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sorcery; to act on by enchantment; to get control of by magical words and rites. And now about the caldron sing, Like elves and fairies in a ring, Enchanting all that you put in. Shak. He is enchanted, cannot speak. Tennyson.

To form a circle about; to inclose within a circle or ring; to surround; as, to encircle one in the arms; the army encircled the city. Her brows encircled with his serpent rod. Parnell.

Sign; badge of office, rank, or power; symbol. The ensigns of our power about we bear. Waller.

To put a covering about; to wrap up or in; to inclose within a case, wrapper, integument or the like; to surround entirely; as, to envelop goods or a letter; the fog envelops a ship. Nocturnal shades this world envelop. J. Philips.

To surround; to encompass; to encircle; to hem in; to be round about; to involve or envelop. Dwelling in a pleasant glade, With mountains round about environed. Spenser. Environed he was with many foes. Shak. Environ me with darkness whilst I write. Donne.

To wind about; to encircle. In the circle of his arms Enwound us both. Tennyson.

A stage in the development of discophorous medusæ, when they first begin to swim about after being detached from the strobila. See Strobila.

The time when the sun enters one of the equinoctial points, that is, about March 21 and September 22. See Autumnal equinox, Vernal equinox, under Autumnal and Vernal. When descends on the Atlantic The gigantic Stormwind of the equinox. Longfellow.

A garden plot, usually about half an acre. [Cape Colony]

A stub, like soft horn, about the size of a chestnut, situated behind and below the pastern joint.

One who wanders about. [Obs.] Fuller.

Having no certain course; roving about without a fixed destination; wandering; moving; -- hence, applied to the planets as distinguished from the fixed stars. The earth and each erratic world. Blackmore.

A wandering; a roving about. [Obs.] Cockeram.

A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach. See Scarp.

A palace and mausoleum of the kinds of Spain, being a vast and wonderful structure about twenty-five miles northwest of Madrid.

To look or search narrowly; to look about; to watch; to take notice; to spy. Stand by the way, and espy. Jer. xlviii. 19.

Standing, but with the wings spread, as if about to fly; -- said of a bird borne as a charge on an escutcheon.

are small and often bright-colored fishes inhabiting the fresh waters of North America. About seventy species are known. See Darter.

A wandering about; excursion; a roving. [R.] Ray.

quation of the center is diminished at the syzygies, and increased at the quadratures by about 1º 20'.