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A fine for slaying a man; the money value set upon a man's life; weregild. [Obs.] Every man was valued at a certain sum, which was called his were. Bosworth.

rd of a vassal, and partly to the next of kin. It was paid by the murderer. [Written also weregeld, weregelt, etc.] Blackstone.

ether by supernatural influences, by witchcraft, or voluntarily; a lycanthrope. Belief in werewolves, formerly general, is not now extinct. The werwolf went about his prey. William of Palerne. The brutes that wear our form and face, The werewolves of the human race. Longfellow.

One who answers.

See Deflourer. Milton.

Deprived of, or removed from, a bower. [Poetic] Bryant.

Furnished with, or as with, dower or a marriage portion. Shak.

A plant which flowers or blossoms. Many hybrids are profuse and persistent flowerers. Darwin.

A small flower; a floret. Shak.

Bearing three flowers together, or only three flowers.

Adorned or defended by towers. Towered cities please us then. Milton.

Not answered; not replied; as, an unanswered letter.

Lowered; humbled.

One of a class of bishops whose sees were formerly abbeys. Encyc. Brit. Abbot of the people. a title formerly given to one of the chief magistrates in Genoa. -- Abbot of Misrule (or Lord of Misrule), in mediæval times, the master of revels, as at Christmas; in Scotland called the Abbot of Unreason. Encyc. Brit.…

In a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire. The young Cambridge democrats were all ablaze to assist Torrijos. Carlyle.

over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout. Lampoons . . . were handed about the coffeehouses. Macaulay. Roving still about the world. Milton.

More than; as, above five hundred were present.

condition for letting out or yielding liquor, as a cask which is tapped. Hogsheads of ale were set abroach. Sir W. Scott.

That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction. His travels were full of absurdities. Johnson.

To cite; to summon. [Obs.] Our heralds now accited all that were Endamaged by the Elians. Chapman.