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the public funds; hence, in the plural, equivalent to stocks. [A Gallicism] [Obs.] The Euripus of funds and actions. Burke.

To thrive or grow; to ripen. [Prov. Eng.] Kill ivy, else tree will addle no more. Tusser.

Direction or superscription of a letter, or the name, title, and place of residence of the person addressed.

A Spanish red wine made of the first ripe grapes.

An ingredient, in a prescription, which aids or modifies the action of the principal ingredient.

or progress; to further; to forward; to help on; to aid; to heighten; as, to advance the ripening of fruit; to advance one's interests.

A description of the air or atmosphere; aërology.

z, presenting various tints in the same specimen. Its colors are delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds.

To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as, to aggravate circumstances. Paley.

A triple prayer in the sacrifice of the Mass, beginning with the words "Agnus Dei."

Description or comparative study of the customs of savage or uncivilized tribes.

A description of the grasses.

The Mohammedan Scriptures; the Koran (now the usual form). [Spelt also Alcoran.]

The Mohammedan Scriptures. Same as Alcoran and Koran.

The allowance of a specific amount of scrip or of a particular thing to a particular person. Cottage allotment, an allotment of a small portion of land to a country laborer for garden cultivation. [Eng.]

An illuminator of manuscripts and books; a limner. [Obs.] Cowell.

t come to blows, perceiving the fewness of their enemies, came down amain. Milton. That striping giant, ill-bred and scoffing, shouts amain. T. Parker.

Producing fruit of two kinds, either as to form or time of ripening.

The enlarging of a simple statement by particularity of description, the use of epithets, etc., for rhetorical effect; diffuse narrative or description, or a dilating upon all the particulars of a subject. Exaggeration is a species of amplification. Brande & C. I shall summarily, without any amplification at all, show…

To speak largely or copiously; to be diffuse in argument or description; to dilate; to expatiate; -- often with on or upon. Watts. He must often enlarge and amplify upon the subject he handles. South.