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A centaur; a fabulous being, half man, half horse, armed with a bow and quiver. Shak.

Shaped like an arrowhead; triangular, with the two basal angles prolonged downward.

Sagittal; sagittate.

A defensive cell containing a minute rodlike structure which may be expelled. Such cells are found in certain Turbellaria.

Inflammation of the salpinx.

The state of having six fingers on a hand, or six toes on a foot.

One who has six fingers on a hand, or six toes on a foot.

A sulphide of silver and iron, occurring in soft flexible laminæ varying in color from brown to black.

Unlawful sexual intercourse. [Obs.]

The dorsal portion of an arthromere or somite of an articulate animal. See Illust. under Coleoptera.

A mineral occurring as an aggregation of minute scales having an olive-green color and pearly luster. It is a hydrous silicate of aluminia and iron.

One who flees from one side to another; hence, a deserter; a turncoat; an apostate. [R.]

Fugitive concealment; secret retirement; hiding. [R.] Phillips.

A genus of great trees related to the Bombax. There are two species, A. digitata, the baobab or monkey-bread of Africa and India, and A. Gregorii, the sour gourd or cream-of-tartar tree of Australia. Both have a trunk of moderate height, but of enormous diameter, and a wide-spreading head. The fruit is oblong, and fill…

ogether mentally; as, to add numbers; to add up a column. Back to thy punishment, False fugitive, and to thy speed add wings. Milton. As easily as he can add together the ideas of two days or two years. Locke.

A corruption of Agitator.

An illegitimate child. [R.]

Glowing; agitated, as with heat.

To fix the paternity of; -- said of an illegitimate child; as, to affiliate the child to (or on or upon) one man rather than another.

In a flutter; agitated.