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s, constituting the seventh Linnæn order of insects, an artificial group, which included Crustacea, spiders, centipeds, and even worms. These animals are now placed in several distinct classes and orders.

Proneness; tendency; as, the aptness of iron to rust.

A genus of fresh-water phyllopod crustaceans. See Phyllopod.

An interstice or small space, as between the cracks of the surface in certain crustaceous lichens; or as between the fibers composing organs or vessels that interlace; or as between the nervures of an insect's wing.

A genus of copepod Crustacea, parasitic of fishes; a fish louse. See Branchiura.

A genus of small isopod Crustacea that can roll themselves into a ball.

Rustling in arms; resounding with arms. [Obs.]

A genus of phyllopod Crustacea found in salt lakes and brines; the brine shrimp. See Brine shrimp.

cing all those that have jointed legs. It includes Insects, Arachnida, Pychnogonida, and Crustacea. -- Ar*throp"o*dal, a.

One of the larger divisions of Crustacea, so called because the thorax and abdomen are both segmented; Tetradecapoda. It includes the Amphipoda and Isopoda.

he articles (Scot. Hist.), a standing committee of the Scottish Parliament to whom was intrusted the drafting and preparation of the acts, or bills for laws. -- The Thirty-nine Articles, statements (thirty-nine in number) of the tenets held by the Church of England.

The state of being assured; firm persuasion; full confidence or trust; freedom from doubt; certainty. Let us draw with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience. Heb. x. 22.

A genus of crustaceans, containing the crawfish of fresh-water lobster of Europe, and allied species of western North America. See Crawfish.

In the manner of a tilter; in the position, or with the action, of one making a thrust. "To run atilt at men." Hudibras.

With a crust made by browning in the oven; as, spaghetti may be served au gratin.

Of approved authority; true; trustworthy; credible; as, an authentic writer; an authentic portrait; authentic information.

r; a right to command or to act; power exercised buy a person in virtue of his office or trust; dominion; jurisdiction; authorization; as, the authority of a prince over subjects, and of parents over children; the authority of a court. Thus can the demigod, Authority, Make us pay down for our offense. Shak. By what aut…

To thrust forward (at a venture), as a spear. [Obs.] Spenser.

Worshipful; reverential; law-abiding. [Obs.] Thrust from the company of awful men. Shak.

; an irrational prater; a teller of secrets. Great babblers, or talkers, are not fit for trust. L'Estrange.