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Said of potash, probably in reference to its having been obtained from billets of wood by burning. [Obs.]

ing. [Scot. & North of Eng.] Emmy found herself entirely at a loss in the midst of their clavers. Thackeray.

The body of cardinals shut up in the conclave for the election of a pope; hence, the body of cardinals. It was said a cardinal, by reason of his apparent likelihood to step into St. Peter's chair, that in two conclaves he went in pope and came out again cardinal. South.

A wash for cleaning the teeth.

To free from bondage or slavery; to disenthrall. He shall disenslave and redeem his soul. South.

land or a territory inclosed within another territory of which it is independent. See Exclave. [Recent]

The state of being an enclave. [Recent]

To reduce to slavery; to make a slave of; to subject to a dominant influence. The conquer'd, also, and enslaved by war, Shall, with their freedom lost, all virtue lose. Milton. Pleasure admitted in undue degree Enslaves the will. Cowper.

State of being enslaved.

The act of reducing to slavery; state of being enslaved; bondage; servitude. A fresh enslavement to their enemies. South.

One who enslaves. Swift.

A portion of a country which is separated from the main part and surrounded by politically alien territory. [Recent.]

Turning yellow; yellowish.

See Glaive.

To prate; to jabber; to babble. [Obs.] Here many, clepid filosophirs, glavern diversely. Wyclif.

A flatterer. [Obs.] Mir. for Mag.

Resembling a series of dovetails; -- said of a line of division, such as the border of an ordinary.

A low servant; a mean fellow. Shak.

A broad stripe of purple on the fore part of the tunic, worn by senators in ancient Rome as an emblem of office.

Not possessing or holding slaves; as, a nonslaveholding State.