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To reckon; to ascribe; to impute. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The ethical theory which excludes all relations between virtue and happiness; the science of virtue; -- contrasted with eudemonics. J. Grote.

An acute and rugged crest of a mountain range or a subsidiary ridge between two mountain gorges.

That part of moral philosophy which treats of virtue, its nature, and the means of attaining to it.

A tavern; a house where liquors are retailed. [Obs. as an English word.]

is interlined above, or inserted in the margin, which belongs in the place marked by the caret.

Weary; mournful. Shak.

A receptacle, as in a dining room, for a few bottles of wine or liquor, made in the form of a chest or coffer, or a deep drawer in a sideboard, and usually lined with metal.

A little cigar; a little fine tobacco rolled in paper for smoking.

The name firat given in England to the red wines of M

A small collar; specif., a woman's collar of lace, fur, or other fancy material.

A lodging house for Mohammedan pilgrims. Moore.

A European whitefish (Coregonus laveretus), found in the mountain lakes of Sweden, Germany, and Switzerland.

Typhus fever.

A public building, hospital, or pesthouse for the reception of diseased persons, particularly those affected with contagious diseases.

A slender, lofty tower attached to a mosque and surrounded by one or more projecting balconies, from which the summon to prayer is cried by the muezzin.

A parethmoid bone.

Of or pertaining to paresis; affected with paresis.

A little pillar. [R.] Fuller.

A stout silk having satin stripes, -- used for furniture.