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Surgical [Obs.] "Chirurgical lore" Longfellow.

Clamor, or confused noise; buzzing. [Obs.] The churme of a thousand taunts and reproaches. Bacon.

A massive variety of fluor spar, found in Derbyshire, England, and wrought into vases and other ornamental work.

Handbook; a manual of devotions. Evelyn.

A syllogism in which the proof of the major or minor premise, or both, is introduced with the premises themselves, and the conclusion is derived in the ordinary manner. [Written also epicheirema.]

The young of the sea trout. [Prov. Eng.]

A division of copepod crustaceans, including numerous species parasitic on fishes.

To make thirsty. [Obs.]

deration of some service to be rendered, esp. the maintenance of troops. [Written also jaghire, jagir, etc.] [India] Whitworth.

The holder of a jaghir.

. A steam boiler having two flues which contain the furnaces and extend through the boiler from end to end.

A division of birds including the swifts and humming birds. So called from the length of the distal part of the wing.

A large stone set upright in olden times as a memorial or monument. Many, of unknown date, are found in Brittany and throughout Northern Europe.

A kind of nightgown for men.

Nostril. [Obs.] [Written also nosethurl, nosthrill.] Chaucer.

To hire out. [Obs.] Spenser.

A disease (morbus pediculous) consisting in the excessive multiplication of lice on the human body.

To hire again.

cks and on cliffs along the seacoast, and is used for pickles. Hangs one that gathers samphire, dreadful trade! Scak.

m; esp., the blue transparent variety of corundum, highly prized as a gem. of rubies, sapphires, and of pearlés white. Chaucer.