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An imaginary being, male or female, like an elf or fairy, represented as a descendant of fallen angels, excluded from paradise till penance is accomplished. Moore.

prefix used to signify around, by, near, over, beyond, or to give an intensive sense; as, perimeter, the measure around; perigee, point near the earth; periergy, work beyond what is needed; perispherical, quite spherical.

See Pirogue.

The leaves of a flower generally, especially when the calyx and corolla are not readily distinguished.

The perianth.

ction against disease or mischief; an amulet. Coleridge. Now help, ye charming spells and periapts. Shak.

Among or around the stars. "Comets in periastral passage." R. A. Proctor.

That point, in the real or apparent orbit of one star revolving around another, at which the former is nearest to the latter.

See Pirogue. W. Irving.

The protoplasmic matter which surrounds the entoblast, or cell nucleus, and undergoes segmentation. -- Per`i*blas"tic, a.

Nascent cortex, or immature cellular bark.

In ancient architecture, an inclosed court, esp., one surrounding a temple.

Surrounding the branchiæ; as, a peribranchial cavity.

A layer of thin-walled young cells in a growing stem, in which layer certain new vessels originate.

Of or pertaining to pericardium; situated around the heart. Pericardial fluid (Physiol.), a serous fluid of a pale yellow color contained in the pericardium.

Pericardiac.

Pericardiac.

Inflammation of the pericardium. Dunglison.

The double baglike fold of serous membrane which incloses the heart.

The ripened ovary; the walls of the fruit. See Illusts. of Capsule, Drupe, and Legume.