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Of or pertaining to an ambassador. H. Walpole.

The state, office, or functions of an ambassador.

Heat, in a literal sense; as, the ardor of the sun's rays.

A musical stringed instrument, similar in form to a guitar; a pandore.

ity Shall e'er be sullied with one taint or spot That may take from your innocence and candor. Massinger.

ove a captain; sometimes, by courtesy, the senior captain of a squadron. The rank of commodore corresponds with that of brigadier general in the army.

A kind of steward or agent. [China] S. W. Williams

A very large bird of the Vulture family (Sarcorhamphus gryphus), found in the most elevated parts of the Andes.

The chief magistrate of a Spanish town.

A gallery or passageway leading to several apartments of a house.

ain whose coaches are connected so as to have through its entire length a continuous corridor, into which the compartments open. [Eng.]

Any ornamental vessel used as a spittoon; hence, to avoid the common term, a spittoon of any sort.

A deodorizer.

The act of depriving of odor, especially of offensive odors resulting from impurities.

To deprive of odor, especially of such as results from impurities.

He who, or that which, deodorizes; esp., an agent that destroys offensive odors.

To deprive of ornaments. Congreve.

A bumblebee; also, a cockchafer. [Prov. Eng.]

A dumbledor.

An alderman. [Obs.]