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solitary and contemplative life, characterized by devotion, extreme self-denial, and self-mortification; a hermit; a recluse; hence, one who practices extreme rigor and self-denial in religious things. I am far from commending those ascetics that take up their quarters in deserts. Norris. Ascetic theology, the science…

The act of bedding ashlar in mortar.

he act of assisting; help; aid; furtherance; succor; support. Without the assistance of a mortal hand. Shak.

The quality of being deathless; immortality.

ead body, for the purpose of ascertaining the cause, seat, or nature of a disease; a post-mortem examination.

d the sublime; reverential fear, or solemn wonder; profound reverence. There is an awe in mortals' joy, A deep mysterious fear. Keble. To tame the pride of that power which held the Continent in awe. Macaulay. The solitude of the desert, or the loftiness of the mountain, may fill the mind with awe -- the sense of our o…

Any place where cannon or mortars are mounted, for attack or defense.

See Gun carriage, and Mortar bed.

arasitic upon bees. -- Bee garden, a garden or inclosure to set beehives in ; an apiary. Mortimer. -- Bee glue, a soft, unctuous matter, with which bees cement the combs to the hives, and close up the cells; -- called also propolis. -- Bee hawk (Zoöl.), the honey buzzard. -- Bee killer (Zoöl.), a large two-winged f…

Lifetime; mortal existence. [Obs.] Claudius, thou Wast follower of his fortunes in his being. Webster (1654).

nterest; to direct. To bend his mind to any public business. Temple. But when to mischief mortals bend their will. Pope.

In a lower place; underneath. The earth you take from beneath will be barren. Mortimer.

ining a statement of particulars; as, a bill of charges or expenditures; a weekly bill of mortality; a bill of fare, etc. Bill of adventure. See under Adventure. -- Bill of costs, a statement of the items which form the total amount of the costs of a party to a suit or action. -- Bill of credit. (a) Within the consti…

ct; to grow hard or stiff; to cohere or stick together in a mass; as, clay binds by heat. Mortimer.

A clause, as in a blanket mortgage or policy, that includes a group or class of things, rather than a number mentioned individually and having the burden, loss, or the like, apportioned among them.

ted either by the action of the air and light, of chlorine, or of sulphurous acid. Ure. Immortal liberty, whose look sublime Hath bleached the tyrant's cheek in every varying clime. Smollett.

suiting one who is over strict in morals; inculcating an impracticable, severe, or gloomy mortality; as, blue laws.

A measure. See Boll, n., 2. Mortimer.

A shell; esp. a spherical shell, like those fired from mortars. See Shell.

To place under the conditions of a bond; to mortgage; to secure the payment of the duties on (goods or merchandise) by giving a bond.