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To divide (a State) into districts for the choice of representatives, in an unnatural and unfair way, with a view to give a political party an advantage over its opponent. [Political Cant, U. S.]

A kind of Scotch whisky, named from the district in which it was first made. W. E. Aytoun.

A genus of Gorgoniacea, formerly very extensive, but now restricted to such species as the West Indian sea fan (Gorgonia flabellum), sea plume (G. setosa), and other allied species having a flexible, horny axis.

n order of birds which formerly included all the waders. By later writers it is usually restricted to the sandpipers, plovers, and allied forms; -- called also Grallatores.

re against objections or censure. They have expressed themselves with as few guards and restrictions as I. Atterbury.

f a board appointed or elected to care for the relief of the poor within a township, or district.

A district on the west coast of Africa (formerly noted for its export of gold and slaves) after which the Guinea fowl, Guinea grass, Guinea peach, etc., are named.

A piece of heavy ordnance; in a restricted sense, a cannon.

A kingfisher. By modern ornithologists restricted to a genus including a limited number of species having omnivorous habits, as the sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of Australia. Amidst our arms as quiet you shall be As halcyons brooding on a winter sea. Dryden.

Unyielding; insensible to argument; uncompromising; strict. [Collog., U.S.]

The type of character of the Hebrews. The governing idea of Hebraism is strictness of conscience. M. Arnold.

also in Cape Colony, a council to assist a local magistrate in the government of rural districts; hence, also, a member of such a council.

dea, Hyracoidea, Perissodactyla, and Artiodactyla, but by later writers it is generally restricted to the two latter groups (Ungulata). They feed almost exclusively upon vegetation.

Having the bark so close and constricting that it impedes the growth; -- said of trees. Bacon.

incipal divisions of the brain, including the epencephalon and metencephalon. Sometimes restricted to the epencephalon only.

thnical term it is confined to the Dravidian and Aryan races; as a religious name it is restricted to followers of the Veda.

The land or region lying behind the coast district. The term is used esp. with reference to the so-called doctrine of the hinterland, sometimes advanced, that occupation of the coast supports a claim to an exclusive right to occupy, from time to time, the territory lying inland of the coast.

distinguished also from annals, which relate simply the facts and events of each year, in strict chronological order; from biography, which is the record of an individual's life; and from memoir, which is history composed from personal experience, observation, and memory. Histories are as perfect as the historian is wi…

A nice sense of what is right, just, and true, with course of life correspondent thereto; strict conformity to the duty imposed by conscience, position, or privilege. Say, what is honor 'T is the finest sense Of justice which the human mind can frame, Intent each lurking frailty to disclaim, And guard the way of life f…

a fu, or department, or of an independent chow; also, the seat of government of such a district.