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Thickened; becoming thicker. Martyn.

One who indites. Smart.

Anything that intoxicates, as opium, alcohol, etc.; an intoxicant. Smart.

on, will the serene light of God flow upon us, and the blue infinite embrace us again. J. Martineau.

Hollow and distended, as a perianth, corolla, nectary, or pericarp. Martyn.

To breathe or draw into the lungs; to inspire; as, to inhale air; -- opposed to exhale. Martin was walking forth to inhale the fresh breeze of the evening. Arbuthnot.

A shining between or among. [R.] Smart.

Having an involucre, as umbels, heads, etc. Martyn.

o, suddenly thrown out; uttered in short sentences; ejaculatory; as, jaculatory prayers. Smart.

Spruce. [Slang, Eng.] Smart.

his birth. Shak. The fixed stars astrologically differenced by the planets, and esteemed Martial or Jovial according to the colors whereby they answer these planets. Sir T. Browne.

Judges. Judge Advocate (Mil. & Nav.), a person appointed to act as prosecutor at a court-martial; he acts as the representative of the government, as the responsible adviser of the court, and also, to a certain extent, as counsel for the accused, when he has no other counsel. -- Judge-Advocate General, in the United…

of the adults show a bright orange basal spot when erected. Called also bee bird, and bee martin. Several Southern and Western species of Tyrannus are also called king birds.

To strike smartly; to rap; to snap. Bacon.

Lamentable. Martin Parker.

ping, navigation, and the like. Bouvier. -- Mariotte's law. See Boyle's law (above). -- Martial law.See under Martial. -- Military law, a branch of the general municipal law, consisting of rules ordained for the government of the military force of a state in peace and war, and administered in courts martial. Kent. W…

tigrinum, the sepals of which are blotched with black. -- Turk's-cap lily (Bot.) Lilium Martagon, a red lily with recurved sepals; also, the similar American lily, L. superbum. -- Water lily (Bot.), the Nymphæa, a plant with floating roundish leaves, and large flowers having many petals, usually white, but sometimes…

Acuteness; smartness; also, a smart trick or stratagem.[Obs.] Stanihurst.

An instrument of martial music; a kind of trumpet of a somewhat curved form and shrill note.

a half-witted man who some years previously had broken stocking frames. J. & H. Smith. H. Martineau.