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A kind of customary payment by a tenant; -- a word used in old records. Cowell. Burrill.

The parry which is connected with a riposte; also, a series of quick attacks and parries in which neither fencer gains a point.

resin obtained from tropical American trees of the genus Elaphrium (E. tomentosum and E. Tacamahaca), and also from East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum; also, the resinous exhudation of the balsam poplar.

The bib, or whiting pout. [Prov. Eng.]

The cross, or church, of St. Antony. See Illust. (6), under Cross, n. Mollett.

It is silent; -- a direction for a vocal or instrumental part to be silent during a whole movement.

Something used for taking hold or holding; a catch; a loop; a button. [Obs.] Ex. xxvi. 6.

A hydrous chloride of calcium and magnesium occurring in yellowish masses which rapidly deliquesce upon exposure. It is found in the salt mines at Stassfurt.

Any one of numerous species of Diptera belonging to Tachina and allied genera. Their larvæ are external parasites of other insects.

An apparatus for exposing briefly to view a screen bearing letters or figures. It is used in studying the range of attention, or the power of distinguishing separate objects in a single impression.

A recording or registering tachometer; also, its autographic record.

An instrument for measuring the velocity, or indicating changes in the velocity, of a moving body or substance. Specifically: --

Measurement by a tachometer; the science or use of tachometers.

A short or rapid method of instructing. [R.]

A division of monotremes which comprises the spiny ant-eaters of Australia and New Guinea. See Illust. under Echidna.

An example of tachygraphy; esp., an ancient Greek or Roman tachygraphic manuscript.

One who writes shorthand; a stenographer; esp., an ancient Greek or Roman notary.

Of or pertaining to tachygraphy; written in shorthand.

The art or practice of rapid writing; shorthand writing; stenography. I. Taylor (The Alphabet).

A vitreous form of basalt; -- so called because decompposable by acids and readily fusible.