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nmarried woman, and is emblematic of her maiden character. [Scot.] And seldom was a snood amid Such wild, luxuriant ringlets hid. Sir W. Scott.

Impressive in sound; high-sounding. The Italian opera, amidst all the meanness and familiarty of the thoughts, has something beautiful and sonorous in the expression. Addison. There is nothing of the artificial Johnsonian balance in his style. It is as often marked by a pregnant brevity as by a sonorous amplitude. E. E…

ystal bounded by four equal isosceles triangles. It is the hemihedral form of a square pyramid.

the spheres; to insphere. The glorious planet Sol In noble eminence enthroned and sphered Amidst the other. Shak.

A tapering body that shoots up or out to a point in a conical or pyramidal form. Specifically (Arch.), the roof of a tower when of a pyramidal form and high in proportion to its width; also, the pyramidal or aspiring termination of a tower which can not be said to have a roof, such as that of Strasburg cathedral; the t…

e in collision with; to strike against; as, a bullet struck him; the wave struck the boat amidships; the ship struck a reef.

Approaching the form of a three-sided pyramid; as, the subtrihedral crown of a tooth. Owen.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid amide derivative of succinic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance, and forming a series of salts.

Pertaining to, or designating, an acid amide, analogous to succinamic acid, which is obtained as a white crystalline substance by heating urea with succinic anhydride. It is known also in its salts.

Of or pertaining to a sulphamide; derived from, or related to, a sulphamide; specifically, designating an amido acid derivative, NH2.SO2.OH, of sulphuric acid (analogous to sulphonic acid) which is not known in the free state, but is known in its salts.

Regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward one end; conical; pyramidical; as, taper fingers.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid which is the primary acid amide derivative of tartaric acid.

and is especially characterized by containing both nitrogen and sulphur, being chemically amido- isethionic acid, C

Of or pertaining to the earth; proceeding from the earth. Amid these hot, telluric flames. Carlyle.

Literally, God's house; a temple, usually of pyramidal form, such as were built by the aborigines of Mexico, Yucatan, etc. And Aztec priests upon their teocallis Beat the wild war-drums made of serpent's skin. Longfellow.

Any one of three metameric amido derivatives of toluene analogous to aniline, and called respectively orthtoluidine, metatoluidine, and paratoluidine; especially, the commonest one, or paratoluidine, which is obtained as a white crystalline substance.

s us pity the object which excites it not the less that we are somewhat inclined to laugh amid our sympathy. Sir W. Scott.

An amine containing three amido groups.

A pit in the form of an inverted cone or pyramid, constructed as an obstacle to the approach of an enemy, and having a pointed stake in the middle. The pits are called also trapholes.

A boat with an open well amidships. It is used in spearing fish. Knight.