a.
Having the thoughts and affections placed on, or suitable for, heaven and heavenly objects; devout; godly; pious.
Next Wordn.
A festival, and sale of fancy articles. erc., usually for some charitable object; as, a Grand Army fair. →
n.
A mineral of a light indigo-blue color, occurring in small masses, or in monoclinic crystals; blue spar. It is a hydrous phosphate of alumina and magnesia. →
n.
Specifically, a group of two or more atoms, not completely saturated, which are so linked that their union implies certain properties, and are conveniently regarded as playing the part of a single atom; a residue; -- called also a compound radical. Cf. Residue. →
a.
One of a non-Jewish nation; one neither a Jew nor a Christian; a worshiper of false gods; a heathen. →
v. t.
To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction concerning; to fix in the mind; to acquire understanding of, or skill; as, to learn the way; to learn a lesson; to learn dancing; to learn to skate; to learn the violin; to learn the truth about something. →
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Capable of climbing; as, the woodpecker is a scansorial bird; adapted for climbing; as, a scansorial foot. →