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One of a tribe of Indians who formed part of the Five Nations. They formerly inhabited the valley of the Mohawk River.

A tribe of Lenni-Lenape Indians who formerly inhabited Western Connecticut and Eastern New York. [Written also Mohegans.]

ing such characters as Charity, Faith, Death, Vice, etc. Such plays were occasionally exhibited as late as the reign of Henry VIII. Strutt.

ganic fibers and coloring matter, serves as a bond of union, and thus gives fixity to, or bites in, the dyes.

The country inhabited by the Mormons; the Mormon people.

A little bite or bit of food. Chaucer. Every morsel to a satisfied hunger is only a new labor to a tired digestion. South.

like organs with which they puncture the skin of man and animals to suck the blood. These bites, when numerous, cause, in many persons, considerable irritation and swelling, with some pain. The larvæ and pupæ, called wigglers, are aquatic. [Written also musquito.] Mosquito bar, Mosquito net, a net or curtain for exclud…

To chew or bite gently, as one without teeth. Gums unarmed, to mumble meat in vain. Dryden.

A tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited the shores of Narragansett Bay.

ats of those evidences of the existence and attributes of the Supreme Being which are exhibited in nature; -- distinguished from revealed religion. See Quotation under Natural, a., 3. -- Natural vowel, the vowel sound heard in urn, furl, sir, her, etc.; -- so called as being uttered in the easiest open position of the…

ful genuineness and uncertain indentification, said to exist in certain minerals, as columbite. Hermann.

To bite by little at a time; to seize gently with the mouth; to eat slowly or in small bits. Thy turfy mountains, where live nibbling sheep. Shak.

legiance to William and Mary, or to their successors, after the revolution of 1688; a Jacobite.

Of, pertaining to, or appropriate to, nymphs; inhabited by nymphs; as, a nymphean cave.

unglison. Occlusion of gases (Chem. & Physics), the phenomenon of absorbing gases, as exhibited by platinum, palladium, iron, or charcoal; thus, palladium absorbs, or occludes, nearly a thousand times its own volume of hydrogen, and in this case a chemical compound seems to be formed.

A tribe of Indians who inhabited the south side of the Missouri River. They are now partly civilized and occupy a reservation in Nebraska.

The house where operas are exhibited. Opéra bouffe Etym: [F. opéra opera + bouffe comic, It.buffo], Opera buffa Etym: [It.], light, farcical, burlesque opera. -- Opera box, a partially inclosed portion of the auditorium of an opera house for the use of a small private party. -- Opéra comique Etym: [F.], comic or humo…

Shown; exhibited; declared; avowed; professed; apparent; -- often used as opposed to real or actual; as, an ostensible reason, motive, or aim. D. Ramsay.

An arbiter.

An umpire; a third arbiter, appointed when two arbiters, previously selected, disagree.