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Look, or particular appearance of the face; countenance; mien; air. "Serious in aspect." Dryden. [Craggs] with aspect open shall erect his head. Pope.

The act or process of ascertaining the proportion of a particular metal in an ore or alloy; especially, the determination of the proportion of gold or silver in bullion or coin.

ho examines metallic ores or compounds, for the purpose of determining the amount of any particular metal in the same, especially of gold or silver.

A collection of individuals, or of individuals, or of particular things; as, a political assemblage; an assemblage of ideas.

Constant or close application or attention, particularly to some business or enterprise; diligence. I have, with much pains and assiduity, qualified myself for a nomenclator. Addison.

An allotting or an appointment to a particular person or use; or for a particular time, as of a cause or causes in court.

Union of persons in a company or society for some particular purpose; as, the American Association for the Advancement of Science; a benevolent association. Specifically, as among the Congregationalists, a society, consisting of a number of ministers, generally the pastors of neighboring churches, united for promoting…

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lk vetch and licorice vetch. Gum tragacanth is obtained from different oriental species, particularly the A. gummifer and A. verus.

t of either auricle of the heart as distinct from the auricular appendix. Also, the whole articular portion of the heart.

ense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; -- with to; as, to attach great importance to a particular circumstance. Top this treasure a curse is attached. Bayard Taylor.

genuine; as, to attest the truth of a writing, a copy of record. Facts . . . attested by particular pagan authors. Addison.

A conventional symbol of office, character, or identity, added to any particular figure; as, a club is the attribute of Hercules.

ines; a native; -- commonly in the plural. This title was assumed by the ancient Greeks, particularly the Athenians.

The use of a word of common or general signification for the name of a particular thing; as, "He has gone to town," for, "He has gone to London."

A particular time (as in Italy, at the ringing of the bells about half an hour after sunset, and also at early dawn), when the people repeat the Ave Maria. Ave Maria ! blessed be the hour ! Byron.

e gross amount of ship, cargo, and freight at risk and saved by the sacrifice. Kent. -- Particular average signifies the damage or partial loss happening to the ship, or cargo, or freight, in consequence of some fortuitous or unavoidable accident; and it is borne by the individual owners of the articles damaged, or by…

A variety of jade. It is used by some savages, particularly the natives of the South Sea Islands, for making axes or hatchets.

to the crown of the large one. -- To back the field, in horse racing, to bet against a particular horse or horses, that some one of all the other horses, collectively designated "the field", will win. -- To back the oars, to row backward with the oars. -- To back a rope, to put on a preventer. -- To back the sails…

eginning a game; also, a line around the table, parallel to the sides, used in playing a particular game, called the balk line game.