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to pose. Maria, who is the most picturesque figure, was put to attitudinize at the harp. Hannah More.

astringent and narcotic drug made from the dried leaves and seed capsules of wild hemp (Cannabis Indica), and chewed or smoked in the East as a means of intoxication. See Hasheesh.

Illustrious; glorious. In the brightest annals of a female reign. Cotton.

military or naval service; esp. a pupil in a military or naval school, as at West Point, Annapolis, or Woolwich.

Arabian desert, from which exudes a sweetish gum, which is one of the substances called manna.

A local European measure of length. See Canna. Cane borer (Zoö.), A beetle (Oberea bimaculata) which, in the larval state, bores into pith and destroy the canes or stalks of the raspberry, blackberry, etc. -- Cane mill, a mill for grinding sugar canes, for the manufacture of sugar. -- Cane trash, the crushed stalks a…

A greenish blue pigment prepared in various ways, consisting essentially of cobalt stannate. Unlike other cobalt blues, it does not change color by gaslight.

. Fortunately Lady Bell Finley, whom I had promised to chaperon, sent to excuse herself. Hannah More.

The gum resin of the hemp plant (Cannabis sativa). Same as Churrus. Balfour.

To form into a crescent, or something resembling a crescent. [R.] Anna Seward.

e artful inquiry, whose venomed dart Scarce wounds the hearing while it stabs the heart. Hannan More.

A white crystalline glucoside extracted from the bastard hemp (Datisca cannabina).

Hammond. The hint malevolent, the look oblique, The obvious satire, or implied dislike. Hannah More. We have spoken of the dislike of these excellent women for Sheridan and Fox. J. Morley. His dislike of a particular kind of sensational stories. A. W. Ward.

ity or portion. So sure the dole, so ready at their call, They stood prepared to see the manna fall. Dryden. Heaven has in store a precious dole. Keble.

A white, sugarlike substance, C6H8.(OH)2, occurring naturally in a manna from Madagascar, and in certain plants, and produced artificially by the reduction of galactose and lactose or milk sugar.

A species of large South African antelope (Oreas canna). It is valued both for its hide and flesh, and is rapidly disappearing in the settled districts; -- called also Cape elk.

r purchased at a fair. Gay. Fairing box, a box receiving savings or small sums of money. Hannah More.

It is usually prepared from tannin, and both give a dark color with iron salts, forming tannate and gallate of iron, which are the essential ingredients of common black ink.

e grass, pasture. Poa pratensis. Lyme grass, coarse hay. South. Elymus, several species. Manna grass, pasture and hay. Glyceria, several species. Meadow fescue, pasture and hay. Festuca elatior. Meadow foxtail, pasture, hay, lawn. North. Alopecurus pratensis. Meadow grass, pasture, hay, lawn. Poa, several species. Mesq…

A slightly acrid gum resin produced by the common hemp (Cannabis saltiva), of the variety Indica, when cultivated in a warm climate; also, the tops of the plant, from which the resinous product is obtained. It is narcotic, and has long been used in the East for its intoxicating effect. See Bhang, and Ganja.…