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A horse. [Obs.] Chaucer. Thorold Rogers.

See Stoat.

Of or pertaining to Aristotle, the famous Greek philosopher (384-322 b. c.). -- n.

The philosophy of Aristotle, otherwise called the Peripatetic philosophy.

Pertaining to Aristotle or to his philosophy. "Aristotelic usage." Sir W. Hamilton.

The five united jaws and accessory ossicles of certain sea urchins.

Orig., a printing-out process using paper coated with silver chloride in gelatin; now, any such process using silver salts in either collodion or gelatin; also, a print so made.

The operation of making an opening in the gall bladder, as for the removal of a gallstone.

An instrument (chisel or shears) to cut the ribs and open the thoracic cavity, in post-mortem examinations and dissections. Knight.

A knife or instrument used in cystotomy.

The act or practice of opening cysts; esp., the operation of cutting into the bladder, as for the extraction of a calculus.

The dissection of organic tissues.

Pertaining to parostosis.

Communicated orally; oral; -- applied to the esoteric teachings of Aristotle, those intended for his genuine disciples, in distinction from his exoteric doctrines, which were adapted to outsiders or the public generally. Hence: Abstruse; profound.

proper name of the person; as when his majesty is used for a king, or when, instead of Aristotle, we say, the philosopher; or, conversely, the use of a proper name instead of an appellative, as when a wise man is called a Solomon, or an eminent orator a Cicero.

eek word, the latter its literal translation in the Latin language -- were intended by Aristotle and his followers as an enumeration of all things capable of being named; an enumeration by the summa genera i.e., the most extensive classes into which things could be distributed. J. S. Mill.

The quality or state of being contingent or casual; the possibility of coming to pass. Aristotle says we are not to build certain rules on the contingency of human actions. South.

duals. A certain contribution for the poor saints which are at jerusalem. Rom. xv. 26. Aristotle's actual contributions to the physical sciences. Whewell.

ruth, in history and sciences. Brande & C. By criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant a standard of judging well. Dryden.

The public lectures or published writings of Aristotle. See Esoterics.