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nd Aztec priests upon their teocallis Beat the wild war-drums made of serpent's skin. Longfellow.

quence. Macaulay. A poet, too, was there, whose verse Was tender, musical, and terse. Longfellow.

Milton. Thanks, thanks to thee, most worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught. Longfellow. His thanks, Her thanks, etc., of his or her own accord; with his or her good will; voluntary. [Obs.] Full sooth is said that love ne lordship, Will not, his thanks, have no fellowship. Chaucer. -- In thank, with thanks or…

In Scandinavian countries, a legislative or judicial assembly. Longfellow. Things personal. (Law) Same as Personal property, under Personal. -- Things real. Same as Real property, under Real.

metal pin, set in the gunwale of a boat, to serve as a fulcrum for the oar in rowing. Longfellow.

umb mark. (a) The mark left by the impression of a thumb, as on the leaves of a book. Longfellow. (b) The dark spot over each foot in finely bred black and tan terriers. -- Thumb nut, a nut for a screw, having wings to grasp between the thumb and fingers in turning it; also, a nut with a knurled rim for the same perpo…

us. Mrs. Browning. In my hand I bear The thyrsus, tipped with fragrant cones of pine. Longfellow.

per souls Into our inmost being rolls, And lifts us unawares Out of all meaner cares. Longfellow. Tidal air (Physiol.), the air which passes in and out of the lungs in ordinary breathing. It varies from twenty to thirty cubic inches. -- Tidal basin, a dock that is filled at the rising of the tide. -- Tidal wave. (a)…

or tools, utensils, furniture, carriages, fences, ships, and the like; -- usually said of felled trees, but sometimes of those standing. Cf. Lumber, 3. And ta'en my fiddle to the gate, . . . And fiddled in the timber! Tennyson.

h restraint, or without much noise; to giggle. A group of tittering pages ran before. Longfellow.

The present day. today. On to-day Is worth for me a thousand yesterdays. Longfellow.

Proud to the highest degree. [R.] "This top-proud fellow." Shak.

To throw down; to overturn. He topple crags from the precipice. Longfellow.

aised and running rapidly, as down a precipice. The roaring torrent is deep and wide. Longfellow.

A foolish fellow. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

of his household; Figures of the bear and reindeer, Of the turtle, crane, and beaver. Longfellow. The totem,the clan deity, the beast or bird who in some supernatural way attends tothe clan and watches over it. Bagehot.

Toward a town. Longfellow.

ble respect Shak. Naught but tradition remains of the beautiful village of Grand-Pré. Longfellow.

To tread down, as grass, by walking through it; to lay flat. Longfellow.

n ecstasy. And he became very hungry, and would have eaten; but while they made ready, he fell into a trance. Acts. x. 10. My soul was ravished quite as in a trance. Spenser.