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he insured to the underwriters of what may remain of the property insured after a loss or damage by a peril insured against.

sojourn; -- with with before a person, and commonly with at or in before a place. Let the damsel abide with us a few days. Gen. xxiv. 55.

The weaning of a child from the breast, or of young beasts from their dam. Blount.

Applied to one of the cases of the noun in Latin and some other languages, -- the fundamental meaning of the case being removal, separation, or taking away.

To cite; to summon. [Obs.] Our heralds now accited all that were Endamaged by the Elians. Chapman.

ng with; -- followed by with or by; as, he accompanied his speech with a bow. The Persian dames, . . . In sumptuous cars, accompanied his march. Glover. They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts. Sir P. Sidney. He was accompanied by two carts filled with wounded rebels. Macaulay.…

f increase; to arise or spring as a growth or result; to be added as increase, profit, or damage, especially as the produce of money lent. "Interest accrues to principal." Abbott. The great and essential advantages accruing to society from the freedom of the press. Junius.

ht proper to act as a corporation without a charter, such were called adulterine guilds. Adam Smith.

Affixture. [Obs.] T. Adams.

the time when. [Archaic or Dial.] Urijah the priest made it, against King Ahaz came from Damascus. 2 Kings xvi. 11. Against the sun, in a direction contrary to that in which the sun appears to move.

s respects heat, cold, moisture, etc., or as affecting the sensations; as, a smoky air, a damp air, the morning air, etc.

Even though; although; notwithstanding. Chaucer. Albeit so masked, Madam, I love the truth. Tennyson.

n a mere intensive adjunct.) [Obs. or Poet.] All as his straying flock he fed. Spenser. A damsel lay deploring All on a rock reclined. Gay. All to, or All-to. In such phrases as "all to rent," "all to break," "all-to frozen," etc., which are of frequent occurrence in our old authors, the all and the to have commonly be…

The act alluring; temptation; enticement. Though Adam by his wife's allurement fell. Milton.

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

The resiniferous tree Agathis Dammara, of the Moluccas.

A genus of aromatic plants. It includes species which bear cardamoms, and grains of paradise.

as the custom for an amorist to impress the name of his mistress in the dust, or upon the damp earth, with letters fixed upon his shoe. Southey.

nce serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a contrivance to hold the end of a bridge cable, or other similar part; a contrivance used by founders to hold the core of a mold in place.

A dam or mole made in the course of a stream for the purpose of regulating the flow of a system of irrigation. [India] Brande & C.