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In any surface prepared with indentations, perforations, or grooves, that part of the surface which is not so treated, as the level part of a millstone between the furrows, or the surface of the bore of a rifled gun between the grooves. →
a.
Producing rotation of the plane of polarization; as, the rotatory power of bodies on light. See the Note under polarization. →
n.
A loose sleeveless vestment falling in front and behind, worn by certain religious orders and devout persons. →
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A species of macaque (Macacus pileatus) native of India and Ceylon. It has a crown of long erect hair, and tuft of radiating hairs on the back of the head. Called also capped macaque. →