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The first part of a drama, of a poem, or the like; the introduction; opposed to epitasis. B. Jonson.

supply; to afford; to contribute. Bring me berries, or such cooling fruit As the kind, hospitable woods provide. Milton.

ndent on a distant authority; a portion of an empire or state, esp. one remote from the capital. "Kingdoms and provinces." Shak.

An officer who had the charge of showing hospitality to those who came from a friendly city or state.

ally, a public hall in Athens regarded as the home of the community, in which official hospitality was extended to distinguished citizens and strangers.

islands. They are mostly pale blue, or ash- blue, marked with white, and have a large occipital crest of spatulate feathers. Called also crowned pigeon, goura, and Victoria pigeon. -- Queen regent, or Queen regnant, a queen reigning in her own right. -- Queen's Bench. See King's Bench. -- Queen's counsel, Queen's ev…

Esp., overhasty in counsel or action; precipitate; resolving or entering on a project or measure without due deliberation and caution; opposed to prudent; said of persons; as, a rash statesman or commander.

Rash; hasty; precipitate. [Obs.]

In a rush manner; with precipitation. He that doth anything rashly, must do it willingly; for he was free to deliberate or not. L'Estrange.

A person not a Mohammedan, who pays the capitation tax. [Turkey.]

Reception, as an act of hospitality. [Obs.] Thy kind receipt of me. Chapman.

A hospital or ambulance service established as a result of, though not provided for by, the Geneva convention of 1864; any of the national societies for alleviating the sufferings of the sick and wounded war, also giving aid and relief during great calamities; also, a member or worker of such a society; -- so called f…

Temporary suspension of the execution of a capital offender; reprieve.

ertaining to, or designating, an acid (called also lithic acid) found in certain red precipitates of urine. See Uric. [Obs.]

rics. What though my name stood rubric on the walls Or plaistered posts, with claps, in capitals Pope.

e pope; to canonize; to give the title or reputation of a saint to (some one). A large hospital, erected by a shoemaker who has been beatified, though never sainted. Addison. To saint it, to act as a saint, or with a show of piety. Whether the charmer sinner it or saint it. Shak.

Beating or palpitation; as, the saltation of the great artery.

ve. Sanatory ordinances for the protection of public health, such as quarantine, fever hospitals, draining, etc. De Quincey.

g wheel, to prevent slipping. -- Sand-box tree (Bot.), a tropical American tree (Hura crepitans). Its fruit is a depressed many-celled woody capsule which, when completely dry, bursts with a loud report and scatters the seeds. See Illust. of Regma. -- Sand bug (Zoöl.), an American anomuran crustacean (Hippa talpoidea…

A bold intruder upon the hospitality of others; a mealtime visitor. [Scot.]