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With a low voice and indistinct articulation; in a muttering manner.

Feeding upon ants; -- said of certain birds.

Infamous; dastardly. [Obs.] Sir W. Scott.

ring like a heavy oil, colorless or yellowish, and consisting of a mixture of several glycerin salts of nitric acid, and hence more properly called glycerin nitrate. It is made by the action of nitric acid on glycerin in the presence of sulphuric acid. It is extremely unstable and terribly explosive. A very dilute solu…

The act of an offerer; a proffering.

A white crystalline waxy substance extracted from the root of the leguminous plant Ononis spinosa.

Disposition; distribution; management. South.

To influence in an excessive degree; to have undue influence over.

To inform, fill, or animate, excessively. [R.] Johnson.

Excelling in power; too powerful; irresistible. -- O`ver*pow"er*ing*ly, adv.

Gathering, or dredging for, oysters.

Like a panther, esp. in color; as, the pantherine snake (Ptyas mucosus) of Brazil.

An alkaloid found in opium. It has a weaker therapeutic action than morphine.

Of or pertaining to the Passeres. The columbine, gallinaceous, and passerine tribes people the fruit trees. Sydney Smith.

A woman's cape; especially, a fur cape that is longer in front than behind.

A volcanic rock, formed by the cementing together of sand, scoria, cinders, etc.

Hot; pungent; peppery. Swift.

See Perineum.

Of or pertaining to the perineum.

The act or process of restoring an injured perineum.