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New York; -- a nickname alluding to its size and wealth.

Georgia; -- a nickname.

Missouri; -- a nickname.

A swimming out. [Obs.] Bailey.

Encystment.

The act of ingrafting; ingraftment. [R.]

See Instate.

A mineral of the pyroxene group, orthorhombic in crystallization; often fibrous and massive; color grayish white or greenish. It is a silicate of magnesia with some iron. Bronzite is a ferriferous variety.

Relating to enstatite.

Considered as pure entity; abstracted from all circumstances. Ellis. -- En"ti*ta*tive*ly, adv.

A drinking up; a quaffing. [Obs.] Feltham.

A riding, or the act of riding, on horseback; horsemanship. The pretender to equitation mounted. W. Irving.

A creeping forth. [Obs.]

To eject, as wind, from the stomach; to belch. [R.] Howell.

The act of belching wind from the stomach; a belch.

Settled condition or form of existence; state; condition or circumstances of life or of any person; situation. "When I came to man's estate." Shak. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Romans xii. 16.

Stately; dignified. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The staff of an army, including all officers above the rank of colonel, also, all adjutants, inspectors, quartermasters, commissaries, engineers, ordnance officers, paymasters, physicians, signal officers, judge advocates; also, the noncommissioned assistants of the above officers.

Washington; -- a nickname alluding to the abundance of evergreen trees.

To shun; to avoid. [Obs.] Shak.