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To keep in extraction; to beguile; to delude. He amused his followers with idle promises. Johnson.

An emulsion made of almonds; milk of almonds. Bailey. Coxe.

A yellowish oily volatile liquid, C5H11NO2, used in medicine as a heart stimulant and a vasodilator. The inhalation of its vapor instantly produces flushing of the face.

of a group of metameric hydrocarbons, C5H10, of the ethylene series. The colorless, volatile, mobile liquid commonly called amylene is a mixture of different members of the group.

A species of epileptic attack, originating from gastric disorder.

A substance obtained from the volatile oils of anise, fennel, etc., in the form of soft shining scales; -- called also anise camphor. Watts.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a snake or serpent. "The anguine or snakelike reptiles." Owen.

A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes.

same soul quickening the whole frame. Bp. Hall. Perhaps an inanimate thing supplies me, while I am speaking, with whatever I posses of animation. Landor.

lton. Such as give some proof of animosity, audacity, and execution, those she [the crocodile] loveth. Holland.

To heat, as glass, tiles, or earthenware, in order to fix the colors laid on them.

year; coming or happening once in the year; yearly. The annual overflowing of the river [Nile]. Ray.

Soon; in a little while. As it shall better appear anon. Stow.

itoes of the genus Culex by the long slender palpi, nearly equaling the beak in length, while those of the female Culex are very short. They also assume different positions when resting, Culex usually holding the body parallel to the surface on which it rests and keeping the head and beak bent at an angle, while Anophe…

e; some one else. Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth. Prov. xxvii. 2. While I am coming, another steppeth down before me. John v. 7.

nform; to correspond; to suit; -- usually with to. That the time may have all shadow and silence in it, and the place answer to convenience. Shak. If this but answer to my just belief, I 'll remember you. Shak. As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man. Pro

An ornament at the eaves, concealing the ends of the joint tiles of the roof.

To put before; to prefer. [Obs.] Bailey.

Chamomile; a genus of composite, herbaceous plants.

One of the mobile male reproductive bodies in the antheridia of cryptogams.