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An obsequious or servile dependent or agent of another; a fawning favorite. Sir J. Davies. Go, rate thy minions, proud, insulting boy! Shak.

A thin cotton, white, dyed, or printed. The name is also applied to coarser and heavier cotton goods; as, shirting and sheeting muslins. Muslin cambric. See Cambric. -- Muslin delaine, a light woolen fabric for women's dresses. See Delaine. [Written also mousseline de laine.]

the refinement of petroleum which is intermediate between the lighter gasoline and the heavier benzine, and has a specific gravity of about 0.7, -- used as a solvent for varnishes, as a carburetant, illuminant, etc.

eeds go through Samaria. John iv. 4. He would needs know the cause of his reulse. Sir J. Davies.

hings good, and some things ill, do seem, And neutral some, in her fantastic eye. Sir J. Davies.

pplied to the art of reading numbers written in the scale of tens, by the Arabic method. Davies & Peck.

fficial ignoring of offenses; amnesty, or general pardon; as, an act of oblivion. Sir J. Davies.

obscure bird Clamored the livelong night. Shak. The obscure corners of the earth. Sir J. Davies.

ore, and in iridosmine. It is a hard, infusible, bluish or grayish white metal, and the heaviest substance known. Its tetroxide is used in histological experiments to stain tissues. Symbol Os. Atomic weight 191.1. Specific gravity 22.477.

ch it forms about 23 per cent by weight and about 21 per cent by volume, being slightly heavier than nitrogen. Symbol O. Atomic weight 15.96.

jury found that the party slain was of English race, it had been adjudged felony. Sir J. Davies.

r continuous series; as, the passage of time. The conduct and passage of affairs. Sir J. Davies. The passage and whole carriage of this action. Shak.

One who paves; one who lays a pavement. [Written also pavier and pavior.]

Strong of wing; strong on the wing. [Poetic] Davies (Holy Roode).

osed to things mental, moral, spiritual, or imaginary; material; natural; as, armies and navies are the physical force of a nation; the body is the physical part of man. Labor, in the physical world, is . . . employed in putting objects in motion. J. S. Mill. A society sunk in ignorance, and ruled by mere physical forc…

t; an instant; hence, the verge. When time's first point begun Made he all souls. Sir J. Davies.

one side; as, the affirmative side preponderated. That is no just balance in which the heaviest side will not preponderate. Bp. Wilkins.

A stream. [Obs.] Davies (Microcosmos).

tion of other branches of knowledge, or to the practical wants of life. See Mathematics. Davies & Peck (Math. Dict. ) -- Pure villenage (Feudal Law), a tenure of lands by uncertain services at the will of the lord. Blackstone.

r of the degree indicated is not a radical but a rational quantity under a radical form. Davies & Peck (Math. Dict. )