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n. [ L. Areopagites, Gr. &unr_;. ] A member of the Areopagus. Acts xvii. 34. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. augites, Gr. a'ygi`ths, fr. a'ygh` brightness: cf. F. augite. ] A variety of pyroxene, usually of a black or dark green color, occurring in igneous rocks, such as basalt; -- also used instead of the general term pyroxene. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Gr. &unr_; an arguing. ] (Min.) Native carbonate of manganese; rhodochrosite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Ecloque. ] (Min.) A rock consisting of granular red garnet, light green smaragdite, and common hornblende; -- so called in reference to its beauty. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Ekeberg, a German. ] (Min.) A variety of scapolite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) An iron-black mineral of metallic luster, occurring in small orthorhombic crystals, also massive. It contains sulphur, arsenic, copper, and often silver. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) A kind of marble or alabaster, sometimes used for windows on account of its transparency. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. fungus mushroom: cf. F. pongite. ] (Paleon.) A fossil coral resembling Fungia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A gown. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

She came often in a gite of red. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. gna`qos the jaw + &unr_; a roof. ] (Zool.) One of a pair of broad plates, developed from the outer maxillipeds of crabs, and forming a cover for the other mouth organs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl.) The common designation of a member of a sect founded by the Rev. Edward Irving (about 1830), who call themselves the Catholic Apostolic Church. They are highly ritualistic in worship, have an elaborate hierarchy of apostles, prophets, etc., and look for the speedy coming of Christ. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ So called from Lölling, in Austria. ] (Min.) A tin-white arsenide of iron, isomorphous with arsenopyrite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Named after the chemist Ludwig. ] (Min.) A borate of iron and magnesia, occurring in fibrous masses of a blackish green color. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ So called from Nagyag, in Transylvania. ] (Min.) A mineral of blackish lead-gray color and metallic luster, generally of a foliated massive structure; foliated tellurium. It is a telluride of lead and gold. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Omo- + Gr. &unr_; a roof. ] (Zool.) The part of the carapace of a crustacean situated behind the cervical groove. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; + &unr_; a roof. ] (Zool.) One of the plates which in some Crustacea inclose a cavity wherein the eggs are hatched. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Min.) An orange-yellow variety of the mineral thorite, found in Norway. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. falaggi`ths: cf. F. phalangite. ] A soldier belonging to a phalanx. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ So named after Count Kaspar Sternberg of Prague. ] (Min.) A sulphide of silver and iron, occurring in soft flexible laminae varying in color from brown to black. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The dorsal portion of an arthromere or somite of an articulate animal. See Illust. under Coleoptera. [ 1913 Webster ]