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Bull's Eye. It is the bright star in the group called the Hyades. Now when Aldebaran was mounted high Above the shiny Cassiopeia's chair. Spenser.

To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to dismount.

Any one of various soils found in arid and semiarid regions, containing an unusual amount of soluble mineral salts which effloresce in the form of a powder or crust (usually white) in dry weather following rains or irrigation. The basis of these salts is mainly soda with a smaller amount of potash, and usually a little…

The whole quantity, extent, duration, amount, quality, or degree of; the whole; the whole number of; any whatever; every; as, all the wheat; all the land; all the year; all the strength; all happiness; all abundance; loss of all power; beyond all doubt; you will see us all (or all of us). Prove all things: hold fast th…

A silicate containing a large amount of cerium. It is usually black in color, opaque, and is related to epidote in form and composition.

tates from New England to eastern Dakota, and including also most of Pennsylvania and the mountainous region as far south as northern Georgia.

Of or pertaining to the Allegheny Mountains, or the region where they are situated. Also Al"le*gha`ny.

Pertaining to allodium; freehold; free of rent or service; held independent of a lord paramount; -- opposed to feudal; as, allodial lands; allodial system. Blackstone.

The allowance of a specific amount of scrip or of a particular thing to a particular person. Cottage allotment, an allotment of a small portion of land to a country laborer for garden cultivation. [Eng.]

A very high mountain. Specifically, in the plural, the highest chain of mountains in Europe, containing the lofty mountains of Switzerland, etc. Nor breath of vernal air from snowy alp. Milton. Hills peep o'er hills, and alps on alps arise. Pope.

A reddish glow seen near sunset or sunrise on the summits of mountains; specif., a reillumination sometimes observed after the summits have passed into shadow, supposed to be due to a curving downward (refraction) of the light rays from the west resulting from the cooling of the air.

Pertaining to the Alps, or other high mountains; as, Alpestrine diseases, etc.

Of or pertaining to the Alps, or to any lofty mountain; as, Alpine snows; Alpine plants.

Of or pertaining to the Altai, a mountain chain in Central Asia.

the ground, or above a given level, or of one object above another; as, the altitude of a mountain, or of a bird above the top of a tree.

To punish by a pecuniary penalty, the amount of which is not fixed by law, but left to the discretion of the court; as, the amerced the criminal in the sum on the hundred dollars.

Earth flax, or mountain flax; a soft silky variety of asbestus.

A light field cannon, or stocked gun mounted on a swivel.

Instrument for determining the amount of starch in a substance.

An abnormal condition due to deficient aëration of the blood, as in balloon sickness, mountain sickness. -- An`ox*æ"mic, *e"mic (#), a.