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The place where anything is fixed; situation; local position; as, the site of a city or of a house. Chaucer.

Having a site; situated. [Obs.] [The garden] sited was in fruitful soil. Chaucer.

Acquired. [Obs.] Burton.

A silicate of aluminium, occurring usually in thick rhombic prisms, nearly square, of a grayish or pale reddish tint. It was first discovered in Andalusia, Spain.

An eruptive rock allied to trachyte, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar, with pyroxene, hornblende, or hypersthene.

A native sulphate of lead. It occurs in white or yellowish transparent, prismatic crystals.

A granular igneous rock composed almost exclusively of a soda- lime feldspar, usually labradorite.

adapted; suitable or fit; relevant; pat; -- followed by to; as, this argument is very apposite to the case. -- Ap"po*site*ly, adv. -- Ap"po*site*ness, n.

Of the three bedrooms, two have fireplaces, and all are of fair size, with windows and bedsite well placed. Quart. Rev.

A visiting card.

Native tin dioxide; tin stone; a mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals of reddish brown color, and brilliant adamantine luster; also massive, sometimes in compact forms with concentric fibrous structure resembling wood (wood tin), also in rolled fragments or pebbly (Stream tin). It is the chief source of metallic ti…

Native lead carbonate; a mineral occurring in colorless, white, or yellowish transparent crystals, with an adamantine, also massive and compact.

A mineral occuring in glassy rhombohedral crystals, varying, in color from white to yellow or red. It is essentially a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime. Called also chabasie.

Made up of distinct parts or elements; compounded; as, a composite language. Happiness, like air and water . . . is composite. Landor.

Same as Crocoite.

Native sulphate of copper. Cf. Blue vitriol, under Blue.

Compounded more than once; compounded with things already composite.

Disposed. [Obs.] Glanvill.

Lying apart. [Obs.] Lands far dissite and remote asunder. Holland.

A mineral consisting of antimony and silver.