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A cordial of brandy, etc., flavored with the kernel of the bitter almond, or of the peach stone, etc.

A poll tax paid by peasants absent from their lord's estate. [Russia] Brande & C.

rded as a foreshowing; a foreboding; a presage; an augury. Bid go with evil omen, and the brand Of infamy upon my name. Milton.

s, and thus determiming the proper focal length of a lens for correcting imperfect sight. Brande & C.

ough which the former passes suffices for the complete determination of the former curve. Brande & C.

An idol. [R.] Brande & C.

nce of a watch, which receive the immediate impulse of the scape-wheel, or balance wheel. Brande & C.

A model of a town or country, in relief, executed in wood, cork, pasteboard, or the like. Brande & C.

An instrument combining a compass, sundial, and universal time dial. Brande & C.

hich the first verse contains, in order, the first letters of all the verses of the poem. Brande & C.

pparent displacement in position undergone by an object when viewed by either eye singly. Brande & C. -- Parallax of the cross wires (of an optical instrument), their apparent displacement when the eye changes its position, caused by their not being exactly in the focus of the object glass. -- Stellar parallax, the a…

of a signature. In the Middle Ages, this formed a sort of rude safeguard against forgery. Brande & C.

er another, without indicating their connection or interdependence; -- opposed to syntax. Brande & C.

on of numbers (Math.), the resolution of integers into parts subject to given conditions. Brande & C.

cts or specifications, requiring that a material of construction, as cement, must be of a brand that has stood the test of a specified number of years' use in an important public work. [Cant, U. S.]

See Abundant number, under Abundant. Brande & C. -- Perfect tense (Gram.), a tense which expresses an act or state completed.

s, over which the sovereign president when a consultation was held upon affairs of state. Brande & C.

A ruminant having solid horns or antlers, as the deer. Brande & C.

red for the complete expression of the relations which exist between a set of quantities. Brande & C.

One of the chief magistrates of the Italian republics in the Middle Ages. Brande & C.