Verticillate

a.

Alt. of Verticillated

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Lean

v. i.

To rest or rely, for support, comfort, and the like; -- with on, upon, or against.

Scagliola

n.

An imitation of any veined and ornamental stone, as marble, formed by a substratum of finely ground gypsum mixed with glue, the surface of which, while soft, is variegated with splinters of marble, spar, granite, etc., and subsequently colored and polished.

Haematoxylon

n.

A genus of leguminous plants containing but a single species, the H. Campechianum or logwood tree, native in Yucatan.

Under

a.

Lower in position, intensity, rank, or degree; subject; subordinate; -- generally in composition with a noun, and written with or without the hyphen; as, an undercurrent; undertone; underdose; under-garment; underofficer; undersheriff.

Water cock

A large gallinule (Gallicrex cristatus) native of Australia, India, and the East Indies. In the breeding season the male is black and has a fleshy red caruncle, or horn, on the top of its head. Called also kora.

Foregut

n.

The anterior part of the alimentary canal, from the mouth to the intestine, o/ to the entrance of the bile duct.

Reneye

v. t.

To deny; to reject; to renounce.

Repolish

v. t.

To polish again.

Unpleat

v. t.

To remove the plaits of; to smooth.

Taint

n.

A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.

Recentness

n.

Quality or state of being recent.

Hierarchic

a.

Pertaining to a hierarch.