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The persons or parties allied. Udall.

freehold; free of rent or service; held independent of a lord paramount; -- opposed to feudal; as, allodial lands; allodial system. Blackstone.

All-powerful; almighty. [Obs.] Udall.

To enlarge. [R.] To maintain and ampliate the external possessions of your empire. Udall.

In any place. Udall.

Numbed, and, usually, tingling. Udall. Leaning long upon any part maketh it numb, and, as we call it, asleep. Bacon.

ng an ass; asinine; stupid or obstinate. Such . . . appear to be of the assich kind . . . Udall.

An auditorium. Udall.

uides, which being of an awkward religion, do strain out a gnat, and swallow up a cancel. Udall.

Babyhood. [R.] Udall.

The outer wall of a feudal castle. Hence: The space inclosed by it; the outer court. Holinshed.

The outer wall of a feudal castle. [Obs.]

A title or degree of nobility; originally, the possessor of a fief, who had feudal tenants under him; in modern times, in France and Germany, a nobleman next in rank below a count; in England, a nobleman of the lowest grade in the House of Lords, being next below a viscount.

Supplying need; profitable; advantageous. [Obs.] Udall.

olding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession. A feudatory or beneficiary king of England. Bacon.

Betrayal. [R.] Udall.

Two-tailed; bicaudal.

r in a thoughtless manner; to publish (secrets or trifles) without reserve or discretion. Udall. And yonder a vile physician blabbing The case of his patient. Tennyson.

lot. Lest she . . . will with her railing set a great blur on mine honesty and good name. Udall.

A feudal tenure, obliging the tenant to perform service within the realm, without limitation of time.