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Delivery, in speech. [Obs.] B. Jonson. Absolution day (R. C. Ch.), Tuesday before Easter.

on or taking of a thing bought as that for which it was bought, or as that agreed to be delivered, or the taking possession as owner.

e (Com.), a bill of exchange which a person accepts, or a note which a person makes and delivers to another, not upon a consideration received, but for the purpose of raising money on credit. -- Accommodation coach, or train, one running at moderate speed and stopping at all or nearly all stations. -- Accommodation l…

Delivery in childbed

A setting free, or deliverance from the charge of an offense, by verdict of a jury or sentence of a court. Bouvier.

Manner of speaking to another; delivery; as, a man of pleasing or insinuating address.

The placenta and membranes with which the fetus is connected, and which come away after delivery.

ppointed to look to the goodness of ale and beer; also, one of the officers chosen by the liverymen of London to inspect the measures used in public houses. But the office is a sinecure. [Also called aletaster.] [Eng.]

The quantity of electricity delivered in one hour by a current whose average strength is one ampère. It is used as a unit of quantity, and is equal to 3600 coulombs. The terms Ampère minute and Ampère second are sometimes similarly used.

The revelation delivered to St. John, in the isle of Patmos, near the close of the first century, forming the last book of the New Testament.

According to the doctrines of the apostles; delivered or taught by the apostles; as, apostolic faith or practice.

aining to a bachelor of arts. Baccalaureate sermon, in some American colleges, a sermon delivered as a farewell discourse to a graduating class.

In the companies of London tradesmen, one not yet admitted to wear the livery; a junior member. [Obs.]

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.

To deliver; to release. [Obs.] Ne none there was to rescue her, ne none to bail. Spenser.

That can be delivered in trust; as, bailable goods.

The action of bailing a person accused. Bailment . . . is the saving or delivery of a man out of prison before he hath satisfied the law. Dalton.

One who delivers goods or money to another in trust.

A deceptive gesture of the pitcher, as if to deliver the ball. Balk line (Billiards), a line across a billiard table near one end, marking a limit within which the cue balls are placed in beginning a game; also, a line around the table, parallel to the sides, used in playing a particular game, called the balk line game…

Threadbare; much worn. It appears by their bare liveries that they live by your bare words. Shak.