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The state of being unpolluted; purity. [Obs.] Donne.

A thin membrane existing in the pollen grains of some plants, and situated between the extine and the intine, as in .

f deterring by threats; the state of being intimidated; as, the voters were kept from the polls by intimidation. The king carried his measures in Parliament by intimidation. Paley.

t, extensible membrane of extreme tenuity, which forms the innermost coating of grains of pollen.

d to render the place unclean, and any spilling of blood in the presence of the idol is a pollution.

mass or collection of hairs on the legs of bees, by aid of which they carry the collected pollen to the hive or nest; -- usually in the plural.

A priest of Apollo, during the Trojan war. (See 2.)

The European pollock.

A body of legions; legions, collectively. [R.] Pollok.

ose linnet, brown linnet, lintie, lintwhite, gorse thatcher, linnet finch, and greater redpoll. The American redpoll linnet (Acanthis linaria) often has the crown and throat rosy. See Redpoll, and Twite. Green linnet (Zoöl.), the European green finch.

The European pollock.

The European pollack; -- called also laith, and leet. [Scot.]

Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused. "Maiden flowers.' Shak. Full bravely hast thou fleshed Thy maiden sword. Shak.

Onanism; self-pollution.

An opening in the outer coat of a seed, through which the fecundating pollen enters the ovule. -- Mi*crop"y*lar, a.

attle has been variously ascribed to the presence of certain plants in their food, and to polluted drinking water. -- Milk snake (Zoöl.), a harmless American snake (Ophibolus triangulus, or O. eximius). It is variously marked with white, gray, and red. Called also milk adder, chicken snake, house snake, etc. -- Milk…

attle has been variously ascribed to the presence of certain plants in their food, and to polluted water.

A plant or vegetable produced by impregnating the pistil of one species with the pollen or fecundating dust of another; -- called also hybrid.

A mulley or polled animal. [U. S.]

ter of Tantalus, and wife of Amphion, king of Thebes. Her pride in her children provoked Apollo and Diana, who slew them all. Niobe herself was changed by the gods into stone.