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uthorization; permission; sanction; tolerance. Without the king's will or the state's allowance. Shak.

A small lemuroid mammal (Arctocebus Calabarensis) of Africa. It has only a rudimentary tail.

Upholding; defense; vindication. [Obs.] Can my avowance of king-murdering be collected from anything here written by me Fuller.

The defendant in replevin, who avows the distress of the goods, and justifies the taking. Cowell.

Missing; wanting. [Prov. Scot. & Eng.] Sir W. Hamilton.

A large swan. B. Jonson.

One who works as a mason without having served a regular apprenticeship. [Scot.]

The act of disallowing; refusal to admit or permit; rejection.

Disavowal. [Obs.] South.

A piece of wood set between two studs, posts, etc., to stiffen and support them.

Formerly, a measuring rod an ell long.

See Ellwand.

A pheasantlike bird of rich plumage and graceful form and movement, fabled to appear in the land on the accession of a sage to the throne, or when right principles are about to prevail. It is often represented on porcelains and other works of art.

To wander away; to go astray; to wander far and to weariness. [Obs.]

The daisy, or mountain daisy. [Scot.] And pu'd the gowans fine. Burns.

Having, abounding in, or decked with, daisies. [Scot.] Sweeter than gowany glens or new-mown hay. Ramsay.

A decomposed granite, forming a mass of gravel, as in tin lodes in Cornwall.

Chinese maritime customs.

A Chinese weight ( 1/10 catty) equivalent to 1 1/3 oz. or 37.801 g.

The camel's thorn. See under Camel.