side of the tunic as a sign of rank.

The apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, where one stripped; a dressing room.

smuttiness upon their leaves and fruit. Temple. This tree, if unprotected, is apt to be stripped of the leaves by a leaf-cutting ant. Lubbock.

A fabaceous tree of Brazil (Centrolobium robustum) having handsomely striped wood; --called also zebrawood.

A small marine fish of the family Atherinidæ, having a silvery stripe along the sides. The European species (Atherina presbyter) is used as food. The American species (Menidia notata) is called silversides and sand smelt. See Silversides.

Washed by the waves or tide; -- said of a rock or strip of shore, or (Naut.) of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it.

Just drawn out of the ground, and hanging perpendicularly; atrip; -- said of the anchor. Totten.

t, woven by machine or, when more than 27 inches wide, on a hand loom, and consisting of strips of worsted chenille so colored as to produce a pattern on a stout jute backing. It has a fine soft pile. So called from Axminster, England, where it was formerly (1755 -- 1835) made.

A method of tripping by getting the leg back of the opponent's heel on the outside and pulling forward while pushing his body back; a throw made in this way. -- v. t.

A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of color, or of brickwork, etc.

A fillet or strip of woven material, used in dressing and binding up wounds, etc.

A broad shaft, or band, or stripe; as, a bar of light; a bar of color.

Without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering; naked; as, his body is bare; the trees are bare.