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to intercept water, mud, or snow, thrown up by the heels of the horses; -- in England commonly called splashboard.

A borosilicate of lime commonly occuring in glassy,, greenish crystals. [Written also datholite.]

nhabiting fresh water in the larval state; the ephemeral fly; -- so called because it commonly lives but one day in the winged or adult state. See Ephemeral fly, under Ephemeral.

language, a language which is no longer spoken or in common use by a people, and is known only in writings, as the Hebrew, Greek, and Latin. -- Dead letter. (a) A letter which, after lying for a certain fixed time uncalled for at the post office to which it was directed, is then sent to the general post office to be o…

debar us when we need Refreshment. Milton. Their wages were so low as to debar them, not only from the comforts but from the common decencies of civilized life. Buckle.

ive of calcareous matter; thus, to decalcify bones is to remove the stony part, and leave only the gelatin.

Cause of decay. [R.] He that plots to be the only figure among ciphers, is the decay of the whole age. Bacon.

rlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks.

to exhibit; to publish; to proclaim; to announce. This day I have begot whom I declare My only Son. Milton. The heavens declare the glory of God. Ps. xix. 1.

A deed of one part, or executed by only one party, and distinguished from an indenture by having the edge of the parchment or paper cut even, or polled as it was anciently termed, instead of being indented. Burrill.

-- Deep mourning (Costume), mourning complete and strongly marked, the garments being not only all black, but also composed of lusterless materials and of such fashion as is identified with mourning garments.

es, and showy flowers (usually bright purple), with four petals and eight stamens, -- the only genus of the order Melastomaceæ inhabiting a temperate clime.

Any narrow passage or gorge in which troops can march only in a file, or with a narrow front; a long, narrow pass between hills, rocks, etc.

That which destroys. [Obs.] They [the Scriptures] are the only deletery of heresies. Jer. Taylor.

those I mean that would seem to be more fine in their houses than their neighbors, -- are only of the Corinth metal. Holland.

The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter. Bouvier.

In a demure manner; soberly; gravely; -- now, commonly, with a mere show of gravity or modesty. They . . . looked as demurely as they could; for 't was a hanging matter to laugh unseasonably. Dryden.

a name to; to characterize by an epithet; to entitle; to name; to designate. Passions commonly denominating selfish. Hume.

e. Finite and infinite seem . . . to be attributed primarily, in their first designation, only to those things have parts. Locke.

Same as Stilbite. It commonly occurs in bundles or tufts of crystals.