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egetable life; food; aliment. The stomach returns what it has received, in strength and nutriment diffused into all parts of the body. South.

Nutritious.

Of or pertaining to a patrimony; inherited from ancestors; as, a patrimonial estate.

By inheritance.

from one's father; or, in a larger sense, from any ancestor. "'Reave the orphan of his patrimony." Shak.

To trim again.

Refuse; dregs. [R.]

See Meson.

One of the functionaries who light and trim the tapers.

To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; -- with an auxiliary, as can, could, might, etc.; to be able or rich enough. The merchant can afford to trade for smaller profits. Hamilton. He could afford to suffer With those whom he saw suffer. Wordswor…

That which nourishes; food; nutriment; anything which feeds or adds to a substance in natural growth. Hence: The necessaries of life generally: sustenance; means of support. Aliments of theiBacon.

The act or process of affording nutriment; the function of the alimentary canal.

, especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league; as, matrimonial alliances; an alliance between church and state; an alliance between France and England.

Trimmed. [Obs.] Full fresh and new here gear apiked was. Chaucer.

The conversion of nutriment into the fluid or solid substance of the body, by the processes of digestion and absorption, whether in plants or animals. Not conversing the body, not repairing it by assimilation, but preserving it by ventilation. Sir T. Browne.

Sheeted home, hoisted taut up and ready for trimming; -- said of sails.

One whose occupation it is to shave or trim the beard, and to cut and dress the hair of his patrons. Barber's itch. See under Itch.

Begotten and born out of lawful matrimony; illegitimate. See Bastard, n., note.

The line of flotation of a vessel when properly trimmed with cargo or ballast. Ball bearings. See under Ball. -- To bring one to his bearings, to bring one to his senses. -- To lose one's bearings, to become bewildered. -- To take bearings, to ascertain by the compass the position of an object; to ascertain the rela…

ed like a leg, between which, when put into the boot, a wedge is driven. The pretty boots trimly stretched on boottrees. Thackeray.