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To illumine again or anew; to reillume.

To light anew; to rekindle. Shak.

The quality or state of being roomy; spaciousness; as, the roominess of a hall.

Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Scitamimeæ), mostly tropical herbs, including the ginger, Indian shot, banana, and the plants producing turmeric and arrowroot.

Thickly covered or sown, as with seeds. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

substance, obtained indirectly from oil of mustard and ammonia; -- called also allyl melamine.

The quality or state of being slimy.

The quality or condition of being spumy; spumescence.

or pertaining to the stamens; possessing stamens; also, attached to the stamens; as, a stamineous nectary.

The quality or condition of being steamy; vaporousness; mistness.

Of or pertaining to the genus Stenoderma, which includes several West Indian and South American nose-leaf bats.

The state of being stormy; tempestuousness; biosteruousness; impetuousness.

Strawy; consisting of straw. Robinson.

The state of being streamy; a trailing. R. A. Proctor.

The quality or state of being supereminent; distinguished eminence; as, the supereminence of Cicero as an orator, or Lord Chatham as a statesman. Ayliffe. He was not forever beset with the consciousness of his own supereminence. Prof. Wilson.

Eminent in a superior degree; surpassing others in excellence; as, a supereminent divine; the supereminent glory of Christ. -- Su`per*em"i*nent*ly, adv.

See Sycamore.

A kind of woolen cloth; tammy.

To terminate. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

A determining; as, in oyer and terminer. See Oyer.