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A follower of Thomas Aquinas. See Scotist.

eive the gospel. Milton. The scepter of that kingdom continued to be transmitted in the dynasty of Castile. Prescott.

A swinging horizontal bar, suspended at each end by a rope; -- used by gymnasts.

branch of the Cistercian Order, which was established by Armand de Rancé in 1660 at the monastery of La Trappe in Normandy. Extreme austerity characterizes their discipline. They were introduced permanently into the United States in 1848, and have monasteries in Iowa and Kentucky.

One of a monastic order founded in Rome in 1198 by St. John of Matha, and an old French hermit, Felix of Valois, for the purpose of redeeming Christian captives from the Mohammedans.

of the aromatic series; -- so called because of the general resemblance to the shades of nasturtium (Tropæolum).

ted, bony or cartilaginous plates which support the olfactory and mucous membranes of the nasal chambers.

A person who practices athletic or gymnastic exercises.

A building used as a school of gymnastics.

A company or association of gymnasts and athletes.

To bare or gnash the teeth. [Obs.]

An affected modulation of the voice; a kind of nasal sound. He has such a twang in his discourse. Arbuthnot.

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To sustain; to support; to guard. Nash.

al. B. Jonson. In a narrower limit than the forty years' undermeal of the seven sleepers. Nash.

oped or expected. "With unhoped success." Dryden. Blessings of friends, which to my door Unasked, unhoped, have come. J. N. Newman.

One of the Northmen who founded a dynasty in Russia in the 9th century; also, one of the Northmen composing, at a later date, the imperial bodyguard at Constantinople.

y obstructive action, as in certain consonants, such as v, l, etc., or by both, as in the nasals m, n, ng; sonant; intonated; voiced. See Voice, and Vowel, also Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 199-202.

A perennial cruciferous herb (Nasturtium officinale) growing usually in clear running or spring water. The leaves are pungent, and used for salad and as an antiscorbutic.

A coarse yellow-flowered plant (Nasturtium amphibium) related to the water cress and to the horse-radish.