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he ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province; not cosmopolitan; countrified; not polished; rude; hence, narrow; illiberal. "Provincial airs and graces." Macaulay.

A very sensitive modification or application of the thermopile, used for indicating minute changes of radiant heat, or temperature.

rundinax. They are excellent singers. -- Sea-sand reed (Bot.), a kind of coarse grass (Ammophila arundinacea). See Beach grass, under Beach. -- Wood reed grass (Bot.), a tall, elegant grass (Cinna arundinacea), common in moist woods.

ed pigment contained in the inner segments of the cones of the retina in animals. See Chromophane. W. KÜhne.

A mop for sweeping ovens; a malkin.

Of or pertaining to a very large natural order of gamopetalous plants (Scrophulariaceæ, or Scrophularineæ), usually having irregular didynamous flowers and a two-celled pod. The order includes the mullein, foxglove, snapdragon, figwort, painted cup, yellow rattle, and some exotic trees, as the Paulownia.…

A baseboard; a mopboard.

A mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a discharge. It consists of a cylinder of wood, covered with sheepskin with the wool on, or cloth with a heavy looped nap, and having a handle, or staff.

A handle, as of a mop; a stale. [Eng.]

ly by statute) for the purpose of being hired; -- called also statute fair. [Eng.] Cf. 3d Mop, 2. Halliwell. Statute book, a record of laws or legislative acts. Blackstone. -- Statute cap, a kind of woolen cap; -- so called because enjoined to be worn by a statute, dated in 1571, in behalf of the trade of cappers. [Ob…

A ground squirrel (Spermophilus citillus) of Europe and Asia. It has large cheek pouches. [Written also souslik.]

To clean with a mop or swab; to wipe when very wet, as after washing; as, to swab the desk of a ship. [Spelt also swob.]

Having the petals united; gamopetalous.

A thermoelectric battery; a thermopile.

Same as Thermopile.

The narrow, hollow part of a gamopetalous corolla.

To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink. The owl fell a moping and twinkling. L' Estrange.

Of or pertaining to a natural order (Verbenaceæ) of gamopetalous plants of which Verbena is the type. The order includes also the black and white mangroves, and many plants noted for medicinal use or for beauty of bloom.

ard running round, and serving as a facing for, the walls of a room, next to the floor; a mopboard.

Anemophilous; fertilized by pollen borne by the wind.