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A fire kindled in a public place in token of joy; a bonfire; a firing of guns in token of joy.

, n., 2. They belonged to a nation dedicated to the figurative arts, and they wrote for a public familiar with painted form. J. A. Symonds. Figurative counterpointdescant. See under Figurate. -- Fig"ur*a*tive*ly, adv. -- Fig"ur*a*tive*ness, n.

The closing part, piece, or scene in any public performance or exhibition.

The income of a ruler or of a state; revennue; public money; sometimes, the income of an individual; often used in the plural for funds; available money; resources. All the finances or revenues of the imperial crown. Bacon.

One charged with the administration of finance; an officer who administers the public revenue; a treasurer. Burke.

A public or state treasury. Burke.

Pertaining to the public treasury or revenue. The fiscal arreangements of government. A. Hamilton.

, who was ready to unite persons in marriage (called Fleet marriage) at any hour, without public notice, witnesses, or consent of parents.

The eight month of the French republican calendar. It began April 20, and ended May 19. See Vendémiare.

The driver of a fly, or light public carriage.

or speed. Waller. Now, for so many glorious actions done, For peace at home, and for the public wealth, I mean to crown a bowl for Cæsar's health. Dryden. That which we, for our unworthiness, are afraid to crave, our prayer is, that God, for the worthiness of his Son, would, notwithstanding, vouchsafe to grant. Hooker…

Belonging to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate; used in legal proceedings, or in public discussions; argumentative; rhetorical; as, forensic eloquence or disputes. Forensic medicine, medical jurisprudence; medicine in its relations to law.

Constitution; mode of construction, organization, etc.; system; as, a republican form of government.

nce in a fortnight; as, a fortnightly meeting of a club; a fortnightly magazine, or other publication. -- adv.

A market place or public place in Rome, where causes were judicially tried, and orations delivered to the people.

." [Obs.] Chaucer. Elective franchise, the privilege or right of voting in an election of public officers.

To send by public conveyance free of expense. Dickens.

n England, being a pledge for the good conduct of the others, for the preservation of the public peace; a free surety.

oods of all kinds are received from ships of all nations at equal rates of duty. -- Free public house, in England, a tavern not belonging to a brewer, so that the landlord is free to brew his own beer or purchase where he chooses. Simmonds. -- Free school. (a) A school to which pupils are admitted without discriminat…

now occasionally, conferred on one not a resident, as a mark of honorary distinction for public services.