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Reddish brown. His auburn locks on either shoulder flowed. Dryden.

it no more than the revenues of a little cloud. Jer. Taylor. Audit ale, a kind of ale, brewed at the English universities, orig. for the day of audit. -- Audit house, Audit room, an appendage to a cathedral, for the transaction of its business.

rly the supreme court of the emperor. It ceased at the death of each emperor, and was renewed by his successor. It became extinct when the German empire was dissolved, in 1806. The term is now applied to a council of the war department of the Austrian empire, and the members of different provincial chanceries of that e…

Possessed of or endowed with authority; as, an authorized agent.

That service which a tenant owed his lord, to be done by the work beasts of the tenant, as the carriage of wheat, turf, etc.

Capable of being avowed, or openly acknowledged, with confidence. Donne.

. That same eye whose bend doth awe the world. Shak. His solemn and pathetic exhortation awed and melted the bystanders. Macaulay.

man of any age who has not been married. As merry and mellow an old bachelor as ever followed a hound. W. Irving.

A protecting ruffle or frill, as of silk or lace, sewed close to the lower edge of a skirt on the inside.

A ridge of land left unplowed between furrows, or at the end of a field; a piece missed by the plow slipping aside. Bad plowmen made balks of such ground. Fuller.

Of or pertaining to the sea which separates Norway and Sweden from Jutland, Denmark, and Germany; situated on the Baltic Sea.

ays in which the sailors have no flesh meat served out to them. This use seems to be borrowed from the Banians or Banya race, who eat no flesh.

In certain games, as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw. Bank credit, a credit by which a person who has give -- Bank of deposit, a bank which receives money for safe keeping. -- Bank of issue, a bank which issues its own notes payable to bearer.

Complete loss; -- followed by of.

s entertainment of eating and drinking; often, a complimentary or ceremonious feast, followed by speeches.

To make a bargain; to make a contract for the exchange of property or services; -- followed by with and for; as, to bargain with a farmer for a cow. So worthless peasants bargain for their wives. Shak.

A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat. [U.S.]

hange (frequently for an unworthy consideration); to traffic; to truck; -- sometimes followed by away; as, to barter away goods or honor.

Born out of wedlock. Gay.

A "natural" child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate child; one born of an illicit union.