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s notification; announcement; warning. I . . . have given him notice that the Duke of Cornwall and Regan his duchess will be here. Shak.

that but now, for honor and for plate, Made the sea blush with blood, resign their hate. Waller.

and this faulty land, Like fainting Hester, does before you stand Watching your scepter. Waller.

ceived me. Rom. vii. 11. I'll take the occasion which he gives to bring Him to his death. Waller.

A tax levied in money or kind at the gate of a French city on articles brought within the walls. [Written also octroy.]

A horizontal ledge on the face of a wall, formed by a diminution of its thickness, or by the weathering or upper surface of a part built out from it; -- called also set-off.

An Hungarian and Wallachian measure, equal to about 2

lose; to form a hole, breach, or gap; to be unclosed; to be parted. The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram. Ps. cvi. 17.

posability of the great toe, which is the essential distinguishing feature of apes. A. R. Wallace.

lephium), having clusters of purple flowers. It is found on dry, sandy places, and on old walls, in England, and has become naturalized in America. Called also stonecrop, and live-forever. [Written also orpin.]

ce or position regarded as a center or starting place; -- opposed to inner; as, the outer wall; the outer court or gate; the outer stump in cricket; the outer world. Outer bar, in England, the body of junior (or utter) barristers; -- so called because in court they occupy a place beyond the space reserved for Queen's c…

urpass in flying; to fly beyond or faster than. Shak. Winged with fear outflies the wind. Waller.

A parish lying without the walls of, or in a remote part of, a town. Graunt.

To blow away; to dissipate by wind, or as by wind. When this cloud of sorrow's overblown. Waller.

cause to fall or to fail; to subvert; to defeat; to make a ruin of; to destroy. When the walls of Thebes he overthrew. Dryden. [Gloucester] that seeks to overthrow religion. Shak.

One of the dilatations of the body wall of Bryozoa in which the ova sometimes undegro the first stages of their development. See Illust. of Chilostoma.

The inner layer of the fibrous wall of a Graafian follicle.

See Wallaby.

Decorated hangings or coverings for walls, made of paper. See Paper hangings, below.

A low wall, especially one serving to protect the edge of a platform, roof, bridge, or the like.