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aid of a woman and a man, one or both, who run away from their homes for marriage or for cohabitation.

The act of clearing from spots. [Obs.] Johnson.

To make up into a bale or pack. Johnson.

To stop; to hinder by prohibition; to block up. He embarred all further trade. Bacon.

An edict or order of the government prohibiting the departure of ships of commerce from some or all of the ports within its dominions; a prohibition to sail.

Intercalated time. Johnson.

Pertaining to emendation; corrective. "Emendatory criticism."" Johnson.

t chieftain, or ruler of a province; also, an honorary title given to the descendants of Mohammed, in the line of his daughter Fatima; among the Turks, likewise, a title of dignity, given to certain high officials.

Pertaining to an emporium; relating to merchandise. [Obs.] Johnson.

acted or passed into a law; a law; a decree; a statute; a prescribed requirement; as, a prohibitory enactment; a social enactment.

To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on. This is a suit to enjoin the defendants from disturbing the plaintiffs. Kent.

Within the tongue; -- applied to the glossohyal bone.

A diary; a journal. Johnson.

A segment next above the ceratohyal in the hyoidean arch.

d his enemies, but continued them in employment; not only continued, but advanced them." Johnson.

A religious organization of Methodist young people, founded in 1889 at Cleveland, Ohio, and taking its name from John Wesley's birthplace, Epworth, Lincolnshire, England.

Having equal angles; equiangular. [R.] Johnson.

A large stable or lodge for horses. Johnson.

The act of erasing; a rubbing out; expunction; obliteration. Johnson.

k. Ere sails were spread new oceans to explore. Dryden. Sir, come down ere my child die. John iv. 49.