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cially clauses expressing the same sentiment with slight modifications, as is common in Hebrew poetry; e. g.: -- At her feet he bowed, he fell: Where he bowed, there he fell down dead. Judg. v. 27.

nature of a parallelism; involving parallelism. The antithetic or parallelistic form of Hebrew poetry is entirely lost. Milman.

A feast of the Jews, instituted to commemorate the sparing of the Hebrews in Egypt, when God, smiting the firstborn of the Egyptians, passed over the houses of the Israelites which were marked with the blood of a lamb.

hands of five persons; five joint rulers. P. Fletcher. "The pentarchy of the senses." A. Brewer.

The earliest Syriac version of the Old Testament, translated from Hebrew; also, the incomplete Syriac version of the New Testament. [Written also peschito.]

The art or process of making photo-electrotypes. Sir D. Brewster.

n of light and certain chemicals, so that from the plate impressions may be taken. Sir D. Brewster.

To mark (as Hebrew) with vowel points.

A stringed instrument of music used by the Hebrews, the form of which is not known. Praise the Lord with harp; sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings. Ps. xxxiii. 2.

One who marks with points. specifically, one who writes Hebrew with points; -- applied to a Masorite. E. Robinson.

One who, or that which, puzzles or perplexes. Hebrew, the general puzzler of old heads. Brome.

The language or dialect of the rabbins; the later Hebrew.

or a number of acts or events, is recorded; a register; as, a record of the acts of the Hebrew kings; a record of the variations of temperature during a certain time; a family record.

The Hebrew name of a horned wild animal, probably the Urus.

t which is rendered. Specifically: (a) A version; translation; as, the rendering of the Hebrew text. Lowth. (b) In art, the presentation, expression, or interpretation of an idea, theme, or part. (c) The act of laying the first coat of plaster on brickwork or stonework. (d) The coat of plaster thus laid on. Gwilt. (e)…

domineer over. The nobility could no longer endure to be ridden by bakers, cobblers, and brewers. Swift.

A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole.

ascertain the quantity of saccharine matter in any solution, as the juice of a plant, or brewers' and distillers' worts. [Written also saccharometer.]

pecially, a pert child. Saucebox, go, meddle with your lady's fan, And prate not here! A. Brewer.

The eleventh month of the ancient Hebrew year, approximately corresponding with February. W. Smith (Bibl. Dict. ).