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A slab or plank of wood upon which, instead of canvas, a picture is painted.

A kind of mica related to muscovite, but containing soda instead of potash. It is characteristic of the paragonite schist of the Alps.

in its exclusion of contrapuntual devices; from a glee, in its being sung by many voices, instead of by one only, to each part." Stainer & Barrett.

A figure of speech by which the present tense is used instead of the past or the future, as in the animated narration of past, or in the prediction of future, events.

hield-shaped; scutiform; (Bot.) having the stem or support attached to the lower surface, instead of at the base or margin; -- said of a leaf or other organ. -- Pel"tate*ly, adv.

e exciting field is induced by the alternating current in a short-circuited magnetic core instead of being produced by an external magnet.

luence or ambition. It was similar to the ostracism in Athens; but olive leaves were used instead of shells for ballots.

One of the principal rivers of Hades, in the channel of which fire flowed instead of water.

Having a support in the form of a pillar, instead of legs; as, a pillar drill.

ck, a lock having a cylindrical bolt; a lock in which pins, arranged by the key, are used instead of tumblers. -- Pin money, an allowance of money, as that made by a husband to his wife, for private and personal expenditure. -- Pin rail (Naut.), a rail, usually within the bulwarks, to hold belaying pins. Sometimes ap…

A direction to violinists to pluck the string with the finger, instead of using the bow. (Abrev. pizz.)

ased state in plants in which there is an excessive development of small entangled twigs, instead of ordinary branches.

e Working) See Feather, n., 7. -- Plug centerbit, a centerbit ending in a small cylinder instead of a point, so as to follow and enlarge a hole previously made, or to form a counterbore around it. -- Plug rod (Steam Eng.) , a rod attached to the beam for working the valves, as in the Cornish engine. -- Plug valve (M…

A long solid cylinder, used, instead of a piston or bucket, as a forcer in pumps.

-- said of seals. Pod auger, or pod bit, an auger or bit the channel of which is straight instead of twisted.

e dice used in this game, esp. when marked with the ace, king, queen, jack, ten, and nine instead of the usual digits.

The theory that living organisms originate in cells or embryos of different kinds, instead of coming from a single cell; -- opposed to monogenesis.

A tuft or ball of wool, or the like, sometimes worn by soldiers on the front of the hat, instead of a feather.

ur, forming a yellow powder, sometimes used by mediæval artists, for the sake of economy, instead of gold. Fairholt.

Corresponding with the original in respect to the position of lights and shades, instead of having the lights and shades reversed; as, a positive picture.