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national life or habits. We ordered a lunch (the most delightful of English institutions, next to dinner) to be ready against our return. Hawthorne.

tive, or chargé d'affaires, of the pope at a foreign court or seat of government, ranking next below a nuncio.

em; -- said of the pair of stipules at the base of a petiole when united by those margins next the petiole, thus seeming to form a single stipule between the petiole and the stem or branch; -- often confounded with interpetiolar, from which it differs essentially in meaning.

on; a cabal; as, a junto of ministers; a junto of politicians. The puzzling sons of party next appeared, In dark cabals and mighty juntos met. Thomson.

One on whom knighthood, a dignity next below that of baronet, is conferred by the sovereign, entitling him to be addressed as Sir; as, Sir John. [Eng.] Hence:

An inextricable or bewildering difficulty. I' the maze and winding labyrinths o' the world. Denham.

g men with lighted torches in their hands. He who reached the goal first, with his torch unextinguished, gained the prize.

Slow or slowly; -- more so than adagio; next in slowness to grave, which is also weighty and solemn. -- n.

Next before the present; as, I saw him last week.

The inner bark of plants, lying next to the wood. It usually contains a large proportion of woody, fibrous cells, and is, therefore, the part from which the fiber of the plant is obtained, as that of hemp, etc. Liber cells, elongated woody cells found in the liber.

A commissioned officer in the army, next below a captain.

. An army officer in rank next below a general and next above a major general.

hokes them. Totten. -- Limber strake (Shipbuilding), the first course of inside planking next the keelson.

The space at the mouth of a level next the shaft, widened to permit wagons to pass, or ore to be deposited for hoisting; -- called also platt. Raymond.

One of the two or three delicate membranous scales which are next to the stamens in grasses.

to orange trees in Florida. -- Lubber's hole (Naut.), a hole in the floor of the "top," next the mast, through which sailors may go aloft without going over the rim by the futtock shrouds. It is considered by seamen as only fit to be used by lubbers. Totten. -- Lubber's line, point, or mark, a line or point in the c…

The period of a synodic revolution of the moon, or the time from one new moon to the next; varying in length, at different times, from about 29

. -- Main couple (Arch.), the principal truss in a roof. -- Main deck (Naut.), the deck next below the spar deck; the principal deck. -- Main keel (Naut.), the principal or true keel of a vessel, as distinguished from the false keel.

An officer next in rank above a captain and next below a lieutenant colonel; the lowest field officer.

. An officer of the army holding a rank next above that of brigadier general and next below that of lieutenant general, and who usually commands a division or a corps.