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A stiff, long saw, guided at the ends but not stretched in a gate. Muley axle (Railroad), a car axle without collars at the outer ends of the journals. Forney.

Same as Multijugate.

To construct and propagate myths.

Capable of being navigated; deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to vessels; as, a navigable river.

One who navigates or sails; esp., one who direct the course of a ship, or one who is skillful in the art of navigation; also, a book which teaches the art of navigation; as, Bowditch's Navigator.

A Roman emperor notorius for debauchery and barbarous cruelty; hence, any profligate and cruel ruler or merciless tyrant. -- Ne*ro"ni*an, a.

An aggregated mass of any ore or mineral, in an isolated state, within a rock.

A size of type next smaller than minion and next larger than agate (or ruby).

That which admits of being counted or reckoned; a unit, or an aggregate of units; a numerable aggregate or collection of individuals; an assemblage made up of distinct things expressible by figures.

uke ii. 29-32), used in the ritual of many churches. It begins with these words in the Vulgate.

presentative of the pope at a foreign court or seat of government. Distinguished from a legate a latere, whose mission is temporary in its nature, or for some special purpose. Nuncios are of higher rank than internuncios.

A place where young trees, shrubs, vines, etc., are propagated for the purpose of transplanting; a plantation of young trees.

h nourishes; nutriment. Fixed like a plant, on his peculiar spot, To draw nutrition, propagate, and rot. Pope.

A species of ichneumon (Herpestes nyula). Its fur is beautifully variegated by closely set zigzag markings.

Designed to objurgate or chide; containing or expressing reproof; culpatory. Bancroft. The objurgatory question of the Pharisees. Paley.

That which obligates or constrains; the binding power of a promise, contract, oath, or vow, or of law; that which constitutes legal or moral duty. A tender conscience is a stronger obligation than a proson. Fuller.

own strength, to heaven would soar, And would not be obliged to God for more. Dryden. The gates before it are brass, and the whole much obliged to Pope Urban VIII. Evelyn. I shall be more obliged to you than I can express. Mrs. E. Montagu.

A tax levied in money or kind at the gate of a French city on articles brought within the walls. [Written also octroy.]

attribute; as, the apartment of the consul: the power of the king; a man of courage; the gate of heaven. "Poor of spirit." Macaulay.

More than enough; abundant. [Obs.] If a man were porter of hell gate, he should have old turning the key. Shak.