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A prefix signifying within. See Ento-.

Absent in mind; abstracted; preoccupied. -- Ab`sent-mind"ed*ness, n. -- Ab`sent-mind"ed*ly, adv.

Having a surface dressed by cutting with a hammer the head of which consists of broad thin chisels clamped together.

Having a forked tongue, like a serpent.

A kind of water found in copper mines; water impregnated with copper.

Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied; as, an absent air. What is commonly called an absent man is commonly either a very weak or a very affected man. Chesterfield.

The quality of being absent-minded. H. Miller.

-- called also the gigantic crane, and by the native name argala. It is noted for its serpent-destroying habits.

and-, anda- (only in comp.), AS. and-, ond-, (only in comp.: cf. Answer, Along), G. ant-, ent- (in comp.). The Latin ante is generally used in the sense of before, in regard to position, order, or time, and the Gr. opposite, or in the place of.

gascar (Cheiromys Madagascariensis), remarkable for its long fingers, sharp nails, and rodent-like incisor teeth.

Crescent-shaped. "Crescentic lobes." R. Owen.

A long cannon of the 16th century, usually an 18-pounder with serpent-shaped handles. Trump, and drum, and roaring culverin. Mac

The point or horn of the crescent moon or other crescent-shaped luminary.

in ease and variety. Macaulay. Deficient number. (Arith.) See under Abundant. -- De*fi"cient-ly, adv.

Absent-minded; lost in thought; abstracted.

rom the tympanum of the ear to the pharynx. See Ear. -- Eustachian valve (Anat.), a crescent-shaped fold of the lining membrane of the heart at the entrance of the vena cava inferior. It directs the blood towards the left auricle in the fetus, but is rudimentary and functionless in the adult.

falcate leaf; a falcate claw; -- said also of the moon, or a planet, when horned or crescent- formed.

the faint glooming in the sky First lightened into day. Trench. The balmy glooming, crescent-lit. Tennyson.

A small ornamental plate, usually crescent-shaped, and of gilded copper, formerly hung around the neck of officers in full uniform in some modern armies.

s by scratching them through a surface of layer plaster, glazing, etc., revealing a different- colored ground; also, pottery or ware so decorated; -- chiefly used attributively.