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the Jews dwell as in a suburb, by themselves. I passed by the piazza Judea, where their seraglio begins. Evelyn.

The construction of a sewer or sewers.

The unkempt and ragged part of the community. [Colloq. or Slang.] R. Browning.

Duty paid for goods brought on shore. Grabb.

A twig of a tree cut off. [Obs.]

One who lops; one who trims trees. [Obs.] Huloet.

The emerald. [Obs.] Bale.

Of or pertaining to emerald; resembling emerald; of an emerald green.

A green foliated kind of amphibole, observed in eclogite and some varietis of gabbro.

lly the cultivated A. majus, whose showy flowers are fancifully likened to the face of a dragon.

The blades of green or barley. [Obs.] Bailey.

Obs. or corrupt forms of Asparagus.

Asperagus. [Obs.] Sylvester.

Lemnian earth.

The science of seals, their history, age, distinctions, etc., esp. as verifying the age and genuiness of documents.

To check the motion of, as a carriage on a steep grade, by putting a sprag between the spokes of the wheel. R. S. Poole.

The act or practice of steering, or directing; as, the steerage of a ship. He left the city, and, in a most tempestuous season, forsook the helm and steerage of the common wealth. Milton.

A rate of motion through the water sufficient to render a vessel governable by the helm.

The act of stirring; stir; commotion. [Obs.] T. Granger.

The price changed for keeping goods in a store. Storage battery. (Physics) See the Note under Battery.