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A muslin wrapper for the head and the lower part of the face, worn by Turkish and Armenian women when they go abroad.

One of a class of sages, or "adepts," reputed to have knowledge and powers of a higher order than those of ordinary men. -- Ma*hat"ma*ism (#), n.

A tribe of Indians who inhabited the south side of the Missouri River. They are now partly civilized and occupy a reservation in Nebraska.

A cactaceous shrub (Cereus Pitajaya) of tropical America, which yields a delicious fruit.

An American market clam (Venus mercenaria). It is sold in large quantities, and is highly valued as food. Called also round clam, and hard clam.

The clouded tiger cat (Felis marmorata) of Southern Asia and the East Indies.

n obtained from tropical American trees of the genus Elaphrium (E. tomentosum and E. Tacamahaca), and also from East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum; also, the resinous exhudation of the balsam poplar.

The African rufous-necked weaver bird (Hyphantornis texor).

A fox (Vulpes Niloticus) of Northern Africa.

A marble mausoleum built at Agra, India, by the Mogul Emperor Shah Jahan, in memory of his favorite wife. In beauty of design and rich decorative detail it is one of the best examples of Saracenic architecture.

To cut, strike, or kill, with a tomahawk.

A follower of Abdel Wahab (b. 1691; d. 1787), a reformer of Mohammedanism. His doctrines prevail particularly among the Bedouins, and the sect, though checked in its influence, extends to most parts of Arabia, and also into India. [Written also Wahaby.]

The state or quality of being absorbable. Graham (Chemistry).

nt. This accident, as I call it, of Athens being situated some miles from the sea. J. P. Mahaffy.

To raise to a higher rank; to promote. Ahasueres . . . advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes. Esther iii. 1.

to be ready for the time when. [Archaic or Dial.] Urijah the priest made it, against King Ahaz came from Damascus. 2 Kings xvi. 11. Against the sun, in a direction contrary to that in which the sun appears to move.

lcohol, in which the latter plays a part analogous to that of water of crystallization. Graham.

To make appear archaic or antique. Mahaffy.

o, or having the nature of, a basyle; electro- positive; basic; -- opposed to chlorous. Graham.

the time when; -- sometimes with the additional idea of purpose; in order that. Before Abraham was, I am. John viii. 58. Before this treatise can become of use, two points are necessary. Swift.