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A cress. [Obs.] Chaucer. Not worth a kers. See under Cress.

A kind of coarse, woolen cloth, usually ribbed, woven from wool of long staple.

See Cassimere.

See Cassinette.

Varieties of kersey; also, trousers made of kersey.

The name for a style of short breeches; smallclothes.

Ribbon grass.

A name given to several plants of the Goosefoot family, sometimes used as pot herbs, as Chenopodium album and Atriplex patulsa.

See Lampas.

utonic languages, probably as early as the 3d century b. c. , often called the first Lautverschiebung, sound shifting, or consonant shifting. (b) A somewhat similar set of changes taking place in the High German dialects (less fully in modern literary German) from the 6th to the 8th century, known as the second Lautver…

The office of a leader.

A scurfy eruption in the bend of the knee of the fore leg of a horse. See Sallenders. [Written also mallenders.]

Same as Malanders.

Evil conduct; fraudulent practices; misbehavior, corruption, or extortion in office.

The office or position of a manager.

Seamanship. [Obs.] Udalt.

Mastery; dominion; superior skill; superiority. Where noble youths for mastership should strive. Driden.

One of a class of poets which flourished in Nuremberg and some other cities of Germany in the 15th and 16th centuries. They bound themselves to observe certain arbitrary laws of rhythm.

a, and is obtained chiefly in Asia Minor. It is manufacturd into tobacco pipes, cigar holders, etc. Also called sepiolite.

See Mastersinger.