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of recompense; -- usually with ill or with well. One man may merit or deserve of another. South.

A member of a group of South American blood-sucking bats, of the genera Desmodus and Diphylla. See Vampire.

A despising; contempt. [R.] A despisal of religion. South.

air; as, to deteriorate the mind. Whately. The art of war . . . was greatly deteriorated. Southey.

r brought to a conclusion. Not wholly determinable from the grammatical use of the words. South.

nicious doctrine or published an ill book must know that his life determine not together. South. Estates may determine on future contingencies. Blackstone.

lue. -- Cartesian devil. See under Cartesian. -- Devil bird (Zoöl.), one of two or more South African drongo shrikes (Edolius retifer, and E. remifer), believed by the natives to be connected with sorcery. -- Devil may care, reckless, defiant of authority; -- used adjectively. Longfellow. -- Devil's apron (Bot.), t…

A huge ray (Manta birostris or Cephaloptera vampyrus) of the Gulf of Mexico and Southern Atlantic coasts. Several other related species take the same name. See Cephaloptera.

lect As may the minds of listless men affect. Bunyan. The universal dialect of the world. South.

, supporting also a pair of powerful tusks. Their remains are found in triassic strata of South Africa and India.

k in melted tallow. -- To dip snuff, to take snuff by rubbing it on the gums and teeth. [Southern U. S.] -- To dip the colors (Naut.), to lower the colors and return them to place; -- a form of naval salute.

pointing; aim; line or point of tendency; direct line or course; as, the ship sailed in a southeasterly direction.

directors of a bank, insurance company, or railroad company. What made directors cheat in South-Sea year Pope.

disengage from fallacy or deception; to set right. To undeceive and disabuse the people. South. If men are now sufficiently enlightened to disabuse themselves or artifice, hypocrisy, and superstition, they will consider this event as an era in their history. J. Adams.

To refuse to acknowledge; to deny; to disown. [Obs.] South.

Neglect of disuse of familiarity, or familiar acquaintance. [Obs.] South.

Disavowal. [Obs.] South.

soning faculty. [Obs.] Difficult, strange, and harsh to the discourses of natural reason. South. Sure he that made us with such large discourse, Looking before and after, gave us not That capability and godlike reason To fust in us unused. Shak.

und to make a full discovery of his assets. In the clear discoveries of the next [world]. South.

To free from bondage or slavery; to disenthrall. He shall disenslave and redeem his soul. South.