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lina the Croatan Indians, regarded as descended from Raleigh's lost colony of Croatan, formerly classed with negroes, are now legally recognized as distinct.

Lady; mistress; -- used by Hindustani-speaking natives in India in addressing European women.

To remember; to cause to remember; to mention. [Obs.]

Having limbs; -- chiefly used in composition.

The state of being a member.

Relating to a member.

Same as Membranous. Arbuthnot.

yer or fold of tissue, usually supported by a fibrous network, serving to cover or line some part or organ, and often secreting or absorbing certain fluids.

See Membranous.

Having or producing membranes.

Having the form of a membrane or of parchment.

The science which treats of membranes.

Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, membrane; as, a membranous covering or lining.

A hint, suggestion, token, or memorial, to awaken memory; that which reminds or recalls to memory; a souvenir. Seasonable mementos may be useful. Bacon.

Lit., remember to die, i.e., that you must die; a warning to be prepared for death; an object, as a death's-head or a personal ornament, usually emblematic, used as a reminder of death.

A small deerlet, or chevrotain, of India.

A celebrated Egyptian statue near Thebes, said to have the property of emitting a harplike sound at sunrise.

A memorial account; a history composed from personal experience and memory; an account of transactions or events (usually written in familiar style) as they are remembered by the writer. See History, 2.

A writer of memoirs.

Things remarkable and worthy of remembrance or record; also, the record of them.