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Without fever; -- applied to days when there is an intermission of fever. Dunglison.

Curving; hooked; prominent, like the beak of an eagle; -- applied particularly to the nose Terribly arched and aquiline his nose. Cowper.

Secreting water; -- applied to certain glands. Dunglison.

Fit for plowing or tillage; -- hence, often applied to land which has been plowed or tilled.

A South American bird, of the genus Pleroglossius, allied to the toucans. There are several species.

nhabitants, language, or literature of Syria and Mesopotamia; Aramæan; -- specifically applied to the northern branch of the Semitic family of languages, including Syriac and Chaldee. -- n.

Of or pertaining to the earliest Stone age; -- applied to a prehistoric period preceding the Paleolithic age.

Applied to a gastrula when the blastorope does not entirely up.

A term applied to several different species of plants (Angelica archangelica, Lamium album, etc.).

o called from its ejecting drops of water from its mouth at its prey. The name is also applied to Chætodon rostratus.

Chief physician; -- a term applied, on the continent of Europe, to the first or body physician of princes and to the first physician of some cities. P. Cyc.

A genus of gigantic cephalopods, allied to the squids, found esp. in the North Atlantic and about New Zealand.

Warm, applied to the passions and affections; passionate; fervent; zealous; vehement; as, ardent love, feelings, zeal, hope, temper. An ardent and impetuous race. Macaulay.

r, a burner for an Argand lamp, or a gas burner in which the principle of that lamp is applied.

A fish of Europe (Maurolicus Pennantii) with silvery scales. The name is also applied to various fishes of the genus Argentina.

Producing clay; -- applied to such earths as abound with argil. Kirwan.

ommon army worm of the northern United States is Leucania unipuncta. The name is often applied to other related species, as the cotton worm.

nd gun or firearm a contrivance answering to a trigger, by which the burning match was applied. The musket was a later invention. [Written also harquebus.]

To deck or dress; to adorn with dress; to cloth to envelop; -- applied esp. to dress of a splendid kind. Pharaoh . . . arrayed him in vestures of fine linen. Gen. xli. In gelid caves with horrid gloom arrayed. Trumbull.

One who arrays. In some early English statutes, applied to an officer who had care of the soldiers' armor, and who saw them duly accoutered.