prep.
Denoting relation to something that comprehends or includes, that represents or designates, that furnishes a cover, pretext, pretense, or the like; as, he betrayed him under the guise of friendship; Morpheus is represented under the figure of a boy asleep.
Next Wordn.
An armchair; hence (because the members sit in fauteuils or armchairs), membership in the French Academy. →
n.
An artificial, orange dyestuff, analogous to tropaolin, and like it used as an indicator in alkalimetry; -- called also methyl orange. →
superl.
Resembling, or covered with a substance resembling, rust; affected with rust; rubiginous. →
n.
A Hebrew idiom or custom; a peculiar expression or manner of speaking in the Hebrew language. →
v. t.
To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; -- said of something obstructed or impeded. →