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The track or tread a horseman makes upon the ground he goes over. Johnson.

An epistle. [Obs.]

The theory or science of the method or grounds of knowledge.

Of or pertaining to the episternum.

A median bone connected with the sternum, in many vertebrates; the interclavicle.

matic but vigorous skepticism of Pierre Bayle, the physical doctrines of Newton, and the epistemological theories of Locke, in the preceding century. Its chief center was in France, where it gave rise to the skepticism of Voltaire , the naturalism of Rousseau, the sensationalism of Condillac, and the publication of the…

In insects: The lateral piece behind the episternum. [Written also epimerum.]

See Episternum.

wk. Ainsworth. -- Passenger pigeon (Zoöl.), the common wild pigeon of North America (Ectopistes migratorius), so called on account of its extensive migrations.

(man.) See Piste.

scidæ. They feed chiefly on decaying vegetable substances. -- Sow thistle Etym: [AS. sugepistel] (Bot.), a composite plant (Sonchus oleraceus) said to be eaten by swine and some other animals.