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Strong liquor. [Old Cant] Beau. & Fl.

To make noble; to ennoble; to exalt. [Obs.]

The act of making noble. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

It does not appear; it is not plain or clear; it does not follow.

A failure of exportation; a not exporting of commodities.

Want or failure of importation; a not importing of commodities.

Want of limitation; failure to limit.

Neglect or failure to present; state of not being presented.

Minnesota; -- a nickname.

Marked with spots or lines, which are often colored. Henslow.

ological signification. [Obs.] "Conscience" is a Latin word, and, according to the very notation of it, imports a double or joint knowledge. South.

The act of nodding. So from the midmost the nutation spreads, Round and more round, o'er all the sea of heads. Pope.

To ride about. [Obs.] -- Ob*eq`ui*ta"tion, n. [Obs.] Cockerman.

To delight; to please greatly. [Obs.]

The act of pleasing highly; the state of being greatly pleased; delight. [R.] Feltham.

A struggle against; resistance; opposition. [Obs.] Fotherby.

The act of obtesting; supplication; protestation. [R.] Antonio asserted this with great obtestation. Evelyn.

Slander; detraction; calumny. [Obs.] Barrow.

To incrust; to harden. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Fig.: The state of being occult. The reappearance of such an author after those long periods of occultation. Jeffrey. Circle of perpetual occultation. See under Circle.