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worse; to diminish in quantity, value, excellence, or strength; to deteriorate; as, to impair health, character, the mind, value. Time sensibly all things impairs. Roscommon. In years he seemed, but not impaired by years. Pope.

One who, or that which, impairs.

The state of being impaired; injury. "The impairment of my health." Dryden.

The ahu or Asiatic gazelle.

A pale buff or white crystalline alkaloid derived from quinoline, and used as an antipyretic in medicine.

An organic base obtained from quinoline. It is used as a febrifuge, and resembles kairine.

A plant of the genus Briza (B. media); a variety of quaking grass.

A place in which to lie or rest; especially, the bed or couch of a wild beast.

A lord; a landholder, esp. one who holds land directly of the crown. [Scot.]

The state of being a laird; an estate; landed property. [Scot.] Ramsay.

e commerce, manufactures, etc., by bounty or by restriction; as, the doctrine of laissez faire; the laissez faire system government.

r, consisting of a mixture of liquefied oxygen and nitrogen. It is prepared by subjecting air to great pressure and then cooling it by its own expansion to a temperature below the boiling point of its constituents (N -194º C; O -183º C.).

A genus of extinct mammals allied to the cats, and having in the upper jaw canine teeth of remarkable size and strength; -- hence called saber-toothed tigers.

The yellow bedstraw (Galium verum).

n medicine. The name is also applied to other species of the same genus, as to the Venus-hair. Maiden grass, the smaller quaking grass. -- Maiden tree. See Ginkgo.

s, or pounds; a very rich person; a person worth a million or more. [Written also millionnaire.]

A woman who is a millionaire, or the wife of a millionaire. [Humorous] Holmes.

Millionaire.

The long silky hair or wool of the Angora goat of Asia Minor; also, a fabric made from this material, or an imitation of such fabric.

A kind of easy-chair with a back which may be lowered or raised.