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The under surface of the foot.

The butting or boundary of land, particularly at the end; a headland. Spelman.

of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the tickets or coverts of a forest. Spelman. Cowell.

of time, number, quantity, quality, weight, measure, etc.; as, rent of assize. Glanvill. Spelman. Cowell. Blackstone. Tomlins. Burrill.

d by a bordar, or the land which a lord kept for the maintenance of his board, or table. Spelman.

or chief of a tithing, or borough (see 2d Borough); the headborough; a parish constable. Spelman.

substance or quality; fleshy covering. [Consciences] overgrown with so hard a carnosity. Spelman. The olives, indeed be very small there, and bigger than capers; yet commended they are for their carnosity. Holland.

Having joint or equal signification; synonymous. [R.] Spelman.

some other person or thing. Locke. Spiritual things and spiritual men are correlatives. Spelman.

ppropriator was the incumbent parson, and had the cure of the souls of the parishioners. Spelman.

charters, we are to consider as well the donors and granters as the donees or grantees. Spelman.

manors, in order to manure them; -- often reserved to himself by the lord of the manor. Spelman.

A writer on feuds; a person versed in feudal law. Spelman.

Having the nature of a trust; fiduciary; as, fiducial power. Spelman. Fiducial edge (Astron. & Surv.), the straight edge of the alidade or ruler along which a straight line is to be drawn. -- Fiducial line or point (Math. & Physics.), a line or point of reference, as for setting a graduated circle or scale used for me…

Holding, held, or founded, in trust. Spelman.

age. -- Heriot service (Law), a heriot due by reservation in a grant or lease of lands. Spelman. Blackstone.

The lading of a ship; also, ballast. Spelman.

Compensation for the injury done by slaying a kinsman. Spelman.

a pecuniary compensation for killing his man (that is, his vassal, servant, or tenant). Spelman.

The wife or the widow of a marquis; a woman who has the rank and dignity of a marquis. Spelman.