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In arrears financially; in a state where expenditures have exceeded the receipt of funds.

To retard or make too late. Davenant.

es; -- used somewhat vaguely for literary works in which imagination and taste are predominant.

ment, or inhabitancy, whether by birth or operation of law, so as to be entitled to maintenance by the parish or town. Bastards also are settled in the parishes to which the mothers belong. Blackstone.

That which is connected with a principal or greater thing; an appendage; an appurtenance.

ch preferment, as in the Church of England; a church endowed with a revenue for the maintenance of divine service. See Advowson.

Of a kind or gentle disposition; gracious; generous; favorable; benignant. Creator bounteous and benign. Milton.

or tokens. A dewy cloud, and in the cloud a bow . . . Betokening peace from God, and covenant new. Milton.

To improve the condition of, morally, physically, financially, socially, or otherwise. The constant effort of every man to better himself. Macaulay.

A calculous concretion found in the intestines of certain ruminant animals (as the wild goat, the gazelle, and the Peruvian llama) formerly regarded as an unfailing antidote for poison, and a certain remedy for eruptive, pestilential, or putrid diseases. Hence: Any antidote or panacea.

Great with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce; -- often figuratively. [Day] big with the fate of Cato and of Rome. Addison.

Having a great belly; as, a big-bellied man or flagon; advanced in pregnancy.

A declaration made in writing, stating some wrong the complainant has suffered from the defendant, or a fault committed by some person against a law.

ks Department; but the term has also been locally applied to mere back-waters forming stagnant pools and to certain water channels arising from a source.

ng (any one) under definite legal obligations; esp. under the obligation of a bond or covenant. Abbott.

Causing, or fitted to cause, pain or distress to the mind; calamitous; poignant. It is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God. Jer. ii. 19.

when the news of the landing of the Pretender reached London, or May 11, 1866, when a financial panic commenced. In the United States, September 24, 1869, and September 18, 1873, on which financial panics began.

Having a wicked, malignant disposition; morally bad.

Without spirit or activity. Thou bloodless remnant of that royal blood ! Shak. -- Blood"less*ly, adv. -- Blood"less*ness, n.

he infliction of evil; a sudden calamity; something which produces mental, physical, or financial suffering or loss (esp. when sudden); a buffet. A most poor man, made tame to fortune's blows. Shak. At a blow, suddenly; at one effort; by a single vigorous act. "They lose a province at a blow." Dryden. -- To come to bl…