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principal; something additional and subordinate. "The aspect and accessories of a den of banditti." Carlyle.

A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk.

also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review; as, to keep one's account at the bank.

court of chancery who received the moneys paid into the court, and deposited them in the Bank of England.

The herb wolfsbane, or monkshood; -- applied to any plant of the genus Aconitum (tribe Hellebore), all the species of which are poisonous.

en . . . in the very act. John viii. 4. Act of attainder. (Law) See Attainder. -- Act of bankruptcy (Law), an act of a debtor which renders him liable to be adjudged a bankrupt. -- Act of faith. (Ch. Hist.) See Auto-da-Fé. -- Act of God (Law), an inevitable accident; such extraordinary interruption of the usual cour…

The decision upon the question whether the debtor is a bankrupt. Abbott.

One held to service as attached to the glebe or estate; a feudal serf. Bancroft.

han his wife, or voluntary sexual intercourse by a married woman with another than her husband.

Relationship by marriage (as between a husband and his wife's blood relations, or between a wife and her husband's blood relations); -- in contradistinction to consanguinity, or relationship by blood; -- followed by with, to, or between. Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh. 1 Kings iii. 1.

On a level. The bank is . . . aflush with the sea. Swinburne.

ting various tints in the same specimen. Its colors are delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds.

A charge or rate against lands; as, an agistment of sea banks, i. e., charge for banks or dikes.

A stirring up or arousing; disturbance of tranquillity; disturbance of mind which shows itself by physical excitement; perturbation; as, to cause any one agitation.

A hook or clasp. The feather of an ostrich, fastened in her turban by an agraffe set with brilliants. Sir W. Scott.

luding the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of live stock; tillage; husbandry; farming.

One engaged or skilled in agriculture; a husbandman. The farmer is always a practitioner, the agriculturist may be a mere theorist. Crabb.

A hard, compact variety of carbonate of lime, somewhat translucent, or of banded shades of color; stalagmite. The name is used in this sense by Pliny. It is sometimes distinguished as oriental alabaster.

A sudden attack; disturbance; broil. [R.] "These home alarms." Shak. Thy palace fill with insults and alarms. Pope.

Belonging to Alexandria; Alexandrian. Bancroft.