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west subdivision of the rocks of the Silurian or Molluscan age; -- sometimes described as inferior to the Silurian. It is named from its development in Cambria or Wales. See the Diagram under Geology.

Shorts or inferior flour. [Canadian]

ience, submission to the canons of a canons of a church, especially the submission of the inferior cleargy to their bishops, and of other religious orders to their supriors. -- Canonical punishments, such as the church may inflict, as excommunication, degradation, penance, etc. -- Canonical sins (Anc. Church.), those…

An alloy of gold, silver, and copper, of which an inferior quality of jewerly is made.

To mix or mingle, as with an inferior or weaker article. [Obs.] You card your beer, if you guests being to be drunk. -- half small, half strong. Greene.

rt of appeal in France, which has power to quash (Casser) or reverse the decisions of the inferior courts.

Having the lowest inferior segment of a pinna nearer the rachis than the lowest superior one; -- said of a mode of branching in ferns, and opposed to anadromous.

A monster, in the shape, of a three-headed dog, guarding the entrance into the infernal regions, Hence: Any vigilant custodian or guardian, esp. if surly.

A writ issuing out of chancery, or a superior court, to call up the records of a inferior court, or remove a cause there depending, in order that the party may have more sure and speedy justice, or that errors and irreguarities may be corrected. It is obtained upon complaint of a party that he has not received justice,…

A diplomatic representative, or minister of an inferior grade, accredited by the government of one state to the minister of foreign affairs of another; also, a substitute, ad interim, for an ambassador or minister plenipotentiary.

and Nox, whose office it was to ferry the souls of the dead over the Styx, a river of the infernal regions. Shak.

At a small price; at a low value; in a common or inferior manner.

ind of cigar, originally brought from Mania, in the Philippine Islands; now often made of inferior or adulterated tabacco.

le much diluted with water; -- said of a liquid which forms the circulating fluid of some inferior animals.

A mean or inferior poet, perhaps from his habit of wandering around as a stroller; an itinerant poet. Also, a name given to the cyclic poets. See under Cyclic, a. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Adhering to a fixed circle of legends; cyclic; hence, mean; inferior. See Cyclic poets, under Cyclic. Had Virgil been a circular poet, and closely adhered to history, how could the Romans have had Dido Dennis.

Large in bulk, or composed of large parts or particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or close in texture; gross; thick; rough; -- opposed to fine; as, coarse sand; coarse thread; coarse cloth; coarse bread.

t or process of converting metal into money. The care of the coinage was committed to the inferior magistrates. Arbuthnot.

An inferior groom or lad employed by an esquire to carry the knight's arms and other necessaries. [Written also coistrel.]

An inferior church servant. [Obs.] See Acolyte.