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Not observant; regardless; heedless. Bp. Hurd. -- In`ob*serv"ant*ly, adv.

Irrelevancy.

The quality or state of being irrelevant; as, the irrelevancy of an argument.

Not relevant; not applicable or pertinent; not bearing upon or serving to support; foreign; extraneous; as, testimony or arguments irrelevant to a case. -- Ir*rel"a*vant*ly, adv.

. An ideal personification of the typical Russian or of the Russian people; -- used as "John Bull" is used for the typical Englishman.

Of or pertaining to Java, or to the people of Java. -- n. sing. & pl.

A goddess who protected newborn infants.

Rising or having risen from rest; -- said of cattle. See Couchant and levant, under Couchant.

One who levants, or decamps. [Colloq. Eng.]

Of or pertaining to the Levant. J. Spencer.

A female servant.

A male servant.

See Mauve aniline, under Mauve.

A salt of metavanadic acid.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, a vanadic acid analogous to metaphosphoric acid.

In the Buddhist system of religion, the final emancipation of the soul from transmigration, and consequently a beatific enfrachisement from the evils of wordly existence, as by annihilation or absorption into the divine. See Buddhism.

Neglect or failure to observe or fulfill.

with care; performance; -- usually with a sense of strictness and fidelity; as, the observance of the Sabbath is general; the strict observance of duties. It is a custom More honored in the breach than the observance. Shak.

Observance. [Obs.]

A thing to be observed. Swift.