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Loose. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Devoted to enjoyment.

Worthy pf applause; praiseworthy. [Obs.]

lamation, huzzas, or other means; marked commendation. The brave man seeks not popular applause. Dryden.

Expressing applause; approbative. -- Ap*plau"sive*ly, adv.

The pomegranate tree (Punica granatum). The bark of the root, the rind of the fruit, and the flowers are used medicinally.

A clause, as in a blanket mortgage or policy, that includes a group or class of things, rather than a number mentioned individually and having the burden, loss, or the like, apportioned among them.

entence; an article, stipulation, or proviso, in a legal document. The usual attestation clause to a will. Bouvier.

Cloistral. Ayliffe

A thin lamina of gray matter in each cerebral hemiphere of the brain of man. -- Claus"tral, a.

Consisting of, or having, clauses. Smart.

The act of shutting up or confining; confinement. [R.] Geddes.

Want of plausibility; the quality of being implausible.

Not plausible; not wearing the appearance of truth or credibility, and not likely to be believed. "Implausible harangues." Swift. -- Im*plau"si*ble*ness, n. -- Im*plau"si*bly, adv.

Lit., closed sea; hence, a body of water within the separate jurisdiction of the nation; -- opposed to open sea, the water open to all nations and over which no single nation has special control.

A clause sometimes inserted in contracts or specifications, requiring that a material of construction, as cement, must be of a brand that has stood the test of a specified number of years' use in an important public work. [Cant, U. S.]

Something worthy of praise. [Obs.] Integrity, fidelity, and other gracious plausibilities. E. Vaughan.

Obtaining approbation; specifically pleasing; apparently right; specious; as, a plausible pretext; plausible manners; a plausible delusion. "Plausible and popular arguments." Clarendon.

To render plausible. [R.]

Quality of being plausible.