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racter; anomalous. Scientific treatises . . . are not seldom rude and amorphous in style. Hare. -- A*mor"phous*ly, adv. -- A*mor"phous*ness, n.

us character of the Greeks was already determined: they were to be lords of land and sea. Hare.

e gross anthropopathy of the vulgar notions, it falls into the vacuum of absolute apathy. Hare.

Each by itself; by the single one; to each; as the share of each; as, these melons cost a shilling apiece. "Fined . . . a thousand pounds apiece." Hume.

A genus of marine mollusks of the order Tectibranchiata; the sea hare. Some of the species when disturbed throw out a deep purple liquor, which colors the water to some distance. See Illust. in Appendix.

The act of apportioning; a dividing into just proportions or shares; a division or shares; a division and assignment, to each proprietor, of his just portion of an undivided right or property. A. Hamilton.

oused. Whatever has associated itself with the arousal and activity of our better nature. Hare.

To black art; magic. [Obs.] Shak. Art and part (Scots Law), share or concern by aiding and abetting a criminal in the perpetration of a crime, whether by advice or by assistance in the execution; complicity.

A shareholder of the Assiento company; one of the parties to the Assiento contract. Bancroft.

or the benefit of creditors. To assign dower, to set out by metes and bounds the widow's share or portion in an estate. Kent.

t which, assists; a helper; an auxiliary; a means of help. Four assistants who his labor share. Pope. Rhymes merely as assistants to memory. Mrs. Chapone.

Of or pertaining to an author. "The authorial Hare.

Fear of one's self; fear of being egotistical. [R.] Hare.

were unavailable. Carlyle. Having no available funds with which to pay the calls on new shares. H. Spenser.

Of an azure color; sky-blue. "The azured harebell." Shak.

The seller's postponement of delivery of stock or shares, with the consent of the buyer, upon payment of a premium to the latter; -- also, the premium so paid. See Contango. Biddle.

A small hound, or hunting dog, twelve to fifteen inches high, used in hunting hares and other small game. See Illustration in Appendix.

One who lies with another in the same bed; a person who shares one's couch.

bestial, or like a beast; to degrade; to brutalize. The process of bestializing humanity. Hare.

Belonging in common to two; shared by both. Castor and Pollux with only one soul between them. Locke.