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An omen. [Obs.] High-thundering Juno's husband stirs my spirit with true abodes. Chapman.

Surpassing in number or quantity; more than; as, above a hundred. (Passing into the adverbial sense. See Above, adv., 4.) above all, before every other consideration; chiefly; in preference to other things. Over and above, prep. or adv., besides; in addition to.

its plants, animals, etc. It is the one furthest from the shore, embracing all beyond one hundred fathoms deep. Hence, abyssal animals, plants, etc.

stopping at all or nearly all stations. -- Accommodation ladder (Naut.), a light ladder hung over the side of a ship at the gangway, useful in ascending from, or descending to, small boats.

Of or pertaining to the high mountain range of "thunder- smitten" peaks (now Kimara), between Epirus and Macedonia. Shelley.

bearing down upon his antagonist with all his canvas straining to the wind, and all his thunders roaring from his broadsides. E. Everett.

To afflict with, or perish from, hunger. [Obs.] Spenser.

A century; the period of one hundred years. Fleury . . . apologizes for these five ages. Hallam.

orris. Cf. man-kind, heir-loom, war-like, which are agglutinative compounds. The Finnish, Hungarian, Turkish, the Tamul, etc., are agglutinative languages. R. Morris. Agglutinative languages preserve the consciousness of their roots. Max Müller.

To amount in the aggregate to; as, ten loads, aggregating five hundred bushels. [Colloq.]

s liberty; to allow a free passage; to allow one day for rest. He was allowed about three hundred pounds a year. Macaulay.

gth; in a line with the length; lengthwise. Some laid along . . . on spokes of wheels are hung. Dryden.

ck, and often variegated like marble. The floating masses are sometimes from sixty to two hundred and twenty-five pounds in weight. It is wholly volatilized as a white vapor at 212º Fahrenheit, and is highly valued in perfumery. Dana.

, but left to the discretion of the court; as, the amerced the criminal in the sum on the hundred dollars.

rom the nautili in having the margins of the septa very much lobed or plaited, and the siphuncle dorsal. Also called serpent stone, snake stone, and cornu Ammonis.

ater rarity than the skeleton of a man in full stature. Fuller. They brought one Pinch, a hungry, lean-faced villain, A mere anatomy. Shak.

Destroying the appetite, or suspending hunger.

been added. -- Apostolic king (or majesty), a title granted by the pope to the kings of Hungary on account of the extensive propagation of Christianity by St. Stephen, the founder of the royal line. It is now a title of the emperor of Austria in right of the throne of Hungary. -- Apostolic see, a see founded and gov…

(anger or hatred); as, to appease the tumult of the ocean, or of the passions; to appease hunger or thirst.

Desire for, or relish of, food or drink; hunger. Men must have appetite before they will eat. Buckle.