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r time. A gentleman advanced in years, with a hard experience written in his wrinkles. Hawthorne. Advanced guard, a detachment of troops which precedes the march of the main body.

In the old Norse mythology, the gods Odin, Thor, Loki, Balder, Frigg, and the others. Their home was called Asgard.

l object (vaguely designated). A certain affair of fine red cloth much worn and faded. Hawthorne.

orn statement in writing; a declaration in writing, signed and made upon oath before an authorized magistrate. Bouvier. Burrill.

To make a solemn declaration, before an authorized magistrate or tribunal, under the penalties of perjury; to testify by affirmation.

One who acts for, or in the place of, another, by authority from him; one intrusted with the business of another; a substitute; a deputy; a factor.

To make great; to enlarge; to increase; as, to aggrandize our conceptions, authority, distress.

In a glimmering state. Hawthorne.

that quality which gives satisfaction or moderate pleasure to the mind or senses. That author . . . has an agreeableness that charms us. Pope.

In a gushing state. Hawthorne.

An ornamental evergreen shrub (Rhamnus alaternus) belonging to the buckthorns.

ly 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.

nating a period or era recognized by the United States Geological Survey and some other authorities, between the Archæan and the Paleozoic, from both of which it is generally separated in the record by unconformities. Algonkian rocks are both sedimentary and igneous. Although fossils are rare, life certainly existed in…

The segment of the body of an insect to which the wings are attached; the thorax. Kirby.

nt," "all to break," "all-to frozen," etc., which are of frequent occurrence in our old authors, the all and the to have commonly been regarded as forming a compound adverb, equivalent in meaning to entirely, completely, altogether. But the sense of entireness lies wholly in the word all (as it does in "all forlorn," a…

To cite or quote; as, to allege the authority of a judge. [Archaic]

An address; a hortatory or authoritative address as of a pope to his clergy. Addison.

The name of another person assumed by the author of a work.

Published under the name of some one other than the author.

The act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance. Without the king's will or the state's allowance. Shak.