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A bird one year old, or that has once molted.

An antinephritic remedy.

See Appurtenance.

Belonging; appertaining. [Now usually written appurtenant.] Coleridge.

embling, silver; made of, or sounding like, silver; silvery. Celestial Dian, goddess argentine. Shak.

Of or pertaining to asbestus, or partaking of its nature; incombustible; asbestic.

A member of one of the religious orders called after St. Augustine; an Austin friar.

A post of security or defense. [Poetic] Into the castle's tower, The only Aventine that now is left him. Beau. & Fl.

An explosive consisting of sodium nitrate, charcoal, sulphur, and petroleum.

The pomegranate tree (Punica granatum). The bark of the root, the rind of the fruit, and the flowers are used medicinally.

A paste of clay used in decorating coarse pottery in relief.

Same as Barkentine.

, having the foremast square-rigged, and the others schooner-rigged. [Spelled also barquentine, barkantine, etc.] See Illust. in Append.

Pertaining to the monks of St. Benedict, or St. Benet.

Relating to books printed at Deuxponts, or Bipontium (Zweibrücken), in Bavaria.

See Byzantine.

A small boot; a lady's boot.

Pertaining to Brabant, an ancient province of the Netherlands.

A practical vessel. [Obs.]

An oily composition used to make the hair glossy.