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ely used as a system of physical training. It depends for its efficiency largely upon the principle of making use of an opponent's strength and weight to disable or injure him, and by applying pressure so that his opposing movement will throw him out of balance, dislocate or break a joint, etc. It opposes knowledge an…

The principles of the aristocratic party in Prussia.

The quality of being just; conformity to the principles of righteousness and rectitude in all things; strict performance of moral obligations; practical conformity to human or divine law; integrity in the dealings of men with each other; rectitude; equity; uprightness. Justice and judgment are the haditation of thy thr…

One of a group of nitrogenous phosphorized principles, supposed by Thudichum to exist in brain tissue.

very inch a king." Shak. Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle. Burke. There was a State without king or nobles. R. Choate. But yonder comes the powerful King of Day, Rejoicing in the east Thomson.

The doctrines, principles, or practices, of the Know-nothings.

weak; the state of being weakened; decay; ruin. There is in it such a labefaction of all principles as may be injurious to morality. Johnson.

Of or pertaining to a layman or the laity. "Laical literature." Lowell. An unprincipled, unedified, and laic rabble. Milton.

Supreme; highest in degree; utmost. Contending for principles of the last importance. R. Hall .

certain plants in cavities (called latex cells or latex tubes). It contains the peculiar principles of the plants, whether aromatic, bitter, or acid, and in many instances yields caoutchouc upon coagulation.

Lax in moral or religious principles.

.: The rules of construction, or of procedure, conforming to the conditions of success; a principle, maxim; or usage; as, the laws of poetry, of architecture, of courtesy, or of whist.

ay down one's life; to lay down one's arms. (c) To assert or advance, as a proposition or principle. -- To lay forth. (a) To extend at length; (reflexively) to exert one's self; to expatiate. [Obs.] (b) To lay out (as a corpse). [Obs.] Shak. -- To lay hands on, to seize. -- To lay hands on one's self, or To lay viol…

Conforming to known principles, or accepted rules; as, legitimate reasoning; a legitimate standard, or method; a legitimate combination of colors. Tillotson still keeps his place as a legitimate English classic. Macaulay.

The principles or plans of legitimists.

Letting alone. The let-alone principle, doctrine, or policy. (Polit. Econ.) See Laissez faire.

The art, process, or occupation of making a lexicon or dictionary; the principles which are applied in making dictionaries.

Liberal principles; the principles and methods of the liberals in politics or religion; specifically, the principles of the Liberal party.

Libertarian principles or doctrines.

Dissolute; licentious; profligate; loose in morals; as, libertine principles or manners. Bacon.