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lsace in Germany, or of Alsatia or White Friars (a resort of debtors and criminals) in London.

A genus of the same family, including the Belladonna lily.

ing led into court with a rope about his neck, and a lighted torch in his hand, begged pardon of his God, the court, etc. In popular language, the phrase now denotes a public apology or recantation, and reparation to an injured party, for improper language or treatment.

Done out of love. [Obs.] Lay an amiable siege to the honesty of this Ford's wife. Shak.

An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection.

Analogous. [Obs.] Donne.

An imprecation; a curse; a malediction. Finally she fled to London followed by the anathemas of both [families]. Thackeray.

stretched and vivid anatomism of their [i. e., the French] great figure painters. The London Spectator.

To make like an angel; to angelize. [Obs.] Farindon (1647).

provoke. Taxes and impositions . . . which rather angered than grieved the people. Clarendon.

Monition; warning. [Obs.] Clarendon.

To record in annals. Sheldon.

One who is anonymous; also sometimes used for "pseudonym."

Something done in return for, or in consequence of, something else; a responsive action. Great the slaughter is Here made by the Roman; great the answer be Britons must take. Shak.

Anticipation. [Obs.] Donne.

Something done before another act. [Obs.]

Opposition to vaccination. London Times.

name used (Rev. ix. 11) for the angel of the bottomless pit, answering to the Hebrew Abaddon.

me improper or injurious remark or act; an admission to another of a wrong or discourtesy done him, accompanied by an expression of regret.

invest, and the terminations and attachments of, many muscles. They often differ from tendons only in being flat and thin. See Fascia.