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rticulars of any transaction or event, or of any series of transactions or events; story; history.

cope of human reason or experience; not supernatural; as, a natural law; natural science; history, theology. I call that natural religion which men might know ... by the mere principles of reason, improved by consideration and experience, without the help of revelation. Bp. Wilkins.

One versed in natural science; a student of natural history, esp. of the natural history of animals.

the universe in its present state; specifically, pertaining to the races of men known to history.

A patriarch of Biblical history, in the time of the Deluge. Noah's ark. (a) (Zoöl.) A marine bivalve shell (Arca Noæ), which somewhat resembles an ark, or ship, in form. (b) A child's toy, consisting of an ark-shaped box containing many different wooden animals.

A history of noble families.

To put into the form of novels; to represent by fiction. "To novelize history." Sir J. Herschel.

The science which treats of coins and medals, in their relation to history; numismatics.

at which falls out or happens; occurrence; incident. The unlooked-for incidents of family history, and its hidden excitements, and its arduous occasions. I. Taylor.

One versed in the history of names. Southey.

The history of the individual development of an organism; the history of the evolution of the germ; the development of an individual organism, -- in distinction from phylogeny, or evolution of the tribe. Called also henogenesis, henogeny.

One versed in the natural history of serpents.

That part of natural history which treats of the ophidians, or serpents.

The germ history of the organs and systems of organs, -- a branch of morphogeny. Haeckel.

The tribal history of organs, -- a branch of morphophyly. Haeckel.

Knowledge or use of Oriental languages, history, literature, etc. London Quart. Rev.

That departament of natural history which treats of technical terms.

That branch of zoölogy which treats of the natural history of birds and their classification.

That branch of natural history which treats of the origin and functions of eggs.

Fig.: A record; a writing; as, the page of history.