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Having glands on the leaves.

The hardening of a gland.

Like a gland; full of glands; glandulous; adenous.

Dissection of, or incision into, a gland or glands.

Agreement to adhere; concurrence; assent. To that treaty Spain and England gave in their adhesion. Macaulay.

The building in which the lords of the admiralty, in England, transact business.

A kind of type, larger than pearl and smaller than nonpareil; in England called ruby.

(Anat.) Formed into clusters or groups of lobules; as, aggregate glands.

ttle agisted, and collected the money for the same; -- hence called gisttaker, which in England is corrupted into guest-taker.

Grouped together; as, the agminated glands of Peyer in the small intestine.

Productive of, or affected by, ague; as, the aguish districts of England. T. Arnold. A"gu*ish*ness, n.

e species (Orcynus thynnus), common in the Mediterranean and Atlantic, is called in New England the horse mackerel; the tunny. [Written also albacore.]

An ancient name of England, still retained in poetry. In that nook-shotten isle of Albion. Shak.

id division of the Transition zone extending across the northern United States from New England to eastern Dakota, and including also most of Pennsylvania and the mountainous region as far south as northern Georgia.

imonial alliances; an alliance between church and state; an alliance between France and England.

A measure by the ell; formerly a sworn officer in England, whose duty was to inspect act measure woolen cloth, and fix upon it a seal.

In company; together. He to England shall along with you. Shak. All along, all trough the course of; during the whole time; throughout. "I have all along declared this to be a neutral paper." Addison. -- To get along, to get on; to make progress, as in business. "She 'll get along in heaven better than you or I." Mrs.…

A lead ore found in Cornwall, England, and used by potters to give a green glaze to their wares; potter's ore.

r vesicle, as the socket of a tooth, the air cells of the lungs, the ultimate saccules of glands, etc.

ater weed of the frog's-bit family (Hydrocharidaceæ), native to America. Transferred to England it became an obstruction to navigation. Called also waterweed and water thyme.