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A lodge; a habitation. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Different in nature or kind. [R.]

That part of the starch granule or granulose which is soluble in water.

The formation of starch.

Of or pert. to amylogen.

A teller of apologues. [Obs.]

uments; said or written in defense, or by way of apology; regretfully excusing; as, an apologetic essay. "To speak in a subdued and apologetic tone." Macaulay.

By way of apology.

That branch of theology which defends the Holy Scriptures, and sets forth the evidence of their divine authority.

One who studies the stars; an astronomer. [Obs.]

A botanist. [Obs.]

Same as Chronologist.

d noise and dust of the chronologist is wholly to be avoided. Locke. THe most exact chronologers tell us that Christ was born in October, and not in December. John Knox.

The phylogeny of groups or families of individuals. Haeckel.

Pertaining to the production of crystals; crystal-producing; as, crystallogenic attraction.

The science which pertains to the production of crystals.

One versed in demonology. R. North.

Partaking of the nature of two bodies; producing two substances. Wright.

One skilled in the antiquities of Egypt; a student of Egyptology.

A panegyrical funeral oration.