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a. [ Cf. F. assessorial, fr. L. assessor. ] Of or pertaining to an assessor, or to a court of assessors. Coxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Belonging to a censor, or to the correction of public morals. Junius. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Full of censure; censorious. [ 1913 Webster ]

The censorial declamation of Juvenal. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Censorial. [ R. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to compromise. [ R. ] Chalmers. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) (a) Adapted to running or walking, and not to prehension; as, the limbs of the horse are cursorial. See Illust. of Aves. (b) Of or pertaining to the Cursores. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) See Fossores. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. fossor a digger. ] Fitted for digging, adapted for burrowing or digging; as, a fossorial foot; a fossorial animal. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. gressus, p. p. of gradi to step, go. ] (Zool.) Adapted for walking; anisodactylous; as the feet of certain birds and insects. See Illust. under Aves.

‖n. pl. [ NL.; -- so called because found in infusions which are left exposed to the air for a time. See Infuse. ] (Zool.) One of the classes of Protozoa, including a large number of species, all of minute size. Formerly, the term was applied to any microbe found in infusions of decaying organic material, but the term is now applied more specifically to one of the classes of the phylum Ciliophora, of ciliated protozoans. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

☞ (From 1913 dictionary): They are found in all seas, lakes, ponds, and streams, as well as in infusions of organic matter exposed to the air. They are distinguished by having vibrating lashes or cilia, with which they obtain their food and swim about. They are devided into the orders Flagellata, Ciliata, and Tentaculifera. See these words in the Vocabulary. Formely the term Infusoria was applied to all microscopic organisms found in water, including many minute plants, belonging to the diatoms, as well as minute animals belonging to various classes, as the Rotifera, which are worms; and the Rhizopoda, which constitute a distinct class of Protozoa. Fossil Infusoria are mostly the siliceous shells of diatoms; sometimes they are siliceous skeletons of Radiolaria, or the calcareous shells of Foraminifera. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Belonging to the Infusoria; composed of, or containing, Infusoria; as, infusorial earth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Infusorial earth (Geol.), a deposit of fine, usually white, siliceous material, composed mainly of the shells of the microscopic plants called diatoms; also called diatomaceous earth, kieselguhr, and diatomite. It is used in polishing powder, and in the manufacture of dynamite. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Infusoria. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) 1. Pertaining to, or having the character of, perching birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Belonging or pertaining to the Insessores. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Intercessory. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. professorius: cf. F. professorial. ] Of or pertaining to a professor; as, the professional chair; professional interest. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The character, manners, or habits of a professor. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Professoriate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The body of professors, or the professorial staff, in a university or college. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A professorship. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; psora. ] (Med.) (a) The state of being affected with psora. [ Obs. ] (b) A cutaneous disease, characterized by imbricated silvery scales, affecting only the superficial layers of the skin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Rasores, or gallinaceous birds, as the peacock, domestic fowl, partridge, quail, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Responsory; antiphonal. J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a.[ L. ridere, risum, to laugh. ] Pertaining to, or producing, laughter; as, the risorial muscles. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) (a) Capable of climbing; as, the woodpecker is a scansorial bird; adapted for climbing; as, a scansorial foot. (b) Of or pertaining to the Scansores. See Illust. under Aves. [ 1913 Webster ]

Scansorial tail (Zool.), a tail in which the feathers are stiff and sharp at the tip, as in the woodpeckers. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. sensorial. See Sensorium. ] Of or pertaining to the sensorium; as, sensorial faculties, motions, powers. A. Tucker. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to a sponsor. [ 1913 Webster ]