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Of the same or like sound.

One who examines; an examiner. Sir W. Scott.

To make empty; to render of no effect; to humble. [Obs.] Bp. Pearson.

n. [L. exinanitio.] An emptying; an enfeebling; exhaustion; humiliation. [Obs.] Fastings to the exinanition of spirits. Jer. Taylor.

an individual; often used in the plural for funds; available money; resources. All the finances or revenues of the imperial crown. Bacon.

Pertaining to finance. "Our financial and commercial system." Macaulay.

A financier.

In a dfinancial manner. Burke.

One charged with the administration of finance; an officer who administers the public revenue; a treasurer. Burke.

n), Scotland. the name is also applied to other kinds of smoked haddock. [Written also finnan haddock.]

A chirping or creaking, as of a cricket. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

A sweet muscadine wine made in Frontignan (Languedoc), France.

Thundering; fulminating. [R.] Bailey.

Designating, pertaining to, or held under, the Spanish system of law (called ganancial system) which controls the title and disposition of the property acquired during marriage by the husband or wife.

Sprouting; sending forth germs or buds.

See Gonotheca.

Exercise of authority; control; government; arrangement. Chaucer. J. H. Newman.

A governess. Sir W. Scott.

Government. [Obs.]

A plant having the stamens inserted in the pistil.