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Admitting of burial. [Obs.] Bailey.

Slippery. [Obs.] Holland.

Smaller than the caliber of a firearm. [Written also subcalibre.] Subcaliber projectile, a projectile having a smaller diameter than the caliber of the arm from which it is fired, and to which it is fitted by means of a sabot. Knight.

An under or assistant librarian.

One of the Tubulibranchiata.

A group of gastropod mollusks having a tubular shell. Vermetus is an example.

A whitefish (Coregonus tullibee) found in the Great Lakes of North America; -- called also mongrel whitefish.

Infallible. Shak.

r society of persons of either sex, secluded from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy; also, the monastic building or buildings.

l powers; an abuse of civil rights, or of privileges or advantages; an abuse of language. Liberty may be endangered by the abuses of liberty, as well as by the abuses of power. Madison.

In a deliberate body, to receive in acquittance of a duty imposed; as, to accept the report of a committee. [This makes it the property of the body, and the question is then on its adoption.] To accept a bill (Law), to agree (on the part of the drawee) to pay it when due. -- To accept service (Law), to agree that a wr…

Pertaining to, or containing, an accusation; as, an accusatory libel. Grote.

aining; to win. Some are born great, some achieve greatness. Shak. Thou hast achieved our liberty. Milton.

The result of public deliberation; the decision or determination of a legislative body, council, court of justice, etc.; a decree, edit, law, judgment, resolve, award; as, an act of Parliament, or of Congress.

A deliberate determination by the judicial power; a judicial decision or sentence. "An adjudication in favor of natural rights." Burke.

commissioners adjured them not to let pass so favorable an opportunity of securing their liberties. Marshall.

Inflamed or scorched; fiery. "The Libyan air adust." Milton.

Deliberate consideration; knowledge. [Obs.] How shall I dote on her with more advice, That thus without advice begin to love her Shak.

To consider; to deliberate. [Obs.] Advise if this be worth attempting. Milton.

Circumspectly; deliberately; leisurely. [Obs.] Shak.