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Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy; as, empty brains; an empty coxcomb. That in civility thou seem'st so empty. Shak.

An iron-black mineral of metallic luster, occurring in small orthorhombic crystals, also massive. It contains sulphur, arsenic, copper, and often silver.

Having energy or great power; energetic. The energic faculty that we call will. Blackw. Mag.

Lacking nerve or force; enervated. [R.]

The state of being entire; completeness; as, entirely of interest. Blackstone.

in, flith; to wallow. So now all three one senseless lump remain, Enwallowed in his own black bloody gore. Spenser.

A diseased condition of rye and other cereals, in which the grains become black, and often spur-shaped. It is caused by a parasitic fungus, Claviceps purpurea.

it is brown, but in winter it becomes white, except the tip of the tail, which is always black.

to the planets as distinguished from the fixed stars. The earth and each erratic world. Blackmore.

A writ, now abolished, to recover escheats from the person in possession. Blackstone.

is done or some condition is performed, and then to be by him delivered to the grantee. Blackstone.

wn charge. It was afterward exchanged for a pecuniary satisfaction. Called also scutage. Blackstone.

), the first general return day of the term, on which the court sits to receive essoins. Blackstone.

ed for felony of his estate, or alimony to a woman divorced out of her husband's estate. Blackstone. Common of estovers. See under Common, n.

A native or inhabitant of Ethiopia; also, in a general sense, a negro or black man.

A black substance; -- formerly applied to various preparations of a black or very dark color. [Written also Æthiops.] [Obs.] Ethiops martial (Old Chem.), black oxide of iron. -- Ethiops mineral (Old Chem.), black sulphide of mercury, obtained by triturating mercury with sulphur. -- Ethiops per se (Old Chem.), mercury…

Diverging from, or lacking conformity to, a type.

A brownish black mineral with a metallic luster, found in Norway. It contains niobium, titanium, yttrium, and uranium, with some other metals.

of the other. Estates exchanged must be equal in quantity, as fee simple for fee simple. Blackstone.

future contingency; as, an executory devise, reminder, or estate; an executory contract. Blackstone.