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One of the small nodules sometimes found in the neighborhood of the spleen; an accessory or supplementary spleen.

The person who makes a promissory note.

A speaking or notice of anything, -- usually in a brief or cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase to make mention of. I will make mention of thy righteousness. Ps. lxxi. 16. And sleep in dull, cold marble, where no mention Of me more must be heard of. Shak.

mal and individual instruction, the very early development of writing, and an extended sensory and motor training (with special emphasis on vision, touch, perception of movement, and their interconnections), mediated by a patented, standardized system of "didactic apparatus," which is declared to be "auto-regulative."…

able by sale or delivery and indorsement, as bills of exchange, drafts, checks, and promissory notes.

The movement caused in the sensory organs by external agents and transmitted to the muscles by the nerves. Dunglison.

satisfied that he can not support it, or upon the judge's expressing his opinion. A compulsory nonsuit is a nonsuit ordered by the court on the ground that the plaintiff on his own showing has not made out his case.

A written or printed paper acknowledging a debt, and promising payment; as, a promissory note; a note of hand; a negotiable note.

on; depending on the exercise of an option; left to one's discretion or choice; not compulsory; as, optional studies; it is optional with you to go or stay. -- n.

e title to property is litigated and sought to be enforced, as distinguished from a possessory suit; also (Scots Law), a suit wherein the plaintiff claims something as due him by the defendant. Burrill.

e, as a coupling, an elbow, a valve, etc., used for connecting lengths of pipe or as accessory to a pipe. -- Pipe office, an ancient office in the Court of Exchequer, in which the clerk of the pipe made out leases of crown lands, accounts of cheriffs, etc. [Eng.] -- Pipe tree (Bot.), the lilac and the mock orange; --…

Preceding; introductory; precursory. "A deep precursive sound." Coleridge.

In a prelusory way.

f actor in a crime, or an abettor who is present at it, - - as distinguished from an accessory.

Precursory. [R.]

In a promissory manner. Sir T. Browne.

In a provisory manner; conditionally; subject to a proviso; as, to admit a doctrine provisorily. Sir W. Hamilton.

Exercising prudence; discretionary; advisory; superintending or executive; as, a prudential committee.

in man. Psychophysical time (Physiol.), the time required for the mind to transform a sensory impression into a motor impulse. It is an important part of physiological or reaction time. See under Reaction.

Tending to compel; compulsory. [R.] "The pulsive strain of conscience." Marston.