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

One attached to another person or thing, as a part of a suite or staff. Specifically: One attached to an embassy.

Separate; unconnected, or imperfectly connected; as, detached parcels. "Extensive and detached empire." Burke. Detached escapement. See Escapement.

Sorrow; anguish of mind; mental pang. Shak.

Mustache.

That part of the beard which grows on the upper lip; hair left growing above the mouth.

A tender to a fleet, formerly used for conveying men, orders, or treasure. [Spain & Portugal]

A dry fruit composed of five carpels, which are covered by an epigynous calyx and separate at maturity.

The anacardiaceous tree Pistacia vera, which yields the pistachio nut; also, the nut itself and the flavoring extract prepared from it.

Half detached; partly distinct or separate. Semidetached house, one of two tenements under a single roof, but separated by a party wall. [Eng.]

A kind of narrow braid, usually of silk; -- also known as Russian braid.

Not attached; not adhering; having no engagement; free.

A property attached to a word, but not essential to it, as gender, number, case.

To hold, be attached, or devoted; to remain fixed, either by personal union or conformity of faith, principle, or opinion; as, men adhere to a party, a cause, a leader, a church.

Attached as an attribute or circumstance.

The action of sticking; the state of being attached; intimate union; as the adhesion of glue, or of parts united by growth, cement, or the like.

A process by which land is attached security or in satisfaction of a debt.

Pertaining to an adnoun; adjectival; attached to a noun. Gibbs. -- Ad*nom"i*nal*ly, adv.

Held to service as attached to the soil; -- said of feudal serfs.

Attached or annexed to the glebe or estate and transferable with it. Brougham.