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A sort of spice, the grain of paradise. [Obs.] He cheweth grain and licorice, To smellen sweet. Chaucer. Against the grain, against or across the direction of the fibers; hence, against one's wishes or tastes; unwillingly; unpleasantly; reluctantly; with difficulty. Swift.Saintsbury.-- A grain of allowance, a slight in…

organic acid, so called because obtained by the oxidation of graphite; -- usually called mellitic acid. -- Graphitic carbon, in iron or steel, that portion of the carbon which is present as graphite. Raymond.

A strong and offensive smell; rancidity. [R.] Bailey.

Having a rank smell. [R.] Boyle.

itys), formerly included in the genus Teucrium or germander, and named from its resinous smell. Sir L. Hill. (b) A long, creeping, evergreen plant of the genus Lycopodium (L. clavatum); -- called also club moss. (c) A tree-shaped evergreen plant about eight inches in height, of the same genus (L. dendroideum) found in…

yra. Hercules' beetle (Zoöl.), any species of Dynastes, an American genus of very large lamellicorn beetles, esp. D. hercules of South America, which grows to a length of six inches. -- Hercules' club. (Bot.) (a) An ornamental tree of the West Indies (Zanthoxylum Clava-Herculis), of the same genus with the prickly ash…

ms or six radicals capable of being replaced or saturated by bases; -- said of acids; as, mellitic acid is hexabasic.

d which was obtained from mutton suet, and to which he attributed the peculiar taste and smell of that substance. The substance has also been called hircin. Watts.

Of a strong goatish smell.

hich lives in communities and collects honey, esp. the common domesticated hive bee (Apis mellifica), the Italian bee (A. ligustica), and the Arabiab bee (A. fasciata). The two latter are by many entomologists considered only varieties of the common hive bee. Each swarm of bees consists of a large number of workers (ba…

See Mellite.

A plant (Hyssopus officinalis). The leaves have an aromatic smell, and a warm, pungent taste.

Characterized by a current which flows inward; as, the incurrent orifice of lamellibranch Mollusca.

Having the two ends unequal, as in the clam, quahaug, and most lamellibranch shells.

Below the gills; -- applied to the ventral portion of the pallial chamber in the lamellibranchs.

Of or pertaining to a part of the columella of the ear, which in many animals projects below the connection with the stapes. -- n.

Emitting no odor; wthout smell; scentless; odorless. -- In*o"dor*ous*ness, n.

Pertaining to a part of the columella of the ear, between the stapes and the mediostapedial. -- n.

A species of Camellia (Camellia Japonica), a native of Japan, bearing beautiful red or white flowers. Many other genera have species of the same name.

See Lamella.