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actice or opinion. The last rebellious recusants among the European family of nations. De Quincey.

A west Indian climbing shrub (Combretum Jacquini) with slender reddish branchlets.

whitish gleam [of the stars] was the mask conferred by the enormity of their remotion. De Quincey.

back. By fate repelled, and with repulses tired. Denham. He received in the repulse of Tarquin seven hurts in the body. Shak.

of the golden morning, the streets were resonant with female parties of young and old. De Quincey.

ion of a ship; -- opposed to Ant: acceleration. The retardations of our fluent motion. De Quinsey.

, originally of network; a woman's workbag, or a little bag to be carried in the hand. De Quincey.

rhodizonic acid, and carboxylic acid) obtained from potassium carboxide and from certain quinones. It forms brilliant red, yellow, and purple salts.

elf of an overmastering and brooding sense of some great calamity traveling toward me. De Quincey.

Colloq.] Often one's dear friend talks something which one scruples to call rigmarole. De Quincey.

rous hands. Shak. We do not connect the scattered phenomena into their rigorous unity. De Quincey.

White frost; hoarfrost; congealed dew or vapor. The trees were now covered with rime. De Quincey.

s, roan binding. Roan antelope (Zoöl.), a very large South African antelope (Hippotragus equinus). It has long sharp horns and a stiff bright brown mane. Called also mahnya, equine antelope, and bastard gemsbok.

or compressed air, for drilling holes for blasting, etc. -- Rock duck (Zoöl.), the harlequin duck. -- Rock eel. (Zoöl.) See Gunnel. -- Rock goat (Zoöl.), a wild goat, or ibex. -- Rock hopper (Zoöl.), a penguin of the genus Catarractes. See under Penguin. -- Rock kangaroo. (Zoöl.) See Kangaroo, and Petrogale. --…

. It is said to have consisted originally of ten months, Martius, Aprilis, Maius, Junius, Quintilis, Sextilis, September, October, November, and December, having a total of 304 days. Numa added two months, Januarius at the beginning of the year, and Februarius at the end, making in all 355 days. He also ordered an inte…

, meadowsweet, brambles, the strawberry, the hawthorn, applies, pears, service tress, and quinces.

The pipe to convey the distilling liquor into its receiver in the common alembic. Quincy.

ed first. "No round robins signed by the whole main deck of the Academy or the Porch." De Quincey. (b) (Zoöl.) The cigar fish. -- Round shot, a solid spherical projectile for ordnance. -- Round Table, the table about which sat King Arthur and his knights. See Knights of the Round Table, under Knight. -- Round tower,…

Of or pertaining to rubbish; of the quality of rubbish; trashy. De Quincey.

ur thousand species. Among them are the coffee tree, the trees yielding peruvian bark and quinine, the madder, the quaker ladies, and the trees bearing the edible fruits called genipap and Sierre Leone peach, besides many plants noted for the beauty or the fragrance of their blossoms.