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Exhibiting contumacy; contemning authority; obstinate; perverse; stubborn; disobedient. There is another very, efficacious method for subding the most obstinate, contumacious sinner. Hammond.

ishop commanded him . . . to be thrust into the stocks for his manifest and manifold contumacy. Strype.

An order of marine Crustacea, mostly of small size.

Bear baiting with a dog. Hudibras.

The art and practice of conducting negotiations between nations (particularly in securing treaties), including the methods and forms usually employed.

The art or practice of applying tests to ascertain the nature, quality, etc., of objects, as of metals or ores, of medicines, or of facts pertaining to physiology.

To make lean or to become lean; to emaciate. [Obs.] Bullokar.

Emaciation. [Obs.]

To lose flesh gradually and become very lean; to waste away in flesh. "He emaciated and pined away." Sir T. Browne.

The state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive leanness; an excessively lean condition.

To clear from spots or stains, or from any imperfection. [Obs.] Hales.

The act of clearing from spots. [Obs.] Johnson.

A genus of highly ornate and brilliantly colored birds of Australia, allied to the birds of Paradise.

A gradual oxidation from exposure to air and moisture, as in the decay of old trees or of dead animals.

A straight, heavy sword with two edges, used in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Medicine; pharmacy. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Having the structure of a filoplume.

Smoky; hence, fond of smoking; addicted to smoking tobacco.

Of or pertaining to gems or to gemmæ; of the nature of, or resembling, gems or gemmæ.

A war of giants; especially, the fabulous war of the giants against heaven.