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Gouty; podagric.

To collect, as poundage; to assess, or rate, by poundage. [R.]

See Legislature, Denmark.

A scaffold. [R.] Shak.

A genus of yellow-flowered composite perennial herbs; golden- rod.

Dues for soundings.

A reservior in which water accumulates at the bottom of a mine.

The condition of a vagabond; a state or habit of wandering about in idleness; vagrancy.

The difference between the diameter of the bore of a gun and that of the shot fired from it.

A group of cirripeds having abdominal appendages.

Precipitously. Abruptly pinnate (Bot.), pinnate without an odd leaflet, or other appendage, at the end. Gray.

A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk.

That which adheres; an appendage. [R.] Milton.

A gigantic bird found fossil in Madagascar.

That which is affixed; an appendage; esp. one or more letters or syllables added at the end of a word; a suffix; a postfix.

Drawn in air; imaginary. This is the air-drawn dagger. Shak.

Winged; having wings, or side appendages like wings.

A membranous appendage of the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles, -- in mammals serving to connect the fetus with the parent; the urinary vesicle.

(Hibiscus cannabinus), or its fiber, which is used throughout India for making ropes, cordage, and a coarse canvas and sackcloth; --called also brown Indian hemp.

rica, having a large, broad, and depressed head, with the mouth very large. Peculiar appendages on the head are said to be used to entice fishes within reach. Called also fishing frog, frogfish, toadfish, goosefish, allmouth, monkfish, etc.