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The glandular organ in which the material for the web of spiders is secreted.

ragrance, growing in small axillary clusters, and appearing early in the spring; in New England known as mayflower; -- called also ground laurel. Gray.

of the old German empire, whose office was similar to that of the great chamberlain in England.

In England, an ecclesiastical dignitary, next in rank below a bishop, whom he assists, and by whom he is appointed, though with independent authority. Blackstone.

et of armed ships; a squadron. Specifically, the Spanish fleet which was sent to assail England, a. d. 1558.

y-nine Articles, statements (thirty-nine in number) of the tenets held by the Church of England.

Ladle-shaped; -- applied to two small cartilages of the larynx, and also to the glands, muscles, etc., connected with them. The cartilages are attached to the cricoid cartilage and connected with the vocal cords.

rity of a metal. He was there only for the purpose of ascertaining whether a descent on England was practicable. Macaulay.

o many people read this ribaldry with assent and admiration. Macaulay. Royal assent, in England, the assent of the sovereign to a bill which has passed both houses of Parliament, after which it becomes law.

ubscription for stock into successive installments; also, one of these installments (in England termed a "call"). [U. S.]

In England, the persons appointed, under a commission of bankruptcy, to manage the estate of a bankrupt for the benefit of his creditors.

readily than others. I am a foreign material, and cannot assimilate with the church of England. J. H. Newman.

The periodical sessions of the judges of the superior courts in every county of England for the purpose of administering justice in the trial and determination of civil and criminal cases; -- usually in the plural. Brande. Wharton. Craig. Burrill.

-- d. 430), or to his doctrines. Augustinian canons, an order of monks once popular in England and Ireland; -- called also regular canons of St. Austin, and black canons. -- Augustinian hermits or Austin friars, an order of friars established in 1265 by Pope Alexander IV. It was introduced into the United States from…

At Oxford, England, a member of a hall, distinguished from a collegian. Chalmers.

A rude balance for weighing, and a kind of weight, formerly used in England. Halliwell.

d on the Alpine mountains cold. Milton. He had avenged himself on them by havoc such as England had never before seen. Macaulay.

ace, for keeping birds confined; a bird house. Lincolnshire may be termed the aviary of England. Fuller.

Of or pertaining to the axilla or armpit; as, axillary gland, artery, nerve.

ich it may move vertically; -- also called a jaw in the United States, and a housing in England.