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To write again. Young.

A tough, compact mineral, of a white, greenish, or grayish color. It is near zoisite in composition, and in part, at least, has been produced by the alteration of feldspar.

A flattened plate or scale attached to the second joint of the antennæ of many Crustacea.

A hard chitinous or calcareous process or corpuscle, especially a spicule of the Alcyonaria.

al observed by one of the Masonic systems, called in full the Ancient and Accepted Scotch Rite; also, the system itself, which confers thirty-three degrees, of which the first three are nearly identical with those of the York rite.

A meteorite consisting solely of metallic iron.

One who favors the use or establishment of silver as a monetary standard; -- so called by those who favor the gold standard. [Colloq. or Cant]

The skrike. [Prov. Eng.]

An abridged form of stating of syllogisms in a series of propositions so arranged that the predicate of each one that precedes forms the subject of each one that follows, and the conclusion unites the subject of the first proposition with the predicate of the last proposition, as in following example; -- The soul is a…

Zinc sulphide; -- called also blende, black-jack, false galena, etc. See Blende (a).

Siderite occuring in spheroidal masses.

Animated or possessed by a spirit. [Obs.] "So talked the spirited, sly snake." Milton.

a shade; also, an apparition. See Spright. Gaping graves received the wandering, guilty sprite. Dryden.

See Sprightful, Sprightfully, Sprightliness, Sprightly, etc.

or resident in, Stagira, in ancient Macedonia; especially, Aristotle. [Written also Stagyrite.]

One who writes short stories, as for magazines.

A steel-gray mineral of metallic luster. It is a sulphide of silver and copper.

Any sponge of the genus Suberites and allied genera. These sponges have a fine and compact texture, and contain minute siliceous spicules.

A person devoted to luxury and pleasure; a voluptuary.

One of certain Bohemian reformers who suffered persecution in the fifteenth century; -- so called from Tabor, a hill or fortress where they encamped during a part of their struggles.