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One of a sect of Asiatic Gnostics of the time of the Emperor Trajan.

To make an earnest petition or request. The Janizaries entreated for them as valiant men. Knolles.

A church festival celebrated on the 6th of January, the twelfth day after Christmas, in commemoration of the visit of the Magi of the East to Bethlehem, to see and worship the child Jesus; or, as others maintain, to commemorate the appearance of the star to the Magi, symbolizing the manifestation of Christ to the Gentl…

To let fall; to drop. [Obs.] For every tear he falls, a Trojan bleeds. Shak.

The relation of end or purpose to its means. Janet.

in favor and those opposed; the pros and the cons; the advantages and the disadvantages. Jane Austen.

r; to cause regret. [Obs.] "Let it forthink you." Tyndale. That me forthinketh, quod this January. Chaucer.

Prov. x. 1. He that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. Prov. xvii. 5. The Trojan, glad with sight of hostile blood. Dryden. He, glad of her attention gained. Milton. As we are now glad to behold your eyes. Shak. Glad am I that your highness is so armed. Shak. Glad on 't, glad of it. [Colloq.] Shak.…

n (Sept.-Oct.). 4. Pyanepsion (Oct.-Nov.). 5. Mæmacterion (Nov.-Dec.). 6. Poseideon (Dec.-Jan.). 7. Gamelion (Jan.-Feb.). 8. Anthesterion (Feb.-Mar.). 9. Elaphebolion (Mar.-Apr.). 10. Munychion (Apr.-May). 11. Thargelion (May-June). 12. Scirophorion (June-July).

A dry, hot wind, prevailing on the Atlantic coast of Africa, in December, January, and February, blowing from the interior or Sahara. It is usually accompanied by a haze which obscures the sun.

ecker. They were condemned as "Americanism" by the Pope, in a letter to Cardinal Gibbons, January 22, 1899.

ne of the four terms of the courts of common law in England, beginning on the eleventh of January and ending on the thirty-first of the same month, in each year; -- so called from the festival of St. Hilary, January 13th.

e found living in mid ocean; -- called also purple shell, and violet snail. [Written also janthina.]

To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn. [Obs.] Twelve Trojan princes wait on thee, and labor to incense Thy glorious heap of funeral. Chapman.

stom of holding an interview or interviews. An article on interviewing in the "Nation" of January 28, 1869, . . . was the first formal notice of the practice under that name. The American.

A familiar or pet form of the proper name Jane.

A priest of Apollo, during the Trojan war. (See 2.)

ower of the opinions of Molina, a Spanish Jesuit (in respect to grace); an opposer of the Jansenists.

n horseback; to furnish with animals for riding; to furnish with horses. "To mount the Trojan troop." Dryden.

One of a fierce tribe or troop who accompained Achilles, their king, to the Trojan war.