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-- now usually applied by way of reproach. Miters, and wretched dead mediæval monkeries. Carlyle.

oth, the pall spread over a coffin; black cloth indicative or mourning; funeral hangings. Carlyle. -- Mort stone, a large stone by the wayside on which the bearers rest a coffin. [Eng.] H. Taylor.

An object of superstitious homage and fear. Carlyle. The miserable Mumbo Jumbo they paraded. Dickens.

A complex nitrogenous compound obtained as a scarlet crystalline substance, and regarded as related to murexide.

, n. Naïveté. Carlyle.

Expressing denial; belonging to negation; negative. Carlyle.

sent call or purpose; -- chiefly used in the phrase for the nonce. The miller was a stout carl for the nones. Chaucer. And that he calls for drink, I 'll have prepared him A chalice for the nonce. Shak. Nonce word, "a word apparently employed only for the nonce". Murray (New English Dict. ).

A notable, or remarkable, person or thing; a person of note. "Parisian notabilities" Carlyle.

Capable of enduring all things. [R.] Carlyle.

A pearl of great luster. [R.] Carlyle.

Covered over; ornamented with hangings. Carlyle.

ally bright-colored and more showy than the flowers. Castilleia coccinea has brilliantly scarlet bracts, and is common in meadows. -- Painted finch. See Nonpareil. -- Painted lady (Zoöl.), a bright-colored butterfly. See Thistle butterfly. -- Painted turtle (Zoöl.), a common American freshwater tortoise (Chrysemys p…

c conference and deliberation; a debate. This epoch of parliaments and eloquent palavers. Carlyle.

Palpitating; throbbing; trembling. Carlyle.

A fine plaited hat, made in Central America of the young leaves of a plant (Carludovica palmata).

), a francolin of South Africa (Francolinus pictus). -- Partridge berry. (Bot.) (a) The scarlet berry of a trailing american plant (Mitchella repens) of the order Rubiaceæ, having roundish evergreen leaves, and white fragrant flowers sometimes tinged with purple, growing in pairs with the ovaries united, and producing…

Of or pertaining to the gallows, or to execution. [R.] Carlyle.

Able to digest. [R.] Tolerably nutritive for a mind as yet so peptic. Carlyle.

Travel; wandering. [R.] Carlyle.

A thorough searching; a minute inquiry or scrutiny. Carlyle