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A rent made by ripping, esp. by a seam giving way; a tear; a place torn; laceration.

A place torn; a rent; a rift. [Prov. Eng.]

il with quills along each side of it. Archæopteryx is the type. See Archæopteryx, and Odontornithes.

A part of the skin of the head, with the hair attached, cut or torn off from an enemy by the Indian warriors of North America, as a token of victory.

A kind of magic lantorn.

to give due notice to the party concerned, or to leave an attested copy with him or his attorney, or his usual place of abode. -- To serve a warrant, to read it, and seize the person against whom it is issued. -- To serve a writ (Law), to read it to the defendant, or to leave an attested copy at his usual place of ab…

tice is intended to be given, or the leaving of an attested copy with the person or his attorney, or at his usual place of abode. -- Service of an attachment (Law), the seizing of the person or goods according to the direction. -- Service of an execution (Law), the levying of it upon the goods, estate, or person of t…

Torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged. Wearing shabby coats and dirty shirts. Macaulay.

A long, narrow piece cut or torn off; a strip. "Shreds of tanned leather." Bacon.

That which is cut or torn off; a piece. Hooker.

ation being made to them in open court; -- so called because anciently moved for by the attorneys at side bar, that is, informally. Burril. -- Side box, a box or inclosed seat on the side of a theater. To insure a side-box station at half price. Cowper. -- Side chain, one of two safety chains connecting a tender with…

An attorney or advocate; one who represents another in court; -- formerly, in English practice, the professional designation of a person admitted to practice in a court of chancery or equity. See the Note under Attorney.

also, a similar officer under the United States government, who is associated with the attorney-general; also, the chief law officer of some of the States.

rceiving the connection of two ideas. Locke. Some stick not to say, that the parson and attorney forged a will. Arbuthnot.

A part of a leaf in a check book, after a check is torn out, on which the number, amount, and destination of the check are usually recorded.

putting one person or thing in the place of another; as, the substitution of an agent, attorney, or representative to act for one in his absense; the substitution of bank notes for gold and silver as a circulating medium.

g or end, or in the course of, a vocal composition; a prelude, interlude, or postude; a ritornello.

The African rufous-necked weaver bird (Hyphantornis texor).

A rag, or a part torn and hanging; -- chiefly used in the plural. Tear a passion to tatters, to very rags. Shak.

Hence, to divide by violent measures; to disrupt; to rend; as, a party or government torn by factions.