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A clumsy craft, having one mast with a long sail, used for trading purposes on the coasts of Coromandel and Ceylon. [Written also dhony, doney, and done.]

Bearing gifts. [R.]

oids of hydroids, that have a saclike form and do not become free; -- opposed to phanerocodonic.

Relating to Adonis, famed for his beauty. -- n.

A genus of plants of the family Ranunculaceæ, containing the pheasaut's eye (Adonis autumnalis); -- named from Adonis, whose blood was fabled to have stained the flower.

One who maintains that points of the Hebrew word translated "Jehovah" are really the vowel points of the word "Adonai." See Jehovist.

To beautify; to dandify. I employed three good hours at least in adjusting and adonozing myself. Smollett.

Relating to the boustrophedon mode of writing.

See Chalcedonic.

The ancient Latin name of Scotland; -- still used in poetry.

Of or pertaining to Caledonia or Scotland; Scottish; Scotch. -- n.

A hydrous sulphate of copper and lead, found in some parts of Caledonia or Scotland.

Of or pertaining to chalcedony.

Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the celandine. Cheidonic acid, a weak acid extracted fron the celandine (Chelidonium majus), as a white crystalline substance.

A small stone taken from the gizzard of a young swallow. -- anciently worn as a medicinal charm.

A peculiar mucilaginous substance extracted from the seeds of the quince (Cydonia vulgaris), and regarded as a variety of amylose.

The curve which on a given surface and with a given perimeter contains the greatest area. Tait.

Of or relating to Hedonism or the Hedonic sect.

That branch of moral philosophy which treats of the relation of duty to pleasure; the science of practical, positive enjoyment or pleasure. J. Grote.

The doctrine of the Hedonic sect.