leperize

t. [Eng. leper; -ize.] To strike with leprosy. IMG:content-0485.png:[blocks in formation] The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia those of modern Lycopodiaceae, which, Sir Chas. Lyell points out, must have tended to facilitate their diffusion by the wind. While modern Lyco- podiacese are generally herbaceous trailing plants, a stem of Lep i do dendron stern berg i i , found in Jar- row Colliery, near Newcastle, England, was forty nine feet long. About forty species of the genus lep-1-do-găn-6id, s. & a. [LEP I DOG A NO IDE I.] A. As substantive: ganoidei (q. v.). B. As adj .: Of or belonging to the sub-order Lep i dog a no ide i. lep-I-do-ga-noi-de-i, s. pl . [Gr. lep is (gen it. lepidos ) = a scale, and Modern Latin ganoidei.] order of the third or Ganoidean order of fishes. The body is covered with scales of moderate size, fied. He included under the Lep i dog a no ide i the IMG:content-0487.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0488.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0489.png:[blocks in formation] ne , 2.5-4; specific gravity, 2.84-3; luster, pearly; color, rose-red, violet-gray, lilac, yellowish. Trans- lucent. Optic axial plane perpendicular to the plane of symmetry. Composition: A silicate of alumina and sometimes sesquioxide and protoxide of iron, sesquioxide of manganese with the protox- ide bases, potash, lithia, and sometimes rubidia and casia. Fluorine is also present. It is found in granite and gnei , and sometimes a ociated with ca iterite, tourmaline, amblygonite, . IMG:content-0490.png:[blocks in formation] lep-1-do-phe-ite, s. [Gr. lep is (gen it. lepidos ) = a scale, and phaios =brown.] Min.: A variety of Wad (q. v.) from Kamsdorf, Thu ring i a, with a finely fibrous and scaly structure. Very soft. Specific gravity, 2.89-3-04; luster, silky; color, reddish-brown; streak shining. Contains: MnO2 58-77, MnO 9:59, CuO 11:48, H2O 21:05, which lăp-1-d5-phl61-os, s. [Gr. lep is (gen it. lepidos ) =a scale, and phloios =the rind or bark of a tree.] Palæont .: A genus of Lycopod i a cere, akin to Lep i do dendron. Found in the Devonian and the Carboniferous formations. lěp-i-do-pleû'-ra, s. [Gr. lep is (gen it. lepidos ) =a scale, and pleura =a rib, a side.] Palæont.: The typical genus of the family Lepi. dopleuride (q. v.). lep-i-do dō-pleû-ri-dæ, s.pl. [Mod. Lat., ., lep- idopleur (a) (q.v.); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -idæ .] Palæont .: A sub-order or family of Ganoid fishes, section Lep i dog a no ide i. lepidota each containing a sporangium (spore-case). They have been found united to the tip of the branches of Lep i do dendron, proving them to be the fruit of that genus. Type Lep i dost rob us ornatus .