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The seaman or seamen stationed on the poop or after part of the ship, to attend the after-sails. Totten.

r a quarrel; an assailant. The insolence of the aggressor is usually proportioned to the tameness of the sufferer. Ames.

To grieve; to lament. [Obs.]

A subsidy granted to the king by Parliament; also, an exchequer loan.

One of the ornamental tags, cords, or loops on some military and naval uniforms.

e and translucent, but sometimes yellow, red, or gray. It is carved into vases, mantel ornaments, etc.

An ornamental evergreen shrub (Rhamnus alaternus) belonging to the buckthorns.

A soft ornamental terra-cotta pottery, sold in the biscuit state for decorating.

The white and softer part of wood, between the inner bark and the hard wood or duramen; sapwood.

A small ornamental building with seats, or an arched seat, in a pleasure ground; a garden bower. Cowper.

Made or decorated after the fanciful style of the ornamentation in the Alhambra, which affords an unusually fine exhibition of Saracenic or Arabesque architecture.

An ornamental shrub (Hibiscus Syriacus) of the Mallow family.

The national assembly or parliament of Iceland. See Thing, n., 8.

A genus of ornamental annual plants (Amaranthus) of many species, with green, purplish, or crimson flowers.

An ornament, gem, or scroll, or a package containing a relic, etc., worn as a charm or preservative against evils or mischief, such as diseases and witchcraft, and generally inscribed with mystic forms or characters.

Any sculptured, chased, or embossed ornament worked in low relief, as a cameo.

l meaning or application; esp. the application of the types and allegories of the Old Testament to subjects of the New.

Destitute of stamen

Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; -- a part of the ornaments of certain moldings. It is seen in the echinus, or egg-and-anchor (called also egg-and-dart, egg-and-tongue) ornament.

The stamens of a flower taken collectively.