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To enslave; to bind; to restrict. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.

Slavery; involuntary servitude. [Obs.] Johnson.

A slave dealer; also, a strumpet. [Obs.]

The act of manumitting, or of liberating a slave from bondage. "Given to slaves at their manumission." Arbuthnot.

To release from slavery; to liberate from personal bondage or servitude; to free, as a slave. "Manumitted slaves." Hume.

In the West Indies and Guiana, a fugitive slave, or a free negro, living in the mountains.

es. Its root is powerfully astringent, and is sometimes used in medicine. Called also sea lavender. -- Marsh samphire (Bot.), a plant (Salicornia herbacea) found along seacoasts. See Glasswort. -- Marsh St. John's-wort (Bot.), an American herb (Elodes Virginica) with small opposite leaves and flesh-colored flowers.…

h more extensive application than now. (a) The employer of a servant. (b) The owner of a slave. (c) The person to whom an apprentice is articled. (d) A sovereign, prince, or feudal noble; a chief, or one exercising similar authority. (e) The head of a household. (f) The male head of a school or college. (g) A male teac…

A part of a bridle, the slavering bit. [Written also mastigador.]

chanics; mechanical; as, the mechanic arts. "These mechanic philosophers." Ray. Mechanic slaves, With greasy aprons, rules, and hammers. Shak.

A mine from which ores are taken. [Obs.] Slaves . . . and persons condemned to metals. Jer. Taylor.

), a composite plant (Eupatorium coelestinum), having heart-shaped leaves, and corymbs of lavender-blue flowers. It is found in the Western and Southern United States.

A Jew bound by a vow to lave the hair uncut, to abstain from wine and strong drink, and to practice extraordinary purity of life and devotion, the obligation being for life, or for a certain time. The word is also used adjectively.

f; to consider as trifling or important. "We are industrious to preserve our bodies from slavery, but we make nothing of suffering our souls to be slaves to our lusts." Ray. (b) Not to understand; as, I could make nothing of what he said.

A female slave or concubine in the harem of the Turkish sultan. [Written also odahlic, odalisk, and odalik.] Not of those that men desire, sleek Odalisques, or oracles of mode. Tennyson.

kind of triumph allowed to a commander for an easy, bloodless victory, or a victory over slaves.

To take heed; to care. [Obs.] As for these silken-coated slaves, I pass not. Shak.

A master who had freed his slave, but still retained some paternal rights over him.

The saving of a son or a slave with the father's or master's consent; a little property or stock of one's own; any exclusive personal or separate property. Burrill.

A slave who led his master's children to school, and had the charge of them generally.