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(Fr. & Canadian Law) A feudal tenure of lands by one who has no privileges of nobility, but is permitted to discharge all his obligations to his feudal lord or superior by a payment of rent in money or kind and without rendering any personal services.

A roturier. [Obs.] Howell.

Roundness; a round or circle. [Obs.] Shak.

Cabling. See Cabling. gwilt.

The act of breaking apart, or separating; the state of being asunder; as, the rupture of the skin; the rupture of a vessel or fiber; the rupture of a lutestring. Arbuthnot. Hatch from the egg, that soon, Bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed Their callow young. Milton.

Having a rupture, or hernia.

Same as Burstwort.

Any carangoid fish of the genus Trachurus, especially T. trachurus, or T. saurus, of Europe and America, and T. picturatus of California. Called also skipjack, and horse mackarel.

A longitudinal opening in a body, made by cutting; a cleft; a fissure. Hammond.

A rover or footpad; a prowling robber. In those days of highwaymen and scourers. Macaulay.

Anything written; a writing; a document; an inscription. I have put it in scripture and in remembrance. Chaucer. Then the Lord of Manny read the scripture on the tomb, the which was in Latin. Ld. Berners.

g, cutting, or hewing wood, stone, metal, etc., into statues, ornaments, etc., or into figures, as of men, or other things; hence, the art of producing figures and groups, whether in plastic or hard materials.

After the manner of sculpture; resembling, or relating to, sculpture.

ty or possession so inherited. The kingdom of Naples . . . was constituted a secundo-geniture of Spain. Bancroft.

are, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident. But thou, secure of soul, unbent with woes. DRyden.

In a secure manner; without fear or apprehension; without danger; safely. His daring foe . . . securely him defied. Milton.

The act of securing; protection. [R.] Society condemns the securement in all cases of perpetual protection by means of perpetual imprisonment. C. A. Ives.

The condition or quality of being secure; exemption from fear; want of vigilance; security.

One who, or that which, secures.

of being seized; sudden and violent grasp or gripe; a taking into possession; as, the seizure of a thief, a property, a throne, etc.