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The district in which a thane anciently had jurisdiction; thanedom.

h the owner of a mill possesses, by contract or law, to compel the tenants of a certain district, or of his sucken, to bring all their grain to his mill for grinding. Erskine.

Compression, especially constriction of vessels by an external cause.

Hence, the passage through it to the stomach and lungs; the pharynx; -- sometimes restricted to the fauces. I can vent clamor from my throat. Shak.

A periodical sale of ore in the English mining districts; -- so called from the tickets upon which are written the bids of the buyers.

uited to get possession of their confidence, and then use it to tone down their religious strictures. Palfrey. -- To tone up, to cause to give a higher tone or sound; to give a higher tone to; to make more intense; to heighten; to strengthen.

k and is native of British East Africa. Also, any of various related varieties of other districts south of the Sahara.

The district or territory of a town.

ton miles in a railroad's transportation for a given period; -- a term and practice of restricted or erroneous usage.

A medicinal tablet or lozenge; strictly, one of circular form.

sonous, and even fatal, to horses and cattle, but harmless to men. It renders extensive districts in which it abounds uninhabitable during certain seasons of the year. [Written also tzetze, and tsetze.]

ially, one chosen to see that the rules of a game, as cricket, baseball, or the like, are strictly observed. A man, in questions of this kind, is able to be a skillful umpire between himself and others. Barrow.

Unconfined; not restrained; unrestricted. Ascribe not unto God such an unlimited exercise of mercy as may destroy his justice. Rogers. Unlimited problem (Math.), a problem which is capable of an infinite number of solutions. -- Unlimited pump, a kind of deep-well pump placed at the level of the water, and operated fro…

An instrument for cutting a urethral stricture.

An incision of the urethra, esp. incision for relief of urethral stricture.

mpulses are changed into efferent, -- vasomotor impulses leading either to dilation or constriction of the blood vessels.

One who holds that vegetables and fruits are the only proper food for man. Strict vegetarians eat no meat, eggs, or milk.

A more restricted group, comprising only the helminths and closely allied orders.

ssioners of the admiralty for exercising admiralty jurisdiction within their respective districts. -- Vice admiralty, the office of a vice admiral. -- Vice-admiralty court, a court with admiralty jurisdiction, established by authority of Parliament in British possessions beyond the seas. Abbott. -- Vice chamberlain,…

Villages; a district of villages. [Obs.] "The maidens of the villagery." Shak.