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nently charged with the performance of this office for his master. "I was the king's cupbearer." Neh. i. 11.

A black resinoid extract prepared by the South American Indians from the bark of several species of Strychnos (S. toxifera, etc.). It sometimes has little effect when taken internally, but is quickly fatal when introduced into the blood, and used by the Indians as an arrow poison. [Written also urari, woorali, woorari,…

The title of the wife of the czarowitz.

ient courage for any purpose; to be bold or venturesome; not to be afraid; to venture. I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none. Shak. Why then did not the ministers use their new law Bacause they durst not, because they could not. Macaulay. Who dared to sully her sweet love with suspicion. Thacke…

A reckless fellow. Also used adjectively; as, dare-devil excitement. A humorous dare-devil -- the very man To suit my prpose. Ld. Lytton.

Reckless mischief; the action of a dare-devil.

Full af daring or of defiance; adveturous. [R.] Shak.

One who dares or defies.

ing wakefulness, attended by the peculiar pressure on the chest which characterizes nightmare. Dunglison.

variant of Dere, v. t. & n. [Obs.]

A measure of area, the tenth part of an are; ten square meters.

To make clear; to free from obscurity. [Obs.] "To declare this a little." Boyle.

Avowedly; explicitly.

The state of being declared.

Declaration. [Obs.]

One who makes known or proclaims; that which exhibits. Udall.

An American grape, with compact bunches of small, amber-colored berries, sweet and of a good flavor.

A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the valley of the Delaware River, but now mostly located in the Indian Territory.

Earthenware made in imitation of the above; any glazed earthenware made for table use, and the like.

To disrobe; to strip of apparel; to make naked. Drink disapparels the soul. Junius (1635).