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The defendant in an appeal; -- opposed to appellant.

In a state of sleep; in sleep; dormant. Fast asleep the giant lay supine. Dryden. By whispering winds soon lulled asleep. Milton.

The person to whom goods are committed in trust, and who has a temporary possession and a qualified property in them, for the purposes of the trust. Blackstone.

Plates or blades of "whalebone," from two to twelve feet long, and sometimes a foot wide, which in certain whales (Balænoidea) are attached side by side along the upper jaw, and form a fringelike sieve by which the food is retained in the mouth.

A broad leather belt formerly worn by soldiers over the right shoulder and across the breast under the left arm. Originally it was used for supporting the musket and twelve cases for charges, but later only as a cartridge belt.

To make bloody; to stain with blood. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To place under the lee, or unfavorably to the wind. Shak.

pottery with a high gloss, which is sometimes iridescent. A very fine kind is made at Belleek in Ireland.

The language spoken in Bengal.

A wide sleeve, once worn by women.

Complexion; color; hue; likeness; form. [Archaic] For him which is so bright of blee. Lament. of Mary Magd. That boy has a strong blee of his father. Forby.

To emit blood; to lose blood; to run with blood, by whatever means; as, the arm bleeds; the wound bled freely; to bleed at the nose.

One in whom slight wounds give rise to profuse or uncontrollable bleeding.

Emitting, or appearing to emit, blood or sap, etc.; also, expressing anguish or compassion.

The turn of a hawk upon the wing to recover herself, when she misses her aim in the stoop. [Obs.] The fierce and eager hawks, down thrilling from the skies, Make sundry canceliers are they the fowl can reach. Drayton.

A cock, so called from the clearness or loundness of his voice in crowing.

A claw. [Holland.

Act of cleeking; a clutch. [Scot.]

A favorite soup in Scotland, made from a capon highly seasoned, and boiled with leeks and prunes.

Same as Cockaleekie.