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Almucantar :: Almucantar (n.) A small circle of the sphere parallel to the horizon; a circle or parallel of altitude. Two stars which have the same almucantar have the same altitude. See Almacantar.

Scantling :: Scantling (v. t.) A small quantity; a little bit; not much.

Desiccant :: Desiccant (a.) Drying; desiccative.

Cant :: Cant (n.) An affected, singsong mode of speaking..

Cant :: Cant (n.) A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads.

Filefish :: Filefish (n.) Any plectognath fish of the genera Monacanthus, Alutera, balistes, and allied genera; -- so called on account of the roughly granulated skin, which is sometimes used in place of sandpaper..

Preemption :: Preemption (n.) The right of an actual settler upon public lands (particularly those of the United States) to purchase a certain portion at a fixed price in preference to all other applicants.

Spiderwort :: Spiderwort (n.) An American endogenous plant (Tradescantia Virginica), with long linear leaves and ephemeral blue flowers. The name is sometimes extended to other species of the same genus..

Dijudicant :: Dijudicant (n.) One who dijudicates.

Rebus :: Rebus (n.) A pictorial suggestion on a coat of arms of the name of the person to whom it belongs. See Canting arms, under Canting..

Canton :: Canton (n.) A song or cant.

Scantlet :: Scantlet (n.) A small pattern; a small quantity.

Descant :: Descant (v. i.) Originally, a double song; a melody or counterpoint sung above the plain song of the tenor; a variation of an air; a variation by ornament of the main subject or plain song..

Chit :: Chit (n.) A child or babe; as, a forward chit; also, a young, small, or insignificant person or animal..

Chant :: Chant (v. t.) Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone.

Acanth :: Acanth (n.) Same as Acanthus.

Eke :: Eke (v. t.) To increase; to add to; to augment; -- now commonly used with out, the notion conveyed being to add to, or piece out by a laborious, inferior, or scanty addition; as, to eke out a scanty supply of one kind with some other..

Secant :: Secant (a.) A right line drawn from the center of a circle through one end of a circular arc, and terminated by a tangent drawn from the other end; the number expressing the ratio line of this line to the radius of the circle. See Trigonometrical function, under Function..

Butterfish :: Butterfish (n.) A name given to several different fishes, in allusion to their slippery coating of mucus, as the Stromateus triacanthus of the Atlantic coast, the Epinephelus punctatus of the southern coast, the rock eel, and the kelpfish of New Zealand..

Incantatory :: Incantatory (a.) Dealing by enchantment; magical.

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