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A method of painting with opaque colors, which have been ground in water and mingled with a preparation of gum; also, a picture thus painted.

Pain in the head; ceph "Headaches and shivering fits." Macaulay.

Sorrow; anguish of mind; mental pang. Shak.

Having a lofty spirit; haughty. [Obs.] Shak.

Same as Gorgerin.

One who impeaches.

nt, but lowest, order of English knights, and not a member of any order of chivalry. See Bachelor, 4.

the proper time; delay to assert a claim. It ill became him to take advantage of such a laches with the eagerness of a shrewd attorney. Macaulay.

Pertaining to both larynx and trachea; as, the laryngotracheal cartilage in the frog.

The operation of cutting into the larynx and the upper part of the trachea, -- a frequent operation for obstruction to breathing.

A grayish brown limestone, containing fossil shells, which reflect a beautiful play of colors. It is also called fire marble, from its fiery reflections.

A large heavy knife resembling a broadsword, often two or three feet in length, -- used by the inhabitants of Spanish America as a hatchet to cut their way through thickets, and for various other purposes. J. Stevens.

Mustache.

That part of the beard which grows on the upper lip; hair left growing above the mouth.

herbs or low shrubs of the Goosefoot family, most of them with a mealy surface. Garden orache, a plant (Atriplex hortensis), often used as a pot herb; -- also called mountain spinach.

One who overreaches; one who cheats; a cheat.

uch a bunch worn on the helmet; any military plume, or ornamental group of feathers. A panache of variegated plumes. Prescott.

A hard and strong substance made of a pulp from paper, mixed with sise or glue, etc. It is formed into various articles, usually by means of molds.

A tender to a fleet, formerly used for conveying men, orders, or treasure. [Spain & Portugal]

One who peaches. [Low] Foxe.