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balloon, to be ripped off, by the rip cord, at landing, in order to allow the immediate escape of gas and instant deflation of the bag.

t 30 cents to $1.10; also, a British coin worth about 36 cents, used in Ceylon and at the Cape of Good Hope. See Rigsdaler, Riksdaler, and Rixdaler.

venture; suited to romance; wild; picturesque; -- applied to scenery; as, a romantic landscape.

round wholly or in part; to go about (a corner or point); as, to round a corner; to round Cape Horn.

es The monarchies of the earth. Milton. the single leaf is the rudiment of beauty in landscape. I. Taylor.

To report by rumor; to tell. 'T was rumored My father 'scaped from out the citadel. Dryden.

deavor to find or obtain; as to run after similies. Locke. -- To run away, to flee; to escape; to elope; to run without control or guidance. -- To run away with. (a) To convey away hurriedly; to accompany in escape or elopement. (b) To drag rapidly and with violence; as, a horse runs away with a carriage. -- To run…

disease; safe from storms; safe from foes. "And ye dwelled safe." 1 Sam. xii. 11. They escaped all safe all safe to land. Acts xxvii. 44. Established in a safe, unenvied throne. Milton.

The act of keeping or preserving in safety from injury or from escape; care; custody.

Preservation from escape; close custody. Imprison him, . . . Deliver him to safety; and return. Shak.

for troops in a sortie. (b) (Naval) A large port on each quarter of a fireship, for the escape of the men into boats when the train is fired; a large port in an old-fashioned three-decker or a large modern ironclad.

iness; moral purity; godliness. To sanctity she made no pretense, and, indeed, narrowly escaped the imputation of irreligion. Macaulay.

ing were made fuel for the fire; but some relics of it took sanctuary under ground, and escaped the common destiny. Dryden. Wildlife sanctuary, a tract of land set aside by law for the preservation of wildlife, in which no hunting is permitted.

To hold possession or use of; to escape loss of. Just saving the tide, and putting in a stock of merit. Swift. To save appearance, to preserve a decent outside; to avoid exposure of a discreditable state of things.

A scamp; a scapegrace. [Spelt also scallawag.] [Slang, U.S.] Bartlett.

Resembling scape, or flower stm.

See 1st Scape.

A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery. A sylvan scene with various greens was drawn, Shades on the sides, and in the midst a lawn. Dryden.

scenes or views; general aspect, as regards variety and beauty or the reverse, in a landscape; combination of natural views, as woods, hills, etc. Never need an American look beyond his own country for the sublime and beautiful of natural scenery. W. Irving.

a window shutter so as to be readily turned, like the eye, to different parts of the landscape.