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A tetrastyle building.

Divine inspiration; the supernatural influence of the Divine Spirit in qualifying men to receive and communicate revealed truth.

ence, having an eager desire. Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink, for I am thirsty. Judges iv. 19.

A remodeling or reshaping of the thorax; especially, the operation of removing the ribs, so as to obliterate the pleural cavity in cases of empyema.

slation or imitation of a work. The second edition is not a recast, but absolutely a travesty of the first. De Quincey.

See Trist, a. [Obs.] Ashmole.

usted; justly deserving confidence; fit to be confided in; trustworthy; reliable. Your trusty and most valiant servitor. Shak.

Impiety. [Obs.] Wyclif.

Causing unrest; disquieting; as, unresty sorrows. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The process of forming an artificial palate.

The plastic operation for closing a fissure in the hard palate.

An operation for the repair of an injury or a defect in the walls of the urethra. -- U*re`thro*plas"tic, a.

A styliform process forming the posterior extremity of the vertebral column in some fishes and amphibians.

Vast; immense. [R.] I can call spirits from the vasty deep. Shak.

Dizzy; giddy. [Prov. Eng.]

Frothy; foamy; spumy, like yeast.

See Yeasty. Shak.

In church or chapel style; -- said of compositions sung in the old church style, without instrumental accompaniment; as, a mass a capella, i. e., a mass purely vocal.

Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious. "The cause of your abrupt departure." Shak.

Suddenness; unceremonious haste or vehemence; as, abruptness of style or manner.