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An expression equivalent to What did you say Sir Eh [Obs.] Shak.

The pineapple (Ananassa sativa).

Destitute of stamen

Containing no angle. [R.]

Destitute of anthers. Gray.

Destitute of flowers; flowerless.

A perennial herbaceous plant of almost treelike size (Musa sapientum); also, its edible fruit. See Musa.

e, benzine, and a little pyroxylin, it contains amyl acetate, which gives it the odor of bananas.

Demeanor. [Obs.] Skelton.

rth into an act, or making itself apparent by an effect; -- said of mental acts; as, an emanant volition.

Designating, pertaining to, or held under, the Spanish system of law (called ganancial system) which controls the title and disposition of the property acquired during marriage by the husband or wife.

One guilty of a misdemeanor. Sydney Smith.

A small landlocked variety of the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar ounaniche) of Lake St. John, Canada, and neighboring waters, noted for its vigor and activity, and habit of leaping from the water when hooked.

Cauterization. Buchanan.

A thin, black silk for hoods, scarfs, etc.; -- often called simply mode. Buchanan.

Of a purplish color. Buchanan.

and surveying. Knight. Joiners, etc., bone their work with two straight edges. W. M. Buchanan.

Paste used by weavers to dress their webs. Buchanan.

Bad speaking; bad choice or use of words. Buchanan.

To remove to, and settle in, a distant country; to make a colony. C. Buchanan.