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e English, being well appointed, did so entertain them that their ships departed terribly torn. Hayward.

A fragment torn off. J. Barlow.

An axis; as, the sun's axle. Had from her axle torn The steadfast earth. Milton.

A peculiar marine worm. See Enteropneusta, and Tornaria.

to plead at the bar, and undertake the public trial of causes, as distinguished from an attorney or solicitor. See Attorney. [Eng.]

se, or be dissipated; as, the storm and the clouds have blown over. -- To blow up, to be torn to pieces and thrown into the air as by an explosion of powder or gas or the expansive force of steam; to burst; to explode; as, a powder mill or steam boiler blows up. "The enemy's magazines blew up." Tatler.…

To appear in court personally or by attorney. [Scot]

A person who appoints another to act for him as attorney in fact. Burrill.

A cellar or excavation used for refuge from a cyclone, or tornado. [Middle U. S.]

That may be plucked off, cropped, or torn away. [Obs.] Bailey.

To make ceremonially unclean; to pollute. That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile therewith. Lev. xxii. 8.

To expel from the bar, or the legal profession; to deprive (an attorney, barrister, or counselor) of his status and privileges as such. Abbott.

To make unlike a prince. [R.] For I was drench'd with ooze, and torn with briers, . . . And, all one rag, disprinced from head to heel. Tennyson.

Rent off; torn asunder; severed; disrupted.

Torn asunder; separated. [Obs.] "His greedy throat . . . distraught." Spenser.

tropics lie. Blackstone. Congressional district. See under Congressional. -- District attorney, the prosecuting officer of a district or district court. -- District court, a subordinate municipal, state, or United States tribunal, having jurisdiction in certain cases within a judicial district. -- District judge, o…

An agent or attorney; a factor. Burrill.

and lies down to pleasant dreams. Bryant. All the decent drapery of life is to be rudely torn off. Burke. Casting of draperies. See under Casting. The casting of draperies . . . is one of the most important of an artist's studies. Fairholt.

by any physical force or agent; to be driven. The hull drives on, though mast and sail be torn. Byron. The chaise drives to Mr. Draper's chambers. Thackeray.

ce); as, the Supreme Court is empowered to try and decide cases, civil or criminal; the attorney is empowered to sign an acquittance, and discharge the debtor.