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Trojan.

A division, at one end of a tennis court, for spectators.

ving, or suitable, for defense; defensive. [Obs.] With men of courage and with means defendant. Shak.

One who demands; the plaintiff in a real action; any plaintiff.

the high almoner. Thus, if a cart ran over a man and killed him, it was forfeited as a deodand.

See Dependent, Dependence, Dependency.

One who descends, as offspring, however remotely; -- correlative to ancestor or ascendant. Our first parents and their descendants. Hale. The descendant of so many kings and emperors. Burke.

In a dangling manner.

Not accordant. Fabyan.

State or quality of being discordant; disagreement; inconsistency. There will arise a thousand discordances of opinion. I. Taylor.

isagreeing; incongruous; being at variance; clashing; opposing; not harmonious. The discordant elements out of which the emperor had compounded his realm did not coalesce. Motley.

Different; distinct. [Obs.] Shak.

One of a group of gigantic, horned beetles, including Dynastus Neptunus, and the Hercules beetle (D. Hercules) of tropical America, which grow to be six inches in length.

One the Echinoidea.

To put to hazard; to bring into danger or peril; to expose to loss or injury; as, to endanger life or peace. All the other difficulties of his reign only exercised without endangering him. Burke.

Hazard; peril. Milton.

A long, winding constellation extending southward from Taurus and containing the bright star Achernar.

Displaced. Ogilvie.

Beyond the material world. "An extramundane being." Bp. Warburton.

A lively dance, in 3-8 or 6-8 time, much practiced in Spain and Spanish America. Also, the tune to which it is danced.