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To entangle; to involve; to make perplexing. [Obs.] It makes men troublesome, and intricates all wise discourses. Jer. Taylor.

of one or more clauses between the subject and the verb, in a way that involves or complicates the construction.

(Magnetism), lines on the earth's surface connecting places at which a dipping needle indicates the same inclination or dip.

rial Workers of the World (the name of two American labor organizations, one of which advocates syndicalism).

One who conforms to or inculcates Judaism; specifically, pl. (Ch. Hist.), those Jews who accepted Christianity but still adhered to the law of Moses and worshiped in the temple at Jerusalem.

One who justifies or vindicates; a justifier. Johnson.

One who justifies; one who vindicates, supports, defends, or absolves. Justifiers of themselves and hypocrites. Strype. That he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. Rom. iii. 26.

ral term, comprehending attorneys, counselors, solicitors, barristers, sergeants, and advocates.

One who practices or advocates strict conformity to law; in theology, one who holds to the law of works. See Legal, 2 (a).

il, within and without, nearly to its top, and is surmounted by a brass knob which communicates with the inner coating, for the purpose of charging it with electricity. It is so named from having been invented in Leyden, Holland.

gh to serve also as a waiting room. It differs from an antechamber in that a lobby communicates between several rooms, an antechamber to one only; but this distinction is not carefully preserved.

One who locates, or is entitled to locate, land or a mining claim. [U.S.]

That which lubricates; specifically, a substance, as oil, grease, plumbago, etc., used for reducing the friction of the working parts of machinery.

ponaceous remedies lubricate the parts to which they are applied. S. Sharp. Supples, lubricates, and keeps in play, The various movements of this nice machine. Young.

One who, or that which, lubricates. " Lubricator of the fibers." Burke.

One who habitually intoxicates himself with a narcotic obtained from mandrake.

One who masticates.

One who masticates.

Any other animal fluid of a viscid quality, as the synovial fluid, which lubricates the cavities of the joints; -- improperly so used.

A star, usually five pointed and pierced; -- when used as a difference it indicates the third son.