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An Indian monkey (Macacus Rhesus), protected by the Hindoos as sacred. See Rhesus.

See Upas.

A pastil or troche, composed of various aromatic and other ingredients, highly celebrated in India as an antidote, and as a stomachic and antispasmodic.

A tract of crown land in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, England, to which is attached the nominal office of steward. As members of Parliament cannot resign, when they wish to go out they accept this stewardship, which legally vacates their seats.

Quicklime; also, plaster or mortar. [India] Whitworth.

A short, thick piece of anything. [Colloq. U. S. & Prov. Eng.]

Short and thick. [U. S.] Kane.

A Central and South American pinnate-leaved palm (Attalea cohune), the very large and hard nuts of which are turned to make fancy articles, and also yield an oil used as a substitute for coconut oil.

One of a breed of small dogs with short crooked legs, and long body; -- called also badger dog. There are two kinds, the rough- haired and the smooth-haired.

Having both sashes hung with weights and cords; -- said of a window.

To make hungry. Those animal passions which vice had . . . enhungered to feed on innocence and life. J. Martineau.

Pertaining to or engaged in the hunting of foxes; fond of hunting foxes.

eings and preserving their heads as trophies. The Dyaks of Borneo are the most noted head-hunters. -- Head"-hunt`ing, n.

A follower of John Hutchinson of Yorkshire, England, who believed that the Hebrew Scriptures contained a complete system of natural science and of theology.

See Nunchion. Nares.

Suspended from above or from the top. Overhung door, a sliding door, suspended door, suspended from the top, as upon rollers.

Having trunnions the axes of which lie below the bore; -- said of a cannon.

To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew; as, to shun rocks, shoals, vice. I am pure from the blood of all men. For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God. Acts xx. 26,27. Scarcity and want shall shun you. Shak.

Not to be shunned; inevitable; unavoidable. [R.] "Shunless destiny." Shak.

To shun; to move from. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]