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Resembling the astragalus in form.

Divination by means of small bones or dice.

umerous species, two of which are called, in English, milk vetch and licorice vetch. Gum tragacanth is obtained from different oriental species, particularly the A. gummifer and A. verus.

itable and proportionate distribution of loss or expense among all interested. General average, a contribution made, by all parties concerned in a sea adventure, toward a loss occasioned by the voluntary sacrifice of the property of some of the parties in interest for the benefit of all. It is called general average, b…

See Bacharach.

To bully; to threaten. [Low] T. Warton.

obstruction placed in a river or water course to increase the depth of water; as, the barrages of the Nile.

To draggle; to soil, as garments which, in walking, are suffered to drag in dust, mud, etc. Swift.

pplied to drink artificially prepared and of an agreeable flavor; as, an intoxicating beverage. He knew no beverage but the flowing stream. Thomson.

A raid. [Obs.]

A mucilaginous plant of the genus Borago (B. officinalis), which is used, esp. in France, as a demulcent and diaphoretic.

Plant of the Borage family.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants (Boraginaceæ) which includes the borage, heliotrope, beggar's lice, and many pestiferous plants.

Relating to the Borage tribe; boraginaceous.

An incursion upon the borders of a country; a raid. [Obs.] Spenser.

See Borage, n., etc.

miration, envy, or wonder; to talk boastfully; to boast; -- often followed by of; as, to brag of one's exploits, courage, or money, or of the great things one intends to do. Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, Brags of his substance, not of ornament. Shak.

A braggart; a boaster; a swaggerer. Dryden.

Boastfulness; act of bragging. Shak.

A boaster. O, I could play the woman with mine eyes, And braggart with my tongue. Shak.