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Of or pertaining to the uvula or the palate.

Any rove beetle.

A protrusion of any part of the globe of the eye; as, a staphyloma of the cornea.

Of or pertaining to staphyloma; affected with staphyloma.

eration for restoring or replacing the soft palate when it has been lost. Dunglison. -- Staph`y*lo*plas"tic, a.

g a cleft palate, consisting in paring and bringing together the edges of the cleft. -- Staph`y*lo*raph"ic, Staph`y*lor*rhaph"ic, a.

The operation of removing a staphyloma by cutting.

ace for wholesale traffic. The customs of Alexandria were very great, it having been the staple of the Indian trade. Arbuthnot. For the increase of trade and the encouragement of the worthy burgesses of Woodstock, her majesty was minded to erect the town into a staple for wool. Sir W. Scott.

A dealer in staple goods.

ting, that part of the columella of the ear which projects above the connection with the stapes, as in many animals. -- n.

Assistant to a tapster.

to come out of concealment. [Obs.] Massinger.

A form of voltaic, or galvanic, battery suitable for use electrotyping. G. Francis.

One that taps, or cuts in on, telegraph wires and intercepts messages; hence (Slang),

A plant with a tall flowering stem; esp. the great mullein, or hag-taper, and the golden-rod.

To set abroach; to let out, as liquor; to broach; to tap. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Authoritative; peremptory. [R.] The peddler stopped, and tapped her on the head, With absolute forefinger, brown and ringed. Mrs. Browning.

Abstracted; absent in mind. "Abstract, as in a trance." Milton. An abstract idea (Metaph.), an idea separated from a complex object, or from other ideas which naturally accompany it; as the solidity of marble when contemplated apart from its color or figure. -- Abstract terms, those which express abstract ideas, as be…

Infinite time; a vast intellectual or moral depth. The abysses of metaphysical theology. Macaulay. In unfathomable abysses of disgrace. Burke.

One of the functionaries who light and trim the tapers.