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used to designate an act declaring pardon or amnesty to numerous offenders, as at the beginning of a new reign. -- Act of indemnity, a statute passed for the protection of those who have committed some illegal act subjecting them to penalties. Abbott. -- Act in pais, a thing done out of court (anciently, in the coun…

Capable of being adduced. Proofs innumerable, and in every imaginable manner diversified, are adducible. I. Taylor.

The innermost sanctuary or shrine in ancient temples, whence oracles were given. Hence: A private chamber; a sanctum.

An ulcer or fistula in the inner corner of the eye.

A powerful evil jinnee, demon, or monstrous giant.

That part of the duration of a being or a thing which is between its beginning and any given time; as, what is the present age of a man, or of the earth

ds. R. Morris. Cf. man-kind, heir-loom, war-like, which are agglutinative compounds. The Finnish, Hungarian, Turkish, the Tamul, etc., are agglutinative languages. R. Morris. Agglutinative languages preserve the consciousness of their roots. Max Müller.

A triple prayer in the sacrifice of the Mass, beginning with the words "Agnus Dei."

The Scythian lamb, a kind of woolly-skinned rootstock. See Barometz.

In the act of grinning. "His visage all agrin." Tennyson.

The white and softer part of wood, between the inner bark and the hard wood or duramen; sapwood.

A caldron of boiling water into which an accused person plunged his forearm as a test of innocence or guilt.

The repetition of the same letter at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; as in the following lines: - Behemoth, biggest born of earth, upheaved His vastness. Milton. Fly o'er waste fens and windy fields. Tennyson.

reeably aromatic; Jamaica pepper; pimento. It has been supposed to combine the flavor of cinnamon, nutmegs, and cloves; and hence the name. The name is also given to other aromatic shrubs; as, the Carolina allspice (Calycanthus floridus); wild allspice (Lindera benzoin), called also spicebush, spicewood, and feverbush.…

The first letter in the Greek alphabet, answering to A, and hence used to denote the beginning. In am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. Rev. xxii. 13.

, as the perianth of some endogenous plants, where the outer surface is calycine, and the inner petaloid.

A prefix of one or two unaccented syllables to a verse properly beginning with an accented syllable.

A repetition of the last word or any prominent word in a sentence or clause, at the beginning of the next, with an adjunct idea; as, "He retained his virtues amidst all his misfortunes -- misfortunes which no prudence could foresee or prevent."

A repetition of a word or of words at the beginning of two or more successive clauses.

One of the senior members of the Inns of Court or of Chancery. Council of Ancients (French Hist.), one of the two assemblies composing the legislative bodies in 1795. Brande.