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A native double salt, consisting of a combination of neutral and acid sodium carbonate, Na2CO3.2HNaCO3.2H2O, occurring as a white crystalline fibrous deposit from certain soda brine springs and lakes; -- called also urao, and by the ancients nitrum.

A toll or duty paid for weighing wool; also, the act of weighing wool. [Obs.] Nares.

An officer in London whose duty was to weigh wool. [Obs.]

dy of matrons. Burke. Can a politician slight the feelings and convictions of the whole matronage of his country Hare.

Of or pertaining to a matron; suitable to an elderly lady or to a married woman; grave; motherly.

nance or support; favor, encouragement, or aid, afforded to a person or a work; as, the patronage of letters; patronage given to an author.

Patron; protecting; favoring. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

The right or duty of a patron; patronage. [R.] Westm. Rev.

A salt of tartronic acid.

King of Castile (1252- 1284). Alphonsine tables, astronomical tables prepared under the patronage of Alphonso the Wise. Whewell.

Protection; patronage and care; guidance. Which by his auspice they will nobler make. Dryden.

rize, or as where two or more persons are engaged in the same business and each seeking patronage; -- followed by for before the object sought, and with before the person or thing competed with. Competition to the crown there is none, nor can be. Bacon. A portrait, with which one of Titian's could not come in competiti…

A cruciferrous plant (Hesperis matronalis), remarkable for its fragrance, especially toward the close of the day; -- called also rocket and dame's violet. Loudon.

informal dedication, as of a book to a person, as a mark of respect or an invitation of patronage.

Undue attachment to relations; favoritism shown to members of one's family; bestowal of patronage in consideration of relationship, rather than of merit or of legal claim. From nepotism Alexander V. was safe; for he was without kindred or relatives. But there was another perhaps more fatal nepotism, which turned the ti…

Nourishment or support from official patronage; as, treasury pap. [Colloq. & Contemptuous]

The act of patronizing; patronage; support. [R.]

after the Turkish conquest became powerful in clerical and other offices under Turkish patronage.

Under the patronage of royality; holding a charter granted by the sovereign; as, the Royal Academy of Arts; the Royal Society. Battle royal. See under Battle. -- Royal bay (Bot.), the classic laurel (Laurus nobilis.) -- Royal eagle. (Zoöl.) See Golden eagle, under Golden. -- Royal fern (Bot.), the handsome fern Osmun…

One employed to solicit patronage, as for a steamboat, hotel, shop, etc. [Cant, U.S.]