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The caudal forceps-shaped appendage of earwigs and some other insects. See Earwig. Dressing forceps. See under Dressing.

To recognize or judge in advance; to forebode. [Obs.] Udall. Laugh at your misery, as foredeeming you An idle meteor. J. Webster.

One who forwards or promotes; a promoter. Udall.

e pupils pay nothing for tuition; a public school. -- Free services (O.Eng. Law), such feudal services as were not unbecoming the character of a soldier or a freemen to perform; as, to serve under his lord in war, to pay a sum of money, etc. Burrill. -- Free ships, ships of neutral nations, which in time of war are f…

ppening at short intervals; often repeated or occurring; as, frequent visits. "Frequent feudal towers." Byron.

One of the small, spiniform scales found on the front edge of the dorsal and caudal fins of many ganoid fishes.

, hairless caterpillars ornamented with green and other bright colors, and often with a caudal spine. See Sphinx, also Tobacco worm, and Tomato worm. Tobacco Hawk Moth (Macrosila Carolina), and its Larva, the Tobacco Worm.

Cowardly; timid; chicken-hearted. Udall.

A symbolical acknowledgment made by a feudal tenant to, and in the presence of, his lord, on receiving investiture of fee, or coming to it by succession, that he was his man, or vassal; profession of fealty to a sovereign.

by law. -- Honor bright! An assurance of truth or fidelity. [Colloq.] -- Honor court (Feudal Law), one held in an honor or seignory. -- Honor point. (Her.) See Escutcheon. -- Honors of war (Mil.), distinctions granted to a vanquished enemy, as of marching out from a camp or town armed, and with colors flying. -- L…

e. (a) The hip bone; the innominate bone. (b) A small bone of the ankle; astragalus. [R.] Udall.

Under the tail; -- applied to the bones which support the caudal fin rays in most fishes.

n inebriate and made drunken with the sweetness of this vision, not knowing what he said. Udall.

. [Obs.] Such as be intemperant, that is, followers of their naughty appetites and lusts. Udall.

A shove; a push. [Obs.] Udall.

In feudal times, a man-at-arms serving on horseback and admitted to a certain military rank with special ceremonies, including an oath to protect the distressed, maintain the right, and live a stainless life.

serving an independent sovereign or master; bound by a feudal tenure; obliged to be faithful and loyal to a superior, as a vassal to his lord; faithful; loyal; as, a liege man; a liege subject.

n. And thou shalt make hooks of gold, and two chains of fine gold; linkwork and wreathed. Udall.

The uniform clothing issued by feudal superiors to their retainers and serving as a badge when in military service.

One of whom a fee or estate is held; the male owner of feudal land; as, the lord of the soil; the lord of the manor.