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l formed; handsome. [Archaic] "Thou art a proper man." Chaucer. Moses . . . was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child. Heb. xi. 23.

In the next month after the present; -- often contracted to prox.; as, on the 3d proximo.

specially, any book, pamphlet, etc., offered for sale or to public notice; as, a daily or monthly publication.

ee with, or teach, the doctrines of Puritans; to conform to the practice of Puritans. Bp. Montagu.

pose; as, to put the safety of the state to hazard. "That dares not put it to the touch." Montrose.

ies. The quantity of extensive and curious information which he had picked up during many months of desultory, but not unprofitable, study. Macaulay. Quantity of estate (Law), its time of continuance, or degree of interest, as in fee, for life, or for years. Wharton (Law Dict. ) -- Quantity of matter, in a body, its ma…

A station. [Obs.] Bp. Montagu.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, the hill Collis Quirinalis, now Monte Quirinale (one of the seven hills of Rome), or a modern royal place situated upon it. Also used substantively.

The ninth Mohammedan month.

A falling back or descending a second time; a relapse. W. Montagu.

ue; as, bonds, promissory notes, etc. , redeemabble in gold, or in current money, or four months after date.

A recalling by the faculty of memory; remembrance. [Obs. & R.] Bp. Montagu.

public opinion; -- opposed to disrepute. "Dead stocks, which have been of repute." F. Beaumont.

In Spanish countries, a court or trial held, sometimes as long as six months, by a newly elected official, as the governor of a province, to examine into the conduct of a predecessor.

Wisdom derived from severe experience; hence, repentance. [R.] Bp. Montagu.

Return of sound; echo. Beaumont.

eps). -- Rock tar, petroleum. -- Rock thrush (Zoöl.), any Old World thrush of the genus Monticola, or Petrocossyphus; as, the European rock thrush (M. saxatilis), and the blue rock thrush of India (M. cyaneus), in which the male is blue throughout. -- Rock tripe (Bot.), a kind of lichen (Umbilicaria Dillenii) growin…

om which our modern calendars are derived. It is said to have consisted originally of ten months, Martius, Aprilis, Maius, Junius, Quintilis, Sextilis, September, October, November, and December, having a total of 304 days. Numa added two months, Januarius at the beginning of the year, and Februarius at the end, making…

ddle; to rouge. "Their ruddled cheeks." Thackeray. A fair sheep newly ruddled. Lady M. W. Montagu.

o be played on the stage a number of successive days or nights; as, the piece ran for six months.