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A glow of refulgence in the western sky after sunset.

Nearest the stern; most aft.

Nearest the stern.

Toward the stern.

r; the relation between a principal and his agent; business of one intrusted with the concerns of another.

The doctrine concerning those things of which we are necessarily ignorant.

s to the true north; the line of no magnetic variation. There is one such line in the Western hemisphere, and another in the Eastern hemisphere.

To admit, or come to one mind concerning; to settle; to arrange; as, to agree the fact; to agree differences. [Obs.]

An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits.

quare shield, formerly worn on the shoulders of knights, -- being the prototype of the modern epaulet. Fairholt.

One of a peculiar race inhabiting Yesso, the Kooril Islands etc., in the northern part of the empire of Japan, by some supposed to have been the progenitors of the Japanese. The Ainos are stout and short, with hairy bodies.

Air in motion; a light breeze; a gentle wind. Let vernal airs through trembling osiers play. Pope.

, and are often seen at great distances from the land. They are found chiefly in the southern hemisphere.

to gold, to find the panacea, or universal remedy for diseases, etc. It led the way to modern chemistry.

A North American fish (Clupea vernalis) of the Herring family. It is called also ellwife, ellwhop, branch herring. The name is locally applied to other related species.

The lucern (Medicago sativa); -- so called in California, Texas, etc.

north of Tennessee and Virginia, with the exception of the territory occupied by the northern Iroquoian tribes. There are nearly 100,000 Indians of the Algonquian tribes, of which the strongest are the Ojibwas (Chippewas), Ottawas, Crees, Algonquins, Micmacs, and Blackfeet. -- n.

mily of Indians, including many distinct tribes, which formerly occupied most of the northern and eastern part of North America. The name was originally applied to a group of Indian tribes north of the River St. Lawrence.

Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign; as, alien subjects, enemies, property, shores.

In the same manner, form, or degree; in common; equally; as, we are all alike concerne.