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ilapidation; renewal; repair; renovation; renaissance. Some great catastrophe or . . . instauration. T. Burnet.

One who renews or restores to a former condition. [R.] Dr. H. More.

To renew or renovate; to instaurate. [Obs.] Marston.

A fabled monster, half man and half bull, confined in the labyrinth constructed by Dædalus in Crete.

Any flying marsupial of the genera Petaurus, Phalangista, Acrobata, and allied genera. See Flying mouse, under Flying, and Phalangister.

An eating house.

To restore. [Obs.]

The keeper of an eathing house or a restaurant.

Restoration. [Obs.] Cower.

A mineral of a brown to black color occurring in prismatic crystals, often twinned so as to form groups resembling a cross. It is a silicate of aluminia and iron, and is generally found imbedded in mica schist. Called also granatite, and grenatite.

Of or pertaining to staurolite; resembling or containing staurolite.

An optical instrument used in determining the position of the planes of light-vibration in sections of crystals.

Staurolite.

A red star of the first magnitude, situated in the eye of Taurus; the Bull's Eye. It is the bright star in the group called the Hyades. Now when Aldebaran was mounted high Above the shiny Cassiopeia's chair. Spenser.

n Arabia and adjacent countries. (b) A squirrel-like Australian marsupial, a species of Petaurus. (c) A beautiful Brazilian toucan Ramphastos ariel).

A constellation west of Taurus, drawn on the celestial globe in the figure of a ram.

rs shaped like buttons; especially, several species of Ranunculus, and the cornflower (Centaures cyanus) and globe amaranth (Gomphrena).

An animal of the genus Bos, especially the common species, B. taurus, including the bull, cow, and ox, in their full grown state; esp., an ox or cow fattened for food.

The Centaurea behen, or saw-leaved centaury.

ed at a public table, or of the dishes (with prices annexed) which may be ordered at a restaurant, etc. -- Bill of health, a certificate from the proper authorities as to the state of health of a ship's company at the time of her leaving port. -- Bill of indictment, a written accusation lawfully presented to a grand…