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eer, which was formerly served to servants and retainers at a hunting feast. See Humbles. Halliwell. Thackeray.

ling; a slightly built or temporary structure. Death comes on with equal footsteps To the hall and hut. Bp. Coxe.

The first discovery made in hydrostatics since the time of Archimedes is due to Stevinus. Hallam. Hydrostatic balance, a balance for weighing substances in water, for the purpose of ascertaining their specific gravities. -- Hydrostatic bed, a water bed. -- Hydrostatic bellows, an apparatus consisting of a water-tight…

Presiding over matter. [Obs.] Hallywell.

Resting upon columns; constructed by means of columns; -- especially applied to the great hall at Karnak.

State of being illimitable; want of, or freedom from, limitation. Bp. Hall.

Not limited; interminable. Bp. Hall. -- Il*lim"it*ed*ness, n. The absoluteness and illimitedness of his commission was generally much spoken of. Clarendon.

Enlightened. Bp. Hall.

presented to the bodily or mental vision; a deceptive appearance; a false show; mockery; hallucination. To cheat the eye with blear illusions. Milton.

Unfading; lasting. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Unfadingly. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

ng immediate in manner, place, or time; exemption from second or interventing causes. Bp. Hall.

Want of moderation. Hallywell.

perishable; as, immortal fame. One of the few, immortal names, That were not born yo die. Halleck.

Sinlessness. Bp. Hall.

Causing hindrance; impeding. "Cumbersome, and impeditive of motion." Bp. Hall.

hard heart. "They . . . died impenitent." Milton. "A careless and impenitent heart." Bp. Hall.

; commanding; authoritative; as, imperative orders. The suit of kings are imperative. Bp. Hall.

Of the nature of impetration; getting, or tending to get, by entreaty. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

ht do, it was a necessary implication that there were other things which he could not do. Hallam.