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A remarkable variable star in the constellation Cetus (o Ceti).

One who, or a work which, narrates wonderful things; one who writes of wonders. [Obs.] Bacon.

A genus of plants. See Four-o'clock.

Native sodium sulphate; Glauber's salt.

Wonderful; admirable. [Obs.] Shak.

A wonder or wonderful thing. That miracle and queen of genus. Shak.

To cause to seem to be a miracle. [R.] Shaftesbury.

Of the nature of a miracle; performed by supernatural power; effected by the direct agency of almighty power, and not by natural causes.

Same as Belvedere.

the image is seen projected against the sky. The fata Morgana and looming are species of mirage. By the mirage uplifted the land floats vague in the ether, Ships and the shadows of ships hang in the motionless air. Longfellow.

Admirableness. [R.] Johnson.

Fitted to excite wonder; wonderful; marvelous. [Obs.] In man there is nothing admirable but his ignorance and weakness. Jer. Taylor.

The quality of being admirable; wonderful excellence.

In an admirable manner.

cer of high rank, of which there are different grades. The chief gradations in rank are admiral, vice admiral, and rear admiral. The admiral is the commander in chief of a fleet or of fleets.

The office or position oaf an admiral; also, the naval skill of an admiral.

The office or jurisdiction of an admiral. Prescott.

Admiration. [Obs.] Spenser.

Wonder; astonishment. [Obs.] Season your admiration for a while. Shak.

Relating to or expressing admiration or wonder. [R.] Earle.