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In an inclined direction; obliquely; slopingly.

ovokes, or excites. His feelings had been exasperated by the constant application of stimulants. Macaulay.

A plant growing on another, as the mistletoe; an epiphyte. [Obs.] Bacon.

To trip up. [Obs.] "Supplanted, down he fell." Milton.

The act of supplanting or displacing. Habitual supplantation of immediate selfishness. Cloeridge.

One who supplants.

One who watches over another; an overseer; a spy; a supervisor.

An East Indian tick trefoil (Meibomia gyrans), whose lateral leaflets jerk up and down like the arms of a semaphore, and also rotate on their axes.

Pertaining to theophilanthropy or the theophilanthropists.

The doctrine of the theophilanthropists; theophilanthropy.

A member of a deistical society established at Paris during the French revolution.

Theophilanthropism. Macaulay.

Piercing; sharp; thrilling. [Obs.] "His thrillant spear." Spenser.

mast; designatb, or pertaining to, the third spars in order from the deck; as, the topgallant mast, yards, braces, and the like. See Illustration of Ship.

Lying or being beyond the Atlantic Ocean.

To remove, and plant in another place; as, to transplant trees. Dryden.

The act of transplanting, or the state of being transplanted; also, removal. The transplantation of Ulysses to Sparta. Broome.

One who transplants; also, a machine for transplanting trees.

Tremulous; trembling; shaking. [R.] " With tremulent white rod." Carlyle.

Howling; wailing.