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Walking on the sole of the foot; pertaining to the plantigrades.

See Portague. Beau. & Fl.

Delusion; illusion; trick. [Obs.] The sophisms of infidelity, and the prestiges of imposture. Bp. Warburton.

Legerdemain; prestidigitation. [Obs.]

A juggler; prestidigitator. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Consisting of impostures; juggling. [Obs.] Barrow.

Practicing tricks; juggling. [Obs.] Cotton Mather.

A thickened opaque spot on the wings of certain insects.

So tight as to exclude rain as, a rain-tight roof.

To investigate again. -- Re`in*ves`ti*ga"tion (-g, n.

A tribe of spiders including those which lie in wait and leap upon their prey; the leaping spiders.

One of the Saltigradæ a tribe of spiders which leap to seize their prey.

Any species of chilopod myriapods of the genus Scutigera. They sometimes enter buildings and prey upon insects.

Bred of a serpent.

An annelid having setæ; a chætopod.

Covered with bristles; having or bearing a seta or setæ; setiferous; as, setigerous glands; a setigerous segment of an annelid; specifically (Bot.), tipped with a bristle.

Beggar's ticks.

n or reproach caused by dishonorable conduct; reproachful characterization. The blackest stigma that can be fastened upon him. Bp. Hall. All such slaughters were from thence called Bartelmies, simply in a perpetual stigma of that butchery. Sir G. Buck.

The fossil root stem of a coal plant of the genus Sigillaria.

pl. of Stigma.