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A kind of rubblework. In the United States, any rubblework of thin and small stones.

A name given to several species of the composite genus Senecio.

To encourage. [Obs.]

The process of coating the surface of a metal plate (as a stereotype plate) with steellike iron by means of voltaic electricity; steeling.

Gum tragacanth. Brande & C.

The offerings made upon the altar, or to a church.

The strength of a current of electricity carried by a conductor or generated by a machine, measured in ampères.

Something which holds like an anchor; a hold; as, the anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge.

rominence on the lower posterior portion of the concha of the external ear, opposite the tragus. See Ear.

Of or pertaining to Aragon, in Spain, or to its inhabitants. -- n. sing. & pl.

A mineral identical in composition with calcite or carbonate of lime, but differing from it in its crystalline form and some of its physical characters.

A South American monkey, the ursine howler (Mycetes ursinus). See Howler, n., 2.

Judgment by an arbiter; authoritative determination. [Archaic]

See Aragonite.

That which remains unpaid and overdue, after payment of a part; arrears. The old arrearages . . . being defrayed. Howell.

crystallizable substance, C4H8N2O3+H2O, found in many plants, and first obtained from asparagus. It is believed to aid in the disposition of nitrogenous matter throughout the plant; -- called also altheine.

Pertaining or allied to, or resembling, asparagus; having shoots which are eaten like asparagus; as, asparaginous vegetables.

branched stems, and very slender branchlets which are sometimes mistaken for leaves. Asparagus racemosus is a shrubby climbing plant with fragrant flowers. Specifically: The Asparagus officinalis, a species cultivated in gardens.

A convex molding of rounded surface, generally from half to three quarters of a circle.

Of or pertaining to the astragalus.