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To rid; to free. [Obs.] I had clean dispatched myself of this great charge. Udall.

To divest of reality; to make uncertain. [Obs.] Udall.

t the justice of your cause. Dryden. He that requireth the oath doth distrust that other. Udall. Of all afraid, Distrusting all, a wise, suspicious maid. Collins.

The caudal spring used by Podura and related insects for leaping. See Collembola.

Integrity; wholeness of heart; honesty. [R.] Entireness in preaching the gospel. Udall.

A summing up in a brief account. [Obs.] Udall.

An epitaph. Udall.

A copy of a book or writing. [Obs.] Udall.

The act of exploiting or accomplishing; achievement. [Obs.] Udall.

Fidelity to one's lord; the feudal obligation by which the tenant or vassal was bound to be faithful to his lord; the special oath by which this obligation was assumed; fidelity to a superior power, or to a government; loyality. It is no longer the practice to exact the performance of fealty, as a feudal obligation. Wh…

Like a companion; companionable; on equal terms; sympathetic. [Obs.] Udall.

Feudal. See Feudal.

Feudal tenure; the feudal system. See Feudality. Burke.

Held by, or pertaining to, feudal tenure.

A tenant or vassal who held his lands of a superior on condition of feudal service; the tenant of a feud or fief. The grantee . . . was styled the feudatory or vassal. Blackstone. [He] had for feudatories great princes. J. H. Newman.

A writer on feuds; a person versed in feudal law. Spelman.

and hind legs of the higher animals. -- Unpaired, or Median, fins (Zoöl.), the dorsal, caudal, and anal fins.

. [Eng.] -- First fruit or fruits. (a) The fruits of the season earliest gathered. (b) (Feudal Law) One year's profits of lands belonging to the king on the death of a tenant who held directly from him. (c) (Eng. Eccl. Law) The first year's whole profits of a benefice or spiritual living. (d) The earliest effects or re…

The flux; dysentery. [Obs.] Udall. Flix weed (Bot.), the Sisymbrium Sophia, a kind of hedge mustard, formerly used as a remedy for dysentery.

t is not sufficient to have attained the name and dignity of a shepherd, not forcing how. Udall.