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Once. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

Same as Anæsthesia, Anæsthetic.

Of or pertaining to Aracan, a province of British Burmah. -- n. sing. & pl.

A Brahmani.

Bells. [R.]

Growing white, or assuming a color approaching to white.

To vanish away; to because dissipated and disappear, like vapor. I believe him to have evanesced or evaporated. De Quincey.

The act or state of vanishing away; disappearance; as, the evanescence of vapor, of a dream, of earthly plants or hopes. Rambler.

Liable to vanish or pass away like vapor; vanishing; fleeting; as, evanescent joys. So evanescent are the fashions of the world in these particulars. Hawthorne.

; imperceptibly. Chalmers.

The Hindoo god of wisdom or prudence.

A female guardian. I have placed a trusty, watchful guardianess. Beau. & Fl.

Of or pertaining to Havana, in Cuba. -- n. sing. & pl.

Becoming hoary or gray; canescent.

Of or pertaining to Japan, or its inhabitants.

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

especially of dead ancestors, regarded as family deities and protectors. Hail, O ye holy manes! Dryden.

A covering placed over the upper part of a horse's head.

A manganate. [Obs.]

An element obtained by reduction of its oxide, as a hard, grayish white metal, fusible with difficulty, but easily oxidized. Its ores occur abundantly in nature as the minerals pyrolusite, manganite, etc. Symbol Mn. Atomic weight 54.8.