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A name given to either of the projecting ends of Saturn's ring.

Having a handle. Johnson.

A kind of inn, in the East, where caravans rest at night, being a large, rude, unfurnished building, surrounding a court. [Written also caravanserai and caravansera.]

Capable of being cleansed. Sherwood.

A cross in the shape of the ankh.

Same as Ganza. Bp. Hall.

See 2d Hanse.

An official report of proceedings in the British Parliament; -- so called from the name of the publishers.

The camel's thorn. See under Camel.

the Winnebagoes and Osages. They formerly inhabited the region which is now the State of Kansas, but were removed to the Indian Territory.

A hipped curb roof; that is, a roof having on all sides two slopes, the lower one being steeper than the upper one.

A celebrated Sanskrit poem having for its subject the Raghu dynasty.

To search thoroughly; to search every place or part of; as, to ransack a house. To ransack every corner of their . . . hearts. South.

To carry through; to do; perform; to manage; as, to transact commercial business; to transact business by an agent.

That which is done; an affair; as, the transactions on the exchange.

One who transacts, performs, or conducts any business. Derham.

est side of the Alps; of or pertaining to the region or the people beyond the Alps; as, transalpine Gaul; -- opposed to cisalpine. " Transalpine garbs." Beau. & Fl.

To animate with a soul conveyed from another body. [R.] Bp. J. King (1608).

The conveyance of a soul from one body to another. [R.] Fuller.

Lying or being beyond the Atlantic Ocean.