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The fruit bate; a group of the Cheiroptera, comprising the bats which live on fruits. See Eruit bat, under Fruit.

The operation of sewing up wounds of the abdomen. Quincy.

Having flowers like buds.

A hollow globe on the inner surface of which a map of the world is depicted, to be examined by one standing inside.

A paste prepared from tobacco, and smoked in hookahs in Western India.

An Indian goat antelope (Nemorhedus goral), resembling the chamois.

Same as Gourami.

Same as Hemothorax.

Shelter; entertainment.[R.] Where can I get me harborage for the night Tennyson.

An East Indian stony coral now known to belong to the Alcyonaria; -- called also blue coral.

An effusion of blood into the cavity of the pleura.

An extensive division of Mammalia. It formerly included the Proboscidea, Hyracoidea, Perissodactyla, and Artiodactyla, but by later writers it is generally restricted to the two latter groups (Ungulata). They feed almost exclusively upon vegetation.

Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious. Thy name and honorable family. Shak.

The state of being honorable; eminence; distinction.

In an honorable manner; in a manner showing, or consistent with, honor. The reverend abbot . . . honorably received him. Shak. Why did I not more honorably starve Dryden.

A fee offered to professional men for their services; as, an honorarium of one thousand dollars. S. Longfellow.

Done as a sign or evidence of honor; as, honorary services. Macaulay.

Of or pertaining to an hour, or to hours. Prior.

Hourly. [Obs.]

Occurring once an hour; continuing an hour; hourly; ephemeral. Horary, or soon decaying, fruits of summer. Sir T. Browne. Horary circles. See Circles.