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The state of being placed over against; situation so as to front something else. Milton.

To fight against; to attack; to be in conflict with; to oppose; to resist. They said the manner of their impeachment they could not but conceive did oppugn the rights of Parliament. Clarendon.

ss, etc. Farrow. -- Orderly room. (a) The court of the commanding officer, where charges against the men of the regiment are tried. (b) The office of the commanding officer, usually in the barracks, whence orders emanate. Farrow. -- Orderly sergeant, the first sergeant of a company.

To make drafts upon or against, in excess of the proper amount or limit.

To hear again. ShaK.

To persuade or influence against one's inclination or judgment. Pope.

To strike the toe of the hind foot against the heel or shoe of the forefoot; -- said of horses.

To rule or determine in a contrary way; to decide against; to abrogate or alter; as, God overrules the purposes of men; the chairman overruled the point of order. His passion and animosity overruled his conscience. Clarendon. These [difficulties] I had habitually overruled. F. W. Newman.

. Poor Stella must pack off to town Swift. You shall pack, And never more darken my doors again. Tennyson.

A prefix signifying alongside of, beside, beyond, against, amiss; as parable, literally, a placing beside; paradox, that which is contrary to opinion; parachronism.

e pen at the end of a signature. In the Middle Ages, this formed a sort of rude safeguard against forgery. Brande & C.

d behind the glans penis, is constricted there, and can not be brought forward into place again.

reat a projection from the wall or frame as to allow a door or shutter to swing back flat against the wall. -- Long Parliament, Rump Parliament. See under Long, and Rump.

), promise, upon one's faith and honor, to fulfill stated conditions, as not to bear arms against one's captors, to return to custody, or the like. This man had forfeited his military parole. Macaulay.

e opposing parties or sides in a conflict or a controversy; a faction. For he that is not against us is on our part. Mark ix. 40. Make whole kingdoms take her brother's part. Waller.

e; as, to partake of a feast with others. "Brutes partake in this faculty." Locke. When I against myself with thee partake. Shak.

e passage of fluids through the pores or channels of the body. What! are my doors opposed against my passage! Shak.

A male who submits to the crime against nature; a catamite. [R.] B. Jonson.

pains, trails, or the like, without murmuring or fretfulness; bearing up with equanimity against trouble; long- suffering.

A stake hazarded in a wager. [Poetic] My life I never held but as a pawn To wage against thy enemies. Shak. In pawn, At pawn, in the state of being pledged. "Sweet wife, my honor is at pawn." Shak. -- Pawn ticket, a receipt given by the pawnbroker for an article pledged.