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t scheme or expedient. Wotton. Aftergame at Irish, an ancient game very nearly resembling backgammon. Beau. & Fl.

In return, back; as, bring us word again.

Back again. [Obs.]

Actingpatient, or sustaining, action. [Archaic] "The body agent." Bacon.

f motion; as, strength and agility of body. They . . . trust to the agility of their wit. Bacon. Wheeling with the agility of a hawk. Sir W. Scott.

Intelligence; information. [Obs.] Bacon.

ean and Atlantic, is called in New England the horse mackerel; the tunny. [Written also albacore.]

Gay; cheerful; sprightly. [Obs.] Bacon.

nly of the face. It is endemic along the Mediterranean, and is probably due to a specific bacillus. Called also Aleppo ulcer, Biskara boil, Delhi boil, Oriental sore, etc.

drawing or estrangement, as of the affections. The alienation of his heart from the king. Bacon.

To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to dismount.

. Hence: The necessaries of life generally: sustenance; means of support. Aliments of theiBacon.

State or mode of being nourished. Bacon.

An herbaceous plant of the nightshade family (Physalis alkekengi) and its fruit, which is a well flavored berry, the size of a cherry, loosely inclosed in a enlarged leafy calyx; -- also called winter cherry, ground cherry, and strawberry tomato. D. C. Eaton.

French in the reign of Louis XIV.; -- now mostly found in suites of pieces, like those of Bach and Handel.

Light, fuel, or food for the whole night. [Obs.] Bacon.

A slip of paper attached to a bill of exchange for receiving indorsements, when the back of the bill itself is already full; a rider. [A French usage] Abbott.

others as shrubs, but the greater number having the habit and appearance of evergreen herbaceous plants; from some of which are prepared articles for medicine and the arts. They are natives of warm countries.

Altering; gradually changing. Bacon.

An early coin struck by the dukes of Milan, and bearing the figure of St. Ambrose on horseback.