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The period in which the American Upper Silurian system, containing the brine-producing rocks of central New York, was formed. See the Chart of Geology.
A subdivision in the lower Silurian system of America; -- so named from Trenton Falls, in New York. The rocks are mostly limestones, and the period is divided into the Trenton, Utica, and Cincinnati epochs. See the Chart of Geology.
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A range of columns with their entablature, etc.; specifically, a complete system of columns, whether on all sides of a court, or surrounding a building, such as the cella of a temple. Used in the former sense, it gives name to the larger and inner court of a Roman dwelling, the peristyle. See Colonnade.
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A pseudo-peripteral temple.
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Of or pertaining to the peritoneum.
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Having the axis of the seed perpendicular to the axis of the pericarp to which it is attached.
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of Peristoma
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Around the viscera; as, the perivisceral cavity.
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Same as Peritoneum.
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Inflammation of the peritoneum.
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Around the blood vessels; as, perivascular lymphatics.
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Same as Peristome.
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Peritropal.
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Of or pertaining to a peristome.
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Same as Peristome.
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Peristaltic action, especially of the intestines.
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To dress with a periwig, or with false hair.
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Falsely or imperfectly peripteral, as a temple having the columns at the sides attached to the walls, and an ambulatory only at the ends or only at one end.
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The wheel which, together with the axle, forms the axis in peritrochio, which see under Axis.
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Turning around; rotatory; revolving; as, a peristrephic painting (of a panorama).
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