styl1form

[Eng. style (1), s., and form.] Having the shape of or resembling a style, pin, or pen; styloid. IMG:content-0464.png:[blocks in formation] horn; so called because the styles, which are per- sistent, resemble horns.] Botany : An American genus of Hippomanese, Leaves like those of the cherry laurel; fruit glo- bose, said to be eatable. Anat .: Of or pertaining to the styloid proce es and the jaw. There is a stylo maxillary ligament. sty-lom-ětěr, s. [ Gr.stylos =a pillar, and Eng. meter . An instrument for measuring columns. sty-lỗ nỹch-i-a, s. [Pref.stylo-, and Gr. onyx (gen it. onychos )=a claw.] Zool.: A genus of Oxytrichide, with four species, living in salt, fresh, and stagnant water. Animal- cules free-swimming, persistent in shape, encui- ra ed, ovate or elliptical, with hooks and setæ at the margin of the styles. sty-loph-or-ŭs, s. [Pref. stylo- , and Gr. phoros =bearing.] Ichthy.: A genus of Trachypteride (q. v.), with a single species, Stylophorus chord at us , of which only one example is known. Length about eleven inches; ventrals absent; tail terminating in a very long, cord-like appendage. It was obtained between Cuba and Martin i que, and has been transferred from the museum of the Royal College of Surgeons, London, to the British Museum (Nat. Hist.), South Kensington. sty lop 1-dæ, s. pl . [Mod. Lat. stylop (s); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -ide .] from Lat. styptic us ; Gr.styptikos =astringent, from sty photo contract, to draw together.] A. As adjective : alcohol. It has the odor of cinnamon, is heavier than water, and is partly decomposed by distill a- tion. stythe, s. [Etym. doubtful. Perhaps connected with stifle (q. v.).] Mining: Choke-damp, or carbonic-acid gas. styth-ỹ, s. & v . t . [STITHY.] flowers generally perfect, with two bracts at the base; calyx five-partite, without appendages or a wing at the back, often fleshy. Stamens five; style none; stigmas usually three; utricle inclosed in the calyx. Seed lenticular, crustaceous. Known species about thirty-three; from salt-marshes and sea-shores. Two are common in the temperate regions of Europe, Suæda maritima , the Annual, and S. fruticosa , the Shrubby Sea-blite; the first has two and the second has three styles. The first is an annual with the flowers generally solitary; it is smaller than the other species, and more common on the English sea-shores. S. fruticosa , S. indica , and S. nudiflora are found on the shores of India; *suage (u as w), *swage, v. t. [An abbrev. of a uage (q. v.).] To a uage. "But wicked wrath had some so farre enraged, As by no meanes theyr malice could be swaged ." Gas coigne: Fruites of Warre. su-ant, sü-ent, a. [O. Fr. suant , suiant , pr. par. of suire to follow.] [SUE.) Even, uniform; su-ant-lý, adv . [English suant ; -ly.] Evenly, equally, smoothly, regularly. of suadeo to persuade.] Capable of being per- suaded; easily persuaded. sua-şion (u as w), s. [Fr., from Lat. suasionem , acc us. of suasio , from suasus , pa. par. of suadeo =to persuade; Ital. suasione.] The act of persuading: persuasion. sub-agency, s. A subordinate agency. sub-agent, s. IMG:content-0465.png:[blocks in formation] The same as SUB-BASE (q. v.). sub-breed, s. A distinctly marked subdivision of a breed. ( Darwin . ) sub-cartilaginous, a . 1. Situated under or beneath cartilage. 2. Partly cartilaginous or gristly. 1. Being or lying under the center. 2. Nearly, but not quite central. The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia IMG:content-0467.png:[blocks in formation]