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on to the tidal air, by the deepest possible inspiration. -- Complemental males (Zoöl.), peculiar small males living parasitically on the ordinary hermaphrodite individuals of certain barnacles.

Possessing peculiarities that are characteristic of several diverse groups.

That which has a common center with something else. Its pecular relations to its concentrics. Coleridge.

A peculiar kind of reproductive cell found in certain fungi, and often containing zoöspores.

A peculiar toothlike fossil of many forms, found especially in carboniferous rocks. Such fossils are supposed by some to be the teeth of marsipobranch fishes, but they are probably the jaws of annelids.

to study; to meditate on. I will consider thy testimonies. Ps. cxix. 95. Thenceforth to speculations high or deep I turned my thoughts, and with capacious mind Considered all things visible. Milton.

ilding or putting together the parts of anything; structure; arrangement. An astrolabe of peculiar construction. Whewell.

varied forms, colors, etc., which by such juxtaposition more vividly express each other's pecularities. Fairholt.

which only a conjectural answer can be made. Do you think life is long enough to let me speculate on conundrums like that W. Black.

A peculiar whistling sound made by the Australian aborigenes as a call or signal. [Written also cooie.]

A peculiar luminous apearance, or aureola, which surrounds the sun, and which is seen only when the sun is totally eclipsed by the moon.

The condition or character of a cosmopolite; disregard of national or local peculiarities and prejudices.

Thou hast made him . . . glad with thy countenance. Ps. xxi. 6. This is the magistrate's peculiar province, to give countenance to piety and virtue, and to rebuke vice. Atterbury.

Pertaining, or peculiar, to one's own country. She, bowing herself towards him, laughing the cruel tyrant to scorn, spake in her country language. 2 Macc. vii. 27.

The peculiar fruit of fennel, carrott, parsnip, and the like, consisting of a pair of carpels pendent from a supporting axis.

Having a crackling sound; crackling; rattling. Crepitant rale (Med.), a peculiar crackling sound audible with inspiration in pneumonia and other lung disease.

A peculiar perforated organ of certain spiders (Ciniflonidæ), used for spinning a special kind of silk.

in, or inclined bed, as of coal. (b) To come to light; to be manifest; to appear; as, the peculiarities of an author crop out. -- To crop up, to sprout; to spring up. "Cares crop up in villas." Beaconsfield.

A peculiar person; -- in an indefinite sense; as, a queer customer; an ugly customer. [Colloq.] Dickens.

A short, heavy, curving sword, used in the navy. See Curtal ax. Cutlass fish, (Zoöl.), a peculiar, long, thin, marine fish (Trichirus lepturus) of the southern United States and West Indies; -- called also saber fish, silver eel, and, improperly, swordfish.