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Lot. -- To cast off. (a) To discard or reject; to drive away; to put off; to free one's self from. (b) (Hunting) To leave behind, as dogs; also, to set loose, or free, as dogs. Crabb. (c) (Naut.) To untie, throw off, or let go, as a rope. -- To cast off copy, (Print.), to estimate how much printed matter a given amou…

ho has made moral shipwreck; a reprobate. Lest . . . when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway. 1 Cor. ix. 27.

To get possession of; to attain. Torment myself to catch the English throne. Shak.

Capable of being employed by itself as a term; -- said of a word.

1. Self-originating; uncreated.

n which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position util the work becomes self-supporting.

Any grass cultivated for its edible grain, or the grain itself; -- usually in the plural.

ubts; free from suspicions concerning. To make her certain of the sad event. Dryden. I myself am certain of you. Wyclif.

, as of a chief magistrate or a judge, but esp. that of a professor; hence, the office itself. The chair of a philosophical school. Whewell. A chair of philology. M. Arnold.

The kiling of another in self-defense upon a sudden and unpremeditated encounter. See Chaud-Medley.

ronize. Fortunately Lady Bell Finley, whom I had promised to chaperon, sent to excuse herself. Hannah More.

ich has two or more significant syllables or parts, each of which, as well as the word itself, is to be guessed from the descriptions or representations.

That which is pursued or hunted. Nay, Warwick, seek thee out some other chase, For I myself must hunt this deer to death. Shak.

ile under the influence of passion, thus distinguished from chance- medley or killing in self-defense, or in a casual affray. Burrill.

The tree itself, or its light, coarse-grained timber, used for ornamental work, furniture, etc.

he rest, but all controlled by one performer; a portion of the full organ, complete in itself, and more practicable for ordinary service and in the accompanying of the vocal choir. -- Choir screen, Choir wall (Arch.), a screen or low wall separating the choir from the aisles. -- Choir service, the service of singing…

A selfish miser; an illiberal person; a niggard. Like to some rich churl hoarding up his pelf. Drayton.

Pertaining to the cilia, or eyelashes. Also applied to special parts of the eye itself; as, the ciliary processes of the choroid coat; the ciliary muscle, etc.

A character [0] which, standing by itself, expresses nothing, but when placed at the right hand of a whole number, increases its value tenfold.

A series ending where it begins, and repeating itself. Thus in a circle runs the peasant's pain. Dryden.