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art ticket, a certificate given to wounded seamen, entitling them to smart money. [Eng.] Brande & C.

large rope with a smaller, or with cord, the small rope lying in the spaces between the strands of the large one; to worm.

A play in which raisins are snatched from a vessel containing burning brandy, and eaten; also, that which is so eaten. See Flapdragon. Swift.

Stately; ceremonious; grand. [Archaic] His feast so solemn and so rich. Chaucer. To-night we hold a splemn supper. Shak.

Solemn; grand; stately; splendid; magnificent. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Wandering alone. [R.] T. Grander.

picion; a suggestion; hence, a very small portion; a taste; as, coffee with a soupçon of brandy; a soupçon of coquetry.

Quite new; brand-new; fire-new. "A span-new archbishop's chair." Fuller.

h them shall not speed! Lydgate. I told ye then he should prevail, and speed On his bad errand. Milton.

Plants which produce seed; phænogamia. These plants constitute the highest grand division of the vegetable kingdom.

and span, quite new; that is, as new as a spike or nail just made and a chip just split; brand- new; as, a spick and span novelty. See Span-new. Howell.

de in descent; in the female line; opposed to spear side. Ld. Lytton. [R.] "King Lycaon, grandson, by the spindle side, of Oceanus." Lowell. -- Spindle tree (Bot.), any shrub or tree of the genus Eunymus. The wood of E. Europæus was used for spindles and skewers. See Prickwood.

Rum, whisky, brandy, gin, and other distilled liquors having much alcohol, in distinction from wine and malt liquors.

To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, -- the union being between two ends, or between an end and the body of a rope.

The grand division of the animal kingdom which includes the sponges; -- called also Spongida, Spongiaria, Spongiozoa, and Porifera.

To wander at random; to scatter. [R.] The wise man's folly is anatomized Even by squandering glances of the fool. Shak.

A data structure within random-access memory used to simulate a hardware stack, as, a push-down stack. Stack of arms (Mil.), a number of muskets or rifles set up together, with the bayonets crossing one another, forming a sort of conical self-supporting pile.

or station where a race or other outdoor spectacle may be viewed; as, the judge's or the grand stand at a race course.

A castle and domain conferred on a nobleman for life. [Poland] Brande & C.

Condition of prosperity or grandeur; wealthy or prosperous circumstances; social importance. She instructed him how he should keep state, and yet with a modest sense of his misfortunes. Bacon. Can this imperious lord forget to reign, Quit all his state, descend, and serve again Pope.