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nion that Aram . . . was the father and denomination of the Syrians in general. Sir W. Raleigh.

The act of denouncing; public menace or accusation; the act of inveighing against, stigmatizing, or publicly arraigning; arraignment.

ailway station; a building for the accommodation and protection of railway passenges or freight. [U. S.]

pth of knowledge, or color. Mindful of that heavenly love Which knows no end in depth or height. Keble.

ll frame, supported at the top by stays or guys, with suitable tackle for hoisting heavy weights, as stones in building. Derrick crane, a combination of the derrick and the crane, having facility for hoisting and also for swinging the load horizontally.

To vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.

eparate from anything; to disengage. [A vapor] detaching, fold by fold, From those still heights. Tennyson.

The act, process, or result of any accurate measurement, as of length, volume, weight, intensify, etc.; as, the determination of the ohm or of the wave length of light; the determination of the salt in sea water, or the oxygen in the air.

Done with dexterity; skillful; artful; as, dexterous management. "Dexterous sleights of hand." Trench.

Pertaining to the scale of eight tones, the eighth of which is the octave of the first. Diatonic scale (Mus.), a scale consisting of eight sounds with seven intervals, of which two are semitones and five are whole tones; a modern major or minor scale, as distinguished from the chromatic scale.

which includes those with two gills, an apparatus for emitting an inky fluid, and either eight or ten cephalic arms bearing suckers or hooks, as the octopi and squids. See Cephalopoda.

sting rope winds upon one part as it unwinds from the other, and a pulley sustaining the weight to be lifted hangs in the bight of the rope. It is an ancient example of a differential motion.

er, ability, or disposition of others. [Archaic] That affliction grew heavy upon me, and weighed me down even to a diffidence of God's mercy. Donne.

the sun or moon; -- a term used to express the quantity of an eclipse; as, an eclipse of eight digits is one which hides two thirds of the diameter of the disk.

Measure in a single line, as length, breadth, height, thickness, or circumference; extension; measurement; -- usually, in the plural, measure in length and breadth, or in length, breadth, and thickness; extent; size; as, the dimensions of a room, or of a ship; the dimensions of a farm, of a kingdom. Gentlemen of more t…

Misfortune; mishap. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.

Not allowable; not to be suffered. Raleigh. -- Dis`al*low"a*ble*ness, n.

To raise the anchor of, as a ship; to weigh anchor. [Obs.] Heywood.

To of something weighing upon or impeding over one, as a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to clear. Discharged of business, void of strife. Dryden. In one man's fault discharge another man of his duty. L'Estrange.

or a new principle, truth, or fact. The discoverers and searchers of the land. Sir W. Raleigh.