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The operation of removing one or both of the ovaries; oöphorectomy.

s country, and zealously supports its authority and interests. Bp. Hall. Such tears as patriots shaed for dying laws. Pope.

Inspired by patriotism; actuated by love of one's country; zealously and unselfishly devoted to the service of one's country; as, a patriotic statesman, vigilance.

Patriotic; that pertains to a patriot. -- Pa`tri*ot"ic*al*ly, adv.

ove of country; devotion to the welfare of one's country; the virtues and actions of a patriot; the passion which inspires one to serve one's country. Berkley.

A legal holiday in the States of Massachusetts and Maine, April 19, the anniversary of the battle of Lexington in 1775. It was first observed in 1894. [U. S.]

Surrounding, or pertaining to the region surrounding, the internal ear; as, the periotic capsule. -- n.

One of the Greeks of Constantinople who after the Turkish conquest became powerful in clerical and other offices under Turkish patronage.

Zoötomy.

To throw out of a chariot. Pope.

Free from rioting. [Obs.] "A chaste, unrioted house." May (Lucan).

Cast down; low-lying. [Obs.] From the safe shore their floating carcasses And broken chariot wheels; so thick bestrown Abject and lost lay these, covering the flood. Milton.

ons and things, and, when of persons, usually in a bad sense; as, he was accessory to the riot; accessory sounds in music.

to the citizens of the United States. The name American must always exalt the pride of patriotism. Washington.

Of or pertaining to the patriotic Jewish family to which the Maccabees belonged; Maccabean; as, the Asmonean dynasty. [Written also Asmonæan.]

The Charioteer, or Wagoner, a constellation in the northern hemisphere, situated between Perseus and Gemini. It contains the bright star Capella.

Of or pertaining to a chariot. [R.]

The act of driving a chariot or a carriage. [R.] De Quincey.

the goddess of the morning. The poets represented her a rising out of the ocean, in a chariot, with rosy fingers dropping gentle dew.

Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy.