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Bitterness of feeling; choler; anger; ill humor; as, to stir one's bile. Prescott.

h; noble extraction. Elected without reference to birth, but solely for qualifications. Prescott.

ightly; joyous; glad; cheerful; as, a blithe spirit. The blithe sounds of festal music. Prescott. A daughter fair, So buxom, blithe, and debonair. Milton.

wer of a plant; an expanded bud; flowers, collectively. The rich blooms of the tropics. Prescott.

legislative body; a clerical body. A numerous body led unresistingly to the slaughter. Prescott.

he north by a forest. The country is bordered by a broad tract called the "hot region." Prescott. Shebah and Raamah . . . border the sea called the Persian gulf. Sir W. Raleigh.

l; brought into life; introduced by birth. No one could be born into slavery in Mexico. Prescott.

straightness. Milton. The whole nation bowed their necks to the worst kind of tyranny. Prescott.

m; a distinct article; a section or subdivision; a department. "Branches of knowledge." Prescott. It is a branch and parcel of mine oath. Shak.

x a mark of infamy, or a stigma, upon. The Inquisition branded its victims with infamy. Prescott. There were the enormities, branded and condemned by the first and most natural verdict of common humanity. South.

oke in pieces the musical instruments with which he had solaced the hours of captivity. Prescott.

od or gain, as agriculture, trade, art, or a profession. "The business of instruction." Prescott.

unusual barbarity; great or cruel slaughter. Shak. The perpetration of human butchery. Prescott.

ich consultations are held. Philip passed some hours every day in his father's cabinet. Prescott.

r boiler of copper, brass, or iron. [Written also cauldron.] "Caldrons of boiling oil." Prescott.

r. The caliber of empty tubes. Reid. A battery composed of three guns of small caliber. Prescott.

A furious cannonade was kept up from the whole circle of batteries on the devoted towm. Prescott.

From head to foot; at all points. "He was armed cap-a-pie." Prescott.

materials for carpets; carpets, in general. The floor was covered with rich carpeting. Prescott.

o inclose. The man who, cased in steel, had passed whole days and nights in the saddle. Prescott.