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The common guillemot. [Prov. Eng.]

A deep blue variety of iolite, sometimes used as a gem; -- called also saphir d'eau.

A county in the north of England. Yorkshire grit, a kind of stone used for polishing marble, and copperplates for engravers. Simmonds. -- Yorkshire pudding, a batter pudding baked under meat.

To hire, as a ship, for the transportation of goods or freight.

One who hires or charters a ship to convey goods.

e. Oriental amethyst, the violet-blue variety of transparent crystallized corundum or sapphire.

An imposing series of things. Their long array of sapphire and of gold. Byron.

Radiated, with diverging rays; as, asteriated sapphire.

al property of some crystals which exhibit a star- shaped by reflected light, as star sapphire, or by transmitted light, as some mica.

inclosure, large cage, or other place, for keeping birds confined; a bird house. Lincolnshire may be termed the aviary of England. Fuller.

A place where the nourishment and care of babies are offered for hire.

A court held in Derbyshire, in England, for deciding controversies between miners. Blount.

ch one is bound in honor not to make known. Willing to serve or betray any government for hire. Macaulay.

A variety of clay ironstone, in Staffordshire, England, used for making tools.

a hue resembling it, whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue as a sapphire; blue violets. "The blue firmament." Milton.

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

r, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bond servant: but as an hired servant. Lev. xxv. 39, 40.

A female slave, or one bound to service without wages, as distinguished from a hired servant.

ing with a weak flame, and generally a disagreeable odor; -- found at Bovey Tracey, Devonshire, England. It is of geological age of the oölite, and not of the true coal era.

and becomes of the color of burning coal. The name belongs for the most part to ruby sapphire, though it has been also given to red spinel and garnet.