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an inferior grade, accredited by the government of one state to the minister of foreign affairs of another; also, a substitute, ad interim, for an ambassador or minister plenipotentiary.

te commerce, manufactures, etc., by bounty or by restriction; as, the doctrine of laissez faire; the laissez faire system government.

One's own affairs; one's private business. [Obs.] Shak.

In plastering, a particularly good troweled surface. Knight.

To deprive of fairness or beauty. [R.] Shak.

her substance, of various colors, used in making ornamental patterns in mosaic pavements. Fairholt.

dv. Above. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] Aboon the pass of Bally-Brough. Sir W. Scott. The ceiling fair that rose aboon. J. R. Drake.

bove the board or table. Hence: in open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception. "Fair and aboveboard." Burke.

or between the leaves of trees; the effect of moonlight, candlelight, or burning bodies. Fairholt.

To perform; to execute; to do. [Archaic] That we act our temporal affairs with a desire no greater than our necessity. Jer. Taylor. Industry doth beget by producing good habits, and facility of acting things expedient for us to do. Barrow. Uplifted hands that at convenient times Could act extortion and the worst of cri…

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

To manage or conduct, as public affairs; to direct or superintend the execution, application, or conduct of; as, to administer the government or the state. For forms of government let fools contest: Whate'er is best administered is best. Pope.

Executive; acting; managing affairs. -- n.

The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction; management. His financial administration was of a piece with his military administration. Macaulay.

One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.

The department or officers having authority over naval affairs generally.

Pertaining to Adonis; Adonic. "Fair Adonean Venus." Faber.

Unfixed; moving without guide or control; adrift; as, our affairs are all afloat.

An unexpected subsequent event; something disagreeable happening after an affair is supposed to be at an end. Spenser.

Hooks and eyes for armor, etc. Fairholt.