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A sound like a half-formed whistle, expressing astonishment, scorn, or dislike. Whew duck, the European widgeon. [Prov. Eng.]

Calcium oxalate, occurring in colorless or white monoclinic crystals.

The European widgeon. [Prov. Eng.]

ing the sights or telescope, and showing the degrees cut off on the arc of the instrument Whewell.

Alignment; position in a straight line, as of two planets with the sun. Whewell. The allineation of the two planets. C. A. Young.

Alphonsine tables, astronomical tables prepared under the patronage of Alphonso the Wise. Whewell.

An androgynous plant. Whewell.

Inhabitants of opposite hemispheres. Whewell.

Relating to the casting of horoscopes. [Archaic] Whewell.

t; to suppose or take arbitrarily or tentatively. The consequences of assumed principles. Whewell.

ing to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting. The assumption of authority. Whewell.

the sphere on the plane of a great circle, as the equator, or a meridian; a planisphere. Whewell.

Of or pertaining to atmology. "Atmological laws of heat." Whewell.

That branch of science which treats of the laws and phenomena of aqueous vapor. Whewell.

The science or art of hurling missile weapons by the use of an engine. Whewell.

Breadthwise. Whewell.

rity. Attribute superior sagacity and candor to those who held that side of the question. Whewell.

A placing among the stars; a catalogue of stars. The catasterisms of Eratosthenes. Whewell.

he earth, as, an elevation or subsidence of some part of it, effected by internal causes. Whewell.

he action or power of a cause, in producing its effect. The causality of the divine mind. Whewell.