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d the privilege of remaining in the mansion house of which her husband died seized. Quarantine flag, a yellow flag hoisted at the fore of a vessel or hung from a building, to give warning of an infectious disease; -- called also the yellow jack, and yellow flag.

A supposed fourth integument of an ovule, counting from the outside.

e embryonic sac of an ovule, sometimes regarded as an innermost fifth integument. Cf. Quartine, and Tercine.

A collar or cape. [Obs.] Sir W. Scott.

A woolen stuff thinner than ratteen.

Having the veins or nerves straight; -- said of leaves.

The quality or state of being resty; sluggishness. [Obs.] The snake by restiness and lying still all winter. Holland.

Having reticulated veins.

That part of the eye of an invertebrate which corresponds in function with the retina of a vertebrate.

A round of business, amusement, or pleasure, daily or frequently pursued; especially, a course of business or offical duties regularly or frequently returning.

The quality or state of being rusty.

A thin kind of satin.

One of a breed of fancy frilled pigeons allied to the owls and turbits, having the body white, the shoulders tricolored, and the tail bluish black with a large white spot on each feather.

Quality condition of being scanty.

A scrutinizer; specifically, an examiner of votes, as at an election.

Lit., half-tontine; -- used to designate a form of tontine life insurance. See Tontine insurance. --Sem`i*ton*tine", n.

A place for dregs and dirt; a sink; a sewer. [Obs.] Latimer.

from surprise, to observe the approach of danger, and give notice of it; a sentry. The sentinels who paced the ramparts. Macaulay.

The European long-eared bat (Vesperugo serotinus).

and the other, like a moving serpent; anfractuous; meandering; sinuous; zigzag; as, serpentine braid. Thy shape Like his, and color serpentine. Milton.