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crown of England, and expressly abjuring allegiance to the descendants of the Pretender. Brande & C.

undeveloped; checked in normal development at a very early stage; as, spines are aborted branches. The eyes of the cirripeds are more or less aborted in their mature state. Owen.

At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space; as, a tree spreads its branches abroad. The fox roams far abroad. Prior.

A strong spirituous liqueur made from wormwood and brandy or alcohol.

Deficient and the beginning, as a line of poetry. Brande.

ms are furnished with cup-shaped suckers, as the cuttlefishes, squids, and octopus; the Dibranchiata. See Cephalopoda.

A combination of acetic acid with glycerin. Brande & C.

Same as Acetimeter. Brande & C.

Needle ore. Brande & C.

re, phenomena, and laws. Acoustics, then, or the science of sound, is a very considerable branch of physics. Sir J. Herschel.

Gum tragacanth. Brande & C.

A second branch of a buck's antler. Howell.

One of a religious body, embracing several branches, who look for the proximate personal coming of Christ; -- called also Second Adventists. Schaff-Herzog Encyc.

A form of fruit in the cycle of development of the Rusts or Brands, an order of fungi, formerly considered independent plants.

The placenta and membranes with which the fetus is connected, and which come away after delivery.

The language, oral or written, embodying reciprocal promises. Abbott. Brande & C.

That branch of agriculture dealing with the methods of conversion of agricultural products into manufactured articles; agricultural technology.

A inferior brandy of Spain and Portugal.

t composed of the chlorides of ammonium and mercury. It was formerly used as a stimulant. Brande & C.

merican fish (Clupea vernalis) of the Herring family. It is called also ellwife, ellwhop, branch herring. The name is locally applied to other related species.