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The condition of being nebulated; also, a clouded, or ill- defined, color mark.

The time of remaining in the nest. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Somnambulism; walking in sleep. Quain.

The arrangement of the red blood corpuscles in rouleaux, like piles of coins, as when a drop of human blood is examined under the microscope.

red or presented in worship or sacred service; an offering; a sacrifice. A peculiar ... oblation given to God. Jer. Taylor. A pin was the usual oblation. Sir. W. Scott.

One who makes an offering as an act worship or reverence. Dr. H. More.

A sealing up. [Obs.] Maunder.

The act of helping or aiding; help. [Obs.] Bailey.

The act of filling or crowding together; a stopping by redundant matter; obstruction, particularly in the lower intestines. Jer. Taylor.

The state or quality of being orbiculate; orbicularness. Dr. H. More.

ange back and forth. His mind oscillated, undoubtedly; but the extreme points of the oscillation were not very remote. Macaulay. Axis of oscillation, Center of oscillation. See under Axis, and Center.

The act of kissing; a kiss.

The formation of ova or eggs in the ovary, and the discharge of the same. In the mammalian female the discharge occurs during menstruation.

The act of feeding, or providing food. [Obs.] Cockeram.

A stretching and stiffening of the trunk and extremities, as when fatigued and drowsy.

The act of impaneling a jury. [Obs.] [Written also panellation.] Wood.

or disbursement; embezzlement. Every British subject . . . active in the discovery of peculations has been ruined. Burke.

Phthiriasis.

which one is authorized to make a tour of inspection. "The . . . bounds of his own perambulation." [Obs.] Holyday.

The act or process of percolating, or filtering; filtration; straining. Specifically (Pharm.), the process of exhausting the virtues of a powdered drug by letting a liquid filter slowly through it.