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mily names, which signifies grandson or descendant of, and is a character of dignity; as, O'Neil, O'Carrol.

A contr. of Over. [Poetic]

See under Cat.

See Corposant; also Saint Elmo's Fire, under Saint.

are about half a dozen species, natives of the warmer parts of America. The common four- o'clock is M. Jalapa. Its flowers are white, yellow, and red, and open toward sunset, or earlier in cloudy weather; hence the name. It is also called marvel of Peru, and afternoon lady.

A very diminutive person. [Colloq.] liwell.

See Jack-with-a-lantern, under 2d Jack. JACKPOT Jackpot

pression of levity, especially in love matters. Nares. "Best sing it to the tune of light-o'-love." Shak.

A plant, the star-of-Bethlehem. See under Star.

A contraction of Through.

See Ignis fatuus.

An omen. [Obs.] High-thundering Juno's husband stirs my spirit with true abodes. Chapman.

; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of America. "Mantled o'er with aboriginal turf." Wordsworth.

to curse; to execrate; to anathematize. And the city shall be accursed. Josh. vi. 17. Thro' you, my life will be accurst. Tennyson.

, as of legislatures and courts, or other convened bodies; as, congress adjourned at four o'clock; the court adjourned without day.

horror. Aghast he waked; and, starting from his bed, Cold sweat in clammy drops his limbs o'erspread. Dryden. The commissioners read and stood aghast. Macaulay.

The lowest note but one in Guido Aretino's scale of music.

he following lines: - Behemoth, biggest born of earth, upheaved His vastness. Milton. Fly o'er waste fens and windy fields. Tennyson.

Acknowledgment. The censure of the which one must in your allowance o'erweigh a whole theater of others. Shak.

nward; forward. We will go along by the king's highway. Numb. xxi. 22. He struck with his o'ertaking wings, And chased us south along. Coleridge.