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s said to have had no little influence on the jury and all the bench to his prejudice. Evelyn.

look. [Obs.] This town affords a good aspect toward the hill from whence we descended. Evelyn.

hile good news baits. Milton. My lord's coach conveyed me to Bury, and thence baiting aEvelyn.

shirk. [Obs. or Obsolescent] By reason of the contagion then in London, we balked the Evelyn. Sick he is, and keeps his bed, and balks his meat. Bp. Hall. Nor doth he any creature balk, But lays on all he meeteth. Drayton.

horses. Bay cat (Zoöl.), a wild cat of Africa and the East Indies (Felis aurata). -- Bay lynx (Zoöl.), the common American lynx (Felis, or Lynx, rufa).

On this side of. [Obs.] Two miles behither Clifden. Evelyn.

ator. The garden is so beset with all manner of sweet shrubs that it perfumes the air. Evelyn.

The kidnaping of negroes or Polynesians to be sold as slaves.

To draw back from; to deny from fear. [Obs.] He now blenched what before he affirmed. Evelyn.

The Malay or Polynesian race; -- loosely so called.

To browse. [Obs.] Evelyn.

Browsing. [Obs.] Evelyn.

sgraced slave] to court, together with her pretty by-blow, the present Padre Ottomano. Evelyn.

A wheedling to delude; words used in cajoling; flattery. "Infamous cajoleries." Evelyn.

immense leaves (which are often curiously blotched with white and red), and others (in Polynesia) for food.

or duct used to convey hot air or steam. Subterranean caliducts have been introduced. Evelyn.

s. Canada balsam. See under Balsam. -- Canada goose. (Zoöl.) See Whisky Jack. -- Canada lynx. (Zoöl.) See Lynx. -- Canada porcupine (Zoöl.) See Porcupine, and Urson. -- Canada rice (Bot.) See under Rick. -- Canada robin (Zoöl.), the cedar bird.

celed in with iron work is the pillar or stump at which . . . our Savior was scourged. Evelyn.

om the side. The king gave us the arms of England to be borne in a canton in our arms. Evelyn.

A lynx (Felis, or Lynx, caracal.) It is a native of Africa and Asia. Its ears are black externally, and tipped with long black hairs.