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A mixture of spirit and water not sweetened; hence, any intoxicating liquor. Grog blossom, a redness on the nose or face of persons who drink ardent spirits to excess. [Collog.]

attachment designed to protect or secure against injury, soiling, or defacement, theft or loss; as:

d in both a good and a bad sense. Macaulay. So young as to regard men's frown or smile As loss or guerdon of a glorious lot. Byron. He shall, by thy revenging hand, at once receive the just guerdon of all his former villainies. Knolles.

eserve altitude automatically, by variation of the length dragging on the ground, without loss of ballast or gas.

an, Romany. Like a right gypsy, hath, at fast and loose, Beguiled me to the very heart of loss. Shak.

A large, northern, marine flatfish (Hippoglossus vulgaris), of the family Pleuronectidæ. It often grows very large, weighing more than three hundred pounds. It is an important food fish. [Written also holibut.]

That which causes injury, damage, or loss. We, ignorant of ourselves, Beg often our own harms. Shak.

To expose to the operation of chance; to put in danger of loss or injury; to venture; to risk. Men hazard nothing by a course of evangelical obedience. John Clarke. He hazards his neck to the halter. Fuller.

rayer. Though health may be enjoyed without gratitude, it can not be sported with without loss, or regained by courage. Buckminster.

n a church, under which the coffin was placed during the funeral ceremonies. [Obs.] Oxf. Gloss.

welcome; hearty in supporting the government. Full of hearty tears For our good father's loss. Marston.

s; that is, after having bet on one side, to bet also on the other, thus guarding against loss.

d even poisonous qualities. H. niger is the European black hellebore, or Christmas rose, blossoming in winter or earliest spring. H. officinalis was the officinal hellebore of the ancients.

A thorny tree or shrub of the genus Lawsonia (L. alba). The fragrant white blossoms are used by the Buddhists in religious ceremonies. The powdered leaves furnish a red coloring matter used in the East to stain the hails and fingers, the manes of horses, etc.

Larger than life size, but smaller than colossal; -- said of the representation of a human figure. Heroic Age, the age when the heroes, or those called the children of the gods, are supposed to have lived. -- Heroic poetry, that which celebrates the deeds of a hero; epic poetry. -- Heroic treatment or remedies (Med.)…

or shrub of the genus Ilex. The European species (Ilex Aguifolium) is best known, having glossy green leaves, with a spiny, waved edge, and bearing berries that turn red or yellow about Michaelmas.

Sacrifice or loss of many lives, as by the burning of a theater or a ship.

Causing no loss of light; -- applied to reflectors which throw back the rays of light without perceptible loss.

aving large flat pods, the round shining partitions of which are more beautiful than the blossom; -- called also lunary and moonwort. Lunaria biennis is common honesty; L. rediva is perennial honesty.

A West Indian tree (Calliandra latifolia) with showy, crimson blossoms.