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One of a series of carbohydrates, commonly called vegetable jelly, found very widely distributed in the vegetable kingdom, especially in ripe fleshy fruits, as apples, cranberries, etc. It is extracted as variously colored, translucent substances, which are soluble in hot water but become viscous on cooling.…

Of or pertaining to a comb; resembling a comb.

lose divisions, in arrangement and regularity resembling those of a comb; comblike; as, a pectinate leaf; pectinated muscles. See Illust. (e) of Antennæ.

In a pectinate manner.

The state of being pectinated; that which is pectinated. Sir T. Browne.

Of or pertaining to the pecten.

One of the Pectinibranchiata. Also used adjectively.

A division of Gastropoda, including those that have a comblike gill upon the neck.

Having pectinated gills.

Comblike in form.

Having two margins toothed like a comb.

In state of expectation.

A substance obtained from, and resembling, pectin, and occurring in overripe fruits.

A gelatinous modification of pectin.

With regard or relation to; regarding; concerning; as, respecting his conduct there is but one opinion.

On tiptoe; eagerly expecting. We all feel a-tiptoe with hope and confidence. F. Harrison.

stance resembling mannite, found in the needles of the common silver fir of Europe (Abies pectinata). Eng. Cyc.

Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present. "Expecting absent friends." Shak.

Coming; any important arrival; approach. Death's dreadful advent. Young. Expecting still his advent home. Tennyson.

Divination by inspecting a burning coal.