pelorosaurus

[Gr. peloros =monstrous, and sauros =a lizard.] Palæontology : A genus of Crocodilia from the Wealden. pěl-o-si-dër-Ite, s. [Greek pelos = brown, and Eng. siderite.] Min.: A name suggested for a clay-ironstone which differed somewhat from the typical Sphærosiderite (q. v.). pěl-o-sine, 8. [Mod. Latin (ci am)pelos; -ine ( Chem. ).] Chem.: C18H21NO3. Ci ampeline. An alkaloid discovered by Wiggers, in 1839, in the root of Pareira brava ( Ci ampelos pareira ). It is insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and ether, is uncrystallizable, inodorous, and has a sweetish, bitter taste. Flückiger declares that this alkaloid is undistinguishable from bebirine, the alkaloid of greenheart bark. pěl-ot-age (age as Ig), subst. (Fr.) Packs or bales of Spanish wool. pelt (1), 8. [Either shortened from peltry (q.v.) or peltre , or directly from M. H. Ger. pelliz ; Ger. pelza skin, from Lat. pell is .] 1. A skin; a hide with the hair or wool on it; a raw hide. "Now here it seems the camel's hair is taken by painters for the skin or pelt with the hair on it."- Browne : Vulgar Errors , bk. v., ch. xv. 2. The skin. "A scabby tetter on their pelts will stick." Dryden: Virgil, Georgio iii. 672. 3. The quarry of a hawk all torn. *4. A miserly, stingy fellow. ( Huloet .) [PELTER (2).j *5. A game of cards similar to whist, played by three persons. hides. pelt-monger, s. One who deals in pelts or raw pelt-rot, s. A disease in sheep in which the wool falls off, leaving the skin bare; called also the naked disease. IMG:content-0825.png:[blocks in formation] 5. To thrust, to put. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; IMG:content-0826.png:[blocks in formation] " Pelt so fast at one another's pate." Shakesp.: Henry VI ., Pt. I. , iii. 1. 2. To throw out words; to use abusive language. "Another smother'd seems to pelt and swear." Shakesp.: Rape of Lucrece, 1,418. 3. To beat down heavily; as, The rain pelted down. pěl-tą ( pl. pěl-tæ), s. (Lat., from Gr. pelte =a shield.] 1. Roman Antiq .: A small shield of wicker or wood cov ered with leather. It was usually of an elliptic form, or nearly crescent-shaped. The portion cut out was intended to afford a view of the advancing enemy. 2. Bot .: A flat shield without any rim occurring in the lichen a ceo us genus Peltidea. pělt-ăn-drą, subst . [Lat. pelta (q. v.), and aner (gen it. andros ) = a man.] Bot .: A genus of Caladiese. yields a starchy substance. Pelte. (From the Townley Gallery, British Museum.) Peltandra virginica