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One with itself; separate from others. [Obs.] Sylvester.

l service. The outward service of ancient religion, the rites, ceremonies, and ceremonial vestments of the old law. Coleridge.

ficer of a church, whose business is to take care of the church building and the vessels, vestments, etc., belonging to the church, to attend on the officiating clergyman, and to perform other duties pertaining to the church, such as to dig graves, ring the bell, etc. Sexton beetle (Zoöl.), a burying beetle.…

To shed or fall, as corn or grain at harvest. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.

Hence, one of a certain number of equal portions into which any property or invested capital is divided; as, a ship owned in ten shares.

Invested by a sheath, or cylindrical membranaceous tube, which is the base of the leaf, as the stalk or culm in grasses; vaginate.

checkered black and white pattern. -- Shephered spider (Zoöl.), a daddy longlegs, or harvestman. -- Shepherd's pouch, or Shepherd's purse (Bot.), an annual cruciferous plant (Capsella Bursapastoris) bearing small white flowers and pouchlike pods. See Illust. of Silicle. -- Shepherd's rod, or Shepherd's staff (Bot.)…

ified place for the purpose of compelling the garrison to surrender; the surrounding or investing of a place by an army, and approaching it by passages and advanced works, which cover the besiegers from the enemy's fire. See the Note under Blockade.

th, however worthy of confidence, can be established on philosophical grounds; critical investigation or inquiry, as opposed to the positive assumption or assertion of certain principles.

ng, narrow openings, as a sleeve or other part of a garment, to show rich lining or under vesture. A gray jerkin, with scarlet and slashed sleeves. Sir W. Scott.

ich were found near the beginning of the century, and are called Ceres, Pallas, Juno, and Vesta.

The person, body, or state in which independent and supreme authority is vested; especially, in a monarchy, a king, queen, or emperor. No question is to be made but that the bed of the Mississippi belongs to the sovereign, that is, to the nation. Jefferson.

Unsparing. Sylvester.

Limited in range; confined to a definite field of action, investigation, or discussion; as, a special dictionary of commercial terms; a special branch of study.

One who investigates by means of a spectroscope; one skilled in the use of the spectroscope.

The use of the spectroscope; investigations made with the spectroscope.

Asperagus. [Obs.] Sylvester.

nstitution, stands in certain specified relations with the national government, and are invested, as commonwealth, with full power in their several spheres over all matters not expressly inhibited.

A monument to the dead; a gravestone. Gray. Should some relenting eye Glance on the where our cold relics lie. Pope.

A remora. It was fabled to stop ships by attaching itself to them. Sylvester.