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Distribution; division into shares. [Obs.] Raleigh.

had scarcity of people, underwent no other dominion than paternity and eldership. Sir W. Raleigh.

Conclusion; end. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.

es, an optical illusion; a phantom; a dream. They be but phantasms or apparitions. Sir W. Raleigh.

The pilot's skill or knowledge, as of coasts, rocks, bars, and channels. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.

distress; as, to be pinched for money. Want of room . . . pinching a whole nation. Sir W. Raleigh.

s which close such an opening. Her ports being within sixteen inches of the water. Sir W. Raleigh.

rairie turnip (Bot.), the edible turnip-shaped farinaceous root of a leguminous plant (Psoralea esculenta) of the Upper Missouri region; also, the plant itself. Called also pomme blanche, and pomme de prairie. -- Prairie warbler (Zoöl.), a bright-colored American warbler (Dendroica discolor). The back is olive yellow,…

ick; a caper; a frolic. Spenser. The harpies . . . played their accustomed pranks. Sir W. Raleigh. His pranks have been too broad to bear with. Shak.

it is made; as, "I will not say, he is valiant, he is learned, he is just." Called also paraleipsis.

Brennus told the Roman embassadors, that prevalent arms were as good as any title. Sir W. Raleigh.

Unclean; impure; polluted; unholy. Nothing is profane that serveth to holy things. Sir W. Raleigh.

vy yellow powder consisting of a basic mercuric sulphate; -- formerly called turpetum minerale, or Turbith's mineral.

The rattles of Isis and the cymbals of Brasilea nearly enough resemble each other. Sir W. Raleigh. Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw. Pope.

and lost. I acknowledge myself for a reprobate, a villain, a traitor to the king. Sir W. Raleigh.

th, good air, pleasure, riches, I am resolved it can not be equaled by any region. Sir W. Raleigh. We must be resolved how the law can be pure and perspicuous, and yet throw a polluted skirt over these Eleusinian mysteries. Milton.

Relatively; not absolutely. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.

high . . . is King Richard seated. Shak. They had seated themselves in New Guiana. Sir W. Raleigh.

A follower; a disciple; an adherent to a sect. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.

To incline to one side; to lean; to roll, as a ship at sea. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.