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A collegian. [R.] Chesterfield.

my request. The treaty of Hanover in 1725 . . . to which the Dutch afterwards acceded. Chesterfield.

Of or pertaining to a sea so named, the northwestern part of which is known as the Gulf of Venice.

ood reputation is, and how swift and advantageous a harbinger it is, wherever one goes. Chesterfield.

A glow of refulgence in the western sky after sunset.

ints to the true north; the line of no magnetic variation. There is one such line in the Western hemisphere, and another in the Eastern hemisphere.

ing or setting. At the rising, the amplitude is eastern or ortive: at the setting, it is western, occiduous, or occasive. It is also northern or southern, when north or south of the equator.

lant (Cajanus indicus) and its edible seed, a kind of pulse; -- so called from Angola in Western Africa. Called also pigeon pea and Congo pea.

he plural. [Obs.] An expense proportioned to his appointments and fortune is necessary. Chesterfield.

Capable of being appropriated, set apart, sequestered, or assigned exclusively to a particular use. Sir T. Browne.

The severing or sequestering of a benefice to the perpetual use of a spiritual corporation. Blackstone.

A large flatboat used on Western American rivers to transport produce to market.

Of or pertaining to the northwestern part of France (formerly called Armorica, now Bretagne or Brittany), or to its people. -- n.

, arrears of rent, wages, or taxes. Locke. For much I dread due payment by the Greeks Of yesterday's arrear. Cowper. I have a large arrear of letters to write. J. D. Forbes. In arrear or In arrears, behind; backward; behindhand; in debt.

lf an undue degree of importance; assuming; haughty; -- applied to persons. Arrogant Winchester, that haughty prelate. Shak.

The dry bed of a small stream. [Western U. S.]

A native or an inhabitant of Ashantee in Western Africa.

on. He is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself. John ix. 21. He asked the way to Chester. Shak.

sentation degrade as much as indiscriminate contradiction and noisy debate disgust. Ld. Chesterfield.

taceans, containing the crawfish of fresh-water lobster of Europe, and allied species of western North America. See Crawfish.