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Attractive power; attractiveness. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Freehold estate; land which is the absolute property of the owner; real estate held in absolute independence, without being subject to any rent, service, or acknowledgment to a superior. It is thus opposed to feud. Blackstone. Bouvier.

To own or acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion; as, to allow a right; to allow a claim; to allow the truth of a proposition. I allow, with Mrs. Grundy and most moralists, that Miss Newcome's conduct . . . was highly reprehensible. Thackeray.

A reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned; a covert indication; indirect reference; a hint.

The celebrated work of Ptolemy of Alexandria, which contains nearly all that is known of the astronomical observations and theories of the ancients. The name was extended to other similar works.

imes observed after the summits have passed into shadow, supposed to be due to a curving downward (refraction) of the light rays from the west resulting from the cooling of the air.

elatively low penetrating power emitted by radium and other radioactive substances, and shown to consist of positively charged particles (perhaps particles of helium) having enormous velocities but small masses. They are slightly deflected by a strong magnetic or electric field.

Succession by turns; alternation. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Of a pale brown color; leather-yellow. Brande.

ong bird (Estrelda amandava), commonly caged and kept for fighting. The female is olive brown; the male, in summer, mostly crimson; -- called also red waxbill. [Written also amaduvad and avadavat.]

he hill, which were not yet come to blows, perceiving the fewness of their enemies, came down amain. Milton. That striping giant, ill-bred and scoffing, shouts amain. T. Parker.

hey seize by conquest the larvæ and nymphs other species and make slaves of them in their own nests.

ghout India for making ropes, cordage, and a coarse canvas and sackcloth; --called also brown Indian hemp.

Pertaining the faculty of using both hands with equal ease. Sir T. Browne.

Left-handed on both sides; clumsy; -- opposed to ambidexter. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

ambling horse; to go easily or without hard shocks. The skipping king, he ambled up and down. Shak. Sir, your wit ambles well; it goes easily. Shak.

The act of walking. Sir T. Browne.

better; to improve; to meliorate. In every human being there is a wish to ameliorate his own condition. Macaulay.

Deprivation; loss. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

To lose. [Obs.] A lodestone fired doth presently amit its proper virtue. Sir T. Browne.