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The religious system of the Moravians.

To meet in the way. [Obs.] Not to stir a step to obviate any of a different religion. Fuller.

The act of obviating, or the state of being obviated.

Ordovician.

A contribution or a tax for paving streets or highways. Bouvier.

, n. See Pavan.

A native or an inhabitant of Peru. Peruvian balsam. See Balsam of Peru, under Balsam. -- Peruvian bark, the bitter bark of trees of various species of Cinchona. It acts as a powerful tonic, and is a remedy for malarial diseases. This property is due to several alkaloids, as quinine, cinchonine, etc., and their compoun…

Pervious. [Obs.] -- Per"vi*al*ly, adv. [Obs.] Chapman.

Of or pertaining to rain; rainy. [R.]

See Pluviometer.

See Pluviometrical.

The crocodile bird.

Being or happening after the flood in Noah's days.

One who lived after the flood.

Having four ways meeting in a point. B. Jonson.

One of a sect of Socinians or Unitarians in Poland.

Capable of being replevied.

A genus of plants including the sage. See Sage.

A long, low war galley used by the Neapolitans and Sicilians in the early part of the nineteenth century.

Of or pertaining to Scandinavia, that is, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. -- n.