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Consisting of, containing, or resembling, fire; as, the fiery gulf of Etna; a fiery appearance. And fiery billows roll below. I. Watts.

Among Spanish, a religious festival; a saint's day or holiday; also, a holiday or festivity.

An apparatus for hastening acetification. Knight.

A simple or compound principle, whose presence is necessary to produce acidity, as oxygen, chlorine, bromine, iodine, etc.

To, in, or on the field. "We drove afield." Milton. How jocund did they drive their team afield! Gray.

One who or that which amplifies.

That which converts into a salifiable base.

One who, or that which, beautifies or makes beautiful.

hot wind from the north; -- now usually called southerly buster. It blew across the Brickfields, formerly so called, a district of Sydney, and carried clouds of dust into the city.

Consisting of, or containing, calcareous matter or lime salts; calcareous.

One who certifies or assures.

Aping, or having, the manners of a city.

That which clarifies.

One who classifies.

One who codifies.

A field where corn is or has been growing; -- in England, a field of wheat, rye, barley, or oats; in America, a field of Indian corn.

Converted into horn; horny.

and manners of a rustic; rude. As being one who took no pride, And was a deal too countrified. Lloyd.

One who crucifies; one who subjects himself or another to a painful trial.

Made up like a dandy; having the dress or manners of a dandy; buckish.