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See Sunnite.

The chief harpooner, who also directs in cutting up the speck, or blubber; -- so called among whalers.

Same as Specsioneer.

A stone curlew. See under Stone.

A helmsman. [R.]

A small bar of gold and silver, either pure, or alloyed in some known proportion with copper, for trying the purity of articles of gold or silver by comparison of the streaks made by the article and the bar on a touchstone.

A person armed with a truncheon. [Written also truncheoner.]

late with a thin layer of wood or other material for outer finish or decoration; as, to veneer a piece of furniture with mahogany. Used also figuratively. As a rogue in grain Veneered with sanctimonious theory. Tennyson.

The act or art of one who veneers.

Having weak knees; hence, easily yielding; wanting resolution. H. James.

A substance resembling mannite, found in the needles of the common silver fir of Europe (Abies pectinata). Eng. Cyc.

nd relief unto the brethren. Acts xi. 29. Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study. Bacon. The public men of England, with much of a peculiar kind of ability. Macaulay.

ing. [Obs.] Where the heart is forestalled with misopinion, ablative directions are found needful to unteach error, ere we can learn truth. Bp. Hall.

abruptly: thus, "He is a man of so much honor and candor, and of such generosity -- but I need say no more."

To furnish with something desired, needed, or convenient; to favor; to oblige; as, to accommodate a friend with a loan or with lodgings.

want or affords ease, refreshment, or convenience; anything furnished which is desired or needful; -- often in the plural; as, the accomodations -- that is, lodgings and food -- at an inn. Sir W. Scott.

Acerose; needle-shaped.

Needle-shaped, having a sharp, rigid point, as the leaf of the pine.

One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal.

Needle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle, as some leaves or crystals; also, having sharp points like needless. A*cic"u*lar*ly, adv.