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f bowls, or a tendency imparted to the ball, which turns it from a straight line. Being ignorant that there is a concealed bias within the spheroid, which will . . . swerve away. Sir W. Scott.

aking the proportion of the acid to the positive or basic portion twice what it is in the normal carbonates; an acid carbonate; -- sometimes called supercarbonate.

A sort of apple peculiar to Norfolk, Eng.

To build. [Scot. & North of Eng. Dial.] Sir W. Scott.

pigment present in human bile, and in that from carnivorous and herbivorous animals; the normal biliary pigment.

ufficient to support the accusation, they indorse it "A true bill," or "Not found," or "Ignoramus", or "Ignored." -- Bill of lading, a written account of goods shipped by any person, signed by the agent of the owner of the vessel, or by its master, acknowledging the receipt of the goods, and promising to deliver them s…

An ornament in Norman work, resembling a billet of wood either square or round.

A bench. [North of Eng. & Scot.]

A shrub (Prunus Padus ) found in Northern and Central Europe. It bears small black cherries.

this noble lineage carried upon their body for a natural birthmark, . . . a snake. Sir T. North.

A cold north wind which prevails on the northern coasts of the Mediterranean and in Switzerland, etc.; -- nearly the same as the mistral.

d short black horns, which formerly roamed in herds over most of the temperate portion of North America, but is now restricted to very limited districts in the region of the Rocky Mountains, and is rapidly decreasing in numbers.

aking the proportion of the acid to the positive or basic portion twice what it is in the normal sulphates; an acid sulphate.

n. That was the full time they used to wear blacks for the death of their fathers. Sir T. North.

A book containing details of the enormities practiced in the English monasteries and religious houses, compiled by order of their visitors under Henry VIII., to hasten their dissolution.

uicy variety of European grape, of a dark purplish black color, much grown under glass in northern latitudes.

A tribe of North American Indians formerly inhabiting the country from the upper Missouri River to the Saskatchewan, but now much reduced in numbers.

A certain rate of money, corn, cattle, or other thing, anciently paid, in the north of England and south of Scotland, to certain men who were allied to robbers, or moss troopers, to be by them protected from pillage. Sir W. Scott.

The quality or state of being black; black color; atrociousness or enormity in wickedness. They're darker now than blackness. Donne.

The bilberry. [North of Eng. & Scot.]