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An ornamental shrub (Hibiscus Syriacus) of the Mallow family.

The national assembly or parliament of Iceland. See Thing, n., 8.

A genus of ornamental annual plants (Amaranthus) of many species, with green, purplish, or crimson flowers.

An ornament, gem, or scroll, or a package containing a relic, etc., worn as a charm or preservative against evils or mischief, such as diseases and witchcraft, and generally inscribed with mystic forms or characters.

Any sculptured, chased, or embossed ornament worked in low relief, as a cameo.

l meaning or application; esp. the application of the types and allegories of the Old Testament to subjects of the New.

Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; -- a part of the ornaments of certain moldings. It is seen in the echinus, or egg-and-anchor (called also egg-and-dart, egg-and-tongue) ornament.

Having the filaments of the stamens divided into two parts.

An ornament or a fetter for the ankle; an ankle ring.

An ornament fixed upon a frieze.

A floral ornament. See Palmette.

Certain books of the New Testament which were for a time not universally received, but which are now considered canonical. These are the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Epistles of James and Jude, the second Epistle of Peter, the second and third Epistles of John, and the Revelation. The undisputed books are called the Hom…

aving a long mane on the breast and fore legs. It is, perhaps, the chamois of the Old Testament.

An ornamental appendage of wood at the ship's stern, usually spreading like a fan and curved like a bird's feather. Audsley.

isle of Patmos, near the close of the first century, forming the last book of the New Testament.

lined to, or symptomatic of, apoplexy; as, an apoplectic person, medicine, habit or temperament, symptom, fit, or stroke.

Relating to an issue of fulfillment. In this way a passage in the Old Testament may have, or rather comprise, an apotelesmatic sense, i. e., one of after or final accomplishment. M. Stuart.

A small ornamental piece of embroidery worn on albs and some other ecclesiastical vestments.

Ornamented with a pattern (which has been cut out of another color or stuff) applied or transferred to a foundation; as, appliqué lace; appliqué work.

st (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of the body. He said, and the sword his throat applied. Dryden.