Webster's practical dictionary A practical dictionary of the English language, giving the correct spelling, pronunciation and definitions of words based on the Unabridged dictionary of Noah Webster .. . d, a. (Jnat.) \Resembling a sword; ensi-form.—Xiphoid cartila< cartilage at the lowerend of the sternum. X ray. The Roentgen ray,q. V.; — so called by its discoverer because of its enig-matical character, x being an algebraic symbol foran unknown quantity. Xylite, zilit, n. { Mm.) A mineral of a brown color,consisting chiefly of silica, sesquioxide of iron, lime,magnesia, and water. {Che
Webster's practical dictionary A practical dictionary of the English language, giving the correct spelling, pronunciation and definitions of words based on the Unabridged dictionary of Noah Webster .. . d, a. (Jnat.) \Resembling a sword; ensi-form.—Xiphoid cartila< cartilage at the lowerend of the sternum. X ray. The Roentgen ray,q. V.; — so called by its discoverer because of its enig-matical character, x being an algebraic symbol foran unknown quantity. Xylite, zilit, n. { Mm.) A mineral of a brown color,consisting chiefly of silica, sesquioxide of iron, lime,magnesia, and water. {Chem.) A volatile, inflam-mable liquid which exists in crude or impure pyrolig-neous acid.— Xylograph, -lo-graf, ?!. An engravingon wood, or the impression from such an engraving.— Xylographer, -ra-fer, n. One who practices xy-lography. — Xylographic, -leal, -grafik-al, a. Pert,to wood-engraving. — Xylography, -ft, n. Act or artof cutting figures in wood, representing natural ob-jects.—Xylene,-len,-lole,-lol, w. {Chem.) A hydro-carbon, homologous with benzine, prepared fromcoal naptha.—Xylophagous, -a-gus, a. Eating wood. Xyster, zistSr, n. A surgeons instrument for scrap-ing Xebec. Y. Y, wi, the 2oth letter of the Eng. alphabet, derives itsform from the Greek Y : at the beginning of wordsor syllables, when followed by a vowel, except whenused as a prefix, it is a consonant element: in othersituations it is a vowel, having the same sounds as is used by ancient writers, esp. Spenser, as a pre-fix of the past participle, used or omitted at will, andis sometimes employed by modem writers in bur-lesque, or in imitation of the antique, — as y-clad,clad, clothed; y-cleped, called; ?/-/erf, fed, refreshed.] T, wi, n.; pi. Ys, wiz. Anything having the shape ofY, esp. one of the forked, pieces whicn support thepivots of a transit instrument, of the telescope of atheodolite, etc.; a wye, — so called from its form.{Railroads.) A portion of track consisting of
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