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The principles, practices, or peculiarities of grammarians. [R.]

Without grammar.

s, attesting their purity. Also used figuratively; -- as, a word or phrase lacks the hall-mark of the best writers.

A priest who becomes a martyr.

A genus of decapod Crustacea, including the common lobsters. -- Hom"a*roid, a.

The wild ass of Persia.

A lodging house for Mohammedan pilgrims. Moore.

Unfading; lasting. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Unfadingly. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Not having a distinctive margin or border. Grey.

Not martial; unwarlike. [Obs.]

A person dwelling in, or having charge of, an infirmary, esp. in a monastic institution.

A hospital, or place where the infirm or sick are lodged and nursed gratuitously, or where out-patients are treated.

Below the margin; submarginal; as, an inframarginal convolution of the brain.

Connection by marriage; reciprocal marriage; giving and taking in marriage, as between two families, tribes, castes, or nations.

To become connected by marriage between their members; to give and take mutually in marriage; -- said of families, ranks, castes, etc. About the middle of the fourth century from the building of Rome, it was declared lawful for nobles and plebeians to intermarry. Swift.

Situated within the margin. Loudon.

Any one of numerous species of tropical American birds of the genus Galbula and allied genera. They are allied to the kingfishers, but climb on tree trunks like nuthatches, and feed upon insects. Their colors are often brilliant.

The fabled offspring of a bull and a mare. Locke.

) See Capnomor.