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A Buddhist or Fohist priest, monk, or nun.

The bone of the rump; also, the cut of beef surrounding this bone. [Spelt also edgebone.]

Same as Ambo.

Good or used against bubonic plague; as, antibubonic serum, obtained from immunized horses; antibubonic vaccine, a sterilized bouillon culture of the plague bacillus; antibubonic measures.

An instrument which, in conjunction with another making an absolute disposition, constitutes a trust.

The column of bones in the back which sustains and gives firmness to the frame; the spine; the vertebral or spinal column.

Vertebrate.

A bond or obligation given by a prisoner and his surety, to insure the prisoner's appearance in court, at the return of the writ.

A very lean person; one whose bones show through the skin. Shak.

A woman excelling both in beauty and goodness; a fair maid. [Obs.] Spenser.

A carbonate in which but half the hydrogen of the acid is replaced by a positive element or radical, thus making the proportion of the acid to the positive or basic portion twice what it is in the normal carbonates; an acid carbonate; -- sometimes called supercarbonate.

In Australia, a blind channel leading out from a river; -- sometimes called an anabranch. This is the sense of the word as used in the Public Works Department; but the term has also been locally applied to mere back-waters forming stagnant pools and to certain water channels arising from a source.

The scapula. See Blade, 4.

A terrible bugbear.

A broad, flat Scottish cap of blue woolen, or one waring such cap; a Scotchman.

A member of a family which has occupied several European thrones, and whose descendants still claim the throne of France.

See under Whisky.

The principles of those adhering to the house of Bourbon; obstinate conservatism.

One who adheres to the house of Bourbon; a legitimist.

See Dengue.