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the person who has sued him, upon the same subject matter, as upon the same contract. Burrill. -- Cross aisle (Arch.), a transept; the lateral divisions of a cruciform church. -- Cross axie. (a) (Mach.) A shaft, windlass, or roller, worked by levers at opposite ends, as in the copperplate printing press. (b) A drivi…

To make the shrill sound characteristic of a cock, either in joy, gayety, or defiance. "The cock had crown." Bayron. The morning cock crew loud. Shak.

only called the crown side of the court, which takes cognizance of all criminal cases. Burrill.

The lower faceted portion of a brilliant-cut diamond.

A woman who is a guardian or custodian. Burrill.

The court of a sovereign or of a feudal lord; also; his residence or his household. Burrill.

courtyard, or piece of ground, included within the fence surrounding a dwelling house. Burrill.

s twenty; as, a daker of hides consisted of ten skins; a daker of gloves of ten pairs. Burrill.

To overpower with light; to confuse the sight of by brilliance of light. Those heavenly shapes Will dazzle now the earthly, with their blaze Insufferably bright. Milton. An unreflected light did never yet Dazzle the vision feminine. Sir H. Taylor.

Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color, as compared with crimson.

To deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; as, to deaden gilding by a coat of size.

tling an exporter of imported goods to a drawback of duties paid on their importation. Burrill.

An action at law to recover a certain specified sum of money alleged to be due. Burrill. Bond debt, Book debt, etc. See under Bond, Book, etc. -- Debt of nature, death.

A decade. Averill was a decad and a half his elder. Tennyson.

A tithing consisting of ten neighboring families. Burrill.

nt or paper cut even, or polled as it was anciently termed, instead of being indented. Burrill.

or the wrong charged); to oppose or resist, as a claim at law; to contest, as a suit. Burrill.

One against whom a fictitious action of fine was brought. [Obs.] Burrill.

To call into court; to summon. Burrill.

, transparent variety of garnet found in the Urals. It is valued as a gem because of its brilliancy of luster, whence the name.