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in games, as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw. Bank credit, a credit by which a person who has give -- Bank of deposit, a bank which receives money for safe keeping. -- Bank of issue, a bank which issues its own notes payable to bearer.

A book kept by a depositor, in which an officer of a bank enters the debits and credits of the depositor's account with the bank.

A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors. Blackstone.

A vessel for freight; -- used in Mediterranean.

orders of knights except those of the Garter. It is the lowest degree of honor that is hereditary. The baronets are commoners.

round work the first or fundamental principle; that which supports. The basis of public credit is good faith. A. Hamilton.

t. long, covered with embroidery representing the incidents of William the Conqueror's expedition to England, preserved in the town museum of Bayeux in Normandy. It is probably of the 11th century, and is attributed by tradition to Matilda, the Conqueror's wife.

To carry on, or maintain; to have. "The credit of bearing a part in the conversation." Locke.

A fish of the Mediterranean (Sphyræna spet). See Barracuda.

To exercise belief in; to credit upon the authority or testimony of another; to be persuaded of the truth of, upon evidence furnished by reasons, arguments, and deductions of the mind, or by circumstances other than personal knowledge; to regard or accept as true; to place confidence in; to think; to consider; as, to b…

One who gives credit to the truth of the Scriptures, as a revelation from God; a Christian; -- in a more restricted sense, one who receives Christ as his Savior, and accepts the way of salvation unfolded in the gospel. Thou didst open the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers. Book of Com. Prayer.

ssed as Hamitic, who were formerly the inhabitants of the whole of North Africa from the Mediterranean southward into the Sahara, and who still occupy a large part of that region; -- called also Kabyles. Also, the language spoken by this people.

That which is given or bestowed. They almost refuse to give due praise and credit to God's own bestowments. I. Taylor.

A history or description of books and manuscripts, with notices of the different editions, the times when they were printed, etc.

nonfulfillment of engagement; to leave in the lurch; to give the slip to; as, to bilk a creditor. Thackeray.

goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge; a statement of a creditor's claim, in gross or by items; as, a grocer's bill.

One of the smaller vital units of a cell, the bearer of vitality and heredity. See Pangen, in Supplement.

A cold north wind which prevails on the northern coasts of the Mediterranean and in Switzerland, etc.; -- nearly the same as the mistral.

One of an old and well-known Mediterranean breed of domestic fowls with glossy black plumage, blue legs and feet, bright red comb and wattles, and white face. They are remarkable as egg layers.

Bad port wine; any commo wine of the Mediterranean; -- so called by sailors.