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A large burrowing South American rodent (Lagostomus trichodactylus) allied to the chinchillas, but much larger. Its fur is soft and rather long, mottled gray above, white or yellowish white beneath. There is a white band across the muzzle, and a dark band on each cheek. It inhabits grassy plains, and is noted for its e…

e or child of the grantor, to whom, or for whose benefit, a voluntary conveyance is made. Burrill.

To give security for the performance of. Burrill. To wage battle (O. Eng. Law), to give gage, or security, for joining in the duellum, or combat. See Wager of battel, under Wager, n. Burrill. -- To wage one's law (Law), to give security to make one's law. See Wager of law, under Wager, n.

To desert; to abandon. Burrill.

The revival of an action. Burrill. They were too much ashamed to bring any wakening of the process against Janet. Sir W. Scott.

d from executing process), as a symbol of the deforcement, and protest for remedy of law. Burrill.

(see the Note under Watch, n., 1) with a horn to be blown upon any occasion of surprise. Burrill.

mmence a suit, or to appear and defend a suit in his behalf. This warrant is now disused. Burrill.

nimals (as hares, conies, partridges, pheasants, etc.) called beasts and fowls of warren. Burrill.

in towns, cities, and other districts, for the preservation of the public peace. Wharton. Burrill. -- Watch and watch (Naut.), the regular alternation in being on watch and off watch of the two watches into which a ship's crew is commonly divided. -- Watch barrel, the brass box in a watch, containing the mainspring.…

g of such a stream in its accustomed course. A water course may be sometimes dry. Angell. Burrill.

passage for water, such as was usually made in a sea wall, to drain water out of marshes. Burrill.

t the next harvest; a crop which will not ripen until after the termination of the lease. Burrill.

Safe; as, a chip warranted well at a certain day and place. Burrill.

ean time shall be received by the mortgagee without account, in satisfaction of interest. Burrill. -- Welsh mutton, a choice and delicate kind of mutton obtained from a breed of small sheep in Wales. -- Welsh onion (Bot.), a kind of onion (Allium fistulosum) having hollow inflated stalks and leaves, but scarcely any…

A large extent of ground; a perambulation; a circuit. [Obs.] Burrill.

A guttural pronunciation of the letter r; a burr. See Burr, n., 6. A strange, uncouth wharling in their speech. Fuller.

r the jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery, for the support of herself and her children. Burrill.

A geld, or payment, for wood. Burrill.

Any one of three species of Australian burrowing marsupials of the genus Phascolomys, especially the common species (P. ursinus). They are nocturnal in their habits, and feed mostly on roots.