pachnolite

[Gr. pachnē =rime, hoarfrost, and lithos =a stone.] Min.: A monoclinic mineral occurring, a ociated with cryolite, at Evigtok, Arksut-Fiord, Green land. Specific gravity, 2-923; luster, vitreous; colorle to white; transparent. Composition: Fluorine, 51°12; aluminium, 12-29; calcium, 1614; sodium, 12.38; water, 8:07=100; formula, 3(Ca, Na) F+Al2F3+2HO. pa-chom-ě-tër, s. [Gr. pachys thick, and Eng. meter (q. v.).] An instrument for measuring the thickne of the gla of mirrors. păch--, pref. [Gr. pachys thick, large, stout.] păch-y-blěph-a-rō-sis, s. [Pref. pachy-; Gr. taken up to that where it is set down in walking; traversed by the foot from the place where it is variously estimated at 43 to 5 feet. The military pace of a single step is 24 feet. The old Roman (See etym.) Dryden: Juvenal , sat. x. it blepharose is Lace ( pa us ) contained 5 Roman feet, each of about 1164 English inches, and was, therefore, equal to about 58 English inches. 4. particular movement mode of stepping which horses are taught, in which the legs on the same side are lifted together; an amble. 5. Degree of celerity; rate of progre . "To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day." *6. A step, a measure. Shakesp.: Macbeth , ii. 1. *7. A dais; a portion of a floor raised above the general level; a platform. [FOOTPACE.] 8. A drove of a es. blepharon the eyelid, and suff. -osis; Fr. pachy Path .: The thickening of the ti ue of the eyelids through chronic inflammation. tpăch-y-car'-di-a, s. pl. [Pref. pachy-, and Gr. kardia =the heart.] Zool.: A division of Vertebrata, proposed by Haeckel, including all those who have a distinct heart i. e, all except the Lancelet, Amphioxus lanceolatus. păch-ý-car-pous, a. [Pref. pachy-, and Greek karpos=fruit.) Having the pericarp thick.