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mises leased, on failure of the tenant to pay rent or perform the covenants in the lease. Burrill. Card of reëtry, (Whist), a card that by winning a trick will bring one the lead at an advanced period of the hand.

The act of a relator at whose instance a suit is begun. Wharton. Burrill.

ssion of the sea or other water, leaving dry land; land left uncovered by such recession. Burrill.

s, as rent charge, rent seck, pensions, annuities, and the like. [Written also reprizes.] Burrill.

One who makes an unlawful rescue; a rescuer. Burril.

tion for services; a sum of money paid or taken for doing, or forbearing to do, some act. Burrill.

A scolding or quarrelsome woman; a scold. Burrill.

down and settle a rule or order of court; to decide an incidental point; to enter a rule. Burril. Bouvier.

. of Regma. -- Sand bug (Zoöl.), an American anomuran crustacean (Hippa talpoidea) which burrows in sandy seabeaches. It is often used as bait by fishermen. See Illust. under Anomura. -- Sand canal (Zoöl.), a tubular vessel having a calcareous coating, and connecting the oral ambulacral ring with the madreporic tuber…

Any one of numerous species of annelids which burrow in the sand of the seashore.

ring, or hollowing out, rocks; -- said of certain mollusks which live in holes which they burrow in rocks. See Illust. of Lithodomus.

halate Mollusca having a tubular shell open at both ends, a pointed or spadelike foot for burrowing, and many long, slender, prehensile oral tentacles. It includes Dentalium, or the tooth shells, and other similar shells. Called also Prosopocephala, and Solenoconcha.

A tubular structure found in Potsdam sandstone, and believed to be the fossil burrow of a marine worm.

To dig or excavate with the claws; as, some animals scratch holes, in which they burrow. To scratch a ticket, to cancel one or more names of candidates on a party ballot; to refuse to vote the party ticket in its entirety. [U.S.]

tended to represent a seal, and in some States allowed as a substitute for a seal. [U.S.] Burrill.

A penthouse or awning. [Obs.] Burrill.

n the sea; the seashore. Shak. You are near the sea marge of a land teeming with life. J. Burroughs.

ssion by construction of law. In some of the United States seizin means merely ownership. Burrill.

A member of the king's council; a king's councilor. Burrill.

A peculiar gregarious burrowing rodent (Haplodon rufus), native of the coast region of the Northwestern United States. It somewhat resembles a muskrat or marmot, but has only a rudimentary tail. Its head is broad, its eyes are small and its fur is brownish above, gray beneath. It constitutes the family Haplodontidæ. Ca…