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whereof they now accuse me. Acts xxiv. 13. We are accused of having persuaded Austria and Sardinia to lay down their arms. Macaulay.

The skipjack (Sarda Mediterranea) of the Atlantic, an important and abundant food fish on the coast of the United States, and (S. Chilensis) of the Pacific, and other related species. They are large and active fishes, of a blue color with black oblique stripes.

avy articles. It varies in different localities; thus, at Rome it is nearly 75 pounds, in Sardinia nearly 94 pounds, in Cairo it is 95 pounds, in Syria about 503 pounds.

Any book printed by William Caxton, the first English printer. Hansard.

The upper part or top of a mansard roof or curb roof when made nearly flat.

ile, alkaline liquid, NH(C2H5)2, having a strong fishy odor resembling that of herring or sardines. Cf. Methylamine.

A blockhead. [Obs.] [Written also dizard, and disard.] -- Diz"zard*ly, adv. [Obs.]

esentatives. The Romans compelled them, contrary to all federal right, . . . to part with Sardinia. Grew.

ench red rouge. -- French rice, amelcorn. -- French roof (Arch.), a modified form of mansard roof having a nearly flat deck for the upper slope. -- French tub, a dyer's mixture of protochloride of tin and logwood; -- called also plum tub. Ure. -- French window. See under Window.

An Asiatic sardine (Clupea Neohowii), valued for its oil.

A wild sheep (Ovis musimon), inhabiting the mountains of Sardinia, Corsica, etc. Its horns are very large, with a triangular base and rounded angles. It is supposed by some to be the original of the domestic sheep. Called also musimon or musmon. [Written also moufflon.]

One of the prehistoric towerlike structures found in Sardinia.

In a plaguing manner; vexatiously; extremely. [Colloq.] "Ronsard is so plaguily stiff and stately." Landor.

A wooden block used for forcing down the type in a form, and making the surface even. Hansard. Planer centers. See under Center.

is produced: and from this matrix, in a similar way, a polytype in relief is obtained. Hansard.

time; especially, to furnish shelter to; as, to quarter soldiers. They mean this night in Sardis to be quartered. Shak.

tapering piece of wood or iron, used by printers to drive up the quoins in the chase. Hansard.

e lines of type to a regular distance from each other, and for other purposes; a lead. Hansard. -- Space rule (Print.), a fine, thin, short metal rule of the same height as the type, used in printing short lines in tabular matter.

A sardine. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

A veal cutlet variously seasoned garnished, often with lemon, sardines, and capers.