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o resemble a cloud; -- said of a heraldic line by which an ordinary or subordinary may be bounded.

Imbued with nectar; mingled with nectar; abounding with nectar. Milton.

Necessary for supply or relief; requisite. All things needful for defense abound. Dryden. -- Need"ful*ly, adv. -- Need"ful*ness, n.

re usual under the circumstances, being convertible with the Roman culpa. A specialist is bound to higher skill and diligence in his specialty than one who is not a specialist, and liability for negligence varies acordingly. Contributory negligence. See under Contributory.

Full of news; abounding in information as to current events. [Colloq.]

Abounding with snow; snowy. [Obs.] Johnson.

Abounding in nuts.

The seed of Strychnos Nuxvomica, a tree which abounds on the Malabar and Coromandel coasts of the East Indies. From this seed the deadly poisons known as strychnine and brucine are obtained. The seeds are sometimes called Quaker buttons.

Any act by which a person becomes bound to do something to or for anouther, or to forbear something; external duties imposed by law, promise, or contract, by the relations of society, or by courtesy, kindness, etc. Every man has obligations which belong to his station. Duties extend beyond obligation, and direct the af…

The person to whom another is bound, or the person to whom a bond is given. Blackstone.

The state of being constrained, bound, or obliged; that which constrains or obliges; obligation; bond. [R.] Milton.

An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits; as, the boundless ocean of eternity; an ocean of affairs. Locke.

A solid bounded by eight faces. The regular octahedron is contained by eight equal equilateral triangles.

distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object.

An annual plant (Abelmoschus, or Hibiscus, esculentus), whose green pods, abounding in nutritious mucilage, are much used for soups, stews, or pickles; gumbo. [Written also ocra and ochra.]

Maryland; a nickname, alluding to the fact that its northern boundary in Mason and Dixon's line.

Presence in every place at the same time; unbounded or universal presence; ubiquity. His omnipresence fills Land, sea, and air, and every kind that lives. Milton.

Closely bound together; undivided; united; constituting a whole. The church is therefore one, though the members may be many. Bp. Pearson

R. C. Ch.), a society of priests founded by St. Philip Neri, living in community, and not bound by a special vow. The members are called also oratorians.

To be bound in duty or by moral obligation. We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak. Rom. xv. 1.