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wer to hypothecate any part of the public revenue. Those who lent him money lent it on no security but his bare word. Macaulay.

One who hypothecates or pledges anything as security for the repayment of money borrowed.

Safety; security. [Obs.] Howell.

Security; insurance; exemption from loss or damage, past or to come; immunity from penalty, or the punishment of past offenses; amnesty. Having first obtained a promise of indemnity for the riot they had committed. Sir W. Scott.

With security from error; infallibly; unerringly.

Insecurity; danger. [Obs.]

Insecurity.

unstable; want of stability, firmness, or steadiness; liability to give way or to fail; insecurity; precariousness; as, the instability of a building.

A guaranty, security, or pledge; assurance. [Obs.] The most acceptable insurance of the divine protection. Mickle. Accident insurance, insurance against pecuniary loss by reason of accident to the person. -- Endowment insurance or assurance, a combination of life insurance and investment such that if the person upon w…

Consisting in real estate or land; as, landed property; landed security.

To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding; to fortify; as, to line works with soldiers. Line and new repair our towns of war With men of courage and with means defendant. Shak.

Deliverance of a prisoner on security for his appearance at a day.

Collateral security deposited with a broker to secure him from loss on contracts entered into by him on behalf of his principial, as in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, wheat, etc. N. Biddle. Margin draft (Masonry), a smooth cut margin on the face of hammer-dressed ashlar, adjacent to the joints. -- Margi…

t in opinion or judgment; an unintentional error of conduct. Infallibility is an absolute security of the understanding from all possibility of mistake. Tillotson.

A conveyance of property, upon condition, as security for the payment of a debt or the preformance of a duty, and to become void upon payment or performance according to the stipulated terms; also, the written instrument by which the conveyance is made.

Freedom; security; immunity. [Obs.] W. Montagu.

n ordinary process of courts of equity, resorted to for the purpose of obtaining bail, or security to abide a decree. Kent.

Insecurity. [Obs.]

Hence: That which affords effectual protection or security; a sateguard; as, the trial by jury is the palladium of our civil rights. Blackstone.

between the posts, by a guard, usually consisting of three or four men, to insure greater security from attacks on the outposts.