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A bag in which feed for a horse, ox, or the like, may be fastened under the nose by a string passing over the head.

Perception; insight; acuteness. [Obs.] Methinks a man Of your sagacity and clear nostril should Have made another choice. B. Jonson.

A shortened form of of or on. "At the turning o' the tide." Shak.

Compressed or flattened antero-posteriorly, or in a way opposite to the usual one.

Flattened or depressed at the poles; as, the earth is an oblate spheroid.

The act of opening an academical disputation; the proposition of objections to a tenet, as an exercise for a degree. [Eng.] Todd.

Attachment to the principles of the society of Orangemen; the tenets or practices of the Orangemen.

re copper in its composition than ordinary brass contains. Its golden color is often heightened by means of lacquer of some sort, or by use of acids. Called also mosaic gold. Ormolu varnish, a varnish applied to metals, as brass, to give the appearance of gold.

ana), about the size of the lark, with black wings. It is esteemed delicious food when fattened. Called also bunting.

The quality or state of being other or different; alterity; oppositeness.

The state of being out or beyond; separateness.

Excessive acuteness of sight.

Acuteness or shrillness of voice.

A shortened form of Papa.

is usually jointed or pivoted at one end so that it can be opened, the other end being fastened by the bolt, -- used for fastening by passing the bow through a staple over a hasp or through the links of a chain, etc.

The surface of a leaf or of a flattened thallus.

A pointed stake or slat, either driven into the ground, or fastened to a rail at the top and bottom, for fencing or inclosing; a picket. Deer creep through when a pale tumbles down. Mortimer.

The quality or condition of being pale; want of freshness or ruddiness; a sickly whiteness; lack of color or luster; wanness. The blood the virgin's cheek forsook; A livid paleness spreads o'er all her look. Pope.

An oblong rectangular piece of cloth, worn by Roman ladies, and fastened with brooches.

The broad flattened part of an antler, as of a full-grown fallow deer; -- so called as resembling the palm of the hand with its protruding fingers.