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l, the point upon the earth's surface vertically over the center of effort or focal point whence the earthquake's impulse proceeds, or the vertical line connecting these two points.

Hence, the place or original stock whence anything is brought or produced. [Obs.] Woodward.

ays, and recited or sung immediately before the gospel, and after the gradual or introit, whence the name. Bp. Fitzpatrick. Originally the sequence was called a Prose, because its early form was rhythmical prose. Shipley.

ransportation; to send by water. The timber was . . . shipped in the bay of Attalia, from whence it was by sea transported to Pelusium. Knolles.

A kind of Persian wine; -- so called from the place whence it is brought.

rs). Go thy way, shew thyself to the priest. Matt. viii. 4. Nor want we skill or art from whence to raise Magnificence; and what can heaven show more Milton.

To abate; to become less violent. Whence these raging fires Will slacken, if his breath stir not their flames. Milton.

f slate of a greenish gray color, which absorbs water rapidly, and adheres to the tongue; whence the name. -- Aluminous slate, or Alum slate (Min.), a kind of slate containing sulphate of alumina, -- used in the manufacture of alum. -- Bituminous slate (Min.), a soft species of sectile clay slate, impregnated with bi…

oty. Gentle gales, Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole Those balmy spoils. Milton.

in thee." Ps. lxxxvii. 7. "A secret spring of spiritual joy." Bentley. "The sacred spring whence and honor streams." red rose of the House of Lancaster. Sir J. Davies.

Europe and L. dama of the United States. The mandibles are large and branched, or forked, whence the name. The lava feeds on the rotten wood of dead trees. Called also horned bug, and horse beetle. -- Stag dance, a dance by men only. [slang, U.S.] -- Stag hog (Zoöl.), the babiroussa. -- Stag-horn coral (Zoöl.), any o…

ts to be the Lolium temulentum, or darnel. Didst not thou sow good seed in thy field From whence then hath it tares Matt. xiii. 27. The "darnel" is said to be the tares of Scripture, and is the only deleterious species belonging to the whole order. Baird.

ries, a few herbaceous species being North American. The foliage is often ashy-pubescent, whence the name.

icial alkaloid of complex composition, resembling thalline and used as an antipyretic, -- whence its name.

P. Plowman. the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. Gen. iii. 23.

A red or crimson pigment obtained from certain feathers of several species of turacou; whence the name. It contains nearly six per cent of copper.

ough, and forced through small cylinders or pipes till it takes a slender, wormlike form, whence the Italian name. When the paste is made in larger tubes, it is called macaroni.

the South American ant-eaters. The tongue is long, slender, exsertile, and very flexible, whence the name.

form a tough, flexible, feltlike tube with a smooth internal lining, in which they dwell, whence the name.

A genus of terrestrial gastropods, having transparent, very thin, and delicate shells, -- whence the name.