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Expressing amusement; as, an amused look.

Giving amusement; diverting; as, an amusing story. -- A*mus"ing*ly, adv.

Judicial cognizance of an offense; chastisement; punishment. [Archaic] "Divine animadversions." Wesley.

A valuation by an authorized person; an appraisement.

Appraisement.

her thing as principal, and which passes as incident to it, as a right of way, or other easement to land; a right of common to pasture, an outhouse, barn, garden, or orchard, to a house or messuage. In a strict legal sense, land can never pass as an appurtenance to land. Tomlins. Bouvier. Burrill. Globes . . . provided…

The sunken space or court, giving ingress and affording light to the basement of a building.

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The god of wine, son of Jupiter and Semele.

In England, a stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements; also, the game in which the stick is used. Also called singlestick. Halliwell.

a parapet; as, a balcony in front of a window. Also, a projecting gallery in places of amusement; as, the balcony in a theater.

pany of persons united in any common design, especially a body of armed men. Troops of horsemen with his bands of foot. Shak.

also foundation course. (b) The architectural member forming the transition between the basement and the wall above. -- Base hit (Baseball), a hit, by which the batsman, without any error on the part of his opponents, is able to reach the first base without being put out. -- Base line. (a) A main line taken as a base…

A Bessemer or open-hearth steel-making process in which a lining that is basic, or not siliceous, is used, and additions of basic material are made to the molten charge during treatment. Opposed to acid process, above. Called also Thomas process.

and having a variety of duties, as the preservation of order in church service, the chastisement of petty offenders, etc.

ves do. Sees rolling tempests vainly beat below. Dryden. They [winds] beat at the crazy casement. Longfellow. The sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wisbed in himself to die. Jonah iv. 8. Public envy seemeth to beat chiefly upon ministers. Bacon.

The act of striking or giving blows; punishment or chastisement by blows.

nient insertion of a door or window at a future time, should it be needed. -- Blank indorsement (Law), an indorsement which omits the name of the person in whose favor it is made; it is usually made by simply writing the name of the indorser on the back of the bill. -- Blank line (Print.), a vacant space of the bread…

A single heat or operation of the Bessemer converter. Raymond.

The act or practice of rowing or sailing, esp. as an amusement; carriage in boats.