galemeta, galimeta

[A native word.] (See the compound.) IMG:content-0283.png:[blocks in formation] 1960 Mygale moschata, Linnæus' Castor moschatus, is the Muscovy or Musk-rat, called by the French Desman. It is found in Ru ia. Galemys, or Mygale pyrenaica , occurs at the foot of the Pyrenees. [MYGALE.] ga-le-na, s . [Lat., from Gr. galēnē stillne of the sea; so called from its supposed property of quieting the violence of disease; Fr. galène .] 1. Ord . Lang : A supposed remedy or antidote for poison. 2. Min .: [GALENITE.] galiaceæ galen (a); -ic, -ical .] Pertaining to or containing galena. galenic-pharmacy, s. That branch of the pro- fe ion which deals with the preparation of med i- cines by infusion, decoction, ., in contra dist inc- Pergamus, A. D. 131, and said to have died at Rome Pertaining to Galen, a celebrated physician, born at about A. D. 200, or his method of treating diseases; remedial. Gā-len-Işm, s . [From Galen , the physician, and Eng. suff.- ism .] The doctrines, or method of treat ing diseases taught by Galen. Gā-len-Ist, s . [From Galen , and Eng. suff. -ist.] A follower or disciple of Galen; a Galenite. ( Mas singer : Parl . of Love .) Găl-en-ists, s. pl . [Named from their founder, Galen or Galenus Abrahans de Haan. (Def.)] Ecclesiol . & Ch . Hist .: An Anabaptist sect, one of two into which the Water landers split in 1664. Galen, their founder [Etym.], was a doctor of medicine and a minister among the Men no nites at Amsterdam. He is said to have taught that the Christian religion was not so much a body of truths to be believed as of principles to be obeyed. His enemies accused him of having Socinian proclivities, a charge from which the States-General acquitted him on September 14, 1663. †gā-len-ite (1), ga-lê-ną, s . [Latin galen ( a )= (1) lead ore; (2) the dro of melted lead; -ite ( Min .).] Min .: An isometric, metallic ore with cubic cleav age. It occurs also tabular, or, rarely, fibrous. Hardne , 2.5-2:75; specific gravity, 7-25-7-70; luster, metallic; color and streak, lead-gray. Composition: Sulphur, 134; lead, 86.6=100. It sometimes contains a small amount of silver, zinc, antimony, . Vari eties: (1) Ordinary galena. (2) Argentiferous galena. (3) Galena, with impurities of arsenic, antimony, . Under this head are ranked Bleishweif, Targionite, and Stein mannite. (4) Galena contain ing an exce of sulphur. It includes super sulphureted lead. (5) Targionite (q. v.). Occurs in Metamorphic and Silurian rocks, in the Mountain Limestone, . ( Dana .) *Ga-len-ite (2), s. [From Galen , and Eng. suff. -ite.] A physician. "Not much unlike a skillful Galenite ." Sylvester: Du Bartas; The Trophies. ga-lê-no-çer-a-tite, s. [Lat. galena ; Gr. keras (gen it. keratos )=the head, and Eng. suff. - ite ( Min . ).] Min .: The same as PHOSGENITE ( Dana ); called in the British Museum Catalogue Cromfordite (q. v.).