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wance made to the master or owner of the ship for such delay or detention. The claim for demurrage ceases as soon as the ship is cleared out and ready for sailing. M`Culloch.

Demur; delay in acting or deciding. The same causes of demurral existed which prevented British troops from assisting in the expulsion of the French from Rome. Southey.

One who demurs.

The thigh bone.

small South American deer (Furcifer Chilensis), with simple forked horns. [Written also guemul.]

The roebuck in its third year. [Prov. Eng.]

Not remunerable; not capable of remuneration.

One of a family (Lemuridæ) of nocturnal mammals allied to the monkeys, but of small size, and having a sharp and foxlike muzzle, and large eyes. They feed upon birds, insects, and fruit, and are mostly natives of Madagascar and the neighboring islands, one genus (Galago) occurring in Africa. The slow lemur or kukang of…

Spirits or ghosts of the departed; specters. The Lars and Lemures moan with midnight plaint. Milton.

A hypothetical land, or continent, supposed by some to have existed formerly in the Indian Ocean, of which Madagascar is a remnant. Herschel.

Same as Lemuroid.

Lemuroid.

Like or pertaining to the lemurs or the Lemuroidea. -- n.

A suborder of primates, including the lemurs, the aye-aye, and allied species. [Written also Lemuroida.]

A genus of herbaceous or suffruticose plants, chiefly natives of South Africa. The leaves are opposite, thick, and f

A very large American moth (Telea polyphemus) belonging to the Silkworm family (Bombycidæ). Its larva, which is very large, bright green, with silvery tubercles, and with oblique white stripes on the sides, feeds on the oak, chestnut, willow, cherry, apple, and other trees. It produces a large amount of strong silk. Ca…

The offense of introducing foreign authority into England, the penalties for which were originally intended to depress the civil power of the pope in the kingdom.

See Premunitory.

See Præmunire.

To fortify beforehand; to guard against objection. [Obs.] Fotherby.