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A jury, for the trial of a fore foreigner, composed equally of citizens and aliens.

declamation; ranting. Gray-headed men and grave, with warriors mixed, Assemble, and harangues are heard. Milton.

Full of harangue.

One who harangues, or is fond of haranguing; a declaimer. With them join'd all th' harangues of the throng, That thought to get preferment by the tongue. Dryden.

A common British fern (Scolopendrium vulgare), rare in America.

A vermifuge.

s to something else; as, the corresponding sides, etc., of similar polygons are the homologues of each other; the members or terms of an homologous series in chemistry are the homologues of each other; one of the bones in the hand of man is the homologue of that in the paddle of a whale.

Sweet speaking; persuasive; seductive. Shak.

A biennial weed (Cynoglossum officinale), with soft tongue- shaped leaves, and an offensive odor. It bears nutlets covered with barbed or hooked prickles. Called also dog's-tongue.

A French Protestant of the period of the religious wars in France in the 16th century.

The religion of the Huguenots in France.

A hydragogue medicine, usually a cathartic or diuretic.

One given to fanciful ideas or theories; a theorist; a spectator. [R.] Mrs. Browning.

The groin.

To ally, or form an alliance witgh; to unite; to combine. With a willingness inleague our blood With his, for purchase of full growth in friendship. Ford.

To beleaguer. Holland.

to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem. Busy meddlers with intrigues of state. Pomfret.

One who intrigues.

Arts or practice of intrigue.

See Jerquer.