Under

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.

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Fauteuil

n.

An armchair; hence (because the members sit in fauteuils or armchairs), membership in the French Academy.

Helianthin

n.

An artificial, orange dyestuff, analogous to tropaolin, and like it used as an indicator in alkalimetry; -- called also methyl orange.

Scaling

p. pr. & vb. n.

of Scale

Leaning

p. pr. & vb. n.

of Lean

Rusty

superl.

Resembling, or covered with a substance resembling, rust; affected with rust; rubiginous.

Earthdin

n.

An earthquake.

Hebraism

n.

A Hebrew idiom or custom; a peculiar expression or manner of speaking in the Hebrew language.

Herbiferous

a.

Bearing herbs or vegetation.

Hitch

v. t.

To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; -- said of something obstructed or impeded.

Rocklay

n.

See Rokelay.

Reenter

v. t.

To enter again.

Neuromere

n.

A metameric segment of the cerebro-spinal nervous system.