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x. 2. Alms are but the vehicles of prayer. Dryden. Tenure by free alms. See Frankalmoign. Blackstone.

ervals; invariably; uniformly; -- opposed to sometimes or occasionally. He always rides a black galloway. Bulwer.

The balsam, liquidambar. Black amber, and old and popular name for jet.

s believed to be in all cases its true origin. In color it is white, ash-gray, yellow, or black, 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…

e; but an amercement is arbitrary. Hence, the act or practice of affeering. [See Affeer.] Blackstone.

ot in free and common socage, but in this amphibious subordinate class of villein socage. Blackstone.

ith fibrous or columnar structure. The color varies from white to gray, green, brown, and black. It is a silicate of magnesium and calcium, with usually aluminium and iron. Some common varieties are tremolite, actinolite, asbestus, edenite, hornblende (the last name being also used as a general term for the whole speci…

A black bird of tropical America, the West Indies and Florida (Crotophaga ani), allied to the cuckoos, and remarkable for communistic nesting.

A coal-black marble, usually emitting a fetid smell when rubbed; -- called also stinkstone and swinestone.

Pertaining to, or taking cognizance of, appeals. "Appellate jurisdiction." Blackstone. "Appellate judges." Burke. Appelate court, a court having cognizance of appeals.

The person who is appealed against, or accused of crime; -- opposed to appellor. Blackstone.

The person who institutes an appeal, or prosecutes another for a crime. Blackstone.

till of sixteen years' standing, when he might be called to the rank of serjeant. [Obs.] Blackstone.

To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property. Blackstone.

e severing or sequestering of a benefice to the perpetual use of a spiritual corporation. Blackstone.

and converting them to the uses of husbandry for the advantage of the lord of the manor. Blackstone.

mportant thing; accessory; incident; as, a right of way appurtenant to land or buildings. Blackstone. Common appurtenatn. (Law) See under Common, n.

The palm (or great black) cockatoo, of Australia (Microglossus aterrimus).

bishop, whom he assists, and by whom he is appointed, though with independent authority. Blackstone.

r residence of an archdeacon. See Benefice. Every diocese is divided into archdeaconries. Blackstone.