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A proclamation, as of the French kings, calling not only their immediate feudatories, but the vassals of these feudatories, to take the field for war; also, the body of vassals called or liable to be called to arms, as in ancient France.

Same as Auto-da-fé.

Awe-struck.

Struck with awe. Milton.

A singular nocturnal quadruped, allied to the lemurs, found in Madagascar (Cheiromys Madagascariensis), remarkable for its long fingers, sharp nails, and rodent-like incisor teeth.

A furnace or stove in which the fuel is contained in a hopper or chamber, and is fed to the fire as the lower stratum is consumed.

The secondary, inferior, or rear courtyard of a large house; the outer court of a castle.

A kind of broadax formerly used as an offensive weapon.

The whole; all that is to be. [Poetic] Shak.

A bird of the genus Merops, that feeds on bees. The European species (M. apiaster) is remarkable for its brilliant colors.

Having prominent, overhanging brows; hence, lowering or sullen.

Dull; stupid. Shak.

One versed in belleslettres.

Idle talk; babble. Shak.

A broad, flat Scottish cap of blue woolen, or one waring such cap; a Scotchman.

The blue-cheeked honeysucker of Australia.

Having blue eyes.

a grasslike plant (Sisyrinchium anceps), with small flowers of a delicate blue color.

The Sate of Kentucky; -- a nickname alluding to the blue-grass region, where fine horses are bred.

A name given to fluor spar in Derbyshire, where it is used for ornamental purposes.