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uch used in dyeing red, and formerly was used in medicine. It is cultivated in France and Holland. See Rubiaceous.

Mastery; powerful medical influence; renowned efficacy; a sovereign remedy. [Obs.] Holland.

began to make the arched roof of the temple of Arsinoë all of magnet, or this loadstone. Holland. Two magnets, heaven and earth, allure to bliss, The larger loadstone that, the nearer this. Dryden.

Mortar. [Obs.] Holland.

commodities, esp. of gold and silver, used in different European countries. In France and Holland it was equal to eight ounces.

A large chestnut. [Obs.] Holland.

To confuse; to stupefy. [Obs.] Holland.

Contest for superiority. [Obs.] Holland.

f several maritime grasses, as the sea sand-reed (Ammophila arundinacea) which is used in Holland to bind the sand of the seacoast dikes (see Beach grass, under Beach); also, the Lygeum Spartum, a Mediterranean grass of similar habit.

Inland; remote from the ocean. [Obs.] Cities, as well mediterranean as maritime. Holland.

The confusion of a hand to hand battle; a brisk, hand to hand engagement; a mêlée. [Obs.] Holland.

To fail to apprehend; to misunderstand. [Obs.] Holland.

ng white indeed, they seethe it yet once more, after it hath been thus sunned and mooned. Holland.

Biting; corrosive. [R.] Holland.

The Australian crested goatsucker (Ægotheles Novæ-Hollandiæ). Also applied to other allied birds, as Podargus Cuveiri.

Having a nap or pile; downy; shaggy. Holland.

Lower, nether. [Obs.] Holland.

The quality of being knotty or nodose; resemblance to a node or swelling; knottiness. Holland.

One who yields obedience. Holland.

One who follows an employment; hence, a tradesman. [Obs.] "Merchants and occupiers." Holland. The occupiers of thy merchandise. Ezek. xxvii. 27.