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vernment and system of laws. The trappings of a monarchy would set up an ordinary commonwealth. Milton.

The part sung by the highest male or lowest female voices; the alto or counter tenor.

One afflicted with color blindness.

esp. red; color blindness. It has various forms and degrees. So called from the chemist Dalton, who had this infirmity. Nichol.

Share dealt. [Obs.]

Want of loyalty; lack of fidelity; violation of allegiance.

A dealer in salted or dried meats, pickles, sauces, etc., and in the materials used in pickling, salting, and preserving various kinds of food Hence drysalters usually sell a number of saline substances and miscellaneous drugs. Brande & C.

The articles kept by a drysalter; also, the business of a drysalter.

The nightmare. Brande & C.

The office of an ephor, or the body of ephors.

Sulphate of magnesia having cathartic qualities; -- originally prepared by boiling down the mineral waters at Epsom, England, -- whence the name; afterwards prepared from sea water; but now from certain minerals, as from siliceous hydrate of magnesia.

To raise high; to elevate; to lift up. I will exalt my throne above the stars of God. Is. xiv. 13. Exalt thy towery head, and lift thine eyes Pope.

Exercising its highest influence; -- said of a planet. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of being exalted; elevation. Wondering at my flight, and change To this high exaltation. Milton.

eight; elevated; extolled; refined; dignified; sublime. Wiser far than Solomon, Of more exalted mind. Milton. Time never fails to bring every exalted reputation to a strict scrutiny. Ames. -- Ex*alt"ed*ly, adv. -- Ex*alt"ed*ness, n. "The exaltedness of some minds." T. Gray.

One who exalts or raises to dignity.

Exaltation. [Obs.] Barrow.

To hesitate; to speak brokenly or weakly; to stammer; as, his tongue falters. With faltering speech and visage incomposed. Milton.

Hesitating; trembling. "With faltering speech." Milton. -- n.

or to a government; loyality. It is no longer the practice to exact the performance of fealty, as a feudal obligation. Wharton (Law Dict. ). Tomlins.