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A white crystalline resinous substance extracted from gutta- percha by the action of alcohol or ether.

Of or pertaining to Albania, a province of Turkey. -- n.

A proclamation, as of the French kings, calling not only their immediate feudatories, but the vassals of these feudatories, to take the field for war; also, the body of vassals called or liable to be called to arms, as in ancient France.

The band which passes over the back of a horse and holds up the shafts of a carriage.

A band that passes under the belly of a horse and holds the saddle or harness in place; a girth.

An earthy carbonate of iron containing considerable carbonaceous matter; -- valuable as an iron ore.

A boasting. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Pertaining to Brabant, an ancient province of the Netherlands.

A band for the breast. Specifically: (Naut.) A band of canvas, or a rope, fastened at both ends to the rigging, to support the man who heaves the lead in sounding.

A perennial white-flowered herb of the order Ranunculaceæ and genus Cimiciguga; bugwort. There are several species.

A mobile liquid, CO.N.C6H5, of pungent odor. It is the phenyl salt of isocyanic acid.

A long, light, open vehicle, with benches or seats running lengthwise.

Closely united.

Illegal or prohobited traffic. Persons the most bound in duty to prevent contraband, and the most interested in the seizures. Burke.

Traffic in contraband gods; smuggling.

One who traffic illegaly; a smuggler.

An alms basket; a vessel to receive gifts of charity; a treasury of the church, where offerings are deposited.

One of the priests of Cybele in Phrygia. The rites of the Corybants were accompanied by wild music, dancing, etc.

A kind of frenzy in which the patient is tormented by fantastic visions and want of sleep. Dunglison.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the Corybantes or their rites; frantic; frenzied; as, a corybantic dance.