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ss, or of a State legislature, as, for instance, by false swearing before a committee. Mozley. Abbott. - Breach of promise, violation of one's plighted word, esp. of a promise to marry. -- Breach of trust, violation of one's duty or faith in a matter entrusted to one.

The hair on the eyelids of a horse. Bailey.

To be or become overripe, as wheat, barley, or hops. [Prov. Eng.]

A volley of abuse or denunciation. [Colloq.]

A brocket. Bailey.

Boldness; impudence; "brass." Imbrowned with native bronze, lo! Henley stands. Pope. Aluminium bronze. See under Aluminium. -- Bronze age, an age of the world which followed the stone age, and was characterized by the use of implements and ornaments of copper or bronze. -- Bronze powder, a metallic powder, used with…

Liquid in which flesh (and sometimes other substances, as barley or rice) has been boiled; thin or simple soup. I am sure by your unprejudiced discourses that you love broth better than soup. Addison.

one of several large fresh-water fishes of the family Catostomidæ, of the Mississippi valley. The red-mouthed or brown (Ictiobus bubalus), the big-mouthed or black (Bubalichthys urus), and the small-mouthed (B. altus), are among the more important species used as food. -- Buffalo fly, or Buffalo gnat (Zoöl.), a small…

itions where the corpuscles run together more rapidly and in denser masses than usual. Huxley.

the people must labor, Burke told them, "to obtain what by labor can be obtained." J. Morley.

ficial of a bureau; esp. an official confirmed in a narrow and arbitrary routine. C. Kingsley.

Coarse and rough; boisterous. It was the orator's own burly way of nonsense. Cowley.

a calf, a goat, or a sheep; or some vegetable substance, as bread, or ears of wheat or barley. Called also burnt sacrifice. [2 Sam. xxiv. 22.]

An ornamental case of hold the corporal when not in use. Shipley.

A peculiar tackle, formed of two or more blocks, or pulleys, the weight being suspended of a hook block in the bight of the running part.

e; anxiety; diligence. [Obs.] Chaucer. To do one's business, to ruin one. [Colloq.] Wycherley. -- To make (a thing) one's business, to occupy one's self with a thing as a special charge or duty. [Colloq.] -- To mean business, to be earnest. [Colloq.]

An annual composite plant of the Mississippi valley (Senecio lobatus).

A small cañon; a narrow valley or glen; also, but less frequently, an open valley. [Local, Western U. S.]

A house on deck, where the cooking is done; -- commonly called the galley.

Of the color of lavender; pale blue with a slight mixture of gray. Lindley.