Archivo: Image from page 175 of The Century dictionary and cyclopedia (1897) (14782813614)

Descripción: Identifier: centurydictionary01whit Title: The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. Year: 1897 (1890s) Authors: Whitney, William Dwight, 1827-1894 Smith, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Eli), 1857-1913 Subjects: English language Atlases Biography Encyclopedias and dictionaries Publisher: New York : The Century Co. Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: Style, i. allOQIlialism (a-16kwi-al-izm), n. [< alloquial-I- -ism.] A phrase or manner of speech usedin addressing. X E. I). alloquyt (alo-kwi), n. [< L. alloquium, adlo-quium, < alloqui, adloqui, speak to, address:see allocution. Cf. colloquy, soliloquy, and ob-loquy.] The act of speaking to another orothers; an address. Allorhina (al-o-rina), n. [NL., < Gr. a/2oc.other, -t- /i/f, piv, nose.] A genus of lamelli-eorn beetles (Scarabaida-), belonging to thetribe Cctaniini, readily distinguished by thefact that the epimera of the mesothorax are•\-isible from above as a triangularpiecebetweenthe prothorax and the elytra, a character ofrare occurrence in Coleoptera. The scutellum iscovered by a prolongation of the base of the prothora.\.The best-known species is A. nitida (LinuEeus), very com-mon in the more southern United States. It is a greenvelvety insect, nearly an inch long, of nearly square form,somewhat pointed in front, with the sides of the thorax One missionaries, Text Appearing After Image: Allorhina nitida.male beetle : d, e,/,g,^ mandible, antenna. a, larva ; b, pupa ; c. male beetle : d, e,/,g, leg, and maxillary palpus of larva. and elytra usually brownish-yellow. It feeds upon thesap of wounded trees, but in dry summers it not rarelyattacks cotton-bolls and ripe fruit of all sorts, thus doingconsiderable damage. Its larva feeds upon grass-roots,and is characterized by the numerous short and stiff hairswitli which it is covered, and by means of which it isable, when placed upon its back, to move forward orbackward with considerable velocity.allot (a-lof), V. t.\ pret. and pp. allotted, ■p\>T.allotting. [Early mod. E. also alot, < OF. alotei:alloter (F. alloiir), < a, to, -1- loter, lotir, divideby lot, < lot, lot, adopted from Teut.: see lot.]l. To di\ido or distribute as by lot; distributeor parcel out; apportion: as, to allot shares in allotropy a public company.—2. To grant; assign; ap-projiriate: as, to allot a, sum of money for somespecific purpo Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Título: Image from page 175 of The Century dictionary and cyclopedia (1897) (14782813614)
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