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An elevated river bed or sea bed.

To vex with lectures; to lecture frequently.

A small Asiatic civet of the genus Arctilis.

Perishable goods. Bouvier.

A fungicidal mixture composed of blue vitriol, lime, and water. The formula in common use is: blue vitriol, 6 lbs.; lime, 4 lbs.; water, 35 -- 50 gallons.

An abbreviature; an abbreviation. [Obs.] Johnson.

A large, edible, gregarious bird of Australia (Talegalla Lathami) of the family Megapodidæ. Also applied to several allied species of New Guinea.

An obscure road; a way turning from the main road. Sir P. Sidney.

Art of producing metal decorative work other than statuary, as reliefs, intaglios, engraving, chasing, etc.

To see as in the delirium of one affected with calenture. [Poetic] Hath fed on pageants floating through the air Or calentures in depths of limpid flood. Wordsworth.

Candidacy.

A bush of hair; frizzing of the hair. Clarke.

seizing by force, or getting possession of by superior power or by stratagem; as, the capture of an enemy, a vessel, or a criminal. Even with regard to captures made at sea. Bluckstone.

An exaggeration, or distortion by exaggeration, of parts or characteristics, as in a picture.

One who caricatures.

A cincture, girdle, or belt; -- chiefly used in English as a dressmaking term.

The act or art of engraving or embossing.

Height; altitude. [Obs.]

Of or pertaining to a century; as, a centurial sermon. [R.]

Pertaining to, or divided into, centuries or hundreds. [R.] Holland.