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To remain sitting, or in session, longer than, or beyond the time of; to outstay.

To stand out, or project, from a surface or mass; hence, to remain standing out.

A minor defense constructed beyond the main body of a work, as a ravelin, lunette, hornwork, etc. Wilhelm.

That which remains after a supply, or beyond a quantity proposed; surplus. Shak. "The overplus of a great fortune." Addison.

master of himself, or in possession of his senses]." Shak. To hold one's own, to keep or maintain one's possessions; to yield nothing; esp., to suffer no loss or disadvantage in a contest. Shak.

A yielding ring, as of metal, which surrounds a piston and maintains a tight fit, as inside a cylinder, etc.

esp., the worship of idols or false gods, or the system of religious opinions and worship maintained by pagans; heathenism.

One invested with royal privileges and rights within his domains; a count palatine. See Count palatine, under 4th Count.

eolithic era (as proposed by Lubbock) includes the earlier half of the "Stone Age;" the remains belonging to it are for the most part of extinct animals, with relics of human beings.

Of or pertaining to the description of fossil remains.

The description of fossil remains.

The science which treats of the ancient life of the earth, or of fossils which are the remains of such life.

man ills, which, when the box was opened, escaped and spread over the earth. Hope alone remained in the box. Another version makes the box contain all the blessings of the gods, which were lost to men when Pandora opened it.

in position of an object as seen separately by one eye, and then by the other, the head remaining unmoved. -- Diurnal, or Geocentric, parallax, the parallax of a body with reference to the earth's center. This is the kind of parallax that is generally understood when the term is used without qualification. -- Helioce…

as to an observer at either pole. -- Parallel vise, a vise having jaws so guided as to remain parallel in all positions.

A vise with jaws so guided as to remain parallel.

The property of a woman which, on her marriage, was not made a part of her dower, but remained her own.

Attached to the main wall of the ovary, and not to the axis; -- said of a placenta.

pertaining to a parish; parochial; as, a parish church; parish records; a parish priest; maintained by the parish; as, parish poor. Dryden. Parish clerk. (a) The clerk or recording officer of a parish. (b) A layman who leads in the responses and otherwise assists in the service of the Church of England. -- Parish cou…

A certain portion of lands, tithes, and offerings, for the maintenance of the parson of a parish.