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imp. & p. p. of Uppluck.

Being well folded. [Obs.] "Her well-plighted frock." Spenser.

A light, similar to the calcium light, produced by incandescent zirconia.

ition in the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and the motion of the observer; called annual aberration, when the observer's motion is that of the earth in its orbit, and dairy or diurnal aberration, when of the earth on its axis; amounting when greatest, in the former c…

above reproach. "Thy worth . . . is actions above my gifts." Marlowe. I saw in the way a light from heaven above the brightness of the sun. Acts xxxvi. 13.

by cohesive, chemical, or any molecular action, as when charcoal absorbs gases. So heat, light, and electricity are absorbed or taken up in the substances into which they pass. Nichol. p. 8

An imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action; as, the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc.

To dishonor. "Shall flight abuse your name" Shak.

ers and spirits of this nethermost abyss. Milton. The throne is darkness, in the abyss of light. Dryden.

One of the functionaries who light and trim the tapers.

rawn from the eye perpendicular to the perspective plane meets this plane. -- Accidental lights (Paint.), secondary lights; effects of light other than ordinary daylight, such as the rays of the sun darting through a cloud, or between the leaves of trees; the effect of moonlight, candlelight, or burning bodies. Fairho…

A ceremony formerly used in conferring knighthood, consisting am embrace, and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat blade of a sword.

ate speed and stopping at all or nearly all stations. -- Accommodation ladder (Naut.), a light ladder hung over the side of a ship at the gangway, useful in ascending from, or descending to, small boats.

Agreement, harmony, or just correspondence of things; as, the accord of light and shade in painting.

The act of accusing or charging with a crime or with a lighter offense. We come not by the way of accusation To taint that honor every good tongue blesses. Shak.

Turning sour; readily becoming tart or acid; slightly sour. Faraday.

ating gas in a number of ways, but chiefly by the action of water on calcium carbide. Its light is very brilliant. Watts.

Free from color; transmitting light without decomposing it into its primary colors.

Slightly sour; sub-acid; sourish; as, an acidulous tincture. E. Burke. Acidulous mineral waters, such as contain carbonic anhydride.

r minor orders in the Catholic church, being ordained to carry the wine and water and the lights at the Mass.