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l in, flith; to wallow. So now all three one senseless lump remain, Enwallowed in his own black bloody gore. Spenser.

A diseased condition of rye and other cereals, in which the grains become black, and often spur-shaped. It is caused by a parasitic fungus, Claviceps purpurea.

it is brown, but in winter it becomes white, except the tip of the tail, which is always black.

d to the planets as distinguished from the fixed stars. The earth and each erratic world. Blackmore.

A writ, now abolished, to recover escheats from the person in possession. Blackstone.

t is done or some condition is performed, and then to be by him delivered to the grantee. Blackstone.

own charge. It was afterward exchanged for a pecuniary satisfaction. Called also scutage. Blackstone.

w), the first general return day of the term, on which the court sits to receive essoins. Blackstone.

ned for felony of his estate, or alimony to a woman divorced out of her husband's estate. Blackstone. Common of estovers. See under Common, n.

A native or inhabitant of Ethiopia; also, in a general sense, a negro or black man.

A black substance; -- formerly applied to various preparations of a black or very dark color. [Written also Æthiops.] [Obs.] Ethiops martial (Old Chem.), black oxide of iron. -- Ethiops mineral (Old Chem.), black sulphide of mercury, obtained by triturating mercury with sulphur. -- Ethiops per se (Old Chem.), mercury…

A brownish black mineral with a metallic luster, found in Norway. It contains niobium, titanium, yttrium, and uranium, with some other metals.

of the other. Estates exchanged must be equal in quantity, as fee simple for fee simple. Blackstone.

future contingency; as, an executory devise, reminder, or estate; an executory contract. Blackstone.

One of a breed of horned sheep of Devonshire, England, having white legs and face and black nostrils. They are esp. valuable for mutton.

ought which anything is expanded; also, pure space. Lost in expansion, void and infinite. Blackmore.

To unfold; to expand; to lay open. [Obs.] "They explicate the leaves." Blackmore.

powder. But late the kindled powder did explode The massy ball and the brass tube unload. Blackmore.

winds have no power to extinguish. Prescott. This extinguishes my right to the reversion. Blackstone.

little island in a river or lake. See Ait. [Written also ait, ayt, eey, eyet, and eyght.] Blackstone.