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A conjecturer. [R.] Month. rev.

A succession or series of any kind. [Obs.] Sir I. Newton. Month of consecution (Astron.), a month as reckoned from one conjunction of the moon with the sun to another.

A quest at a banquet. [R.] Beaumont.

One who belong to a council; one who gives an opinion. [Obs.] I will in three months be an expert counsilist. Milton.

thy birth. Cowper. No sooner was I crept out of my cradle But I was made a king, at nine months old. Shak.

firmness and freshness; in a fresh, unwilted condition. It [laurel] has been plucked nine months, and yet looks as hale and crisp as if it would last ninety years. Leigh Hunt.

A tribe of Indians of the Dakota stock, living in Montana; -- also called Upsarokas.

The wiew or doctrins of the ultramontane party in the Latin Church. Gladstone.

One who belongs to the ultramontane party in the Latin Church. Shipley.

Now passing, as time; as, the current month.

sent our gardeners with a complete cycle of what is requisite to be done throughout every month of the year. Evelyn.

One of a breed of small terriers; -- called also Dandie Dinmont.

That addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (as day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, or executed, or made; as, the date of a letter, of a will, of a deed, of a coin. etc. And bonds without a date, they say, are void. Dryden.

The twelfth and last month of the year, containing thirty-one days. During this month occurs the winter solstice.

A decree or sentence of a court. Stormonth.

Great imperfection. [Obs.] W. Montagu.

Same as Deflour. An earthquake . . . deflowering the gardens. W. Montagu. If a man had deflowered a virgin. Milton.

l consideration; mature reflection. Choosing the fairest way with a calm deliberation. W. Montagu.

That may be demurred to. Stormonth.

An unfolding, untwisting, or unplaiting. [Obs.] W. Montagu.