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the Indian Ocean and other parts of the tropics, and also as a morbid secretion in the intestines of the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus), which is believed to be in all cases its true origin. In color it is white, ash-gray, yellow, or black, and often variegated like marble. The floating masses are sometimes from…

teration; alterable; as, the dispositions of a will are ambulatory until the death of the testator.

e; as, an amicable disposition, or arrangement. That which was most remarkable in this contest was . . . the amicable manner in which it was managed. Prideoux. Amicable action (Law.), an action commenced and prosecuted by amicable consent of the parties, for the purpose of obtaining a decision of the court on some matt…

A state of being amorphous; esp. a state of being without crystallization even in the minutest particles, as in glass, opal, etc.

d in effect, substance, or influence; to be equivalent; to come practically (to); as, the testimony amounts to very little.

Exhibiting or producing two colors, as substances which in the color test may change red litmus to blue and blue litmus to red.

itual meaning or application; esp. the application of the types and allegories of the Old Testament to subjects of the New.

Destitute of a stomach or an intestine. Owen.

smart of a sore, etc. [Obs.] I made the experiment, setting the moxa where . . . the greatest anger and soreness still continued. Temple.

ma duodenale, Uncinaria (subgenus Necator) americana, or allied nematodes, in the small intestine. When present in large numbers they produce a severe anæmia by sucking the blood from the intestinal walls. Called also miner's anæmia, tunnel disease, brickmaker's anæmia, Egyptian chlorosis.

Contest; opposition; antagonism. [Obs.] Antagony that is between Christ and Belial. Milton.

Good against intestinal worms. -- An anthelmintic remedy. [Written also anthelminthic.]

Certain books of the New Testament which were for a time not universally received, but which are now considered canonical. These are the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Epistles of James and Jude, the second Epistle of Peter, the second and third Epistles of John, and the Revelation. The undisputed books are called the Hom…

Opposed to, or checking motion; acting upward; -- applied to an inverted action of the intestinal tube.

s) having a long mane on the breast and fore legs. It is, perhaps, the chamois of the Old Testament.

the isle of Patmos, near the close of the first century, forming the last book of the New Testament.

That point in the orbit of the moon which is at the greatest distance from the earth.

Relating to an issue of fulfillment. In this way a passage in the Old Testament may have, or rather comprise, an apotelesmatic sense, i. e., one of after or final accomplishment. M. Stuart.

ness; to overcome with sudden terror or horror; to dismay; as, the sight appalled the stoutest heart. The house of peers was somewhat appalled at this alarum. Clarendon.

ous or manifest. It doth not yet appear what we shall be. 1 John iii. 2. Of their vain contest appeared no end. Milton.