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. emerging from the deep." Dryden. Those who have emerged from very low, some from the lowest, classes of society. Burke.

of residence, as from Europe to America, or, in America, from the Atlantic States to the Western.

hat degree of softness in a body beginning to melt which alters its shape; the first or lowest degree of fusibility.

ough to embrace the offer. I know you well enough; you are Signior Antonio. Shak. Thou knowest well enough . . . that this is no time to lend money. Shak.

A commissioned officer of the lowest grade in the navy, corresponding to the grade of second lieutenant in the army. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

A fossil plant which is found in the lowest beds of the Silurian age.

A genus of papaveraceous plants, found in California and upon the west coast of North America, some species of which produce beautiful yellow, orange, rose-colored, or white flowers; the California poppy.

of the kinds of Spain, being a vast and wonderful structure about twenty-five miles northwest of Madrid.

evil at any time or in any case, must be also eternally and unchangeably so. South. Where western gales eternally reside. Addison.

ker is used) being the knave of the same suit as the trump, and called right bower, the lowest card used being the seven, or frequently, in two-handed euchre, the nine spot. See Bower.

Of maximum fusibility; -- said of an alloy or mixture which has the lowest melting point which it is possible to obtain by the combination of the given components.

, in which the ribs diverge somewhat like the rays of a fan, as in Henry VII.'s chapel in Westminster Abbey. It is peculiar to English Gothic. -- Fan wheel, the wheel of a fan blower. -- Fan window. Same as Fan light (above).

ves; as the Chamærops humilis of Southern Europe; the species of Sabal and Thrinax in the West Indies, Florida, etc.; and especially the great talipot tree (Corypha umbraculifera) of Ceylon and Malaya. The leaves of the latter are often eighteen feet long and fourteen wide, and are used for umbrellas, tents, and roofs.…

Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid. Making our western wits fat and mean. Emerson. Make the heart of this people fat. Is. vi. 10.

Pertaining to the west wind; soft; mild; gentle.

Feminine. [Obs.] West.

A large, venomous serpent (Trigonocephalus lanceolatus) of Brazil and the West Indies. It is allied to the rattlesnake, but has no rattle.

tle internal motion of the constituent parts of a fluid; fermentation. [R.] Down to the lowest lees the ferment ran. Thomson. ferment oils, volatile oils produced by the fermentation of plants, and not originally contained in them. These were the quintessences of the alchenists. Ure.

The lowest title of nobility in Portugal, corresponding to that of Hidalgo in Spain.

The wood of several West Indian trees, mostly of the genus Citharexylum.