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A dweller in Flam (or Susiana), an ancient kingdom of Southwestern Asia, afterwards a province of Persia.

outer curve in the middle of the arm when bent. Her arms to the elbows naked. R. of Gloucester.

To some, or any, other place; as, you will have to go elsewhither for it. R. of Gloucester."For elsewhither was I bound." Carlyle.

base; to degrade; to deteriorate. [Obs.] Embased the valleys, and embossed the hills. Sylvester. Alloy in coin of gold . . . may make the metal work the better, but it embaseth it. Bacon. Such pitiful embellishments of speech as serve for nothing but to embase divinity. South.

of residence, as from Europe to America, or, in America, from the Atlantic States to the Western.

ith extensive commerce; the commercial center of a country. That wonderful emporium [Manchester] . . . was then a mean and ill- built market town. Macaulay. It is pride . . . which fills our streets, our emporiums, our theathers. Knox.

another place, or lie in its neighborhood; suburbs; as, the environs of a city or town. Chesterfield.

vil at any time or in any case, must be also eternally and unchangeably so. South. Where western gales eternally reside. Addison.

-- Compound ether (Chem.), an ethereal salt or a salt of some hydrocarbon as the base; an ester. -- Ether engine (Mach.), a condensing engine like a steam engine, but operated by the vapor of ether instead of by steam.

oenanthic ether). -- Ethereal salt (Chem.), a salt of some organic radical as a base; an ester.

so that. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. Gen. xxxii. 26. But yesterday you never opened lip, Except, indeed, to drink. Tennyson.

A fretting; a festering; soreness. Hooker.

fictitious; as, a fabulous description; a fabulous hero. The fabulous birth of Minerva. Chesterfield.

Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid. Making our western wits fat and mean. Emerson. Make the heart of this people fat. Is. vi. 10.

A letter or epistle; -- so called in civility or compliment; as, your favor of yesterday is received.

Infirm; unstable. "Firmless sands." Sylvester.

One who counterfeits folly; a professional jester or buffoon; a retainer formerly kept to make sport, dressed fantastically in motley, with ridiculous accouterments. Can they think me . . . their fool or jester Milton. April fool, Court fool, etc. See under April, Court, etc. -- Fool's cap, a cap or hood to which bell…

A duty or tribute payable to the king's foresters.

A forester. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A forester. [Obs.] Spenser.