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An offender. [R.] Holland.

The monetary unit of Nicaragua, equivalent to the United States gold dollar.

Capable of being opined or thought. Holland.

Defect; imperfection; fault. [Obs.] Holland.

The osprey. [Obs.] Holland.

A prophetic or ominous utterance. [R. & Obs.] Holland.

al salts are deposited to form bone; -- called also ostein. Chemically it is the same as collagen.

her time, or other times; sometimes; [Archaic] Weighing otherwhiles ten pounds and more. Holland.

Exultant. [Obs.] Holland.

Beyond; in excess of; in addition to; more than; as, it cost over five dollars. "Over all this." Chaucer.

The excess. [Obs.] The overdeal in the price will be double. Holland.

y, or as by a hop; to skip over; hence, to overpass. [Obs.] "When the time is overhipt." Holland.

Hence, figuratively, in the past participle (overtaken), drunken. [Obs.] Holland.

me of wood, bent into the shape of the letter U, and embracing an ox's neck as a kind of collar, the upper ends passing through the bar of the yoke; also, anything so shaped, as a bend in a river.

for plating certain silver goods, and somewhat in dentistry. It was so named in 1804 by Wollaston from the asteroid Pallas, which was discovered in 1802. Symbol Pd. Atomic weight, 106.2.

Having a winged corolla somewhat resembling a butterfly, as in the blossoms of the bean and pea.

The rope or collar by which a yard or spar is held to the mast in such a way that it may be hoisted or lowered at pleasure. Totten.

ny particular faculty which, under such conditions, becomes extremely sensitive or uncontrollably excited; any emotion or sentiment (specifically, love or anger) in a state of abnormal or controlling activity; an extreme or inordinate desire; also, the capacity or susceptibility of being so affected; as, to be in a pas…

The Spanish dollar; -- called also patacoon. [Obs.]

e order Geraniaceæ, differing from Geranium in having a spurred calyx and an irregular corolla.