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Artistic pursuits; artistic ability. The Academy.

without the full rights or privileges of a regular member; as, an associate of the Royal Academy.

The state of an associate, as in Academy or an office.

A low story above the main order or orders of a facade, in the classical styles; -- a term introduced in the 17th century. Hence:

See Avocado.

The degree of bachelor of arts. (B.A. or A.B.), the first or lowest academical degree conferred by universities and colleges.

A rich brocade; baudekin. [Obs.]

at mitigates pain. "Balm for each ill." Mrs. Hemans. Balm cricket (Zoöl.), the European cicada. Tennyson. -- Balm of Gilead (Bot.), a small evergreen African and Asiatic tree of the terebinthine family (Balsamodendron Gileadense). Its leaves yield, when bruised, a strong aromatic scent; and from this tree is obtained…

Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.

on near the forest of Fontainebleau. Its members went straight to nature in disregard of academic tradition, treating their subjects faithfully and with poetic feeling for color, light, and atmosphere. It is exemplified, esp. in landscapes, by Corot, Rousseau, Daubigny, Jules Dupré, and Diaz. Associated with them are c…

A kind of skirt ( often of velvet or brocade, but sometimes of mailed armor) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower. [Obs.]

A sweet Spanish wine like muscadel in flavor. Brown bastard is your only drink. Shak.

way toward; going; -- with to or for, or with an adverb of motion; as, a ship is bound to Cadiz, or for Cadiz. "The mariner bound homeward." Cowper.

A mark of cadency or difference.

A kind of coarse brocade, or figured fabric, used chiefly for tapestry, linings for carriages, etc.

An ambuscade. [Obs.] Sir T. More.

In Louisiana, a person reputed to be Acadian French descent.

semblly; a calendar of causes arranged for trial in court; a calendar of a college or an academy.

ic made of flax or linen. He hath ribbons of all the colors i' the rainbow; . . . inkles, caddises, cambrics, lawns. Shak.

A worm or grub that makes for itself a case. See Caddice.