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See Sal soda, under Sal.

A genus of plants including the glasswort. See Glasswort.

Growing in brackish places or in salt marches.

The skin of a seal; the pelt of a seal prepared for use, esp. of the fur seal; also, a garment made of this material.

The office, dignity, or jurisdiction of a seneschal.

Essential parts. Ayliffe.

Those things which pertain to the practical part of an art, science, or profession; technical terms; technics.

ormances; especially, those produced by amateurs. Such fashionable cant terms as `theatricals,' and `musicals,' invented by the flippant Topham, still survive among his confraternity of frivolity. I. Disraeli.

A great quantity or heap. Weale.

Of or pertaining to Valsalva, an Italian anatomist of the 17th century. Valsalvian experiment (Med.), the process of inflating the middle ear by closing the mouth and nostrils, and blowing so as to puff out the cheeks.

ich supports human life; provisions; sustenance; meat; viands. Then had we plenty of victuals. Jer. xliv. 17.

Fig.: The part essential to the life or health of anything; as, the vitals of a state. "The vitals of the public body." Glanvill.

A statesman; a politician. [R.] Shak.

The dried twigs of a Syrian tree (Balsamodendron Gileadense). U. S. Disp.

of many other alphabets. The capital A of the alphabets of Middle and Western Europe, as also the small letter (a), besides the forms in Italic, black letter, etc., are all descended from the old Latin A, which was borrowed from the Greek Alpha, of the same form; and this was made from the first letter (Aleph, and its…

ities, being at Amsterdam about 41 wine gallons, at Antwerp 36½, at Hamburg 38¼. [Written also Aum and Awm.]

The Manila-hemp plant (Musa textilis); also, its fiber. See Manila hemp under Manila.

ten. To be taken aback. (a) To be driven backward against the mast; -- said of the sails, also of the ship when the sails are thus driven. (b) To be suddenly checked, baffled, or discomfited. Dickens.

One who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds or droves. [Obs.]

A West Indian palm; also the fruit of this palm, the seeds of which are used as a remedy for diseases of the chest.