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Dissolving; liquefying by contact with the air; capable of attracting moisture from the atmosphere and becoming liquid; as, deliquescent salts.

To remove the queen from (a hive of bees).

Speaking in different ways. [R.]

See Docket.

A warrant. See Docket.

To disentangle. [R.]

opriate language either spoken or written, thereby producing conviction or persuasion. Eloquence is speaking out . . . out of the abundance of the heart. Hare.

otions or forcible arguments in an elevated, impassioned, and effective manner; as, an eloquent orator or preacher. O Death, all-eloquent! You only prove What dust we dote on when 't is man we love. Pope.

In an eloquent manner.

To inquire. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A large stable or lodge for horses. Johnson.

Same as Equerry.

Of or pertaining to horses or horsemen, or to horsemanship; as, equestrian feats, or games.

The art of riding on horseback; performance on horseback; horsemanship; as, feats equestrianism.

A woman skilled in equestrianism; a horsewoman.

An ambiguous term; a word susceptible of different significations. Coleridge.

ank and occasion; conventional decorum; ceremonial code of polite society. The pompous etiquette to the court of Louis the Fourteenth. Prescott.

the treasury; and, colloquially, pecuniary possessions in general; as, the company's exchequer is low. Barons of the exchequer. See under Baron. -- Chancellor of the exchequer. See under Chancellor. -- Exchequer bills or bonds (Eng.), bills of money, or promissory bills, issued from the exchequer by authority of Parl…

State of worry or excitment; fidget; ill humor. [Prov. Eng.] Dickens.

Prophetic; fatidical. [Obs.] Blount.