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Pertaining to fields or the country, in opposition to the city; rural; rustic; unpolished; uncouth. "Agrestic behavior." Gregory.

g an unusual amount of soluble mineral salts which effloresce in the form of a powder or crust (usually white) in dry weather following rains or irrigation. The basis of these salts is mainly soda with a smaller amount of potash, and usually a little lime and magnesia. Two main classes of alkali are commonly distingui…

A thrust or pass; a lunge.

To sanction; to invest; to intrust. [Obs.] Thou shalt be . . . allowed with absolute power. Shak.

o the side parallel to the base; as, the altitude of a triangle, pyramid, parallelogram, frustum, etc.

A numerous group of fourteen -- footed Crustacea, inhabiting both fresh and salt water. The body is usually compressed laterally, and the anterior pairs or legs are directed downward and forward, but the posterior legs are usually turned upward and backward. The beach flea is an example. See Tetradecapoda and Arthrostr…

Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.

To frustrate; to bring to naught; to annihilate. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A division of Crustacea, which, in some its characteristics, is intermediate between Amphipoda and Isopoda.

A group of decapod Crustacea, of which the hermit crab in an example.

Irregular in the character of the tail or abdomen; as, the anomural crustaceans. [Written also anomoural, anomouran.]

be accountable; to make amends; as, the man must answer to his employer for the money intrusted to his care. Let his neck answer for it, if there is any martial law. Shak.

A movable, articulated organ of sensation, attached to the heads of insects and Crustacea. There are two in the former, and usually four in the latter. They are used as organs of touch, and in some species of Crustacea the cavity of the ear is situated near the basal joint. In insects, they are popularly called horns,…

A small antenna; -- applied to the smaller pair of antennæ or feelers of Crustacea.

The upward elevation of the crust of the earth, resulting from a geanticlinal.

ses of the shell which project inwards and unite with one another, in the thorax of many Crustacea.

lause which expresses a condition. Thus, in the sentence, "Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him," the former clause is the protasis, and the latter the apodosis.

The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust; as, he erred by the appointment of unsuitable men.

To know or learn with certainty. [Obs.] G. You are too much distrustful of my truth. E. Then you must give me leave to apprehend The means and manner how. Beau. & Fl.

Anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; distrust or fear at the prospect of future evil. After the death of his nephew Caligula, Claudius was in no small apprehension for his own life. Addison.