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Rook :: Rook (n.) A European bird (Corvus frugilegus) resembling the crow, but smaller. It is black, with purple and violet reflections. The base of the beak and the region around it are covered with a rough, scabrous skin, which in old birds is whitish. It is gregarious in its habits. The name is also applied to related Asiatic species..

Persuade :: Persuade (v. t.) To convince by argument, or by reasons offered or suggested from reflection, etc.; to cause to believe..

Dipleidoscope :: Dipleidoscope (n.) An instrument for determining the time of apparent noon. It consists of two mirrors and a plane glass disposed in the form of a prism, so that, by the reflections of the sun's rays from their surfaces, two images are presented to the eye, moving in opposite directions, and coinciding at the instant the sun's center is on the meridian..

Gnomology :: Gnomology (n.) A collection of, or a treatise on, maxims, grave sentences, or reflections..

Catoptrical :: Catoptrical (a.) Of or pertaining to catoptrics; produced by reflection.

Jeer :: "Jeer (v.) To utter sarcastic or scoffing reflections; to speak with mockery or derision; to use taunting language; to scoff; as, to jeer at a speaker..

Reflection :: Reflection (n.) The transference of an excitement from one nerve fiber to another by means of the nerve cells, as in reflex action. See Reflex action, under Reflex..

Resolve :: Resolve (v. i.) To form a purpose; to make a decision; especially, to determine after reflection; as, to resolve on a better course of life..

Mirror :: Mirror (n.) A looking-glass or a speculum; any glass or polished substance that forms images by the reflection of rays of light.

Foil :: Foil (n.) A thin coat of tin, with quicksilver, laid on the back of a looking-glass, to cause reflection..

Solemn :: Solemn (a.) Fitted to awaken or express serious reflections; marked by seriousness; serious; grave; devout; as, a solemn promise; solemn earnestness..

Reflection :: Reflection (n.) Censure; reproach cast.

Sombre :: Sombre (a.) Melancholy; sad; grave; depressing; as, a somber person; somber reflections..

Rash :: Rash (superl.) Uttered or undertaken with too much haste or too little reflection; as, rash words; rash measures..

Fornix :: Fornix (n.) An arch or fold; as, the fornix, or vault, of the cranium; the fornix, or reflection, of the conjuctiva..

Consternation :: Consternation (n.) Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for reflection; terror, combined with amazement; dismay..

Hastily :: Hastily (adv.) Without due reflection; precipitately; rashly.

Blink :: Blink (v. i.) The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by the reflection of light from fields of ice at sea; ice blink.

Twilight :: Twilight (n.) The light perceived before the rising, and after the setting, of the sun, or when the sun is less than 18? below the horizon, occasioned by the illumination of the earth's atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth..

Reflecting :: Reflecting (a.) Given to reflection or serious consideration; reflective; contemplative; as, a reflecting mind..

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