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An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes. Jacobs.

ng; towards; as, against the mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over. Jacob saw the angels of God come against him. Tyndale.

banks of rivers, and in their beds, but are scattered over the surface of vast plains. R. Cobden.

Easy to be led; governable, as a woman by her husband. [Obs.] Jacob.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, the followers of Jacob Amman, a strict Mennonite of the 17th century, who even proscribed the use of buttons and shaving as "worldly conformity". There are several branches of Amish Mennonites in the United States.

A bailiff or steward; an agent. [Obs.] Jacobs.

Wearing an apron. A cobbler aproned, and a parson gowned. Pope.

Resembling a spider's web; cobweblike.

Cobweblike; extremely thin and delicate, like a cobweb; as, the araneous membrane of the eye. See Arachnoid. Derham.

to a knight, and entitled to armorial bearings. The term is now superseded by esquire. Jacob.

limes at 356º Fahrenheit. It is sometimes found native, but usually combined with silver, cobalt, nickel, iron, antimony, or sulphur. Orpiment and realgar are two of its sulphur compounds, the first of which is the true arsenticum of the ancients. The element and its compounds are active poisons. Specific gravity from…

To soil; to stain. [Obs. or Poet.] Beau. & Fl. Ne'er assoil my cobwebbed shield. Wordsworth.

A quantity of oats paid by a tenant to a landlord in lieu of rent. Jacob.

in granular form mixed with sand, an ore brought from Bolivia; -- called also Barilla de cobre.

An order of Nemertina, including the large leechlike worms (Malacobdella) often parasitic in clams.

friar of the Dominican order; -- called also predicant and preaching friar; in France, Jacobin. Also, sometimes, a Benedictine.

of England, was sufficient evidence of a man's trespass in the forest against venison. Jacob.

A popular term for a bright-hued variety of some minerals; as, the rose-red cobalt bloom.

To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law. Jacob. To bolt to the bran, to examine thoroughly, so as to separate or discover everything important. Chaucer. This bolts the matter fairly to the bran. Harte. The report of the committee was examined and sifted and bolted to the bran. Burke.…

The cobia or crab eater (Elacate canada), an edible fish of the Middle and Southern United States.