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Of or pertaining to Temple, a valley in Thessaly, celebrated by Greek poets on account of its beautiful scenery; resembling Temple; hence, beautiful; delightful; charming.

Of or pertaining to trap; being of the nature of trap.

Not appealable; that can not be carried to a higher tribunal by appeal; as, an unappealable suit or action.

To unsay; hence, to annul or cancel. [Obs.] Pepys.

Not impeachable; not to be called in question; exempt from liability to accusation; free from stain, guilt, or fault; irreproachable; blameless; as, an unimpeachable reputation; unimpeachable testimony. Burke. -- Un`im*peach"a*ble*ness, n. -- Un`im*peach"a*bly, adv.

Absence or lack of peace. [Obs.] Testament of Love.

To retract, as what has been spoken; to recant; to unsay. [R.] Shak.

Not speakable; incapable of being uttered or adequately described; inexpressible; unutterable; ineffable; as, unspeakable grief or rage. -- Un*speak"a*bly, adv. Ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory. 1 Pet. i. 8.

To grow or shoot up like a spear; as, upspearing grass. [R.] Cowper.

A univalve mollusk of the genus Haliotis. The shell is lined with mother-of-pearl, and used for ornamental purposes; the sea-ear. Several large species are found on the coast of California, clinging closely to the rocks.

The European siskin (Carduelis spinus), a small green and yellow finch, related to the goldfinch.

To fill with horror or disgust. [Obs.] It doth abhor me now I speak the word. Shak.

Higher in rank or power; as, he appealed to the court above.

by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or his successor; to repeal; -- applied to the repeal of laws, decrees, ordinances, the abolition of customs, etc. Let us see whether the New Testament abrogates what we so frequently see in the Old. South. Whose laws, like those of the Medes and Persia…

The act of abrogating; repeal by authority. Hume.

One who repeals by authority.

A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly: thus, "He is a man of so much honor and candor, and of such generosity -- but I need say no more."

To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include. "Dark oblivion soon absorbs them all." Cowper. The large cities absorb the wealth and fashion. W. Irving.

act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything, or of being absorbed and made to disappear; as, the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool, the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger.

.] (Law) The technical words of denial used in traversing what has been alleged, and is repeated.