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An official diviner who foretold events by the singing, chattering, flight, and feeding of birds, or by signs or omens derived from celestial phenomena, certain appearances of quadrupeds, or unusual occurrences.

One of a class of divines, who, following St. Augustine, maintain that grace by its nature is effectual absolutely and creatively, not relatively and conditionally.

Independent or self-derived power; absolute or controlling authority; supremacy. The divine will moves, not by the external impulse or inclination of objects, but determines itself by an absolute autocracy. South.

Weight; heaviness; as, a woman of much avoirdupois. [Colloq.] Avoirdupois weight, a system of weights by which coarser commodities are weighed, such as hay, grain, butter, sugar, tea.

To adjoin behind; to be at the back of. A garden . . . with a vineyard backed. Shak. The chalk cliffs which back the beach. Huxley.

A meteorite, or similar rude stone artificially shaped, held sacred or worshiped as of divine origin.

A steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of a ravine.

An insect of the family Coccidæ, which infests the bark of trees and vines.

A ravine caused by heavy rains or a watercourse. [Texas & N. Mex.]

feldspar, with grains of magnetic or titanic iron, and also bottle- green particles of olivine frequently disseminated.

e; to yield; as, to bear apples; to bear children; to bear interest. Here dwelt the man divine whom Samos bore. Dryden.

The flesh of an ox, or cow, or of any adult bovine animal, when slaughtered for food.

Any climbing woody vine of the tropics with the habit of a liane; in the Philippines, esp. any of various species of Calamus, the cane or rattan palm.

One who was admitted to all the rights of divine worship and instructed in all the mysteries of the Christian religion, in distinction from a catechumen, or one yet under instruction.

nt, as in the Church of England; a church endowed with a revenue for the maintenance of divine service. See Advowson.

nce, -- that is, the book which is made up of the writings accepted by Christians as of divine origin and authority, whether such writings be in the original language, or translated; the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments; -- sometimes in a restricted sense, the Old Testament; as, King James's Bible; Douay Bible;…

Book worship, esp. of the Bible; -- applied by Roman Catholic divine Coleridge. F. W. Newman.

bs, having compound leaves and showy somewhat tubular flowers. B. capreolata is the cross vine of the Southern United States. The trumpet creeper was formerly considered to be of this genus.

Any twining or climbing plant or stem, esp. a hop vine; a bine.

The winding or twining stem of a hop vine or other climbing plant.