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A transfer of title or interest by writing, as of lease, bond, note, or bill of exchange; a transfer of the whole of some particular estate or interest in lands.

In chemistry it is used to denote the salts formed from those acids whose names end -ic (excepting binary or halogen acids); as, sulphate from sulphuric acid, nitrate from nitric acid, etc. It is also used in the case of certain basic salts.

eing present, or in the train; accompanying; in waiting. From the attendant flotilla rang notes triumph. Sir W. Scott. Cherub and Seraph . . . attendant on their Lord. Milton.

Quality, etc., denoted by an attributive; an attributive adjunct or adjective.

A word that denotes an attribute; esp. a modifying word joined to a noun; an adjective or adjective phrase.

An Axminster carpet, an imitation Turkey carpet, noted for its thick and soft pile; -- so called from Axminster, Eng.

A name given to any one of family (Timalinæ) of thrushlike birds, having a chattering note.

To write upon the back of; as, to back a letter; to indorse; as, to back a note or legal document.

ank which receives money for safe keeping. -- Bank of issue, a bank which issues its own notes payable to bearer.

In America (and formerly in England), a promissory note of a bank payable to the bearer on demand, and used as currency; a bank note.

A sum equal to the interest at a given rate on the principal (face) of a bill or note from the time of discounting until it becomes due.

nt. Base fee, formerly, an estate held at the will of the lord; now, a qualified fee. See note under Fee, n., 4. -- Base metal. See under Metal.

Begotten and born out of lawful matrimony; illegitimate. See Bastard, n., note.

, an alloy consisting of four and a half ounces of zinc and one pound of copper. -- Bath note, a folded writing paper, 8 1/2 by 14 inches. -- Bath stone, a species of limestone (oölite) found near Bath, used for building.

One who holds a check, note, draft, or other order for the payment of money; as, pay to bearer.

A transient grace note, struck immediately before the one it is intended to ornament.

A tremolo effect, such as that produced on the piano by vibratory repetition of a note with sustained use of the pedal.

A rustic dance, so called in ridicule of the people of Bergamo, in Italy, once noted for their clownishness.

entification of persons by a physical description based upon anthropometric measurements, notes of markings, deformities, color, impression of thumb lines, etc.

In most branches of science bi- in composition denotes two, twice, or doubly; as, bidentate, two-toothed; biternate, doubly ternate, etc.