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in such perfume, formerly carried by ladies, as at the end of a chain; -- more properly pomander box. [Obs.] Bacon.

To demand back; to demand again.

To recommit; to send back. Remand it to its former place. South. Then were they remanded to the cage again. Bunyan.

A remand.

formal reproof; reprehension, private or public. Goldsmith gave his landlady a sharp reprimand for her treatment of him. Macaulay.

One who reprimands.

Any one of numerous species of Urodela, belonging to Salamandra, Amblystoma, Plethodon, and various allied genera, especially those that are more or less terrestrial in their habits.

A suborder of Urodela, comprising salamanders.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a salamander; enduring fire. Addison.

Like or pertaining to the salamanders.

A division of Amphibia including the Salamanders and allied groups; the Urodela.

Control over one's own feelings, temper, etc.; self-control.

A small ant-eater (Tamandua tetradactyla) native of the tropical parts of South America.

Trembling; -- used as a direction to perform a passage with a general shaking of the whole chord.

A labiate plant (Teucrium Scordium) found in marshy places in Europe.

egree; to lessen; to diminish; to contract; to moderate; toto cut short; as, to abate a demand; to abate pride, zeal, hope. His eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated. Deut. xxxiv. 7.

; unconditional; as, absolute authority, monarchy, sovereignty, an absolute promise or command; absolute power; an absolute monarch.

r instigator to the commission of an offense. Accessary before the fact (Law), one who commands or counsels an offense, not being present at its commission. -- Accessary after the fact, one who, after an offense, assists or shelters the offender, not being present at the commission of the offense.

es no account." Milton . -- A writ of account (Law), a writ which the plaintiff brings demanding that the defendant shall render his just account, or show good cause to the contrary; -- called also an action of account. Cowell.

A writing which is evidence of a discharge; a receipt in full, which bars a further demand. You can produce acquittances For such a sum, from special officers. Shak.