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Full off dregs; foul. [R.] Knowles.

An inventory; a record. [Obs.] Knowles.

The tracing of things to their source, and the resolving of knowledge into its original principles.

A genus of water fowls, of the order Anseres, including certain species of fresh-water ducks.

or organization. Let the muscles be well inserted and bound together, according to the knowledge of them which is given us by anatomy. Dryden.

Elbowlike; anconal.

One versed in the knowledge of animalcules. Keith.

To subject to great heat, and then cool slowly, as glass, cast iron, steel, or other metal, for the purpose of rendering it less brittle; to temper; to toughen.

Knowledge of the nature of man; hence, human wisdom.

In any way or manner whatever; at any rate; in any event. Anyhow, it must be acknowledged to be not a simple selforiginated error. J. H. Newman. Anyhow, the languages of the two nations were closely allied. E. A. Freeman.

To make an apology or excuse; to make acknowledgment of some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends; -- with for; as, my correspondent apologized for not answering my letter. To apologize for his insolent language. Froude.

An acknowledgment intended as an atonement for some improper or injurious remark or act; an admission to another of a wrong or discourtesy done him, accompanied by an expression of regret.

or propensity in animals to perform certain actions, as in the young to suck, in aquatic fowls to enter into water and to swim; the tendency of an organized body to seek what satisfies the wants of its organism. These lacteals have mouths, and by animal selection or appetency the absorb such part of the fluid as is agr…

of an estate already conveyed. Burrill. Kent. To appoint one's self, to resolve. [Obs.] Crowley.

er; living in, swimming in, or frequenting the margins of waters; as, aquatic plants and fowls.

A South American monkey, the ursine howler (Mycetes ursinus). See Howler, n., 2.

Of or pertaining to a tree, or to trees; of nature of trees. Cowley.

One who makes trees his study, or who is versed in the knowledge of trees. Howell.

The act of arranging knowledge into a system.

Relating to the systemizing of knowledge.