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Scurvy.

A pteropod.

To reply, as a plaintiff to a defendant's rebutter.

The reply of a plaintiff to a defendant's rebutter.

The turbot.

In a tributary manner.

The quality or state of being tributary.

Paying tribute to another, either from compulsion, as an acknowledgment of submission, or to secure protection, or for the purpose of purchasing peace. [Julius] unto Rome made them tributary. Chaucer.

ection, or by virtue of some treaty; as, the Romans made their conquered countries pay tribute. Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute. C. C. Pinckney.

One who works for a certain portion of the ore, or its value. [Eng.]

A large American butterfly (Papilio troilus). It is black, with yellow marginal spots on the front wings, and blue on the rear.

To loose the buttons of; to unfasten.

A large, open-headed cask, set up on end, to contain water. Dickens.

An adjective, commonly called the indefinite article, and signifying one or any, but less emphatically.

A kind of divorce which does not dissolve the marriage bond, but merely authorizes a separate life of the husband and wife. Abbott.

The French word answering to the English abbot, the head of an abbey; but commonly a title of respect given in France to every one vested with the ecclesiastical habit or dress.

A syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable.

a sect in Africa (4th century), mentioned by St. Augustine, who states that they married, but lived in continence, after the manner, as they pretended, of Abel.

To contribute, as an assistant or instigator, to the commission of an offense.

rasburg turpentine or Canada balsam. It is without taste or smell, is insoluble in water, but soluble in alcohol (especially at the boiling point), in strong acetic acid, and in ether. Watts.