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al; as, their majesties attended the concert. In all the public writs which he [Emperor Charles V.] now issued as King of Spain, he assumed the title of Majesty, and required it from his subjects as a mark of respect. Before that time all the monarchs of Europe were satisfied with the appellation of Highness or Grace.…

One of the adherents of Charles L. or Charles LL.; -- so called by the opposite party.

sity, A.D. 1729, of which the most conspicuous members were John Wesley and his brother Charles; -- originally so called from the methodical strictness of members of the club in all religious duties.

To mew; to molt. [Obs.] Quarles.

Fond of woman. [R.] Charles Reade.

A hybrid rose produced in 1817, by a French gardener, Noisette, of Charleston, South Carolina, from the China rose and the musk rose. It has given rise to many fine varieties, as the Lamarque, the Marechal (or Marshal) Niel, and the Cloth of gold. Most roses of this class have clustered flowers and are of vigorous grow…

f the facial nerve, producing distortion of one side of the face; -- so called from Sir Charles Bell, an English surgeon who described it. -- Scrivener's palsy. See Writer's cramp, under Writer. -- Shaking palsy, paralysis agitans, a disease usually occurring in old people, characterized by muscular tremors and a pec…

One who adhered to the Parliament, in opposition to King Charles I. Walpole.

One of the adherents of Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-91) in his advocacy of home rule for Ireland.

e person or party; patented; as, a patent right; patent medicines. Madder . . . in King Charles the First's time, was made a patent commodity. Mortimer.

ollowed by off; as, to pension off a servant. One knighted Blackmore, and one pensioned Quarles. Pope.

Guilty of perjury; containing perjury. [Obs.] Quarles. B. Johnson.

(Eng. Hist.), the parliamentary declaration of the rights of the people, assented to by Charles I.

Same as Charles's Wain. Ice plow, a plow used for cutting ice on rivers, ponds, etc., into cakes suitable for storing. [U. S.] -- Mackerel plow. See under Mackerel. -- Plow alms, a penny formerly paid by every plowland to the church. Cowell. -- Plow beam, that part of the frame of a plow to which the draught is appli…

story, two decrees under this name are particularly celebrated. One of these, issued by Charles VII. of France, A. D. 1438, was the foundation of the liberties of the Gallican church; the other, issued by Charles VI. of Germany, A. D. 1724, settled his hereditary dominions on his eldest daughter, the Archduchess Maria…

d; having fingers fit for prestidigitation, or juggling. [R.] "His prestidigital hand." Charles Reade.

ht's bashful empress, though she often wane, As oft repeats her darkness, primes again. Quarles .

rotested against, or made a solemn declaration of dissent from, a decree of the Emperor Charles V. and the Diet of Spires, in 1529, against the Reformers, and appealed to a general council; -- now used in a popular sense to designate any Christian who does not belong to the Roman Catholic or the Greek Church.…

a high point of providence in a prince to cast an eye rather upon actions than persons. Quarles.

guished bravery; valor; especially, military bravery and skill; gallantry; intrepidity; fearlessness. Chaucer. Sir P. Sidney. He by his prowess conquered all France. Shak.