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A European perennial succulent herb (Cotyledon umbilicus), having round, peltate leaves with a central depression; -- also called pennywort, and kidneywort.

A kind of small turnip, a variety of Brassica campestris. See Brassica. [Writen also naphew.]

Not possessing or holding slaves; as, a nonslaveholding State.

val, the festival day being included; also, the week following a church festival. "The octaves of Easter." Jer. Taylor.

To excel in bravery o

To surpass in knavery.

To exceed in speed o Mad. D' Arblay.

To lave or bathe over.

To leaven too much; hence, to change excessively; to spoil. [Obs.]

a public conference and deliberation; a debate. This epoch of parliaments and eloquent palavers. Carlyle.

One who palavers; a flatterer.

See Palsgrave.

A count or earl who presided in the domestic court, and had the superintendence, of a royal household in Germany.

A peculiar bronze adz, used in prehistoric Europe about the middle of the bronze age. Dawkins.

A genus of plants, including the poppy.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Papaveraceæ) of which the poppy, the celandine, and the bloodroot are well-known examples.

An alkaloid found in opium. It has a weaker therapeutic action than morphine.

Of or pertaining to the poppy; of the nature of the poppy. Sir T. Browne.

Peradventure; perchance. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A European species of Saint John's-wort; the tutsan. See Tutsan.