Having the front of the head, or the skull, nearlyperpendicular, not retreating backwards above the jaws; -- opposed toAnt: prognathous. See Gnathic index, under Gnathic.
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Orthognathous
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Trochlear
Shaped like, or resembling, a pulley; pertaining to, orconnected with, a trochlea; as, a trochlear articular surface; thetrochlear muscle of the eye. Trochlear nerve. See Pathetic nerve,under Pathetic.
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Torvous
Sour of aspect; of a severe countenance; stern; grim. [Obs.]That torvous, sour look produced by anger. Derham.
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Eucharist
The sacrament of the Lord's Supper; the solemn act of ceremonyof commemorating the death of Christ, in the use of bread and wine,as the appointed emblems; the communion.-- See Sacrament.
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Outgaze
To gaze beyond; to exceed in sharpness or persistence of seeingor of looking; hence, to stare out of countenance.
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Defunct
Having finished the course of life; dead; deceased. Defunctorgans. Shak.The boar, defunct, lay tripped up, near. Byron.
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Meteoroid
A small body moving through space, or revolving about the sun,which on entering the earth's atmosphere would be deflagrated andappear as a meteor.These bodies [small, solid bodies] before they come into the air, Icall meteoroids. H. A. Newton.
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Sauger
An American fresh-water food fish (Stizostedion Canadense); --called also gray pike, blue pike, hornfish, land pike, sand pike,pickering, and pickerel.
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Leopard
A large, savage, carnivorous mammal (Felis leopardus). It is ofa yellow or fawn color, with rings or roselike clusters of blackspots along the back and sides. It is found in Southern Asia andAfrica. By some the panther (Felis pardus) is regarded as a varietyof leopard. Hunting leopard. See Cheetah. Leopard cat (Zoöl.) any oneof several species or varieties of small, spotted cats found inAfrica, Southern Asia, and the East Indies; esp., Felis Bengalensis.-- Leopard marmot. See Gopher, 2.
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Phosphinic
Pertaining to, or designating, certain acids analogous to thephosphonic acids, but containing two hydrocarbon radicals, andderived from the secondary phosphines by oxidation.
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Grantee
The person to whom a grant or conveyance is made.His grace will not survive the poor grantee he despises. Burke.
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Mica
The name of a group of minerals characterized by highly perfectcleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, moreor less elastic. They differ widely in composition, and vary in colorfrom pale brown or yellow to green or black. The transparent formsare used in lanterns, the doors of stoves, etc., being popularlycalled isinglass. Formerly called also cat-silver, and glimmer.
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Keystone
The central or topmost stone of an arch. This in some styles ismade different in size from the other voussoirs, or projects, or isdecorated with carving. See Illust. of Arch. Keystone State, theState of Pennsylvania; -- so called from its having been the centralState of the Union at the formation of the Constitution.
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Desponsage
Betrothal. [Obs.]Ethelbert . . . went peaceably to King Offa for desponsage ofAthilrid, his daughter. Foxe.
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Tectonics
The science, or the art, by which implements, vessels,dwellings, or other edifices, are constructed, both agreeably to theend for which they are designed, and in conformity with artisticsentiments and ideas.
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Cerin
A waxy substance extracted by alcohol or ether from cork;sometimes applied also to the portion of beeswax which is soluble inalcohol. Watts.
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Grater
One who, or that which, grates; especially, an instrument orutensil with a rough, indented surface, for rubbing off smallparticles of any substance; as a grater for nutmegs.
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Dichroism
The property of presenting different colors by transmittedlight, when viewed in two different directions, the colors beingunlike in the direction of unlike or unequal axes.
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Habeas corpus
A writ having for its object to bring a party before a court orjudge; especially, one to inquire into the cause of a person'simprisonment or detention by another, with the view to protect theright to personal liberty; also, one to bring a prisoner into courtto testify in a pending trial. Bouvier.
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Amity
Friendship, in a general sense, between individuals, societies,or nations; friendly relations; good understanding; as, a treaty ofamity and commerce; the amity of the Whigs and Tories.To live on terms of amity with vice. Cowper.