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fitting the upper part of the body; especially, such a garment worn by men. Let each His adamantine coat gird well. Milton.

od; descent from the same original; kindred. As by our cognation to the body of the first Adam. Jer. Taylor.

ondition or fact of happening at the same time; as, the coincidence of the deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.

To create at the same time. If God did concreate grace with Adam. Jer. Taylor.

To strengthen in judgment or purpose. Confirmed, then, I resolve Adam shall share with me in bliss or woe. Milton.

erly signifies our consciousness of having acted agreeably or contrary to its directions. Adam Smith.

riety; the oriental ruby, or red sapphire; the oriental amethyst, or purple sapphire; and adamantine spar, the hair-brown variety. It is the hardest substance found native, next to the diamond.

ief or pain; to affect deeply with sorrow; hence, to disorder; to distract; to craze. O, madam, my old hear is cracked. Shak. He thought none poets till their brains were cracked. Roscommon.

ll on in prayer; to implore. -- To cry you mercy, to beg your pardon. "I cry you mercy, madam; was it you" Shak.

s still survived in the deluge. F. Harrison. After me the deluge. (Aprés moi le déluge.) Madame de Pompadour.

er due loves derived to that vile witch's share. Spenser. Derived to us by tradition from Adam to Noah. Jer. Taylor.

Derogatory. [R.] T. Adams.

n the scale of genealogy; a generation. No man living is a thousand descents removed from Adam himself. Hooker.

Adamantine. [Obs.]

Ambiguous; of double meaning. [Obs.] T. Adams.

hypocrisy, and superstition, they will consider this event as an era in their history. J. Adams.

nholy; to profane. Tennyson. Nor can the unholiness of the priest dishallow the altar. T. Adams.

h, by law or custom, would devolve on him in the course of descent. Of how fair a portion Adam disinherited his whole posterity! South.

Lady; mistress; madam; -- a title of respect used in Spain, prefixed to the Christian name of a lady.

A lady; madam; mistress; -- the title given a lady in Italy.