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A group of nomadic North American Indians including several tribes native of Arizona, New Mexico, etc.

The consort of an archduke; also, a princess of the imperial family of Austria. See Archduke.

pl. of Arch, n. Court of arches, or Arches Court (Eng. Law), the court of appeal of the Archbishop of Canterbury, whereof the judge, who sits as deputy to the archbishop, is called the Dean of the Arches, because he anciently held his court in the church of St. Mary-le-Bow (de arcubus). It is now held in Westminster. M…

worn by men, covering the hips and thighs; smallclothes. His jacket was red, and his breeches were blue. Coleridge.

A warlike, savage, and nomadic tribe of the Shoshone family of Indians, inhabiting Mexico and the adjacent parts of the United States; -- called also Paducahs. They are noted for plundering and cruelty.

The wife or widow of a duke; also, a lady who has the sovereignty of a duchy in her own right.

A variety of pear of large size and excellent flavor.

A beautiful variety of Brussels pillow lace made originally in Belgium and resembling Honiton guipure. It is worked with fine thread in large sprays, usually of the primrose pattern, with much raised work.

Occasion, cause, or reason. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To inclose in a chest. Vicars.

The large nutlike seed of a species of Æsculus (Æ. Hippocastanum), formerly ground, and fed to horses, whence the name.

To put into a chest.

the proper time; delay to assert a claim. It ill became him to take advantage of such a laches with the eagerness of a shrewd attorney. Macaulay.

A native or inhabitant of Lucca, in Tuscany; in the plural, the people of Lucca.

A female monarch. [Obs.]

A treatise upon dancing. [R.]

See Orchestra.

Any species of amphipod crustacean of the genus Orchestia, or family Orchestidæ. See Beach flea, under Beach.

The instruments employed by a full band, collectively; as, an orchestra of forty stringed instruments, with proper complement of wind instruments.

Of or pertaining to an orchestra; suitable for, or performed in or by, an orchestra.