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The act or art of heraldic decoration; delineation of armorial bearings.

Affording entertainment; pleasing; amusing; diverting. -- En`ter*tain"ing*ly, adv. -- En`ter*tain"ing*ness, n.

A colorless, crystalline substance extracted from oil of cloves; -- called also clove camphor.

The latter part and close of the day, and the beginning of darkness or night; properly, the decline of the day, or of the sum. In the ascending scale Of heaven, the stars that usher evening rose. Milton.

Having power to examine; appointed to examine; as, an examining committee.

Like a falcon or hawk; belonging to the Falconidæ

Anything that binds and makes fast, as a lock, catch, bolt, bar, buckle, etc.

In a fawning manner.

That feigns; insincere; not genuine; false. -- Feign"ing*ly, adv.

Of or pertaining to a woman, or to women; characteristic of a woman; womanish; womanly. Her letters are remarkably deficient in feminine ease and grace. Macaulay.

See Female rhyme, under Female, a.

In a feminine manner. Byron.

The quality of being feminine; womanliness; womanishness.

The female form. [Obs.] O serpent under femininitee. Chaucer.

Pertaining to, or resembling, the Fescennines. -- n.

A fescennine.

The process of fining or refining; clarification; also (Metal.), the conversion of cast iron into suitable for puddling, in a hearth or charcoal fire.

With a push or thrust. [Obs.]

Representation in a foreshortened mode or way.

One of those who went to California in the rush for gold in 1849; an argonaut. [Colloq., U. S.]