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A licensing. [R.]

The state of being bound or stiffened; stiffness; as, the ligature of a joint.

A kind of precious stone. The third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. Ex. xxviii. 19.

The act of filing.

Medicine taken by licking with the tongue.

Anything having outline. [R.] Holland.

articular science or branch of knowledge, or of a given country or period; as, the literature of Biblical criticism; the literature of chemistry.

A tableau in which persons take part; also, specif., such a tableau as imitating a work of art.

See Lotion. [Obs.] Holland.

Having, employing, or exerting, a low degree of pressure. Low- pressure steam engine, a steam engine in which low steam is used; often applied to a condensing engine even when steam at high pressure is used. See Steam engine.

Any enticement; that which invites by the prospect of advantage or pleasure; a decoy. Milton.

A genus of spiral gastropod shells, often of large size, characteristic of the lower Silurian rocks.

, Blotting paper. [Obs.]

Magistracy. [Obs.]

d care of their hands by wearing gloves and availing themselves of the services of a manicure. Pop. Sci. Monthly.

make (wares or other products) by hand, by machinery, or by other agency; as, to manufacture cloth, nails, glass, etc.

One who manufactures.

To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture. [Obs.] To whom we gave the strand for to manure. Surrey. Manure thyself then; to thyself be improved; And with vain, outward things be no more moved. Donne.

Cultivation. [Obs.] W. Wotton.

One who manures land.