(n.) An ornament fixed upon a frieze.

(n.) An ornament at the eaves, concealing the ends of the joint tiles of the roof.

(n.) An ornament of the cymatium of a classic cornice, sometimes pierced for the escape of water.

(n.) A carbuncle.

(n.) A malignant pustule.

(n.) A microscopic, bacterial organism (Bacillus anthracis), resembling transparent rods. [See Illust. under Bacillus.]

(n.) An infectious disease of cattle and sheep. It is ascribed to the presence of a rod-shaped bacterium (Bacillus anthracis), the spores of which constitute the contagious matter. It may be transmitted to man by inoculation. The spleen becomes greatly enlarged and filled with bacteria. Called also splenic fever.

(n.) One of the class of diviners among the Etruscans and Romans, who foretold events by the inspection of the entrails of victims offered on the altars of the gods.

(n.) Apoplexy.

(n.) Composed of two or more parts; composite; not simple; as, a complex being; a complex idea.

(n.) Involving many parts; complicated; intricate.

(n.) Assemblage of related things; collection; complication.

(n.) A capsule.

(n.) A plant (Ludwigia alternifolia) which has somewhat cubical or box-shaped capsules.

(n.) A tall umbelliferous plant (Ferula communis). See Giant fennel, under Fennel.

(n.) The portico in front of ancient churches; sometimes, the atrium or outer court surrounded by ambulatories; -- used, generally, for any vestibule, lobby, or outer porch, leading to the nave of a church.

(n.) A tenet or proposition contrary to received opinion; an assertion or sentiment seemingly contradictory, or opposed to common sense; that which in appearance or terms is absurd, but yet may be true in fact.

(n.) Same as Paxwax.

(v. t.) To annex with something else.

(pl. ) of Cheval

(n. pl.) See Cheval.

(pl. ) of Bateau

(n.) A genus of New Zealand birds about the size of a hen, with only short rudiments of wings, armed with a claw and without a tail; the kiwi. It is allied to the gigantic extinct moas of the same country. Five species are known.

(n.) A light box of pasteboard or thin wood, usually cylindrical, for holding ruffs (the bands of the 17th century), collars, caps, bonnets, etc.

(pl. ) of Bureau

(n.) A box from which dice are thrown in gaming.

(n.) A vessel to receive spittle.

(n.) The time when the sun enters one of the equinoctial points, that is, about March 21 and September 22. See Autumnal equinox, Vernal equinox, under Autumnal and Vernal.

(n.) Equinoctial wind or storm.

(n.) A flowing together; a meeting of currents.

(n.) A large assemblage; a passing multitude.

(v. t.) To annex again or anew; to reunite.

(n.) A governess; a rectoress.

(n.) One of the quill feathers of the tail of a bird.

(n.) See Carapace.

(n.) The Eustachian tube, or the Fallopian tube.

(n.) Any one of numerous species of small moths of the family Tortricidae, the larvae of which usually roll up the leaves of plants on which they live; -- also called leaf roller.

(n.) A genus of tropical short-tailed snakes, which are not venomous. One species (Tortrix scytalae) is handsomely banded with black, and is sometimes worn alive by the natives of Brazil for a necklace.

(n. & a.) See Voodoo.

(n.) A male fox. See the Note under Dog, n., 6.

(n.) The Arctic or blue fox; -- a name also applied to species of the genus Cynalopex.

(n.) Victress.

(n.) A genus of fresh-water or river turtles which have the shell imperfectly developed and covered with a soft leathery skin. They are noted for their agility and rapacity. Called also soft tortoise, soft-shell tortoise, and mud turtle.

(n.) A genus of rodents, including the porcupine.

(n.) Same as Phenix.

(n.) A genus of palms including the date tree.

(n.) A coxcomb; a pert boy.

(n.) The wax secreted by bees, and of which their cells are constructed.

(n.) A letter, syllable, or word, added to the end of another word; a suffix.

(v. t.) To annex; specifically (Gram.), to add or annex, as a letter, syllable, or word, to the end of another or principal word; to suffix.

(n.) A woman plaintiff, or complainant, in equity pleading.

(v. t.) To mix with too much.

(v. t.) To tax or to task too heavily.

(a.) To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated, and difficult to be unraveled or understood; as, to perplex one with doubts.

(a.) To embarrass; to puzzle; to distract; to bewilder; to confuse; to trouble with ambiguity, suspense, or anxiety.

(a.) To plague; to vex; to tormen.

(a.) Intricate; difficult.

(n.) A box for holding instruments or materials for work.

(n.) A body of heavy-armed infantry formed in ranks and files close and deep. There were several different arrangements, the phalanx varying in depth from four to twenty-five or more ranks of men.

(n.) Any body of troops or men formed in close array, or any combination of people distinguished for firmness and solidity of a union.

(n.) A Fourierite community; a phalanstery.

(n.) One of the digital bones of the hand or foot, beyond the metacarpus or metatarsus; an internode.

(n.) A group or bundle of stamens, as in polyadelphous flowers.

(n.) The part of the alimentary canal between the cavity of the mouth and the esophagus. It has one or two external openings through the nose in the higher vertebrates, and lateral branchial openings in fishes and some amphibias.

(n.) See Cowpox.

(n.) See Kinetoscope.