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A surety, under the old writ of mainprise, for a prisoner's appearance in court at a day.

mes purple, blue, or white, which speedily close at the approach of bad weather. Water pimpernel. (Bot.) See Brookweed.

The quality of being proper.

A sort of bread, made of unbolted rye, which forms the chief food of the Westphalian peasants. It is acid but nourishing.

An American grape, a form of Vitis vulpina, found in the Southern Atlantic States, and often cultivated.

Slipperiness. [Obs.]

Like supernaculum; first-rate; as, a supernacular wine. [R.] Thackeray.

nded to mean, upon the nail; -- used formerly by topers. Nares. Drinking super nagulum [supernaculum], a device of drinking, new come out of France, which is, after a man hath turned up the bottom of the cup, to drop it on his nail and make a pearl with that is left; which if it slide, and he can not make it stand on b…

Being in a higher place or region; locally higher; as, the supernal orbs; supernal regions. "That supernal judge." Shak.

Swimming above; floating on the surface; as, oil supernatant on water. SUPERNATANT Su`per*na"tant, n. (Chem.)

The act of floating on the surface of a fluid. Sir T. Browne.

Being beyond, or exceeding, the power or laws of nature; miraculous.

The quality or state of being supernatural; supernaturalness.

One who holds to the principles of supernaturalism.

Of or pertaining to supernaturalism.

The quality or state of being supernatural.

To treat or regard as supernatural.

In a supernatural manner.

The quality or state of being supernatural.

Exceeding the number stated or prescribed; as, a supernumerary officer in a regiment.