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Mistaken obedience; disobedience. [Obs.] Milton.

Having a nib or point.

Neglect of obedience; failure to obey.

Numbness. [Obs.] Wiseman.

Obedient. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

The act of obeying, or the state of being obedient; compliance with that which is required by authority; subjection to rightful restraint or control. Government must compel the obedience of individuals. Ames.

One yielding obedience. [Obs.] Foxe.

y; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command. And floating straight, obedient to the stream. Shak. The chief his orders gives; the obedient band, With due observance, wait the chief's command. Pope.

According to the rule of obedience. [R.] An obediental subjection to the Lord of Nature. Sir M. Hale.

In an obedient manner; with obedience.

Having the form of an orb; round. The orbèd eyelids are let down. Trench.

Palmate, with the divisions separated less than halfway to the common center.

Agitated; disturbed; troubled. Shak. -- Per*turb"ed*ly, adv.

A name locally applied to various wild plants, as dandelion, bluet, oxeye daisy, etc.

The strata of the Purbeck stone, or Purbeck limestone, belonging to the Oölitic group. See the Chart of Geology.

Having four lobes; as, a quadrilobate leaf.

Same as Quinquelobate.

The same as Quinquenerved.

Furnished or formed with ribs; as, a ribbed cylinder; ribbed cloth.

In railroads, the bed or foundation on which the superstructure (ties, rails, etc.) rests; in common roads, the whole material laid in place and ready for travel.