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e's expressing his opinion. A compulsory nonsuit is a nonsuit ordered by the court on the ground that the plaintiff on his own showing has not made out his case.

ers. To note a bill or draft, to record on the back of it a refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest, which is done officially by a notary.

A notional or groundless opinion. [R.] Glanvill.

One whose opinions are ungrounded notions. [R.] Bp. Hopkins.

sus microcephalus), having small teeth and feeble jaws; -- called also sleeper shark, and ground shark. (b) A large shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum), native of the West Indies and Gulf of Mexico, having the dorsal fins situated behind the ventral fins. -- To put to nurse, or To put out to nurse, to send away to be nurse…

e step (Mil.), a step in marching, by which the soldier, while advancing, gradually takes ground to the right or left at an angle of about 25º. It is not now practiced. Wilhelm. -- Oblique system of coördinates (Anal. Geom.), a system in which the coördinate axes are oblique to each other.

f; to take up the room or space of; to cover or fill; as, the camp occupies five acres of ground. Sir J. Herschel.

is covered with blackish ocellated spots and blotches, which are variously arranged. The ground color varies from reddish gray to tawny yellow.

onfidence in; as, to depend on a person for assistance; to rely on; hence, indicating the ground or support of anything; as, he will promise on certain conditions; to bet on a horse.

Aloft; above ground. [Obs.] She kept her father's life onloft. Chaucer.

color. It is used for making cameos, the figure being cut in one layer with the next as a ground. Onyx marble, a banded variety of marble or calcium carbonate resembling onyx. It is obtained from Mexico.

ion of an image in the eye. The object so photographed shows white on a purple or red background. See Visual purple, under Visual.

(Mil.), the command at which a rifle is brought to a position with its but resting on the ground; also, the position taken at such a command.

The coming out of a stratum to the surface of the ground. Lyell.

Excessively fertile; bearing rank or noxious growths. [Obs.] "Overbattle grounds." Hooker.

To make of less importance, or throw into the background, by superior excellence; to dwarf; to obscure. Becon.

A toll for passage over another person's grounds. [Written also peage and pedage.] Burke.

rivance, as a band, pin, snap, or the like, to hold the skirt of a woman's dress from the ground.

A pointed stake or slat, either driven into the ground, or fastened to a rail at the top and bottom, for fencing or inclosing; a picket. Deer creep through when a pale tumbles down. Mortimer.

The act or practice of driving piles or posts into the ground to make it firm. [R.] Sir H. Wotton.