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The inner corona. [R.]

The solid earth as distinguished from its fluid envelopes, the hydrosphere and atmosphere.

An extinct gigantic quaternary mammal, allied to the ant-eaters and sloths. Its remains are found in South America.

Thick, like mother; viscid. They oint their naked limbs with mothered oil. Dryden.

A murderer. [Obs. or Prov.]

Not anywhere; not in any place or state; as, the book is nowhere to be found.

An unfertilized, rounded mass of protoplasm, produced in an oögonium.

In or to some other place, or places; elsewhere. Milton. Tennyson.

Anywhere; somewhere. See Owher. [Obs.]

Any species of Paleotherium.

A female panther.

The wart hog.

A sphere of light; esp., the luminous envelope of the sun.

Having part, or all, of the feathers imperfectly developed.

A crab of the genus pinnotheres. See Oyster crab, under Oyster.

The representation of the circles of the sphere upon a plane; especially, a representation of the celestial sphere upon a plane with adjustable circles, or other appendages, for showing the position of the heavens, the time of rising and setting of stars, etc., for any given date or hour.

A large doorway allowing vehicles to drive into or through a building. It is common to have the entrance door open upon the passage of the porte-cochère. Also, a porch over a driveway before an entrance door.

by the revolution of a tractrix. This surface corresponds in non-Euclidian space to the sphere in ordinary space. An important property of the surface is that any figure drawn upon it can be displaced in any way without tearing it or altering in size any of its elements.

A minute sphere composed of rhabdoliths.

Adherent part way.