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crown or accidental glory added to the bliss of heaven, as a reward to those (as virgins, martyrs, preachers, etc.) who have overcome the world, the flesh, and the devil.

To make legal; to give legal sanction to; to legalize; as, to authorize a marriage.

Extemporary; offhand. [R.] Dean Martin.

A transformer in which part of the primary winding is used as a secondary winding, or vice versa; -- called also a compensator or balancing coil.

An ave Maria. He repeated Aves and Credos. Macaulay.

English corn trade, the medial price of the several kinds of grain in the principal corn markets. On an average, taking the mean of unequal numbers or quantities.

A genus of marine bivalves, having a pearly interior, allied to the pearl oyster; -- so called from a supposed resemblance of the typical species to a bird.

rthly employments avocations. Fuller. By the secular cares and avocations which accompany marriage the clergy have been furnished with skill in common life. Atterbury.

The primary of secondary central line of any design. Anticlinal axis (Geol.), a line or ridge from which the strata slope downward on the two opposite sides. -- Synclinal axis, a line from which the strata slope upward in opposite directions, so as to form a valley. -- Axis cylinder (Anat.), the neuraxis or essential…

rnal quadruped, allied to the lemurs, found in Madagascar (Cheiromys Madagascariensis), remarkable for its long fingers, sharp nails, and rodent-like incisor teeth.

The bleating of a sheep. Marryat.

Baboonish behavior. Marryat.

An astrologer; -- so called because the Chaldeans were remarkable for the study of astrology.

e person who pretended to a knowledge of Latin which he did not possess. Baccare! you are marvelous forward. Shak.

A man of any age who has not been married. As merry and mellow an old bachelor as ever followed a hound. W. Irving.

pecially, several species of Ranunculus, and the cornflower (Centaures cyanus) and globe amaranth (Gomphrena).

A game of chance and skill, played by two persons on a "board" marked off into twenty-four spaces called "points". Each player has fifteen pieces, or "men", the movements of which from point to point are determined by throwing dice. Formerly called tables. Backgammon board , a board for playing backgammon, often made i…

lest of microscopic organisms. They are very widely diffused in nature, and multiply with marvelous rapidity, both by fission and by spores. Certain species are active agents in fermentation, while others appear to be the cause of certain infectious diseases. See Bacillus.

A distinctive mark, token, sign, or cognizance, worn on the person; as, the badge of a society; the badge of a policeman. "Tax gatherers, recognized by their official badges. " Prescott.

gilla), common in the north of Europe, the powder of which is used to take away the livid marks of bruises.