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An accomplice. [Obs.] To quell the rebels and their complices. Shak.

A wooden knife with a long thin blade, used in handling cream or ice cream.

Delicacies; delights. [Obs.] "Dainty delices." Spenser.

Dislike; dissatisfaction; discontent. [Obs.] W. Montagu.

A splice formed by bending a rope's and back, and fastening it into the rope, forming a loop or eye. See Illust. under Splice.

A small outwork of a fortification; a fortilage; -- called also fortelace.

er; a disposition to injure another; a malignant design of evil. "Nor set down aught in malice." Shak. Envy, hatred, and malice are three distinct passions of the mind. Ld. Holt.

Consisting of or containing matter like honey; -- said of certain encysted tumors.

Militia. [Obs.]

Military police, the body of soldiers detailed to preserve civil order and attend to sanitary arrangements in a camp or garrison.

The inherent power of a government to regulate its police affairs. The term police power is not definitely fixed in meaning. In the earlier cases in the United States it was used as including the whole power of internal government, or the powers of government inherent in every sovereignty to the extent of its dominions…

y laws for the maintenance of peace and order, enforced by organized administration. "A policed kingdom." Howell.

A member of a body of police; a constable.

Pertaining to, or abounding in, fleas; pulicose.

To wit; namely; videlicet; -- often abbreviated to sc., or ss.

Same as Silicoidea.

Of or pertaining to silica; containing silica, or partaking of its nature. [Written also silisious.]

A thin, broad piece cut off; as, a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread.

One who, or that which, slices; specifically, the circular saw of the lapidary.

To unite in marrige. [Slang] Splice grafting.ee under Grafting. -- To splice the main brace (Naut.), to give out, or drink, an extra allowance of spirits on occasion of special exposure to wet or cold, or to severe fatigue; hence, to take a dram.