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See Appurtenance.

rchard, to a house or messuage. In a strict legal sense, land can never pass as an appurtenance to land. Tomlins. Bouvier. Burrill. Globes . . . provided as appurtenances to astronomy. Bacon. The structure of the eye, and of its appurtenances. Reid.

r pertaining to some more important thing; accessory; incident; as, a right of way appurtenant to land or buildings. Blackstone. Common appurtenatn. (Law) See under Common, n.

Rustling in arms; resounding with arms. [Obs.]

Not sounding or sounded. [R.] C. C. Felton.

Resemblance of sound. "The disagreeable assonance of Steevens.

Pertaining to the peculiar species of rhyme called assonance; not consonant.

Assonant.

A perennial herbaceous plant of almost treelike size (Musa sapientum); also, its edible fruit. See Musa.

, benzine, and a little pyroxylin, it contains amyl acetate, which gives it the odor of bananas.

Benignant quality; kindliness.

Kind; gracious; favorable. -- Be*nig"nant*ly, adv.

In mining, a rich mine or vein of silver or gold; hence, anything which is a mine of wealth or yields a large income. [Colloq. U. S.]

The absence or suppression of the essential organs (stamens and pistil) in a flower.

The receptacle of the flowers in a composite plant; -- also called clinium.

One who makes complaint. Eager complainants of the dispute. Collier.

Cementing together; uniting closely; causing to adhere; promoting healing, as of a wound or a broken bone, by adhesion of the parts.

Agreement or congruity; harmony; accord; consistency; suitableness. The perfect consonancy of our persecuted church to the doctrines of Scripture and antiquity. Hammond. The optic nerve responds to the waves with which it is in consonance. Tyndall.

ding; -- usually followed by with or to. Each one pretends that his opinion . . . is consonant to the words there used. Bp. Beveridge. That where much is given shall be much required is a thing consonant with natural equity. Dr. H. More.

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