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A herbalist. [Obs.]

A herbalist.

A herbalist. Ray.

A book containing the list and pedigrees of one or more herds of choice breeds of cattle; -- also called herd record, or herd register.

rsal joints in the anterior and middle legs, but only four in the posterior pair, as the blister beetles and oil beetles.

A writer of history; a chronicler; an annalist. Even the historian takes great liberties with facts. Sir J. Reynolds.

The philosophical system of Thomas Hobbes, an English materialist (

A homilist.

A somnambulist. [R.]

A plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum), sprinkled with pellucid, watery vesicles, which glisten like ice. It is native along the Mediterranean, in the Canaries, and in South Africa. Its juice is said to be demulcent and diuretic; its ashes are used in Spain in making glass. Ice-skater = one who skates on ice wearing a…

An idealist.

no need of ordinances, sacraments, good works, etc.; -- called also Alumbrados, Perfectibilists, etc.

To enter in a list, or on a piece of parchment, called a panel; to form or enroll, as a list of jurors in a court of justice. Blackstone.

of earnest money; loan; -- specifically, money advanced for some public service, as in enlistment. Burke. The clearing of their imprests for what little of their debts they have received. Pepys.

Placed at the beginning; standing at the head, as of a list or series; as, the initial letters of a name.

A performer on a musical instrument; an instrumentalist.

Having the attention engaged; having emotion or passion excited; as, an interested listener.

Same as Intuitionalist. Bain.

of all the goods and chattels, and sometimes of the real estate, of a deceased person; a list of the property of which a person or estate is found to be possessed; hence, an itemized list of goods or valuables, with their estimated worth; specifically, the annual account of stock taken in any business. There take an i…

ations of the philosopher and the mathematician; the investigations of the judge, the moralist.