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In a loyal manner; faithfully.

Loyalty. [R.] Stow.

The state or quality of being loyal; fidelity to a superior, or to duty, love, etc. He had such loyalty to the king as the law required. Clarendon. Not withstanding all the subtle bait With which those Amazons his love still craved, To his one love his loyalty he saved. Spenser.

A leash. [Obs.]

A small evergreen tree or shrub (Arbutus Menziesii), of California, having a smooth bark, thick shining leaves, and edible red berries, which are often called madroña apples. [Written also madroño.]

The language of the Magyars.

The yard on which the mainsail is extended, supported by the mainmast.

Of or pertaining to the Malays or their country. -- n.

The name given to one the cultivated Dravidian languages, closely related to the Tamil. Yule.

The name for the doctrine of the unreality of matter, called, in English, idealism; hence, nothingness; vanity; illusion.

o, Campeche, and Yucatan, together with a part of Guatemala and a part of Salvador. The Mayan peoples are dark, short, and brachycephallic, and at the time of the discovery had attained a higher grade of culture than any other American people. They cultivated a variety of crops, were expert in the manufacture and dyein…

A form of corbel arch employing regular small corbels.

A genus of herbaceous or suffruticose plants, chiefly natives of South Africa. The leaves are opposite, thick, and f

A system of farming on halves. [France & Italy]

A yard, staff, or rod, used as a measure. [Obs.] Shak.

A quorum, or number necessary, for conducting public worship.

A nervous disease in which the patient involuntarily imitates the words or action of another.

A tax paid to the first two Norman kings of England to prevent them from debashing the coin. Hume.

An order of lamellibranchs having but one muscle for closing the shell, as the oyster.

Of or pertaining to the Monomya. -- n.