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One who goes before a prince to declare his coming and provide entertainment; a harbinger; a pursuivant.

e achievement. The top and masterpiece of art. South. Dissimulation was his masterpiece. Claredon.

to be gained in marriage. "She . . . was looked upon as the richest match of the West." Clarendon.

Sir William Balfour, exceeded in horse, but were, upon the whole matter, equal in foot. Clarendon.

Drunk, or somewhat drunk; fuddled; given to drunkenness. Maudlin Clarence in his malmsey butt. Byron.

d what wrong measures he had taken in the conferring that trust, and lamented his error. Clarendon.

A class of claret wines, including several varieties, from the district of Médoc in the department of Gironde.

A gloomy state of mind; melancholy. Clarendon.

In the game of pinochle, to declare or announce for a score; as, to meld a sequence.

devotion; she who has command over one's heart; a beloved object; a sweetheart. [Poetic] Clarendon.

s over an assembly to preserve order, propose questions, regulate the proceedings, and declare the votes.

rches fall. Prior. If he had sat still, the enemy's army would have moldered to nothing. Clarendon.

r by a monarch; a kingdom. What scourage for perjury Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence. Shak. Fifth monarchy, a universal monarchy, supposed to be the subject of prophecy in Daniel ii.; the four preceding monarchies being Assyrian, Persian, Grecian, and Roman. See Fifth Monarchy men, under Fifth.…

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Moonlight. [R.] Clarendon.

vil name upon a virgin. Deut. xxii. 19. The king's army ...had left no good name behind. Clarendon.

Newcastle, being pressed on both sides, was necessitated to draw all his army into York. Clarendon.

ecessity and state of times. Shak. The extreme poverty and necessity his majesty was in. Clarendon.

ion of persons to places being . . . a flower of his crown, he would reserve to himself. Clarendon.

To make known; to declare; to publish; as, to notify a fact to a person. No law can bind till it be notified or promulged. Sowth.