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On the side; as, to lay a thing sidelong.

The musk shrew. See under Musk.

A young tree, especially one reserved when others are cut. [Obs.] Fuller.

A subordinate delegate, or one with inferior powers.

Land that is overflowed by tide water; hence, land near the sea.

Having no tide.

Having no trade or traffic. Young.

Having stamens joined by filaments into three bundles. See Illust. under Adelphous.

A form of hydrometer for liquids heavier than water, graduated with an arbitrary scale such that the readings when multiplied by .005 and added to unity give the specific gravity.

To delve under. [Obs.]

An order of amphibians having the tail well developed and often long. It comprises the salamanders, tritons, and allied animals.

One of the Urodela.

Of or pertaining to the Urodela. -- n.

To wit; namely; -- often abbreviated to viz.

In a wide manner; to a wide degree or extent; far; extensively; as, the gospel was widely disseminated by the apostles.

A song sung by yodeling, as by the Swiss mountaineers.

The name of the sixth tone in the model major scale (that in C), or the first tone of the minor scale, which is named after it the scale in A minor. The second string of the violin is tuned to the A in the treble staff. -- A sharp (A#) is the name of a musical tone intermediate between A and B. -- A flat (A) is the n…

ll connection with or concern on; to desert, as a person to whom one owes allegiance or fidelity; to quit; to surrender. Hope was overthrown, yet could not be abandoned. I. Taylor.

To childbed (in the phrase "brought abed," that is, delivered of a child). Shak.

To wait; to pause; to delay. [Obs.] Chaucer.