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A brand originated by a dishonest cattleman, who, without owning any stock, gradually accumulates a herd by finding mavericks. [Western U. S.]

mething which it is desired to remember; a note to help the memory. I . . . entered a memorandum in my pocketbook. Guardian. I wish you would, as opportunity offers, make memorandums of the regulations of the academies. Sir J. Reynolds.

The symbol, quantity, or thing upon which a mathematical operation is performed; -- called also faciend.

An instrument to avert the occurrence of hailstorms. See Paragr. Knight.

See 1st Bunt.

Happening, or done, after dinner; after-dinner; as, postprandial speeches.

Of or pertaining to a repast, especially to dinner.

Having the stamens come to maturity before the pistil; -- opposed to proterogynous.

The condition of being proterandrous.

The aggrandizement of one's self.

To break a strand of (a rope).

A fibrous brown coal or bituminous wood.

A Linnæan class of plants having four stamens.

Belonging to the class Tetrandria.

rming an out-of-door sitting room. See Loggia. The house was of adobe, low, with a wide veranda on the three sides of the inner court. Mrs. H. H. Jackson.

or burden arising from circumstances prior to the conveyance; warranty. [Written also warrandise.] Craig.

crown of England, and expressly abjuring allegiance to the descendants of the Pretender. Brande & C.

A strong spirituous liqueur made from wormwood and brandy or alcohol.

Of the nature of wormwood. "Absinthian bitterness." T. Randolph.

Deficient and the beginning, as a line of poetry. Brande.