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Within the mesentery; as, the intermesenteric, or aortic, plexus.

Not capable of being represented or portrayed.

Of or pertaining to Japan, or its inhabitants.

Of or pertaining to Java, or to the people of Java. -- n. sing. & pl.

The literary style of Dr. Samuel Johnson, or one formed in imitation of it; an inflated, stilted, or pompous style, affecting classical words. E. Everett.

Siliceous earth; specifically, porous infusorial earth, used as an absorbent of nitroglycerin in the manufacture of dynamite.

Hydrous sulphate of magnesia found at the salt mines of Stassfurt, Prussian Saxony.

To lose. [Obs.] They would rather leese their friend than their jest. Lord Burleigh.

Of or pertaining to Leon, in Spain. -- n. sing. & pl.

To lose. [Obs.] Chaucer.

See Leze majesty.

A leafy shelter; a place covered with foliage. [Obs.] Behind the mill, under a levesel. Chaucer.

An apparatus, made in very various forms, and of various materials, for saving one from drowning by buoying up the body while in the water. -- Life"-pre*serv`ing, a.

A soft cheese made in the Belgian province of Limburg (Limbourg), and usually not eaten until the curing has developed a peculiar and, to most people, unpleasant odor.

A native or inhabitant of Lucca, in Tuscany; in the plural, the people of Lucca.

A native or inhabitant of Malta; the people of Malta. Maltese cat (Zoöl.), a mouse-colored variety of the domestic cat. -- Maltese cross. See Illust. 5, of Cross. -- Maltese dog (Zoöl.), a breed of small terriers, having long silky white hair. The breed originated in Malta.

An element obtained by reduction of its oxide, as a hard, grayish white metal, fusible with difficulty, but easily oxidized. Its ores occur abundantly in nature as the minerals pyrolusite, manganite, etc. Symbol Mn. Atomic weight 54.8.

Cast steel containing a considerable percentage of manganese, which makes it very hard and tough. See Alloy steel, above.

It seems to me. [Poetic]

A leper. [Obs.]