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in opposition to, as equal. No history or antiquity can matchis policies and his conduct. South.

infusion has a pleasant odor, with an agreeable bitter taste, and is much used for tea in South America.

An ill intention is certainly sufficient to spoil . . . an act in itself materially good. South.

yes." Dryden. "Maudlin eloquence." Roscommon. "A maudlin poetess." Pope. "Maudlin crowd." Southey.

An aromatic composite herb, the costmary; also, the South European Achillea Ageratum, a kind of yarrow.

o. It mauls not only the person misrepreseted, but him also to whom he is misrepresented. South.

In the southwestern part of the united States, a bullock or heifer that has not been branded, and is unclaimed or wild; -- said to be from Maverick, the name of a cattle owner in Texas who naglected to brand his cattle.

The knot. [Southern U. S.]

To perplex greatly; to bewilder; to astonish and confuse; to amaze. South.

Maize or Indian corn; -- the common name in South Africa.

A rope of hair or of maguey fiber, for tying horses, etc. [Southwestern U. S.]

trument; interposition; intervention. The soul [acts] by the mediation of these passions. South.

A South African carnivore (Cynictis penicillata), allied to the ichneumons.

gigantic quaternary mammal, allied to the ant-eaters and sloths. Its remains are found in South America.

in the United States; Decoration Day. It is a legal holiday in most of the States. In the Southern States, the Confederate Memorial Day is: May 30 in Virginia; April 26 in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi; May 10 in North Carolina and South Carolina; the second Friday in May in Tennessee; June 3 in Louisiana.…

Having a southern aspect; southern; southerly. Offices that require heat ... should be meridional. Sir H. Wotton. Meridional distance, the distance or departure from the meridian; the easting or westing. -- Meridional parts, parts of the meridian in Mercator's projection, corresponding to each minute of latitude from…

Position in the south; aspect toward the south.

A high tableland; a plateau on a hill. [Southwestern U.S.] Bartlett.

A genus of herbaceous or suffruticose plants, chiefly natives of South Africa. The leaves are opposite, thick, and f

A name for two trees of the southwestern part of North America, the honey mesquite, and screw-pod mesquite. Honey mesquite. See Algaroba (b). -- Screw-pod mesquite, a smaller tree (Prosopis pubescens), having spiral pods used as fodder and sometimes as food by the Indians. -- Mesquite grass, a rich native grass in We…