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A covenant real, whereby the grantor of an estate of freehold and his heirs were bound to warrant and defend the title, and, in case of eviction by title paramount, to yield other lands of equal value in recompense. This warranty has long singe become obsolete, and its place supplied by personal covenants for title. Am…

To make war upon. [Obs.] Fairfax. "When a man warrayeth truth." Chaucer.

Worse. [Obs.] They say the world is much warre than it wont. Spenser.

ertain animals (as hares, conies, partridges, pheasants, etc.) called beasts and fowls of warren. Burrill.

The keeper of a warren.

See Wariangle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

See Warye. [Obs.]

An Australian lorikeet (Trichoglossus multicolor) remarkable for the variety and brilliancy of its colors; -- called also blue- bellied lorikeet, and blue-bellied parrot.

A man engaged or experienced in war, or in the military life; a soldier; a champion. Warriors old with ordered spear and shield. Milton. Warrior ant (Zoöl.), a reddish ant (Formica sanguinea) native of Europe and America. It is one of the species which move in armies to capture and enslave other ants.…

A female warrior. [Obs.] Spenser.

See Warye. [Obs.]

The black grouper (Epinephelus nigritus) of the southern coasts of the United States.

An excrescence or protuberance more or less resembling a true wart; specifically (Bot.), a glandular excrescence or hardened protuberance on plants. Fig wart, Moist wart (Med.), a soft, bright red, pointed or tufted tumor found about the genitals, often massed into groups of large size. It is a variety of condyloma. Ca…

s and second pair behind the eyes. The tusks are large and strong, and both pairs curve upward. The body is scantily covered with bristles, but there is long dorsal mane. The South African species (Phacochoerus Æthiopicus) is the best known. Called also vlacke vark. The second species (P. Æliani) is native of the coast…

Having little knobs on the surface; verrucose; as, a warted capsule.

Having no wart.

Same as Wartwort.

A name given to several plants because they were thought to be a cure for warts, as a kind of spurge (Euphorbia Helioscopia), and the nipplewort (Lampsana communis).

Having warts; full of warts; overgrow with warts; as, a warty leaf.

An American fresh-water mussel (Quadrula pustulosa). Its shell is used in making buttons.