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Same as Hurons. [Written also Wyandottes, and Yendots.]

bivalves closely allied to Teredo, and equally destructive to timber. One species (Xylotrya fimbriata) is very common on the Atlantic coast of the United States.

A public shed, or portico, for travelers, worshipers, etc. [Burmah]

each; to or for each; as, "twenty leagues a day", "a hundred pounds a year", "a dollar a yard", etc.

Among weaves, yarn for the warp. Hence, abb wool is wool for the abb.

The white polar (Populus alba). Six abeles i' the churchyard grow. Mrs. Browning.

an abjuration of heresy. Oath of abjuration, an oath asserting the right of the present royal family to the crown of England, and expressly abjuring allegiance to the descendants of the Pretender. Brande & C.

or society for promoting science, art, or literature, as of the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of arts.

To usurp, as jurisdiction or royal prerogatives. They had attempted to accroach to themselves royal power. Stubbs.

Topped up; having one yardarm higher than the other.

A piece of land, containing 160 square rods, or 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet. This is the English statute acre. That of the United States is the same. The Scotch acre was about 1.26 of the English, and the Irish 1.62 of the English.

A faint sketch; an outline; an imperfect portrayal or representation of a thing. Elegant adumbrations of sacred truth. Bp. Horsley.

Inflamed or scorched; fiery. "The Libyan air adust." Milton.

To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare. Yet they adventured to go back. Bunyan, Discriminations might be adventured. J. Taylor.

performed in the air; as, aërial regions or currents. "Aërial spirits." Milton. "Aërial voyages." Darwin.

Aëronautic; as, an aërostatic voyage.

Full of passion or emotion; earnest. [Obs.] -- Af*fec"tu*ous*ly, adv. [Obs.] Fabyan.

et having air-tight cells, or cavities which can be filled with air, to render persons buoyant in swimming.

A fortress; also, a royal palace. Prescott.

ated in the eye of Taurus; the Bull's Eye. It is the bright star in the group called the Hyades. Now when Aldebaran was mounted high Above the shiny Cassiopeia's chair. Spenser.