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{ } n. [ F.: cf. Sp. & Pg. alpiste. ] The seed of canary grass (Phalaris Canariensis), used for feeding cage birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Biol.) One skilled in bacterioscopic examinations. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. capistratus, p. p. of capistrare halter. ] (Zool.) Hooded; cowled. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Firearms) A self-loading or semi-automatic pistol with removable magazine in the handle holding seven cartridges. The recoil extracts and ejects the empty cartridge case, and reloads ready for another shot. Called also Browning pistol, Colt-Browning pistol, automatic pistol and automatic. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. [ F. copiste. See Copy. ] A copier. [ Obs. ] “A copist after nature.” Shaftesbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Cornets-à-piston. [ F. ] (Mus.) A brass wind instrument, like the trumpet, furnished with valves moved by small pistons or sliding rods; a cornopean; a cornet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One skilled in, or who practices, cranioscopy. [ 1913 Webster ]

It was found of equal dimension in a literary man whose skull puzzied the cranioscopists. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. One who takes daguerreotypes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A freed convict. [ Australia ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'epi` upon + &unr_; to drop. ] (Med.) Bleeding at the nose. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or pertaining to epistemology; as, epistemic modal. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; knowledge + -logy. ] The theory or science of the method or grounds of knowledge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat. & Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the episternum. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Episterna [ NL. See Epi-, and Sternum. ] 1. (Anat.) (a) A median bone connected with the sternum, in many vertebrates; the interclavicle. (b) Same as Epiplastron. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zoöl.) One of the lateral pieces next to the sternum in the thorax of insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. epi- + stilbite. ] (Min.) A crystallized, transparent mineral of the Zeolite family. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. epistle, epistel, AS. epistol, pistol, L. epistola, fr. Gr. &unr_; anything sent by a messenger, message, letter, fr. &unr_; to send to, tell by letter or message; 'epi` upon, to + &unr_; to dispatch, send; cf. OF. epistle, epistre, F. épître. See Stall. ] 1. A writing directed or sent to a person or persons; a written communication; a letter; -- applied usually to formal, didactic, or elegant letters. [ 1913 Webster ]

A madman's epistles are no gospels. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eccl.) One of the letters in the New Testament which were addressed to their Christian brethren by Apostles. [ 1913 Webster ]

Epistle side, the right side of an altar or church to a person looking from the nave toward the chancel. [ 1913 Webster ]

One sees the pulpit on the epistle side. R. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To write; to communicate in a letter or by writing. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A writer of epistles, or of an epistle of the New Testament. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eccl.) The ecclesiastic who reads the epistle at the communion service. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Epistolary. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. epistolaris, fr. epistola: cf. F. épistolaire. ] 1. Pertaining to epistles or letters; suitable to letters and correspondence; as, an epistolary style. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Contained in letters; carried on by letters. “Epistolary correspondence.” Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who writes epistles; a correspondent. Mary Cowden Clarke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl.) One of the clergy who reads the epistle at the communion service; an epistler. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A little epistle. Lamb.

{ } a. [ L. epistolicus, Gr. &unr_;. ] Pertaining to letters or epistles; in the form or style of letters; epistolary. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To write epistles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A writer of epistles. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. épistolographique. ] Pertaining to the writing of letters; used in writing letters; epistolary. [ 1913 Webster ]

Epistolographic character of writing or
Epistolographic mode of writing, the same as Demotic character. See under Demotic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; epistle + -graphy: cf. F. épistolographie. ] The art or practice of writing epistles.

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. epistoma, fr. Gr. 'epi` upon + &unr_;, &unr_;, mouth. ] (Zoöl.) (a) The region between the antennæ and the mouth, in Crustacea. (b) A liplike organ that covers the mouth, in most Bryozoa. See Illust., under Entoprocta. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., from Gr. &unr_; a turning toward, return, fr. &unr_; to turn toward; 'epi` upon, to + &unr_; to turn. ] (Rhet.) A figure in which successive clauses end with the same word or affirmation; e. g., “Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I.” 2 Cor. xi. 22. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. epistylium, Gr. &unr_;; 'epi` upon + &unr_; column: cf. F. épistyle. ] (Anc. Arch.) A massive piece of stone or wood laid immediately on the abacus of the capital of a column or pillar; -- now called architrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. harpiste. ] A player on the harp; a harper. W. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. One versed in horoscopy; an astrologer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] (Gr. Antiq.) A shield-bearer or armor-bearer. Mitford. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to cover with a shield; "ype`r over + &unr_; shield.] One who holds a shield over another; hence, a defender. [Obs.] Chillingworth. [1913 Webster]

n. A painter of landscapes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One skilled in laryngoscopy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One affected by the disease lycanthropy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A fully automatic pistol; a small submachine gun. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One versed in metoposcopy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One skilled in, or given to, microscopy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A misanthrope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who interprets dreams. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; hinder. ] (Anat.) The middle of the posterior, or dorsal, margin of the great foramen of the skull. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. 'o`pisqen behind + &unr_; gills. ] (Zool.) A division of gastropod Mollusca, in which the breathing organs are usually situated behind the heart. It includes the tectibranchs and nudibranchs. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Opisthobranchiata. -- n. One of the Opisthobranchiata. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. 'o`pisqen behind + koi^los hollow, ] (Anat.) Concave behind; -- applied especially to vertebrae in which the anterior end of the centrum is convex and the posterior concave. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. opisthodomus, Gr. &unr_;; 'o`pisqen behind + do`mos house: cf. F. opisthodome. ] (Arch.) A back chamber; especially, that part of the naos, or cella, farthest from the main entrance, sometimes having an entrance of its own, and often used as a treasury. [ 1913 Webster ]