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

The spirit or practices of a malingerer; malingering.

An orangered coloring substance resembling alizarin, found in the root of an East Indian species of madder (Rubia munjista).

in time of war, which holds itself ready to resist by force any aggression of either belligerent.

merchant vessels in time of war, to certify their nationality and protect them from belligerents; a sea letter.

Nimble-fingered; having fingers fit for prestidigitation, or juggling. [R.] "His prestidigital hand." Charles Reade.

lationship to humans of any other animal. It is found in forests in Zaire, and is an endangered species.

One who ruffles; a swaggerer; a bully; a ruffian. Assaults, if not murders, done at his own doors by that crew of rufflers. Milton.

yden. Right of search (Mar. Law), the right of the lawfully commissioned cruisers of belligerent nations to examine and search private merchant vessels on the high seas, for the enemy's property or for articles contraband of war. -- Search warrant (Law), a warrant legally issued, authorizing an examination or search o…

to ape; to feign. To sham Abram or Abraham, to feign sickness; to malinger. Hence a malingerer is called, in sailors' cant, Sham Abram, or Sham Abraham.

Angered; annoyed. [Obs.] R. North.

to stand or walk with steadiness; to sway; to reel or totter. Deep was the wound; he staggered with the blow. Dryden.

To stand with the ends staggered; -- said of the spokes of a wagon wheel where they join the hub.

The vicegerent of a prior; a claustral officer who assists the prior.

The act or manner of a swaggerer. He gave a half swagger, half leer, as he stepped forth to receive us. W. Irving.

A bully or braggadocio; a swaggering, boastful fellow; a swaggerer. Milton.

r the like; to cause to agree; to harmonize; to associate; to attach. Under his great vicegerent reign abide, United as one individual soul. Milton. The king proposed nothing more than to unite his kingdom in one form of worship. Clarendon.

The basis or principle of a treaty which leaves belligerents mutually in possession of what they have acquired by their arms during the war. Brande & C.

some question that is to be decided, or on some casualty; to lay; to stake; to bet. And wagered with him Pieces of gold 'gainst this which he wore. Shak.

A condition of belligerency to be maintained by physical force. In this sense, levying war against the sovereign authority is treason.