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A noggin.

Made of hemp; hence, hard; rough; harsh. [Obs.] Johnson.

A small mug or cup.

Rough brick masonry used to fill in the interstices of a wooden frame, in building.

Not. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Having each verse begin with the same letter as that with which the preceding verse ends.

A record made by the actinograph.

An instrument for measuring and recording the variations in the actinic or chemical force of rays of light. Nichol.

Pertaining to adenography.

That part of anatomy which describes the glands.

Art or process of producing, and printing from, aluminium plates, after the manner of ordinary lithography. -- A*lu`mi*no*graph"ic (#), a.

A white fibrous mineral frequently found on the walls of mines and quarries, chiefly hydrous sulphate of alumina; -- also called feather alum, and hair salt.

A form of spirometer.

A nonmotile gamete, found in certain lower algæ.

An instrument for the instantaneous self-recording or printing of time. Knight.

A peculiar marine worm. See Enteropneusta, and Tornaria.

Generating mucus.

The state of a communty which permits promiseuous sexual intercourse among its members, as in certain societies practicing communism.

The record or inscription made by a chronograph.

Belonging to a chronogram, or containing one.