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A kind of retrenchment, as in the body of a bastion, which may be disputed inch by inch after the defenses are dismantled. It usually consists of two faces which make a reëntering angle.

t, as a planet. Hutton. And if he be in the west side in that condition, then is he retrograde. Chaucer.

Having feet or legs formed for leaping.

A feme sole trader.

Stars not included in any constellation; -- called also informed, or unformed, stars.

More than decompound; divided many times.

Moving or stepping slowly; slow-paced. [R.] G. Eliot.

A light oily hydrocarbon, C14H30, of the marsh-gas series; -- so called from the fourteen carbon atoms in the molecule.

Same as Arthrostraca.

ion or harangue abounding in censorious and bitter language. Here he delivers a violent tirade against persons who profess to know anything about angels. Quarterly Review.

also, passage; travel; resort. [Obs.] A postern with a blind wicket there was, A common trade to pass through Priam's house. Surrey. Hath tracted forth some salvage beastes trade. Spenser. Or, I'll be buried in the king's highway, Some way of common trade, where subjects' feet May hourly trample on their sovereign's h…

The name by which an article is called among traders, etc.; as, tin spirits is a common trade name in the dyeing industry for various solutions of tin salts.

A peculiar distinguishing mark or device affixed by a manufacturer or a merchant to his goods, the exclusive right of using which is recognized by law.

Professional; practiced. [Obs.] Shak.

Full of trade; busy in traffic; commercial. Spenser.

Having no trade or traffic. Young.

One engaged in trade or commerce; one who makes a business of buying and selling or of barter; a merchant; a trafficker; as, a trader to the East Indies; a country trader.

An organized combination among workmen for the purpose of maintaining their rights, privileges, and interests with respect to wages, hours of labor, customs, etc.

A member of a trades union, or a supporter of trades unions.

A genus including spiderwort and Wandering Jew.