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A member of a body of police; a constable.

Bridgework; structure or edifice of a bridge. [R.] Milton.

See under 4th Post.

s substance, to be applied to sores, inflamed parts of the body, etc.; a cataplasm. "Poultice relaxeth the pores." Bacon.

l performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind; usage; habit; custom; as, the practice of rising early; the practice of making regular entries of accounts; the practice of daily exercise. A heart . . . exercised with covetous practices. 2 Pet. ii. 14.

Experienced; expert; skilled; as, a practiced marksman. "A practiced picklock." Ld. Lytton.

One who practices, or puts in practice; one who customarily performs certain acts. South.

lar, or overhanging place; an abrupt declivity; a cliff. Where wealth like fruit on precipices grew. Dryden.

thing, without just grounds, or before sufficient knowledge. Though often misled by prejudice and passion, he was emphatically an honest man. Macaulay.

First fruits. [Obs.] Dryden.

An apprentice. [Obs. or Colloq.] Piers Plowman. "My accuser is my prentice." Shak.

Apprenticehood. [Obs.] This jolly prentice with his master bode Till he was out nigh of his prenticehood. Chaucer.

Apprenticeship. [Obs. or Colloq.] He served a prenticeship who sets up shop. Pope.

or demanded in market or in barter; cost. "Buy wine and milk without money and without price." Isa. lv. 1. We can afford no more at such a price. Shak.

Rated in price; valued; as, high-priced goods; low-priced labor.

A hydrous borate of lime, from Oregon.

Too valuable to admit of being appraised; of inestimable worth; invaluable.

Fit; propitious. [Obs.] E. Hall.

Same as Pseudonavicula.

, water company, etc., organized or chartered to follow a public calling or to render services more or less essential to the general public convenience or safety.