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are (Zoöl.), a small hare (Lepus sylvaticus, var. Arizonæ) inhabiting the deserts of the Western United States. -- Desert mouse (Zoöl.), an American mouse (Hesperomys eremicus), living in the Western deserts.

A player at dice; a dice player; a gamester. As false as dicers' oaths. Shak.

See Digester.

ntry, who beguiled the dinner hour by a promenade near the tomb of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, in Old Saint Paul's.

e the title or contents on the back of; to summarize; as, to docket letters and papers. Chesterfield.

ntries to convert to Communism. The apparent assumption was that an Asian country with a Western orientation was as politically unstable as a domino standing on edge. Used by some as a justification for American involvement in the Vietnam war, 1964-1972.

for men, covering the body from the neck to the waist or a little below. It was worn in Western Europe from the 15th to the 17th century.

o fear; to be apprehensive of. [Obs.] Edmond [was a] good man and doubted God. R. of Gloucester. I doubt some foul play. Shak. That I of doubted danger had no fear. Spenser.

Gentleness and sweetness of manner; agreeableness. Chesterfield.

To put out. [Obs.] "It douts the light." Sylvester.

With dread. [Obs.] "Dreadly to shake." Sylvester (Du Bartas).

h, dries; that which may expel or absorb moisture; a desiccative; as, the sun and a northwesterly wind are great driers of the earth.

One whose practice it is to raise mirth by odd tricks; a jester; a buffoon; a merry-andrew. Prior.

A jester; a droll. [Obs.] Glanvill.

Appointed or required to arrive at a given time; as, the steamer was due yesterday.

A house made partly in a hillside or slighter elevation. [Western U.S.] Bartlett.

led with dust; clouded with dust; as, a dusty table; also, reducing to dust. And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Shak.

title, or dignity of an earl. He [Pulteney] shrunk into insignificancy and an earldom. Chesterfield.

al title is The Orthodox Catholic Apostolic Eastern Church. It became estranged from the Western, or Roman, Church over the question of papal supremacy and the doctrine of the filioque, and a separation, begun in the latter part of the 9th century, became final in 1054. The Eastern Church consists of twelve (thirteen i…

An official of the Eastern Church, resembling a sacrist in the Western Church.