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ng the rank, pungent, offencive odor and taste which substances of organic origin acquire during warm, moist weather; foul or sour and fetid; moldy; as, musty corn; musty books. Harvey.

A durable, fragrant, and dark-colored Australian wood, used by the natives for spears. It is obtained from the small tree Acacia homolophylla.

lag. -- National guard, a body of militia, or a local military organization, as in Paris during the French Revolution, or as certain bodies of militia in other European countries and in the United States. -- National salute, a salute consisting of as many guns as there are States in the Union. [U.S.]…

blackberry. It produced a very disagreeable flavor. -- negro corn, the Indian millet or durra; -- so called in the West Indies. see Durra. McElrath. -- Negro fly (Zoöl.), a black dipterous fly (Psila rosæ) which, in the larval state, is injurious to carrots; -- called also carrot fly. -- Negro head (Com.), Cavendis…

ness of mind; self-command in personal danger, or under suffering; unshaken courage and endurance; coolness; pluck; resolution.

An instrument for measuring the rise of water in the Nile during its periodical flood.

for this purpose. They are awarded yearly for what is regarded as the most important work during the year in physics, chemistry, medicine or physiology, idealistic literature, and service in the interest of peace. The prizes, averaging $40,000 each, were first awarded in 1901.

An instrument for determining and registering the duration of more or less complex operations of the mind. Dunglison.

transplantation of diseases and transfusion of blood! T. Baker. Soerates lived in Athens during the great plague which has made so much noise in all ages. Spectator.

drowning of many persons at once, -- a method of execution practiced at Nantes in France during the Reign of Terror, by Jean Baptiste Carrier.

e. To nurse billiard balls, to strike them gently and so as to keep them in good position during a series of caroms.

e of which the patient can see well in a faint light or at twilight, but is unable to see during the day or in a strong light; day blindness.

Hardness of heart; obduracy. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

During; in the course of. Not be seen to wink of all the day. Shak. My custom always of the afternoon. Shak.

An anthem chanted, or a voluntary played on the organ, during the offering and first part of the Mass.

Capable of enduring all things. [R.] Carlyle.

At or in the time of; during; as, on Sunday we abstain from labor. See At (synonym).

The customary mode of procedure; established system, as in the conduct of debates or the transaction of business; usage; custom; fashion. Dantiel. And, pregnant with his grander thought, Brought the old order into doubt. Emerson.

The point of attachment or end of a muscle which is fixed during contraction; -- in contradistinction to insertion. Origin of coördinate axes (Math.), the point where the axes intersect. See Note under Ordinate.

To exceed in building, or in durability of building.