supernaculum

& adv. [Low Lat., from Lat. super above, and Ger. nagel =a nail (q. v.).] A. As subst.: Liquor, so called because a tankard or gla of it was to be so thoroughly emptied as to drain off on the nail without showing more than a IMG:content-0592.png:[blocks in formation] "All these great men gave forth opinion, tentative rather than a ertive, the only point being that the woman (a spirit medium) had ' supernormal ' powers. Dr. Leap thought that this supernormal element consisted in the ability to accept thought-transference from the sitters. Profe or Lodge said that more was involved than this could explain, and found himself forced to believe in telepathy." -New York Herald , Aug. 14. 1898. sū-per-nü-mer-a-ry, adj . & s. [Fr. supernu méraire, from Lat. supernumerarius , from super = above, and numerus =number.] IMG:content-0593.png:[blocks in formation] super numerous 2. Exceeding a nece ary or usual number. "The produce of this tax is adequate to the services for which it is designed, and the additional tax is proportioned to the supernumerary expense this year." Add is on: Freeholder. B. As substantive: 1. Ord . Lang .: A person or thing in exce of the number stated or prescribed, or beyond what is nece ary or usual; especially a person not for mally a member of an ordinary or regular staff or body of officials or employés, but retained or employed to act as an a istant or substitute in case of absence, death, or the like. [SUPER, 8. ] 2. The at .: A person whose presence adds to the stage-effect, but is not e ential to the action of the play. Supernumeraries usually appear as retainers, peasants, soldiers, . *sū-per-nü-mer-ous, a . [Pref. super- , and Eng. numerous.] More than is right or proper; overmany, superabundant. "The Earl of Oxford was heavily fined for supernu merous attendance."-Fuller: Worthies, ii. 182. *sü-per-om-niv-a-lent, a . [Pref. super , and Eng. omnivalent (q. v.).] Supremely powerful over all. (Davies: Mirum in Modum, p. 22.)