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A superior lord, to whom fealty is due; a feudal lord; a lord paramount.

could not sway her house. Shak. This was the race To sway the world, and land and sea subdue. Dryden.

A pustular eruption upon the scalp, or the beared part of the face, whether due to ringworm, acne, or impetigo.

Involving or exhibiting symmetry; proportional in parts; having its parts in due proportion as to dimensions; as, a symmetrical body or building.

A due proportion of the several parts of a body to each other; adaptation of the form or dimensions of the several parts of a thing to each other; the union and conformity of the members of a work to the whole.

parish priest, now made to the ecclesiastical commissioners; a procuration. Synodals are due, of common right, to the bishop only. Gibson.

That part of grammar which treats of the construction of sentences; the due arrangement of words in sentences in their necessary relations, according to established usage in any language.

A cutaneous eruption due to syphilis.

A cutaneous affection due to syphilis.

Ill health due to tænia, or tapeworms.

e proprietor of which is responsible for the collection and payment of the public revenue due from it. [India]

Capable of being tamed, subdued, or reclaimed from wildness or savage ferociousness. -- Tam"a*ble*ness, n.

Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless. Tame slaves of the laborious plow. Roscommon.

One who tames or subdues.

(Agric.) Waste matter from tanks; esp., the dried nitrogenous residue from tanks in which fat has been rendered, used as a fertilizer.

A thin film on the surface of a metal, usually due to a slight alteration of the original color; as, the steel tarnish in columbite.

A hypothetical radical constituting the characteristic residue of tartronic acid and certain of its derivatives.

One of four officers of the English Exchequer, formerly appointed to receive moneys due to the king and to pay moneys payable by the king. Cowell.

To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to soften; to mollify; to assuage; to soothe; to calm. Puritan austerity was so tempered by Dutch indifference, that mercy itself could not have dictated a milder system. Bancroft. Wom…

Due mixture of qualities; a condition brought about by mutual compromises or concessions. [Obs.] However, I forejudge not any probable expedient, any temperament that can be found in things of this nature, so disputable on their side. Milton.