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An alkaloid extracted from hops as a colorless volatile liquid.

tained from, hops; specifically, designating an acid obtained by the decomposition of lupulin.

The line by which a fowling net was pulled over so as to inclose the birds.

A yellow dyestuff obtained from the foliage of the dyer's broom (Reseda luteola).

The sparrow hawk.

The quality of being maidenly; the behavior that becomes a maid; modesty; gentleness.

A farm. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

To act the part of a malingerer; to feign illness or inability.

In the army, a soldier who feigns himself sick, or who induces or protracts an illness, in order to avoid doing his duty; hence, in general, one who shirks his duty by pretending illness or inability.

The spirit or practices of a malingerer; malingering.

A small and beautifully shaped instrument resembling the lute.

The quality or state of being manly.

A little man. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

The quality or state of being mannerly; civility; complaisance. Sir M. Hale.

The act or business of stealing or kidnaping human beings, especially with a view to e

The representation of a mantle, or the drapery behind and around a coat of arms: -- called also lambrequin.

Distinct markings resembling the variegations of marble, as on birds and insects.

A thin silk fabric used for linings, etc., in ladies' dresses.

(Limosa fedoa). Applied also to the red-breasted godwit (Limosa hæmatica). Hook-billed marlin, a curlew.

A small line composed of two strands a little twisted, used for winding around ropes and cables, to prevent their being weakened by fretting. Marline spike, Marling spike (Naut.), an iron tool tapering to a point, used to separate the strands of a rope in splicing and in marling. It has an eye in the thick end to which…