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nd. Spenser. Attends the emperor in his royal court. Shak. With a sore heart and a gloomy brow, he prepared to attend William thither. Macaulay.

An attendant circumstance. [Obs.] The uncomfortable attendments of hell. Sir T. Browne.

One who, or that which, attracts. Sir T. Browne

With a crust made by browning in the oven; as, spaghetti may be served au gratin.

Reddish brown. His auburn locks on either shoulder flowed. Dryden.

Listening; paying attention; as, audient souls. Mrs. Browning.

Relating to augurs or to augury. Sir T. Browne.

[Obs.] They [magnets] do septentrionate at one extreme, and australize at another. Sir T. Browne.

Automatic. [Obs.] "Automatous organs." Sir T. Browne.

By means of ocular view, or one's own observation. Sir T. Browne.

To pull away. [Obs.] Yet are not these parts avelled. Sir T. Browne.

To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

A borosilicate of alumina, iron, and lime, commonly found in glassy, brown crystals with acute edges.

A bathing room. Sir T. Browne.

copaiba. See Copaiba. -- Balsam of Mecca, balm of Gilead. -- Balsam of Peru, a reddish brown, syrupy balsam, obtained from a Central American tree ( Myroxylon Pereiræ and used as a stomachic and expectorant, and in the treatment of ulcers, etc. It was long supposed to be a product of Peru. -- Balsam of Tolu, a redd…

ors, or the forelock of human beings; to cut (the hair). His hair banged even with his eyebrows. The Century Mag.

A large American owl (Syrnium nebulosum); -- so called from the transverse bars of a dark brown color on the breast.

öl.), a peculiar bear, inhabiting the Barren Grounds, now believed to be a variety of the brown bear of Europe. -- Barren Ground caribou (Zoöl.), a small reindeer (Rangifer Groenlandicus) peculiar to the Barren Grounds and Greenland.

Pertaining to the country, people, or language of Biscay; Basque [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

An inferior quality of soft brown sugar, obtained from the sirups that