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A tribe of southern Sioux Indians, now living in the Indian Territory.

The lammergeir.

To rage in excess of. [R.] Young.

Of the nature of an outrage; exceeding the limits of right, reason, or decency; involving or doing an outrage; furious; violent; atrocious. "Outrageous weeping." Chaucer. "The most outrageous villainies." Sir P. Sidney. "The vile, outrageous crimes." Shak. "Outrageous panegyric." Dryden.

Too eager; too impatient. -- O`ver*ea"ger*ly, adv. -- O"ver*ea"ger*ness, n.

Employing too many words; diffuse. Lowell.

A toll for passage over another person's grounds. [Written also peage and pedage.] Burke.

A bundle made up for transportation; a packet; a bale; a parcel; as, a package of goods.

United States, a boy emploed to wait upon the members of a legislative body. He had two pages of honor -- on either hand one. Bacon.

A theatrical exhibition; a spectacle. "A pageant truly played." Shak. To see sad pageants of men's miseries. Spenser.

Scenic shows or spectacles, taken collectivelly; spectacular guality; splendor. Such pageantry be to the people shown. Dryden. The pageantry of festival. J. A. Symonds.

The state of being a page.

The act of pandering.

The food of swine in the woods, as beechnuts, acorns, etc.; -- called also pawns.

Kindred; family; birth. [Obs.] Ld. Berners. We claim to be of high parage. Chaucer.

The science which treats of minerals with special reference to their origin.

Originating in the character of the germ, or at the first commencement of an individual; -- said of peculiarities of structure, character, etc.

ered with respect to their rank or character; extraction; birth; as, a man of noble parentage. "Wilt thou deny thy parentage" Shak. Though men esteem thee low of parentage. Milton.

See Parquetry.

aid for the support of a parson. [Scot.] What have I been paying stipend and teind, parsonage and vicarage, for Sir W. Scott.