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Capable of being chased; fit for hunting. Gower.

A trible of North American Indians (Southern Appalachian) allied to the Choctaws. They formerly occupied the northern part of Alabama and Mississippi, but now live in the Indian Territory.

Doing injury; trespassing, as cattle. Blackstone.

A defeat; an overthrow. [Obs.] After his foes' defeasance. Spenser.

Liable to defeasance; capable of being made void or forfeited.

Displeasure; discontent; annoyance. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Unpleasing; offensive; unpleasant. [Obs.] Speed. -- Dis*pleas"ant*ly, adv. [Obs.] Strype. -- Dis*pleas"ant*ness, n. [Obs.]

Capable of being erased.

To force or let out of the proper vessels or arteries, as blood.

forcing or letting out of its proper vessels or ducts, as a fluid; effusion; as, an extravasation of blood after a rupture of the vessels.

A chandelier arranged to burn gas.

Hazard. [Obs.] Chaucer.

An Indian crested pheasant of the genus Lophophorus. Several species are known. Called also monaul, monal.

Incapable of being appeased or satisfied; unappeasable.

Capable of being increased. Sherwood. -- In*creas"a*ble*ness, n. An indefinite increasableness of some of our ideas. Bp. Law.

Between the nasal cavities; as, the internasal cartilage.

Same as Cossack.

A labionasal sound or letter.

Such as can be leased.

See Malfeasance.