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The acquisition of knowledge or skill; as, the learning of languages; the learning of telegraphy.

The act of making light, or causing to ferment, by means of leaven.

Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the lion; as, a leonine look; leonine repacity. -- Le"o*nine*ly, adv. Leonine verse, a kind of verse, in which the end of the line rhymes with the middle; -- so named from Leo, or Leoninus, a Benedictine and canon of Paris in the twelfth century, who wrote largely in this measure,…

Inflammation of the pia mater or of the arachnoid membrane.

A substance isomeric with starch, extracted from several species of moss and lichen, esp. from Iceland moss.

The act of making bright, or the state of being made bright; enlightenment; brightening, as of the mental powers. [R.] Ball lightning, a rare form of lightning sometimes seen as a globe of fire moving from the clouds to the earth. -- Chain lightning, lightning in angular, zigzag, or forked flashes. -- Heat lightning,…

A substance characterizing wood cells and differing from cellulose in its conduct with certain chemical reagents.

ns; the picture or decoration so produced. Adorned with illumination which we now call limning. Wood.

A bitter, white, crystalline substance found in orange and lemon seeds.

The act of one who lines; the act or process of making lines, or of inserting a lining.

An open space between cultivated fields through which cattle are driven, and where the cows are sometimes milked; also, a lane. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

Of or pertaining to the Longipennes; longipennate.

A glucoside found in the seeds of several species of lupine, and extracted as a yellowish white crystalline substance.

An alkaloid found in several species of lupine (Lupinus luteus, L. albus, etc.), and extracted as a bitter crystalline substance.

Of or pertaining to the machinery of a poem; acting or used as a machine.[Obs.] Dryden.

The act of editing, or writing for, a magazine. [Colloq.] Byron.

The process of giving an orange color to goods formed of animal tissue, as silk or wool, not by coloring matter, but by producing a certain change in the fiber by the action of dilute nitric acid. Tomlinson.

Native sulphate of ammonia, found in volcanic districts; -- so named from Mascagni, who discovered it.

My darling; -- an Irish term of endearment for a girl or woman. "Erin mavournin." Campbell.

That which is meant or intended; intent; purpose; aim; object; as, a mischievous meaning was apparent. If there be any good meaning towards you. Shak.