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An apparent motion of a planet toward the west; retrogradation.

The outer part of the west end of a collegiate or other chapel. Shipley.

ee stanzas or parts; the first of which, called strophe, was sung in turning from east to west; the other, named antistrophe, in returning from west to east; then they stood before the altar, and sang the epode, which was the last part of the song. Abp. Potter.

anciently held his court in the church of St. Mary-le-Bow (de arcubus). It is now held in Westminster. Mozley & W.

containing, silver; -- said of certain compounds of silver in which this metal has its lowest proportion; as, argentic chloride.

A constellation west of Taurus, drawn on the celestial globe in the figure of a ram.

A large flatboat used on Western American rivers to transport produce to market.

Of or pertaining to the northwestern part of France (formerly called Armorica, now Bretagne or Brittany), or to its people. -- n.

A west Indian plant of the genus Maranta, esp. M. arundinacea, now cultivated in many hot countries. It said that the Indians used the roots to neutralize the venom in wounds made by poisoned arrows.

The dry bed of a small stream. [Western U. S.]

A native or an inhabitant of Ashantee in Western Africa.

assault. Prescott. Unshaken bears the assault Of their most dreaded foe, the strong southwest. Wordsworth.

staceans, containing the crawfish of fresh-water lobster of Europe, and allied species of western North America. See Crawfish.

applied to the ocean which lies between Europe and Africa on the east and America on the west; as, the Atlantic Ocean (called also the Atlantic); the Atlantic basin; the Atlantic telegraph.

ints. Occasionally the aurora appears as an arch of light across the heavens from east to west. Sometimes it assumes a wavy appearance, and the streams of light are then called merry dancers. They assume a variety of colors, from a pale red or yellow to a deep red or blood color. The Aurora australis (is a correspondin…

One who works a mine with means provided by another. [Sp. Amer. & Southwestern U. S.]

The degree of bachelor of arts. (B.A. or A.B.), the first or lowest academical degree conferred by universities and colleges.

A person who has taken the first or lowest degree in the liberal arts, or in some branch of science, at a college or university; as, a bachelor of arts.

To plow again, in the fall; -- said of prairie land broken up in the spring. [Western U.S.]

A men living in the forest in or beyond the new settlements, especially on the western frontiers of the older portions of the United States. Fisher Ames.