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To dedicate by declaration; to inscribe; as, to nuncupate a book. [Obs.] Evelyn.

A young oak. Evelyn.

Dryden. The gates before it are brass, and the whole much obliged to Pope Urban VIII. Evelyn. I shall be more obliged to you than I can express. Mrs. E. Montagu.

for making observations on the heavenly bodies. The new observatory in Greenwich Park. Evelyn.

To perform the office of midwife. [Obs.] "Nature does obstetricate." Evelyn.

To prevail; to succeed. [R.] Evelyn. So run that ye may obtain. 1 Cor. ix. 24. There is due from the judge to the advocate, some commendation, where causes are fair pleaded; especially towards the side which obtaineth not. Bacon.

esting; supplication; protestation. [R.] Antonio asserted this with great obtestation. Evelyn.

was done, the declaration setting forth the late conspiracy against the king's person. Evelyn. Holy office. Same as Inquisition, n., 3. -- Houses of office. Same as def. 7 above. Chaucer. -- Little office (R.C.Ch.), an office recited in honor of the Virgin Mary. -- Office bearer, an officer; one who has a specific o…

stewed meat of different kinds. [Obs.] Besides a good olio, the dishes were trifling. Evelyn.

itchen purposes; as, olitory seeds. At convenient distance towards the olitory garden. Evelyn.

The fruit of a Polynesian anacardiaceous tree (Spondias dulcis), also called vi-apple. It is rather larger than an apple, and the rind has a flavor of turpentine, but the flesh is said to taste like pineapples.

A small inclosure for pasture; esp., one adjoining a stable. Evelyn. Cowper.

ges were not . . . the less weighty and painable for being composed of gold or silver. Evelyn.

London, still called Pall Mall. [Written also pail-mail and pell-mell.] Sir K. Digby. Evelyn.

Spotted like a pard. Pardine lynx (Zoöl.), a species of lynx (Felis pardina) inhabiting Southern Europe. Its color is rufous, spotted with black.

mall and differently colored figures. One room parqueted with yew, which I liked well. Evelyn.

A pendulum. [R.] Evelyn.

Variegated; striped. [Obs.] Evelyn.

A penny's worth; as much as may be bought for a penny. "A dear pennyworth." Evelyn.

To criticise; to touch upon. [R.] Evelyn.