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Beneath. [Scot.]

Once. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

angelic goodness or loveliness; a darling. When pain and anguish wring the brow. Sir W. Scott.

Any medicine which allays pain, as an opiate or narcotic; anything that soothes disturbed feelings.

aused by parasitic species of the series Melanconiales, attacking the bean, grape, melon, cotton, and other plants. In the case of the grape, brown concave spots are formed on the stem and fruit, and the disease is called bird's-eye rot.

Dryden. Old Janet, for so he understood his antiquated attendant was denominated. Sir W. Scott.

ggishness in his nature which led him . . . to leave events to take their own course. Prescott. According to the Stoics, apathy meant the extinction of the passions by the ascendency of reason. Fleming.

cally silly; foppish; affected; trifling. The apish gallantry of a fantastic boy. Sir W. Scott.

Glorification; exaltation. "The apotheosis of chivalry." Prescott. "The noisy apotheosis of liberty and machinery." F. Harrison.

ming visible; appearance; visibility. Milton. The sudden apparition of the Spaniards. Prescott. The apparition of Lawyer Clippurse occasioned much speculation in that portion of the world. Sir W. Scott.

summon; to challenge. [Archaic] Man to man will I appeal the Norman to the lists. Sir W. Scott.

To make hungry; to whet the appetite of. Sir W. Scott.

petite; as, appetizing food. The appearance of the wild ducks is very appetizing. Sir W. Scott.

es, swords. The cavaliers emulated their chief in the richness of their appointments. Prescott. I'll prove it in my shackles, with these hands Void of appoinment, that thou liest. Beau. & Fl.

Pertaining to apposition; put in apposition syntactically. Ellicott.

A creditor for whom an appraisal is made. Sir W. Scott.

adly at this moment would MacIvor have put their quarrel to personal arbitrament. Sir W. Scott.

A short aria, or air. "A military ariette." Sir W. Scott.

An earnest; earnest money; money paid to bind a bargain. [Scot.] Arles penny, earnest money given to servants. Kersey.

States is Leucania unipuncta. The name is often applied to other related species, as the cotton worm.