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Without pain, anxiety, or disturbance; as, to pass life well and easily. Sir W. Temple.

ness; shameless boldness; barefaced assurance. Corruption lost nothing of its effrontery. Bancroft.

The state of being ejected or cast out; dispossession; banishment.

c] 'T will be prodigious hard to prove That this is eke the throne of love. Prior. A trainband captain eke was he Of famous London town. Cowper.

choice, or right of choosing; electoral. The independent use of their elective franchise. Bancroft.

perfectly conducting substance or space. It is generally brought into action by any disturbance of molecular equilibrium, whether from a chemical, physical, or mechanical, cause.

on paper. W. Irving. The embarrassments tom commerce growing out of the late regulations. Bancroft.

as, the emission of light from the sun; the emission of heat from a fire; the emission of bank notes. issue bank notes.

antage; perquisites, fees, or salary. A long . . . enjoyment of the emoluments of office. Bancroft.

oving of the mind or soul; excitement of the feelings, whether pleasing or painful; disturbance or agitation of mind caused by a specific exciting cause and manifested by some sensible effect on the body. How different the emotions between departure and return! W. Irving. Some vague emotion of delight. Tennyson.…

intrusion. An unconstitutional encroachment of military power on the civil establishment. Bancroft.

ary classes of plants, and included all palms, true lilies, grasses, rushes, orchids, the banana, pineapple, etc. See Exogen.

The delicate bands of connective tissue interspersed among muscular fibers.

The delicate bands of connective tissue among nerve fibers.

The state of being engaged, pledged or occupied; specif., a pledge to take some one as husband or wife.

ates army, the Corps of Engineers, a corps of officers and enlisted men consisting of one band and three battalions of engineers commanded by a brigadier general, whose title is Chief of Engineers. It has charge of the construction of fortifications for land and seacoast defense, the improvement of rivers and harbors,…

A band of sworn soldiers; a division of the Spartan army ranging from twenty-five to thirty-six men, bound together by oath.

A flag; a banner; a standard; esp., the national flag, or a banner indicating nationality, carried by a ship or a body of soldiers; -- as distinguished from flags indicating divisions of the army, rank of naval officers, or private signals, and the like. Hang up your ensigns, let your drums be still. Shak.…

Admission into service; service. Some band of strangers in the adversary's entertainment. Shak.

ing the seeming contradiction of susceptibility to enthusiasm and calculating shrewdness. Bancroft.