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he nature of anticipation. Owen. Here is an anticipatory glance of what was to be. J. C. Shairp.

A cover for the back or arms of a chair or sofa, etc., to prevent them from being soiled by macassar or other oil from the hair.

A large marine annelid, covered with long, lustrous, golden, hairlike setæ; the sea mouse.

Covered with, or composed of, soft, loose hairs or fibers, so as to resemble a cobweb; cobwebby.

dom." Boyle. These architectonic functions which we had hitherto thought belonged. J. C. Shairp.

A support for the elbow, at the side of a chair, the end of a sofa, etc.

A ring of hair or feathers on the legs.

One peculiarly dexterous and tasteful in almost any employment, as an opera dancer, a hairdresser, a cook.

Daring; spirited; adventurous. As in a cloudy chair, ascending rides Audacious. Milton.

vation, or resignation of the incumbent. Wolsey, . . . on every avoidance of St. Peter's chair, was sitting down therein, when suddenly some one or other clapped in before him. Fuller.

Firmness; moral principle; steadfastness. Shelley's thought never had any backbone. Shairp. To the backbone, through and through; thoroughly; entirely. "Staunch to the backbone." Lord Lytton.

A brush made of badgers' hair, used by artists. Badger dog. (Zoöl.) See Dachshund.

A sort of silken purse formerly tied about men's hair behind, by way of ornament. [Obs.]

A wig, in use in the 18th century, with the hair at the back of the head in a bag.

Destitute of the natural or common covering on the head or top, as of hair, feathers, foliage, trees, etc.; as, a bald head; a bald oak. On the bald top of an eminence. Wordsworth.

Destitute of hair on the head; baldheaded. Shak.

cut squarely across, as the tail of a hors, or the forelock of human beings; to cut (the hair). His hair banged even with his eyebrows. The Century Mag.

A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.

A European bat (Barbastellus communis), with hairy lips.

Bearded; beset with long and weak hairs.