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ss. Same as Grama grass (above). Nimble Will, a kind of drop seed. Muhlenbergia diffsa. Orchard grass, pasture and hay. Dactylis glomerata. Porcupine grass, troublesome to sheep. Northwest. Stipa spartea. Quaking grass, ornamental. Briza media and maxima. Quitch, or Quick, grass, etc., a weed. Agropyrum repens. Ray gra…

To drudge; to do menial work. Richardson.

A hag of or fit for hell. Bp. Richardson.

, an ancient corporation, dependent upon the crown, instituted or perhaps recognized by Richard III. in 1483, consisting of the three Kings-at-Arms and the Chester, Lancaster, Richmond, Somerset, Windsor, and York Heralds, together with the Earl Marshal. This retains from the Middle Ages the charge of the armorial bear…

To make hoarse. I shall be obliged to hoarsen my voice. Richardson.

ement; custody; guard. They . . . put them in hold unto the next day. Acts. iv. 3. King Richard, he is in the mighty hold Of Bolingbroke. Shak.

Of or pertaining to horticulture, or the culture of gardens or orchards.

The cultivation of a garden or orchard; the art of cultivating gardens or orchards.

An orchard. [Obs.]

to chide or rebuke with insolence; to hector; to bully. You must not presume to huff us. Echard.

finite time, but in 1276 this time was fixed by statute as the begining of the reign of Richard I. (1189). Proof of unbroken possession or use of any right since that date made it unnecessary to establish the original grant. In 1832 the plan of dating legal memory from a fixed time was abandoned and the principle subst…

; spiritual. [Obs.] I fear nothing . . . that devil carnate or incarnate can fairly do. Richardson.

ous belief is an incompetent witness in a court of law or equity; incompetent evidence. Richard III. had a resolution, out of hatred to his brethren, to disable their issues, upon false and incompetent pretexts, the one of attainder, the other of illegitimation. Bacon.

Not delectable; unpleasant; disagreeable. [R.] Richardson.

To cultivate by planting simultaneous crops in alternate rows; as, to intercrop an orchard. Also, to use for catch crops at seasons when the ground is not covered by crops of the regular rotation.

The state or quality of being interested; selfishness. Richardson.

The office or function of an internuncio. Richardson.

acuanha), the bastard or wild ipecac (Asclepias Curassavica), and the undulated ipecac (Richardsonia scabra).

A public executioner, or hangman. [Eng.] The manor of Tyburn was formerly held by Richard Jaquett, where felons for a long time were executed; from whence we have Jack Ketch. Lloyd's MS., British Museum. [Monmouth] then accosted John Ketch, the executioner, a wretch who had butchered many brave and noble victims, and w…

Resembling a kitten; playful; as, a kittenish disposition. Richardson.