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One who, or that which, smooths.

ecessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child.

Checkmate given when movement of the king is completely obstructed by his own men.

The quality or state of being smothery.

In a smothering manner.

Tending to smother; stifling.

One who, or that which, soothes.

A brother by the marriage of one's father with the mother of another, or of one's mother with the father of another.

The wife of one's father by a subsequent marriage.

A colloquial contraction of the other, and formerly a contraction for that other. See the Note under That, 2. The tothir that was crucifield with him. Wyclif(John xix. 32)

Treatment of disease by heat, esp. by hot air.

ge American Miocene mammal, allied to the rhinoceros, and more nearly to the extinct Brontotherium.

Deprived of a mother; motherless.

The first letter of the English and of many other alphabets. The capital A of the alphabets of Middle and Western Europe, as also the small letter (a), besides the forms in Italic, black letter, etc., are all descended from the old Latin A, which was borrowed from the Greek Alpha, of the same form; and this was made fr…

A small tile of glass, marble, or other substance, of various colors, used in making ornamental patterns in mosaic pavements. Fairholt.

To transfer the title of from one to another; to alienate.

A univalve mollusk of the genus Haliotis. The shell is lined with mother-of-pearl, and used for ornamental purposes; the sea-ear. Several large species are found on the coast of California, clinging closely to the rocks.

n, especially of words written or spoken. It is one thing to abbreviate by contracting, another by cutting off. Bacon.

To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity. Though a king may abdicate for his own person, he cannot abdicate for the monarchy. Burke.

ity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the stomach, bowels, and other viscera. In man, often restricted to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvic cavity.