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ance of a parasitic mite (the Sarcoptes scabei), and attended with itching. It is transmissible by contact.

eat financial benefit. hit the jackpotto receive an unexpectedly large (or the largest possible) benefit from an enterprise.

Flanders, in the 17th century, who taught certain doctrines denying free will and the possibility of resisting divine grace.

a fabric having both sides dressed, the sides being of different colors, -- used for reversible garments.

ct rivalry in matters of interest and affection; apprehensive regarding the motives of possible rivals, or the fidelity of friends; distrustful; having morbid fear of rivalry in love or preference given to another; painfully suspicious of the faithfulness of husband, wife, or lover. If the spirit of jealousy come upon…

also given for the Jewish years 5661-5696 (1900- 1935 a. d.). From these tables it is possible to transform any Jewish date into Christian, or vice versa, for the years 1900-1935 a. d.

A public transaction done for private profit; something performed ostensibly as a part of official duty, but really for private gain; a corrupt official business.

intended to give notice or awaken attention; a push; a jolt. To give them by turns an invisible jog. Swift.

secutor at a court-martial; he acts as the representative of the government, as the responsible adviser of the court, and also, to a certain extent, as counsel for the accused, when he has no other counsel. -- Judge-Advocate General, in the United States, the title of two officers, one attached to the War Department a…

To deceive by trick or artifice. Is't possible the spells of France should juggle Men into such strange mysteries Shak.

n exigency. "Extraordinary junctures." Addison. In such a juncture, what can the most plausible and refined philosophy offer Berkeley.

tesian gale But just inspired and gently swelled the sail. Dryden. Just now, the least possible time since; a moment ago.

consisting of a reflecting knob at the end of a vibrating rod or thin plate, for making visible, in the motion of a point of light reflected from the knob, the paths or curves corresponding with the musical notes produced by the vibrations.

A propensity to steal, claimed to be irresistible. This does not constitute legal irresponsibility. Wharton.

motion of a pendulum, scale beam, or other piece required to oscillate with the least possible friction. Knife-edge file. See Illust. of File.

Among furriers, any of several Asiatic minks; esp., Putorius sibiricus, the yellowish brown pelt of which is valued, esp. for the tail, used for making artists' brushes. Trade names for the fur are red sable and Tatar sable.

all that has been said of the sea serpent or kraken, would be credulity; to reject the possibility of their existence, would be presumption. Goldsmith. Like a kraken huge and black. Longfellow.

hased his services; hence, a person who assails institutions or opinions on his own responsibility without regard to party lines or deference to authority. -- Lance bucket (Cavalry), a socket attached to a saddle or stirrup strap, in which to rest the but of a lance. -- Lance corporal, same as Lancepesade. -- Lance…

Tongued; having the tongue visible. Lions . . . represented as armed and langued gules. Cussans.

Lapsible. Cudworth.