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arrangement; an instrument similar to the hurdy- gurdy. Well could he sing and play on a rote. Chaucer. extracting mistuned dirges from their harps, crowds, and rotes. Sir W. Scott.

Any one of numerous species of small, polished, brightcolored gastropods of the genus Rotella, native of tropical seas.

The end of a verse or psalm, or something added thereto, to be sung by the people, by way of a response.

Same as Acroterium.

Pertaining to an acroterium; as, ornaments. P. Cyc.

r statues or other ornaments, placed on the apex and at the basal angles of a pediment. Acroteria are also sometimes placed upon the gables in Gothic architecture. J. H. Parker.

That branch of agriculture dealing with the methods of conversion of agricultural products into manufactured articles; agricultural technology.

A secret organization in the United States, formed in Iowa in 1887, ostensibly for the protection of American institutions by keeping Roman Catholics out of public office. Abbrev. commonly to A. P .A.

Brittle. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Brittleness. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A tierce or cask for dried fruits, etc., usually about 700 lbs. Simmonds.

See Cerate.

A white waxy solid obtained from Chinese wax, and by the distillation of cerotin.

A mark indicating a question; a note of interrogation.

A figure o Must I give way and room to your rash choler Shall I be frighted when a madman stares Shak.

To rub or wear by rubbing; to chafe. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

One who frotes; one who rubs or chafes. [Obs.] Marston.

To strangle with the garrote; hence, to seize by the throat, from behind, with a view to strangle and rob.

One who seizes a person by the throat from behind, with a view to strangle and rob him.

A groat. [Obs.] Chaucer.