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ot supporting a superstructure, as one erected for a monument or an ornament. Jacob set a pillar upon her grave. Gen. xxxv. 20. The place . . . vast and proud, Supported by a hundred pillars stood. Dryden.

See under Pillow.

Supported or ornamented by pillars; resembling a pillar, or pillars. "The pillared arches." Sir W. Scott. "Pillared flame." Thomson.

A little pillar. [R.] Fuller.

See Stylite.

The quality of being capillary.

The quality or condition of being capillary.

nute; very slender; having minute tubes or interspaces; having very small bore; as, the capillary vessels of animals and plants.

nly, the larval state of other insects, as the sawflies, which are also called false caterpillars. The true caterpillars have three pairs of true legs, and several pairs of abdominal fleshy legs (prolegs) armed with hooks. Some are hairy, others naked. They usually feed on leaves, fruit, and succulent vegetables, being…

The occurrence or production of certain capillary effects by the action of an electrical current or charge.

Pert. to, or caused by, electro-capillarity.

Same as Papillose.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a papilla or papillæ; bearing, or covered with, papillæ; papillose.

The period before puberty, or from birth to fourteen in males, and twelve in females.

Of or pertaining to a pupil or ward. Johnson.

A waterspout. [Obs.]

To fix or fasten in any way; to attach physically. Should they [caterpillars] affix them to the leaves of a plant improper for their food. Ray.

An instrument for examining the capillary vessels of animals and plants. Morin.

The ancients; the people of ancient times. That such pillars were raised by Seth all antiquity has Sir W. Raleigh.

t. They have tricker and more muscular walls than veins, and are connected with them by capillaries.