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To instruct previously or beforehand. Dr. H. More.

Previous intimation; a suggestion beforehand. T. Scott.

A mist, or very fine rain, which sometimes falls from a clear sky a few moments after sunset. Tyndall.

To strain. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To override; to exhaust by riding. [Obs.] Shak.

e, or thing; in that particular or respect. Wyclif. He pricketh through a fair forest, Therein is many a wild beast. Chaucer. Bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein. Gen. ix. 7. Therein our letters do not well agree. Shak.

Into that or this, or into that place. Bacon. Let not them . . . enter thereinto. Luke xxi. 21.

A company or association of gymnasts and athletes.

To loosen the reins of; to remove restraint from. Addison.

A union, association, or society; -- used in names of German organizations.

ch; in which place, thing, time, respect, or the like; -- used relatively. Her clothes wherein she was clad. Chaucer. There are times wherein a man ought to be cautious as well as innocent. Swift.

Into which; -- used relatively. Where is that palace whereinto foul things Sometimes intrude not Shak. The brook, whereinto he loved to look. Emerson.

Literally, a customs union; specifically, applied to the several customs unions successively formed under the leadership of Prussia among certain German states for establishing liberty of commerce among themselves and common tariff on imports, exports, and transit.

t goods from a parcel, or money from a till. Von Rosen had quietly abstracted the bearing-reins from the harness. W. Black.

Of or pertaining to ambrein; -- said of a certain acid produced by digesting ambrein in nitric acid.

he line direct ascending. -- Ascending node having, that node of the moon or a planet wherein it passes the ecliptic to proceed northward. It is also called the northern node. Herschel. -- Ascending series. (Math.) (a) A series arranged according to the ascending powers of a quantity. (b) A series in which each term…

Justification; warrant. Wilt thou be glass wherein it shall discern Authority for sin, warrant for blame. Shak.

the incumbent. Wolsey, . . . on every avoidance of St. Peter's chair, was sitting down therein, when suddenly some one or other clapped in before him. Fuller.

d to be a variety of the brown bear of Europe. -- Barren Ground caribou (Zoöl.), a small reindeer (Rangifer Groenlandicus) peculiar to the Barren Grounds and Greenland.

ls, to be driven into the water, for the convenience of bathers, who undress and dress therein.