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One of a superior breed of cattle from Ayrshire, Scotland. Ayrshires are notable for the quantity and quality of their milk.

An instrument formerly used for taking the altitude of the heavenly bodies, but now superseded by the quadrant and sextant; -- so called because the observer turned his back to the body observed.

to a handle called a ballstock; -- formerly used by printers for inking the form, but now superseded by the roller.

A supernatural being supposed by the Irish and Scotch peasantry to warn a family of the speedy death of one of its members, by wailing or singing in a mournful voice under the windows of the house.

A supernatural being supposed to warn a family of the approaching death of one of its members, by wailing or singing in a mournful voice.

utely and entirely. -- Trial at bar (Eng. Law), a trial before all the judges of one the superior courts of Westminster, or before a quorum representing the full court.

The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduces from Barbary into Spain by the Moors.

The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad.

The solid rock underlying superficial formations. Also Fig.

The thing believed; the object of belief. Superstitious prophecies are not only the belief of fools, but the talk sometimes of wise men. Bacon.

A young lady of superior beauty and attractions; a handsome lady, or one who attracts notice in society; a fair lady.

Under, in relation to something that is superior, or that oppresses or burdens. Our country sinks beneath the yoke. Shak.

fice or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession. A feudatory or beneficiary king of England. Bacon.

Advantage, superiority, or victory; -- usually with of; as, to get the better of an enemy.

The quality of being better or superior; superiority. [R.] Sir P. Sidney.

portion twice what it is in the normal carbonates; an acid carbonate; -- sometimes called supercarbonate.

, superl. of Big.

A hypocrite; esp., a superstitious hypocrite. [Obs.]

Having, or consisting of, two superposed planes, aërocurves, or the like; of or pertaining to a biplane; as, a biplane rudder.

A spiritual overseer, superintendent, or director. Ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. 1 Pet. ii. 25. It is a fact now generally recognized by theologians of all shades of opinion, that in the language of the New Testament the same officer in the church is cal…