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To drench; to besprinkle; to moisten. [Obs.] The blissful dew of heaven does arrose you. Two N. Kins.

n instrument which, in cases of impeachment, performs the same office which an indictment does in a common criminal case. -- Articles of war, rules and regulations, fixed by law, for the better government of the army. -- In the article of death Etym: [L. in articulo mortis], at the moment of death; in the dying strug…

. Since it bears the same relation to the milligram that a ton of 2000 avoirdupois pounds does to the troy ounce, the weight in milligrams of precious metal obtained from an assay ton of ore gives directly the number of ounces to the ton.

hus can the demigod, Authority, Make us pay down for our offense. Shak. By what authority doest thou these things Matt. xxi. 23.

ding stylus on the principle of the relay. It produces much clearer and louder tones than does the ordinary vibrating disk reproducer.

on for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer. He will avenge the blood of his servants. Deut. xxxii. 43. Avenge, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold. Milton. He had avenged himself on them by havoc such as England had n…

e or assert positively and as matter of fact; to affirm openly. If this which he avouches does appear. Shak. Such antiquities could have been avouched for the Irish. Spenser.

Perversely; ill.[Obs.] And does he think so backwardly of me Shak.

A species of very large rat (Mus giganteus), found in India and Ceylon. It does much injury to rice fields and gardens.

A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors. Blackstone.

A male voice, the compass of which partakes of the common bass and the tenor, but which does not descend as low as the one, nor rise as high as the other.

To proclaim with a loud voice, or by outcry, as a hawker or town-crier does. Swift.

To bark, as a dog with a deep voice does, at his game. The hounds at nearer distance hoarsely bayed. Dryden.

To relate or refer; -- with on or upon; as, how does this bear on the question

o perplex; to trouble. Why should any one . . . beat his head about the Latin grammar who does not intend to be a critic Locke.

One who assumes in argument what he does not prove. Abp. Tillotson.

t it has occurred, or will occur; -- as, to believe in the resurrection of the dead. "She does not believe in Jupiter." J. H. Newman. (b) To believe that the character, abilities, and purposes of a person are worthy of entire confidence; -- especially that his promises are wholly trustworthy. "Let not your heart be tro…

, bishopric, or see. Bishop in partibus [infidelium] (R. C. Ch.), a bishop of a see which does not actually exist; one who has the office of bishop, without especial jurisdiction. Shipley. -- Titular bishop (R. C. Ch.), a term officially substituted in 1882 for bishop in partibus. -- Bench of Bishops. See under Bench…

hing forcibly with the teeth; to wound with the teeth; to have the habit of so doing; as, does the dog bite

Crying as a sheep does. Then came the shepherd back with his bleating flocks from the seaside. Longfellow.