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imes do under the influence of "bhang," and attack every one that comes in the way; to assail recklessly and indiscriminately. Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet To run amuck, and tilt at all I meet. Pope.

An emulsion made of almonds; milk of almonds. Bailey. Coxe.

, and pass the shank painter. -- To weigh anchor, to heave or raise the anchor so as to sail away.

A detail of one or more men who keep watch on deck at night when a vessel is at anchor.

ining the sides of an iron structure to which it is riveted. -- Angle leaf (Arch.), a detail in the form of a leaf, more or less conventionalized, used to decorate and sometimes to strengthen an angle. -- Angle meter, an instrument for measuring angles, esp. for ascertaining the dip of strata. -- Angle shaft (Arch.)…

he advancing edge (of an aërocurve) and the line of motion; -- contrasted with angle of trail, which is the angle between the tangent to the following edge and the line of motion.

A small lemuroid mammal (Arctocebus Calabarensis) of Africa. It has only a rudimentary tail.

A Mass for a deceased person or for some special object, said daily for a year or on the anniversary day.

Irregular in the character of the tail or abdomen; as, the anomural crustaceans. [Written also anomoural, anomouran.]

To put before; to prefer. [Obs.] Bailey.

Divination by the entrails of human being.

One of the orders of amphibians characterized by the absence of a tail, as the frogs and toads. [Written also anoura.]

Destitute of a tail, as the frogs and toads. [Also written anourous.]

t all. Mine old good will and hearty affection towards you is not . . . anything at all quailed. Robynson (More's Utopia).

as in man, having teeth of the same number and form as in man, and possessing neither a tail nor cheek pouches. The name is applied esp. to species of the genus Hylobates, and is sometimes used as a general term for all Quadrumana. The higher forms, the gorilla, chimpanzee, and ourang, are often called anthropoid apes…

The calculation and explanation of a nativity. [Obs.] Bailey.

The furniture of a ship, as masts, sails, rigging, anchors, guns, etc.

A bailiff or steward; an agent. [Obs.] Jacobs.

To make fit. [Obs.] Bailey

t the size of a hen, with only short rudiments of wings, armed with a claw and without a tail; the kiwi. It is allied to the gigantic extinct moas of the same country. Five species are known.