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The plural of himself, herself, and itself. See Himself, Herself, Itself.

One more that eleven; two and ten; twice six; a dozen. Twelve- men's morris. See the Note under Morris. -- Twelve Tables. (Rom. Antiq.) See under Table.

See Duodecimo.

A year which consists of twelve calendar months. I shall laugh at this a twelvemonth hence. Shak.

A shilling sterling, being about twenty-four cents.

, Sold for a shilling; worth or costing a shilling.

Twelve times twenty; two hundred and forty.

A fabric woven like velvet, but with the loops of the warp threads uncut.

To delve under. [Obs.]

To remove from, or as from, a shelf.

The veltfare. [Prov. Eng.]

A kind of velvet having cotton back.

skin which envelops and nourishes the antlers of deer during their rapid growth. Cotton velvet, an imitation of velvet, made of cotton. -- Velvet cork, the best kind of cork bark, supple, elastic, and not woody or porous. -- Velvet crab a European crab (Portunus puber). When adult the black carapace is covered with…

The goosander. [Local, U. S.]

A kind of cloth, usually cotton, made in imitation of velvet; cotton velvet.

The fine shag or nap of velvet; a piece of velvet; velvet goods.

A name given to several plants which have soft, velvety leaves, as the Abutilon Avicennæ, the Cissampelos Pareira, and the Lavatera arborea, and even the common mullein.

Made of velvet, or like velvet; soft; smooth; delicate.

plied), agreeing with it in gender, number, and case, both words forming a clause by themselves and being unconnected, grammatically, with the rest of the sentence; as, Tarquinio regnante, Pythagoras venit, i. e., Tarquinius reigning, Pythagoras came.

To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to conform; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances. "They accomodate their counsels to his inclination." Addison.