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Formerly, one of the Turkish cavalry.

Pertaining to, or taught by, Stahl, a German physician and chemist of the 17th century; as, the Stahlian theory of phlogiston.

The Stahlian theoru, that every vital action is function or operation of the soul.

A menial attendant. [Obs.] Spenser.

A province; a government, as of a viceroy; also, a subahdar. [India]

A viceroy; a governor of a subah; also, a native captain in the British native army. [India]

The office or jurisdiction of a subahdar.

The sum or number to be subtracted, or taken from another.

A coarse fish of India, used in making a breakfast relish called burtah.

One of the sect of Sunnites.

Situated over, or on the dorsal side of, the liver; -- applied to the branches of the hepatic veins.

Hyomental.

A soft twilled silk fabric much used for women's dresses; -- called also surah silk.

n obtained from tropical American trees of the genus Elaphrium (E. tomentosum and E. Tacamahaca), and also from East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum; also, the resinous exhudation of the balsam poplar.

The African rufous-necked weaver bird (Hyphantornis texor).

A fox (Vulpes Niloticus) of Northern Africa.

Of or pertaining to Tahiti, an island in the Pacific Ocean. -- n.

Same as Thar.

A marble mausoleum built at Agra, India, by the Mogul Emperor Shah Jahan, in memory of his favorite wife. In beauty of design and rich decorative detail it is one of the best examples of Saracenic architecture.

Having the form of the regular tetrahedron.