{ } a. Pertaining to agrostology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One skilled in agrostology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; + -logy. ] That part of botany which treats of the grasses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. apostolatus, fr. apostolus. See Apostle. ] 1. The dignity, office, or mission, of an apostle; apostleship. [ 1913 Webster ]

Judas had miscarried and lost his apostolate. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The dignity or office of the pope, as the holder of the apostolic see. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. apostolicus. ] (Eccl. Hist.) A member of one of certain ascetic sects which at various times professed to imitate the practice of the apostles. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. apostolicus, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. apostolique. ] 1. Pertaining to an apostle, or to the apostles, their times, or their peculiar spirit; as, an apostolical mission; the apostolic age. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. According to the doctrines of the apostles; delivered or taught by the apostles; as, apostolic faith or practice. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Of or pertaining to the pope or the papacy; papal. [ 1913 Webster ]

Apostolical brief. See under Brief. --
Apostolic canons, a collection of rules and precepts relating to the duty of Christians, and particularly to the ceremonies and discipline of the church in the second and third centuries. --
Apostolic church, the Christian church; -- so called on account of its apostolic foundation, doctrine, and order. The churches of Rome, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem were called apostolic churches. --
Apostolic constitutions, directions of a nature similar to the apostolic canons, and perhaps compiled by the same authors or author. --
Apostolic fathers, early Christian writers, who were born in the first century, and thus touched on the age of the apostles. They were Polycarp, Clement, Ignatius, and Hermas; to these Barnabas has sometimes been added. --
Apostolic king (or
majesty), a title granted by the pope to the kings of Hungary on account of the extensive propagation of Christianity by St. Stephen, the founder of the royal line. It is now a title of the emperor of Austria in right of the throne of Hungary. --
Apostolic see, a see founded and governed by an apostle; specifically, the Church of Rome; -- so called because, in the Roman Catholic belief, the pope is the successor of St. Peter, the prince of the apostles, and the only apostle who has successors in the apostolic office. --
Apostolical succession, the regular and uninterrupted transmission of ministerial authority by a succession of bishops from the apostles to any subsequent period. Hook. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an apostolic manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Apostolicity. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (R. C. Ch.) The diplomatic agent of the pope highest in grade, superior to a nuncio. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } n. The state or quality of being apostolical. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a family comprising the birthworts; wild ginger.
Syn. -- family Aristolochiaceae, birthwort family [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 an order of plants distinguished by tubular petaloid perianth and inferior ovary. It includes the Aristolochiaceae, Rafflesiaceae, and Hydnoraceae.
Syn. -- order Aristolochiales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; dinner + -logy. ] The science of dining. Quart. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. a- not + systole. ] (Physiol.) A weakening or cessation of the contractile power of the heart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or symptoms characteristic of asystole. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A seaport city in the west of England. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bristol board, a kind of fine pasteboard, made with a smooth but usually unglazed surface. --
Bristol brick, a brick of siliceous matter used for polishing cultery; -- originally manufactured at Bristol. --
Bristol stone, rock crystal, or brilliant crystals of quartz, found in the mountain limestone near Bristol, and used in making ornaments, vases, etc. When polished, it is called Bristol diamond. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a deciduous or semi-evergreen tree (Cassia fistula) having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally; it grows in tropical Asia, Central and South America, and Australia.
Syn. -- golden shower tree, drumstick tree, purging cassia, pudding pipe tree, canafistola. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. chiasto`s marked with a χ + -lite. See Chiasm. So called from the resemblance of the cross cuts of its crystals to the Greek letter χ. ] (Min.) A variety of andalusite; -- called also macle. The tessellated appearance of a cross section is due to the symmetrical arrangement of impurities in the crystal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Crist + -logy. ] A treatise on Christ; that department of theology which treats of the personality, attributes, or life of Christ. [ 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. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; bladder + -lith. ] 1. (Bot.) A concretion of mineral matter within a leaf or other part of a plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) A urinary calculus. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Relating to stone in the bladder. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to put asunder, to separate; dia` through + &unr_; to set, to place. ] 1. (Physiol.) The rhythmical expansion or dilatation of the heart and arteries; -- correlative to systole, or contraction. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Gram.) A figure by which a syllable naturally short is made long. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to diastole. [ 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. [ Obs. ] See Fridstol. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ AS. friðstōl. See Fred, and Stool. ] A seat in churches near the altar, to which offenders formerly fled for sanctuary. [ Written variously fridstool, freedstool, etc. ] [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Ghost lore. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

It seemed even more unaccountable than if it had been a thing of ghostology and witchcraft. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physiol.) Contraction of only one ventricle of the heart. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Hemisystole is noticed in rare cases of insufficiency of the mitral valve, in which both ventricles at times contract simultaneously, as in a normal heart, this condition alternating with contraction of the right ventricle alone; hence, intermittent hemisystole. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Biol.) Pertaining to histology, or to the microscopic structure of the tissues of living organisms. -- His`to*log"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. One versed in histology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. "isto`s tissue + -logy.] That branch of biological science, which treats of the minute (microscopic) structure of animal and vegetable tissues; -- called also histiology. [1913 Webster]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. "isto`s tissue + &unr_; to loosen, dissolve.] (Biol.) The decay and dissolution of the organic tissues and of the blood. [1913 Webster]

a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to histolysis, or the degeneration of tissues. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] Having equal, or almost equal, authority with the apostles of their teachings.

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

n. [ Gr. masto`s the breast + -logy: cf. F. mastologie. ] The natural history of Mammalia. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Physiol.) The almost inappreciable time which elapses between the systole and the diastole of the heart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL.: cf. F. péristole. See Peristaltic. ] (Physiol.) Peristaltic action, especially of the intestines. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. peri- + systole: cf. F. périsystole. ] (Physiol.) The interval between the diastole and systole of the heart. It is perceptible only in the dying. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. pistole, pistolet, It. pistola; prob. from a form Pistola, for Pistoja, a town in Italy where pistols were first made. Cf. Pistole. ] The smallest firearm used, intended to be fired from one hand, -- now of many patterns, and bearing a great variety of names. See Illust. of Revolver. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pistol carbine, a firearm with a removable but-piece, and thus capable of being used either as a pistol or a carbine. --
Pistol pipe (Metal.), a pipe in which the blast for a furnace is heated, resembling a pistol in form. --
Pistol shot. (a) The discharge of a pistol. (b) The distance to which a pistol can propel a ball. [ 1913 Webster ]