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Segmenting unequally; -- said of telolecithal ova with complete segmentation.

Having both ends concave; biconcave; -- said of vertebræ.

ar arch articulated with the hyoid arch and the cranium, as in the cestraciont sharks; -- said of a skull.

Having the outer edge prominent; said of the wings of insects.

times do under the influence of "bhang," and attack every one that comes in the way; to assail recklessly and indiscriminately. Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet To run amuck, and tilt at all I meet. Pope.

Tending upwards; -- said of terns in which the lowest secondary segments are on the upper side of the branch of the central stem. D. C. Eaton.

meaning; as, the rest of the Sabbath, in an anagogical sense, signifies the repose of the saints in heaven; an anagogical explication. -- An`a*gog"ic*al*ly, adv.

Moving up and down; -- said of earthquake shocks.

Not astigmatic; --said esp. of a lens system which consists of a converging lens and a diverging lens of equal and opposite astigmatism but different focal lengths, and sensibly free from astigmatism.

), and pass the shank painter. -- To weigh anchor, to heave or raise the anchor so as to sail away.

A female anchoret. And there, a saintly anchoress, she dwelt. Wordsworth.

The sacred shield of the Romans, said to have-fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa. It was the palladium of Rome.

Two-edged instead of round; -- said of certain flattened stems, as those of blue grass, and rarely also of leaves.

Fertilized by the agency of the wind; -- said of plants in which the pollen is carried to the stigma by the wind; wind- Fertilized. Lubbock.

About; concerning; in respect; as, he said nothing anent this particular.

Containing no liquid; -- said of kind of barometer. Aneroid barometer, a barometer the action of which depends on the varying pressure of the atmosphere upon the elastic top of a metallic box (shaped like a watch) from which the air has been exhausted. An index shows the variation of pressure.

A form of devotion in which three Ave Marias are repeated. It is said at morning, noon, and evening, at the sound of a bell.

broad, and depressed head, with the mouth very large. Peculiar appendages on the head are said to be used to entice fishes within reach. Called also fishing frog, frogfish, toadfish, goosefish, allmouth, monkfish, etc.

Of a different tincture from the animal itself; -- said of the eyes of a rapacious animal. Brande & C.

Not isometric; having unsymmetrical parts; -- said of crystals with three unequal axes. Dana.