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Apt or fitted to delude; tending to mislead the mind; deceptive; beguiling; delusory; as, delusive arts; a delusive dream. Delusive and unsubstantial ideas. Whewell. -- De*lu"sive*ly, adv. -- De*lu"sive*ness, n.

Delusive; fallacious. Glanvill.

To dig; to open (the ground) as with a spade. Delve of convenient depth your thrashing flooDryden.

One who digs, as with a spade.

A Spanish red wine made of the first ripe grapes.

A governor of a province; a commander. Prescott.

A provisional name for a plant which has not had its flowers botanically examined, and therefore has not been referred to its proper genus.

Same as Atheling.

Applied to sexual zooids of hydroids, that have a saclike form and do not become free; -- opposed to phanerocodonic.

An animal having feet that are not apparent.

or collection of stamens in a bundle; -- used in composition, as in the class names, Monadelphia, Diadelphia, etc.

Having coalescent or clustered filaments; -- said of stamens; as, adelphous stamens. Usually in composition; as, monadelphous. Gray.

One of the pear-shaped pots open at both ends, and so formed as to be fitted together, the neck of one into the bottom of another in succession; -- used in the process of sublimation. Ure.

The diplomatic agent of the pope highest in grade, superior to a nuncio.

Pertaining to an Earl of Arundel; as, Arundel or Arundelian marbles, marbles from ancient Greece, bought by the Earl of Arundel in 1624.

A general name for a plant of the genus Asphodelus. The asphodels are hardy perennial plants, several species of which are cultivated for the beauty of their flowers.

A small band or fillet; any little band or flat molding, compassing a column, like a ring. Gwilt.

An unidentified substance mentioned in the Bible (Gen. ii. 12, and Num. xi. 7), variously taken to be a gum, a precious stone, or pearls, or perhaps a kind of amber found in Arabia.

The order of Annulata which includes the leeches. See Hirudinea.

A cupping glass to which are attached a scarificator and an exhausting syringe. Dunglison.