Definition of metic

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Metic (n.) A sojourner; an immigrant; an alien resident in a Grecian city, but not a citizen..

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Enamel :: Enamel (v. t.) To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion..
Antemetic :: Antemetic (a.) Tending to check vomiting.
Arithmetical :: Arithmetical (a.) Of or pertaining to arithmetic; according to the rules or method of arithmetic.
Turn :: Turn (v. t.) To sicken; to nauseate; as, an emetic turns one's stomach..
Cipher :: Cipher (v. i.) To use figures in a mathematical process; to do sums in arithmetic.
Series :: Series (n.) An indefinite number of terms succeeding one another, each of which is derived from one or more of the preceding by a fixed law, called the law of the series; as, an arithmetical series; a geometrical series..
Arithmetic :: Arithmetic (n.) A book containing the principles of this science.
Spermaceti :: Spermaceti (n.) A white waxy substance obtained from cavities in the head of the sperm whale, and used making candles, oilments, cosmetics, etc. It consists essentially of ethereal salts of palmitic acid with ethal and other hydrocarbon bases. The substance of spermaceti after the removal of certain impurities is sometimes called cetin..
Meticulous :: Meticulous (a.) Timid; fearful.
Addition :: Addition (n.) That part of arithmetic which treats of adding numbers.
Sabadilla :: Sabadilla (n.) A Mexican liliaceous plant (Schoenocaulon officinale); also, its seeds, which contain the alkaloid veratrine. It was formerly used in medicine as an emetic and purgative..
Jonquille :: "Jonquille (n.) A bulbous plant of the genus Narcissus (N. Jonquilla), allied to the daffodil. It has long, rushlike leaves, and yellow or white fragrant flowers. The root has emetic properties. It is sometimes called the rush-leaved daffodil. See Illust. of Corona..
Hermetically :: Hermetically (adv.) By fusion, so as to form an air-tight closure..
Cometic :: Cometic (a.) Relating to a comet.
Emetic :: Emetic (a.) Inducing to vomit; exciting the stomach to discharge its contents by the mouth.
Bryonin :: Bryonin (n.) A bitter principle obtained from the root of the bryony (Bryonia alba and B. dioica). It is a white, or slightly colored, substance, and is emetic and cathartic..
Real :: Real (a.) Having an assignable arithmetical or numerical value or meaning; not imaginary.
Proportion :: Proportion (n.) The rule of three, in arithmetic, in which the three given terms, together with the one sought, are proportional..
Add :: Add (v. i.) To perform the arithmetical operation of addition; as, he adds rapidly..
Cream :: Cream (n.) A cosmetic; a creamlike medicinal preparation.
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