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A Flemish sloop with a castle at each end. Sir W. Raleigh.

The root of a leguminous plant (Psoralea esculenta), found near the Rocky Mountains. It is usually oval in form, and abounds in farinaceous matter, affording sweet and palatable food.

capable of being bribed; free from bribes. From thence to heaven's bribeless hall. Sir W. Raleigh.

A thicket; a cluster of bushes. [Obs.] Raleigh.

etimes by sail, and has no rudder. Others devised the boat of one tree, called the canoe. Raleigh.

To render useless or void; to annul; to reject; to send away. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleing.

or without being foreseen; contingency. Losses that befall them by mere casualty. Sir W. Raleigh.

An abbreviation for Confédération Générale du Travail (the French syndicalist labor union).

A fireplace or hearth. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.

Angry; indicating anger; excited by anger. "Choleric speech." Sir W. Raleigh. Choleric temperament, the bilious temperament.

tune, sung in unison by the congregation; as, the Lutheran chorals. [Sometimes written chorale.]

of events in the order of time; according to the order of time; as, chronological tables. Raleigh. -- Chron`o*log"ic*al*ly, adv.

o be written in ciphers and characters and letters bearing the forms of creatures. Sir W. Raleigh.

small number of the Danes became peaceable cohabitants with the Saxons in England. Sir W. Raleigh.

Coalescence of particles; growth; increase by the addition of particles. [R.] Sir W. Raleigh.

d between Saturn and Titan, that Saturn should put to death all his male children. Sir W. Raleigh.

The act of leading or guiding. Sir W. Raleigh.

owing th river downward, there is conveyance into the countries named in the text. Sir W. Raleigh.

A room for cookery; a kitchen; the galley or caboose of a ship. Sir W. Raleigh.

The center or inner part, as of an open space; as, the core of a ssquare. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.