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A figure of St. George (the patron saint of England) on horseback, appended to the collar of the Order of the Garter. See Garter.

A gold noble of the time of Henry VIII. See Noble, n.

is father. To name or call after, to name like and reference to. Our eldest son was named George after his uncle. Goldsmith.

f stout walking shoe, laced in front. A man who uses his balmorals to tread on your toes. George Eliot.

The spirit or principles of a French political movement identified with Gen. Georges Boulanger (d. 1891), whose militarism and advocacy of revenge on Germany attracted to him a miscellaneous party of monarchists and Republican malcontents. -- Bou*lan"gist (#), n.

[F.], one who lives by persevering fraud; a pickpocket; a sharper. -- The Chevalier St. George (Eng. Hist.), James Francis Edward Stuart (son of James II.), called "The Pretender." -- The Young Chevalier, Charles Edward Stuart, son of the Chevalier St. George.

lege was abridged and modified by various statutes, and finally abolished in the reign of George IV. (1827). -- Regular clergy, Secular clergy See Regular, n., and Secular, a.

ressed to Olybrius, then prefect of Rome, for the regulation of the conduct of advocates. George Long. Apostolic constitutions. See under Apostolic.

An assemblage; a collection; harmonious union. [Obs.] That person of his [George Herbert], which afforded so unusual a contesseration of elegancies. Oley.

ven when varying considerably from that form; thus, the Cross of the British Order of St. George and St. Michael consist of a central medallion with seven arms radiating from it.

rson; hence, also, the death of any illustrious person. After the demise of the Queen [of George II.], in 1737, they [drawing-rooms] were held but twice a week. P. Cunningham.

cture. [Obs.] I bought an excellent drollery, which I afterward parted with to my brother George of Wotton. Evelyn.

Partly fibrous, partly cartilaginous, and partly osseous. St. George Mivart.

A large Dutch coasting vessel. Captain George Weymouth made a voyage of discovery to the northwest with two flyboats. Purchas.

A name given by miners to George Stephenson's safety lamp. Raymond.

Of or relating to the reigns of the four Georges, kings of Great Britan; as, the Georgian era.

British or British colonial architecture of the period of the four Georges, especially that of the period before 1800.

depart forever; to be lost or ruined; to perish; to decline; to decease; to die. By Saint George, he's gone! That spear wound hath our master sped. Sir W. Scott.

of a religious sect, founded in Würtemburg in the last century, composed of followers of George Rapp, a weaver. They had all their property in common. In 1803, a portion of this sect settled in Pennsylvania and called the village thus established, Harmony.

Designating a light and elegant style developed in England under George III., chiefly by Messrs. A.Heppelwhite & Co.