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hamiana) related to the breadfruit tree. Its milky juice contains caoutchouc. Called also ule tree.

A college or corporation in Turkey composed of the hierarchy, namely, the imams, or ministers of religion, the muftis, or doctors of law, and the cadis, or administrators of justice.

A mineral occurring in white rounded crystalline masses. It is a hydrous borate of lime and soda.

Having no stem or caulis, or only a very short one concealed in the ground. Gray.

Having an acid quality; sour; acidulous. "With anxious, acidulent face." Carlyle.

Having a sting; covered with prickles; sharp like a prickle.

Having a sharp point; armed with prickles; prickly; aculeate.

Like a prickle.

Having small prickles or sharp points. Gray.

Aculeate. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

A prickle growing on the bark, as in some brambles and roses. Lindley.

See Aglet. Spenser.

An ornament, gem, or scroll, or a package containing a relic, etc., worn as a charm or preservative against evils or mischief, such as diseases and witchcraft, and generally inscribed with mystic forms or characters.

Of or pertaining to an amulet; operating as a charm.

A small animal, as a fly, spider, etc. [Obs.] Ray.

A little ring. Tennyson.

A small antenna; -- applied to the smaller pair of antennæ or feelers of Crustacea.

Of or pertaining to a pipe (flute) or piper. [R.] Ash.

See Bascule.

A very minute barb or beard. Booth.