pseudepigraphy

[Pref. pseud-, and Eng. epigraphy (q. v.).) The ascription of false names as authors to books. *pseüd-ě-pis'-co-pa-çỹ, s . [Pref. pseud- , and Eng. episcopacy (q. v.).] False or pretended episсорасу. "[He] stands up for all the rest, to justify a long Remonst. Defense. (Pref.) usurpation and convicted pseud episcopacy of prelates."pseu-dis, s . [Greek pseud is , poet. for pseudēs = false.] Zool.: Jakie; a genus of Ranide with one species, Pseudis paradox a , from Guiana. It is greenish, spotted with brown, and has irregular linear markings of brown along its thighs and legs. So relatively large is the larval form, that when the tail is absorbed no increase of growth occurs in the adult. pseud-i-sod-o-mon subst. [Pref. pseud-, and Eng. isodomon.] Greek Arch .: A mode of building in which the Pseudis Paradox a. walls were filled in between the bond-stones or stretchers with rubble or small stones bedded in mortar, with course of equal height. ( Weale .) pseud-o-, pref . [Gr. pseudēs=false; pseudos =a falsehood.] A prefix, signifying false, counterfeit, or spurious; in scientific compounds, having a deceptive appearance. Obvious compounds: Pseudo-apostle, pseudo bard , pseudo- clergy , pseudo - evangelicism , pseudo martyr, pseudo-philosopher, pseudo-philosophy, pseudo - republican , . IMG:content-1676.png:[blocks in formation] CH(CH3)O Secondary butyl alcohol. An isomer of normal butyl alcohol obtained from erythrite by distilling with fuming hydriodic acid. The iodide formed is treated with moist oxide of silver, which yields the alcohol as a colorle oily liquid, having a burning taste, a specific gravity of 85 at 0°, and boiling at 97°. pseudo-calculi, s. pl. Pathol.: Calculi of fibrin or blood-coagula, or of urostealith. They are very rare. pseudo-cerain, s. Chemistry: A neutral amorphous fatty substance found in bees-wax, and obtained by saponifying with potash and precipitating with an acid. IMG:content-1677.png:[blocks in formation] pseudo-compounds, s . pl . Chem.: Pseudols. A term applied generally to substances having a degree of resemblance to certain other bodies without being identical in compo sition, or similar in properties, as pseudo-quinine. In a more restricted sense it is used to describe Secondary compounds, as pseudo-propyl alcohol, which contains two alcohol radicals united by the group CHHO, thus {{ CH3 C(CH3) HHO, and is con verted by oxidation into a ketone instead of into an acid. pseudo-costate, a . [FALSELY-RIBBED.] pseudo-cotyledon, s . [PROEMBRYO.] sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. IMG:content-1678.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1679.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1680.png:[blocks in formation] Geol.: Ma es of rock extending in tabular plates, but not laminated. ( MacCulloch .) pseudo-sulpho-cyanogen, subst . [PERSULPHO- IMG:content-1681.png:[blocks in formation] pseudo-volcanic, a . Pertaining to, or produced by, a pseudo-volcano. pseudo-volcano, subst . A volcano which emits smoke and sometimes flame, but not lava; also, a burning mine of coal. pseū-do-al-bite, s. [Pref. pseudo- , and English Min.: The same as ANDESINE (q. v.). IMG:content-1682.png:[blocks in formation] Palæont .: A genus of Berycide, with abdominal ventrals, from the Chalk of Mount Lebanon. pseū-dō-ber-ze-li-ite, s . [Prefix pseudo- , and Eng, berzeliite ] Min.: An anisotropic form of berzeliite (q. v.). pseu-do-blěp-sis, subst . [Pref. pseudo- , and Gr. blepsis sight; blepō to see; Fr. pseudoblepsie .] Med.: False, deceptive, or imaginary vision. IMG:content-1683.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1684.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1685.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1686.png:[blocks in formation] The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia Bot.: A ti ue having filaments of distinct cells arranged in rows. Example, the pileus of certain Fungi. pseu-do-pě-rid-I-ŭm, s. [Prefix pseudo- , and Mod. Lat. peridium (q. v.).] Bot .: A false peridium; a covering of the sporidia in Algals resembling a peridium in other plants. (Fries.) pseu-do-per-i-the-çi-um, s. [Prefix pseudo- , and Mod. Lat. perithecium (q. v.).] Mineral.: A compact ma ive mineral resembling serpentine. Hardne , 25; specific gravity, 2.75- 2.77; luster, feeble; color, shades of green; feel, unctuous. Composition: Similar to that of logan- ite, and, like it, referred to penninite (q. v.). It forms the matrix of enstatite at Mount Zdjar, Moravia. pseu-do-phone, s. [Pref. pseudo- , and Greek phone a sound.] Acoustics: The name given by Prof. Silvan us Thompson to an instrument illustrating the laws of the acoustic perception of space by the illusions it produces. [PSEUDOSCOPE.] It consists of several adjustable reflectors which can be attached to the head, and which perform the function of the nat- ural pinne in hearing. ( Brit . A oc. Report (1879), p. 255.) pseū-do-phy-çis, s. [Pref. pseudo- , and Mod. Lat. phycis (q. v.).] Ichthy.: A genus of Gadide, with two species. Pseudophycis bach us is common on the coast of New Zealand. pseu-do-plē'-si-õps, s . [Pref. pseudo- , and Mod. Lat. plesiops (q. v.).] [PSEUDO CHROMIDES.] IMG:content-1688.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1689.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1690.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1691.png:[blocks in formation]