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A manumitted slave; a freedman; also, the son of a freedman.

the will of another claiming ownership of the person or services; freedom; -- opposed to slavery, serfdom, bondage, or subjection. But ye . . . caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid whom he had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection. Jer. xxxiv. 16. Delivered f…

Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon. In an extended sense, the line between the free and the slave States. -- On the line, on a level with the eye of the spectator; -- said of a picture, as hung in an exhibition of pictures. -- Right line a picture, as hung in an exhibition of pictures. -- Right line, a straight line;…

o pay attention to; to cherish; to esteem; to account. "Makes she no more of me than of a slave." Dryden. -- To make one's law (Old Law), to adduce proof to clear one's self of a charge. -- To make out. (a) To find out; to discover; to decipher; as, to make out the meaning of a letter. (b) To prove; to establish; as,…

One of a body of mounted soldiers recruited from slaves converted to Mohammedanism, who, during several centuries, had more or less control of the government of Egypt, until exterminated or dispersed by Mehemet Ali in 1811.

To enslave; to bind; to restrict. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.

Slavery; involuntary servitude. [Obs.] Johnson.

A slave dealer; also, a strumpet. [Obs.]

The act of manumitting, or of liberating a slave from bondage. "Given to slaves at their manumission." Arbuthnot.

To release from slavery; to liberate from personal bondage or servitude; to free, as a slave. "Manumitted slaves." Hume.

In the West Indies and Guiana, a fugitive slave, or a free negro, living in the mountains.

ch more extensive application than now. (a) The employer of a servant. (b) The owner of a slave. (c) The person to whom an apprentice is articled. (d) A sovereign, prince, or feudal noble; a chief, or one exercising similar authority. (e) The head of a household. (f) The male head of a school or college. (g) A male tea…

A part of a bridle, the slavering bit. [Written also mastigador.]

echanics; mechanical; as, the mechanic arts. "These mechanic philosophers." Ray. Mechanic slaves, With greasy aprons, rules, and hammers. Shak.

A mine from which ores are taken. [Obs.] Slaves . . . and persons condemned to metals. Jer. Taylor.

of; to consider as trifling or important. "We are industrious to preserve our bodies from slavery, but we make nothing of suffering our souls to be slaves to our lusts." Ray. (b) Not to understand; as, I could make nothing of what he said.

A female slave or concubine in the harem of the Turkish sultan. [Written also odahlic, odalisk, and odalik.] Not of those that men desire, sleek Odalisques, or oracles of mode. Tennyson.

kind of triumph allowed to a commander for an easy, bloodless victory, or a victory over slaves.

See Panslavic, Panslavism, etc.

To take heed; to care. [Obs.] As for these silken-coated slaves, I pass not. Shak.