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Any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots in the autumn, and is driven by the wind, as a light, rolling mass, over the fields and prairies; as witch grass, wild indigo, Amarantus albus, etc.

To unwind, unfold, or untie; hence, to undo; to ruin. Shak.

See Welaway. [Obs.]

To welk, or wither. [Obs.]

See Welaway. [Obs.]

The American golden-eye.

The moosewood, or striped maple. See Maple.

. The version of early Roman history which was accredited in the fifth century. Sir G. C. Lewis. He accredited and repeated stories of apparitions and witchcraft. Southey.

tion. Owen. To strip off all the subordinate parts of his as a later accretion. Sir G. C. Lewis.

ne who denies the existence of the universe, or of a universe as distinct from God. G. H. Lewes.

Lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the seventh commandment.

An elevated cableway.

rs, or of languages. There is a close affinity between imposture and credulity. Sir G. C. Lewis.

Same as Alewife.

the thing offered in place of another. If this demand is refused the alternative is war. Lewis. With no alternative but death. Longfellow.

ively; vigorous. "Animated sounds." Pope. "Animated bust." Gray. "Animated descriptions." Lewis.

nner of, an annalist; as, the dry annalistic style."A stiff annalistic method." Sir G. C. Lewis.

Before in time; antecedent. Antigonus, who was anterior to Polybius. Sir G. C. Lewis.

. The passages . . . are, however, in part from apocryphal or fictitious works. Sir G. C. Lewis.

A patch; an addition; a piece put on. [Obs.] John Lewis (1731).