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y of the feeding of cattle in the king's forests, and collecting the money for the same. Blackstone.

Pertaining to descent by the male line of ancestors. "The agnatic succession." Blackstone.

A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his lord on special occasions. Blackstone.

A thin, black silk for hoods, scarfs, etc.; -- often called simply mode. Buchanan.

nsion of evil; -- in old writers, sometimes followed by day or white; alas the day, like alack a day, or alas the white.

dyers and tanners. In the U. S. the species of alder are usually shrubs or small trees. Black alder. (a) A European shrub (Rhamnus frangula); Alder buckthorn. (b) An American species of holly (Ilex verticillata), bearing red berries.

(Angling) An artificial fly with brown mottled wings, body of peacock harl, and black legs.

A kind of seaweed; pl. the class of cellular cryptogamic plants which includes the black, red, and green seaweeds, as kelp, dulse, sea lettuce, also marine and fresh water confervæ, etc.

hich the strongest are the Ojibwas (Chippewas), Ottawas, Crees, Algonquins, Micmacs, and Blackfeet. -- n.

perty is transferred; -- opposed to alienor. It the alienee enters and keeps possession. Blackstone.

One who alienates or transfers property to another. Blackstone.

ally a little lime and magnesia. Two main classes of alkali are commonly distinguished: black alkali, which may be any alkaline carbonate, but which practically consists of sodium carbonate (sal soda), which is highly corrosive and destructive to vegetation; and white alkali, characterized by the presence of sodium su…

A silicate containing a large amount of cerium. It is usually black in color, opaque, and is related to epidote in form and composition.

ependent of a lord paramount; -- opposed to feudal; as, allodial lands; allodial system. Blackstone.

bject to any rent, service, or acknowledgment to a superior. It is thus opposed to feud. Blackstone. Bouvier.

. 2. Alms are but the vehicles of prayer. Dryden. Tenure by free alms. See Frankalmoign. Blackstone.

rvals; invariably; uniformly; -- opposed to sometimes or occasionally. He always rides a black galloway. Bulwer.

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

believed to be in all cases its true origin. In color it is white, ash-gray, yellow, or black, and often variegated like marble. The floating masses are sometimes from sixty to two hundred and twenty-five pounds in weight. It is wholly volatilized as a white vapor at 212º Fahrenheit, and is highly valued in perfumery.…

; but an amercement is arbitrary. Hence, the act or practice of affeering. [See Affeer.] Blackstone.