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Of or pertaining to pessimism; characterized by pessimism; gloomy; foreboding. "Giving utterance to pessimistic doubt." Encyc. Brit.

A iodide having more than one atom of iodine in the molecule.

The act of foreshowing; foreboding. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Foretelling; prophetic; foreboding. -- Pre*dict"ive*ly, adv.

The act or art of presaging; a foreboding. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Foreboding; ominous. [Obs.]

thing unpleasant, distressing, or calamitous, about to happen; anticipation of evil; foreboding.

Of nature of a presentiment; foreboding. [R.] Coleridge.

which is thicker than the rest of the piece, so as better to resist the force of the exploding powder. See Illust. of Cannon. (b) An additional thickness of canvas, cloth, or the like, around an eyelet, buttonhole, etc.

of. "Rid all the sea of pirates." Shak. In never ridded myself of an overmastering and brooding sense of some great calamity traveling toward me. De Quincey.

Gnawing; biting; corroding; (Med.) applied to a destructive variety of cancer or ulcer.

sooner said out his say, but up rises a cunning snap. L'Estrange. That strange palmer's boding say, That fell so ominous and drear Full on the object of his fear. Sir W. Scott.

The tracing of veins of metal by shoads. [Written also shoding.] Pryce.

mit the passage of the projectile but impart a rotary motion to, and thus retard, the exploding gases.

Indicative of lurking evil or harm; boding covert danger; as, a sinister countenance. Bar sinister. (Her.) See under Bar, n. -- Sinister aspect (Astrol.), an appearance of two planets happening according to the succession of the signs, as Saturn in Aries, and Mars in the same degree of Gemini. -- Sinister base, Sinis…

A brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls. The male bird . . . amuses her [the female] with his songs during the whole time of her sitting. Addison. Sitting room, an apartment where the members of a family usually sit, as distinguished from a drawing-room, parlor, chamber, or kitchen.

l.) a configuration of the planets, supposed to influence fortune. O malignant and ill-brooding stars. Shak. Blesses his stars, and thinks it luxury. Addison.

ctual world, in distinction from the outward or material excessively occupied with, or brooding over, one's own internal states.

Gloomy; dismal; foreboding. Milton. Solemn hymns so sullen dirges change. Shak.

s also powerful dehydrating agent, having a strong affinity for water, and eating and corroding paper, wood, clothing, etc. It is thus used in the manufacture of ether, of imitation parchment, and of nitroglycerin. It is also used in etching iron, in removing iron scale from forgings, in petroleum refining, etc., and i…