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Something, or an aggregate of things, remembered; hence, character, conduct, etc., as preserved in remembrance, history, or tradition; posthumous fame; as, the war became only a memory. The memory of the just is blessed. Prov. x. 7. That ever-living man of memory, Henry the Fifth. Shak. The Nonconformists . . . have, a…

A dead body embalmed and dried after the manner of the ancient Egyptians; also, a body preserved, by any means, in a dry state, from the process of putrefaction. Bacon.

r own. A nation is the unity of a people. Coleridge. Praise the power that hath made and preserved us a nation. F. S. Key.

(or utter) barristers; -- so called because in court they occupy a place beyond the space reserved for Queen's counsel.

Something reserved to a wife, over and above her dower, being chiefly apparel and ornaments suited to her degree.

pedigree. Milton. I am no herald to inquire of men's pedigrees. Sir P. Sidney. The Jews preserved the pedigrees of their tribes. Atterbury.

The skin of a beast with the hair on; a raw or undressed hide; a skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on it. See 4th Fell. Sir T. Browne. Raw pelts clapped about them for their clothes. Fuller.

in some dioceses since A. D. 1215, vested with power from the bishop to absolve in cases reserved to him.

tance, having a characteristic disagreeable smell. It is very active chemically, must be preserved under water, and unites with oxygen even at ordinary temperatures, giving a faint glow, -- whence its name. It always occurs compined, usually in phosphates, as in the mineral apatite, in bones, etc. It is used in the com…

A solution of salt and water, in which fish, meat, etc., may be preserved or corned; brine.

A herring preserved in brine; a pickled herring. [Obs.] Shak.

Preserved in a pickle.

Speaking with plain, unreserved sincerity; also, spoken sincerely; as, plain-spoken words. Dryden.

Lavish; profuse; prodigal. [Obs.] He that is plentiful in expenses will hardly be preserved from Bacon. -- Plen"ti*ful*ly, adv. -- Plen"ti*ful*ness, n.

Capable of being preserved; admitting of preservation.

The act or process of preserving, or keeping safe; the state of being preserved, or kept from injury, destruction, or decay; security; safety; as, preservation of life, fruit, game, etc.; a picture in good preservation. Give us particulars of thy preservation. Shak.

A room, or apparatus, in which perishable things, as fruit, vegetables, etc., can be preserved without decay.

destruction; to guard or defend from evil, harm, danger, etc.; to protect. O Lord, thou preserved man and beast. Ps. xxxvi. 6. Now, good angels preserve the king. Shak.

hotograph. Portions, such as the sky, are covered while printing and the blank space thus reserved is filled in by printing from another negative.

A monk who had reserved goods and effects to himself, notwithstanding his renunciation of all at the time of profession.