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Charged with vair; variegated with shield-shaped figures. See Vair.

days each, the week being abolished. The names of the months in their order were, Vendémiaire, Brumaire, Frimaire Nivose, Pluviose, Ventose, Germinal, Floréal, Prairial, Messidor, Thermidor (sometimes called Fervidor), and Fructidor. This calendar was abolished December 31, 1805, and the ordinary one restored January…

A cheap claret, used as a table wine in France.

Of or relating to Voltaire, the French author. J. Morley.

The theories or practice of Voltaire. J. Morley.

A piece of plank two yard Bailey.

er substance, of various colors, used in making ornamental patterns in mosaic pavements. Fairholt.

led annual aberration, when the observer's motion is that of the earth in its orbit, and dairy or diurnal aberration, when of the earth on its axis; amounting when greatest, in the former case, to 20.4'', and in the latter, to 0.3''. Planetary aberration is that due to the motion of light and the motion of the planet r…

The act or process of laying bare the roots of trees to expose them to the air and water. [Obs.] Evelyn.

v. Above. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] Aboon the pass of Bally-Brough. Sir W. Scott. The ceiling fair that rose aboon. J. R. Drake.

ove the board or table. Hence: in open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception. "Fair and aboveboard." Burke.

Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied; as, an absent air. What is commonly called an absent man is commonly either a very weak or a very affected man. Chesterfield.

or between the leaves of trees; the effect of moonlight, candlelight, or burning bodies. Fairholt.

To impair; to destroy. [Obs.] Hacket.

To perform; to execute; to do. [Archaic] That we act our temporal affairs with a desire no greater than our necessity. Jer. Taylor. Industry doth beget by producing good habits, and facility of acting things expedient for us to do. Barrow. Uplifted hands that at convenient times Could act extortion and the worst of cri…

(Anat.) One of the bones at the base of a paired fin of a fish.

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

To render sharp or keen. [R.] "To acuminate even despair." Cowper.

A genus of ferns, the leaves of which shed water; maidenhair. Also, the black maidenhair, a species of spleenwort.

To manage or conduct, as public affairs; to direct or superintend the execution, application, or conduct of; as, to administer the government or the state. For forms of government let fools contest: Whate'er is best administered is best. Pope.