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Macaulay. Which has caused the decay of the consonants to follow somewhat different laws. James Byrne.

Sir P. Sidney. This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. James iii. 15.

ered through the Old World, and afterwards to Jewish Christians living among heathen. Cf. James i.1.

A cheat. [Colloq.] Jeremy Diddler, a character in a play by James Kenney, entitled "Raising the wind." The name is applied to any needy, tricky, constant borrower; a confidence man.

able to promote them [the interests of life] on account of the difficulty of the region. James Byrne.

To deprive of house or home. "Dishoused villagers." James White.

The jamb or sidepiece of a door. Ex. xii. 22 (Douay version).

The jamb or sidepiece of a doorway.

anufactured in Scotland. [Formerly written also darnex, dornic, dorneck, etc.] Halliwell. Jamieson.

e room. Sir W. Scott. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats James ii. 6. The arrow is now drawn to the head. Atterbury.

el duck, or Spirit duck. See Buffel duck. -- Duck ant (Zoöl.), a species of white ant in Jamaica which builds large nests in trees. -- Duck barnacle. (Zoöl.) See Goose barnacle. -- Duck hawk. (Zoöl.) (a) In the United States: The peregrine falcon. (b) In England: The marsh harrier or moor buzzard. -- Duck mole (Zoö…

Dutch tile, a glazed and painted ornamental tile, formerly much exported, and used in the jambs of chimneys and the like.

ler, by way of token or pledge, to bind the bargain and prove the sale. Kent. Ayliffe. Benjamin. Earnest money (Law), money paid as earnest, to bind a bargain or to ratify and prove a sale.

dwork; the upright sides which flank any paneled work, as the sides of windows, where the jamb makes an elbow with the window back. Gwilt.

To raise the price or cost of; to make costly or expensive. [R.] King James I. (1618).

A state of opposition; hostility. The friendship of the world is enmity with God. James iv. 4.

A woman affected with ennui. Mrs. Jameson.

siness; entire confidence, ignorance. That ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. James i. 4. With strength entire and free will armed. Milton. One entire and perfect chrysolite. Shak.

re as Jacob Brattle, purely episodical though it be, is an excellent English portrait. H. James.

y in 1817. -- Evangelical Union, a religion sect founded in Scotland in 1843 by the Rev. James Morison; -- called also Morisonians.