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ital index relatively small; having the orbits broad transversely; -- opposed to Ant: megaseme.

Misuse. [Obs.]

Lace, gimp, braid etc., sewed on a garment. Sir W. Scott.

Beaded embroidery for women's dresses.

A device for measuring the difference in phase of two alternating currents of electromotive forces.

Appraisement. [Obs.]

Recompense; requital. [Obs.] Fabyan.

The act reimbursing. A. Hamilton.

The act of releasing, as from confinement or obligation. Milton.

A reversing. [Obs.]

Humiliation or abasement proceeding from consciousness of inferiority, guilt, or shame.

Surprisal. [Obs.] Daniel.

A system of apparatus for electric signals providing for automatic transmission of a definite number of different signals or calls, as in connection with hotel annunciators.

A low or downcast state; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation. That this should be termed baseness, abjection of mind, or servility, is it credible Hooker.

The state of being abject; abasement; meanness; servility. Grew.

That variety of either the Bessemer or the open-hearth process in which the converter or hearth is lined with acid, that is, highly siliceous, material. Opposed to basic process.

The act of adulterating; corruption, or debasement (esp. of food or drink) by foreign mixture. The shameless adulteration of the coin. Prescott.

; completely; altogether; entirely; quite; very; as, all bedewed; my friend is all for amusement. "And cheeks all pale." Byron.

A slip of paper attached to a bill of exchange for receiving indorsements, when the back of the bill itself is already full; a rider. [A French usage] Abbott.

That which is allowed; a share or portion allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose; a stated quantity, as of food or drink; hence, a limited quantity of meat and drink, when provisions fall short. I can give the boy a handsome allowance. Thackeray.…