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The entry of a stranger, after a particular estate or freehold is determined, before the person who holds in remainder or reversion has taken possession.

A looking after; a regard to. [Obs.] What, no reflection on a reward! He might have an intuition at it, as the encouragement, though not the cause, of his pains. Fuller.

g so surrounded. The capitulation was signed by the commander of the fort within six days after its investments. Marshall.

The return of an enlarged part or organ to its normal size, as of the uterus after pregnancy.

eing relieved or assisted. [Obs.] The second is in the irresoluble condition of our souls after a known sin committed. Bp. Hall.

As an indefinite object after some intransitive verbs, or after a substantive used humorously as a verb; as, to foot it (i. e., to walk). The Lacedemonians, at the Straits of Thermopylæ, when their arms failed them, fought it out with nails and teeth. Dryden. Whether the charmer sinner it, or saint it, If folly grows r…

A partisan or adherent of James the Second, after his abdication, or of his descendants, an opposer of the revolution in 1688 in favor of William and Mary. Macaulay.

A half-hardy, deep crimson rose of the remontant class; -- so named after General Jacqueminot, of France.

, once jaded by an attempt above its power, . . . checks at any vigorous undertaking ever after. Locke.

After the manner of the Japanese; resembling japanned articles. Carlyle.

A wearisome journey. [R.] Our Savior, meek, and with untroubled mind After his aëry jaunt, though hurried sore. Hungry and cold, betook him to his rest. Milton.

A twilled cotton cloth. Satin jean, a kind of jean woven smooth and glossy, after the manner of satin.

small intestine, between the duodenum and ileum; -- so called because usually found empty after death.

volution, applied to young men of the upper classes who aided in suppressing the Jacobins after the Reign of Terror.

Originally, one belonging to the tribe or kingdom of Judah; after the return from the Babylonish captivity, any member of the new state; a Hebrew; an Israelite. Jew's frankincense, gum styrax, or benzoin. -- Jew's mallow (Bot.), an annual herb (Corchorus olitorius) cultivated in Syria and Egypt as a pot herb, and in I…

chine for slicking or graining leather; same as Jack, 4 (i). Jigger mast. (Naut.) (a) The after mast of a four- masted vessel. (b) The small mast set at the stern of a yawlrigged boat.

An estate settled on a wife, which she is to enjoy after husband's decease, for her own life at least, in satisfaction of dower. The jointure that your king must make, Which with her dowry shall be counterpoised. Shak.

The third Sunday after Easter; -- so called because the introit is the 66th Psalm, which, in the Latin version, begins with the words, "Jubilate Deo."

After the Jewish manner. Milton.

A salmon after spawning. [Scot.]