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Separation by atmolysis.

The act of reducing to atoms, or very minute particles; or the state of being so reduced.

Capable of being authorized. Hammond.

ing authority or legal power; establishment by authority; sanction or warrant. The authorization of laws. Motley. A special authorization from the chief. Merivale.

A genus of showy flowering shrubs, mostly natives of China or of North America; false honeysuckle. The genus is scarcely distinct from Rhododendron.

The Neapolitan medlar (Cratægus azarolus), a shrub of southern Europe; also, its fruit.

Lit., May you live ten thousand years; -- used in salutation of the emperor and as a battle cry. [Japan]

Capable of being baptized; fit to be baptized. Baxter.

Baptism. [Obs.] Their baptizations were null. Jer. Taylor.

A small, overhanging structure for lookout or defense, usually projecting at an angle of a building or near an entrance gateway.

In the East, an exchange, marketplace, or assemblage of shops where goods are exposed for sale.

A transparent crystalline substance,

A transparent crystalline substance, C6H5.CO.NH2, obtained by the action of ammonia upon chloride of benzoyl, as also by several other reactions with benzoyl compounds.

A gold coin of Byzantium or Constantinople, varying in weight and value, usually (those current in England) between a sovereign and a half sovereign. There were also white or silver bezants. [Written also besant, byzant, etc.]

The process of bituminizing. Mantell.

See Byzantine.

Odd in manner or appearance; fantastic; whimsical; extravagant; grotesque. C. Kingsley.

A gale of piercingly cold wind, usually accompanied with fine and blinding snow; a furious blast. [U. S.]

In mining, a rich mine or vein of silver or gold; hence, anything which is a mine of wealth or yields a large income. [Colloq. U. S.]

intoxicating beverage made from hemp seed, darnel meal, and water. [Written also bosa, bozah, bouza.]