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See Sexivalent. [R.]

Situated above or outside a sheath or vaginal membrane.

The quality or state of being tetravalent; quadrivalence.

Having a valence of four; tetratomic; quadrivalent.

A laving or lading from one vessel to another. [Obs.] Holland.

Labor with pain; severe toil or exertion. As everything of price, so this doth require travail. Hooker.

Causing travail; laborious. [Obs.] Wyclif. -- Trav"ail*ous*ly, adv. [Obs.] Wyclif.

The act of upheaving, or the state of being upheaved; esp., an elevation of a portion of the earth's crust. Lubbock.

A worshiper of the god Vishnu in any of his incarnations.

; one in dignity next to a baron; a title of dignity next to a baron. Burrill. "A worthy vavasour." Chaucer. [Also written vavasour, vavassor, valvasor, etc.] Vavasours subdivide again to vassals, exchanging land and cattle, human or otherwise, against fealty. Motley.

The quality or tenure of the fee held by a vavasor; also, the lands held by a vavasor.

Savage fierceness; ferocity.

Having a cleavage parallel with the base.

A naval officer of the highest rank; a naval officer of high rank, of which there are different grades. The chief gradations in rank are admiral, vice admiral, and rear admiral. The admiral is the commander in chief of a fleet or of fleets.

The office or position oaf an admiral; also, the naval skill of an admiral.

The department or officers having authority over naval affairs generally.

hole world, and lose himself, or be cast away Luke ix. 25. To advantage one's self of, to avail one's self of. [Obs.]

To make heavy; to aggravate. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Description or comparative study of the customs of savage or uncivilized tribes.

One of the ornamental tags, cords, or loops on some military and naval uniforms.