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ected by Stat. 27 Hen. VIII., to augment to revenues of the crown by the suppression of monasteries. It was long ago dissolved. Encyc. Brit.

The European bison (Bison bonasus, or Europæus), once widely distributed, but now nearly extinct, except where protected in the Lithuanian forests, and perhaps in the Caucasus. It is distinct from the Urus of Cæsar, with which it has often been confused.

The American widgeon (Anas Americana).

benzine, and a little pyroxylin, it contains amyl acetate, which gives it the odor of bananas.

southern Africa. These tribes include, as important divisions, the Kafirs, Damaras, Bechuanas, and many tribes whose names begin with Aba-, Ama-, Ba-, Ma-, Wa-, variants of the Bantu plural personal prefix Aba-, as in Ba-ntu, or Aba-ntu, itself a combination of this prefix with the syllable -ntu, a person. -- Ban"tu, a…

A springboard in a circus or gymnasium; -- called also batule board.

Since; inasmuch as. [Obs. or Colloq.] And being you have Declined his means, you have increased his malice. Beau. & Fl.

A European duck (Anas tadorna). See Sheldrake.

A book containing details of the enormities practiced in the English monasteries and religious houses, compiled by order of their visitors under Henry VIII., to hasten their dissolution.

Abounding in bubbles; bubbling. Nash.

A treasurer, or cash keeper; a purser; as, the bursar of a college, or of a monastery.

The treasury of a college or monastery.

An apartment in a monastery, warmed and used as a sitting room.

A gymnasium; esp. one for light physical exercise by women and children.

healthful exercise of the body and limbs, to promote strength and gracefulness; light gymnastics.

ill of Him who all things can. Milton. For what, alas, can these my single arms Shak. Mæcænas and Agrippa, who can most with Cæsar. Beau. & Fl.

In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.

o lived in community; a course of living prescribed for the clergy, less rigid that the monastic, and more restrained that the secular. -- Canonical obedience, submission to the canons of a canons of a church, especially the submission of the inferior cleargy to their bishops, and of other religious orders to their su…

A register, or record, as of a monastery or church.

Of or pertaining to Castalia, a mythical fountain of inspiration on Mt. Parnassus sacred to the Muses. Milton.