Gendarmes

Hell-diver

n.

The dabchick. →

Warely

adv.

Cautiously; warily. →

General

a.

Common to many, or the greatest number; widely spread; prevalent; extensive, though not universal; as, a general opinion; a general custom. →

Recomforture

n.

The act of recomforting; restoration of comfort. →

Reaggravation

n.

The last monitory, published after three admonitions and before the last excommunication. →

Hypoblastic

a.

Relating to, or connected with, the hypoblast; as, the hypoic sac. →

Kettledrum

n.

A drum made of thin copper in the form of a hemispherical kettle, with parchment stretched over the mouth of it. →

Unfirm

a.

Infirm. →

Frounce

n.

An affection in hawks, in which white spittle gathers about the hawk's bill. →

Receive

v. t.

To take from a thief, as goods known to be stolen. →

Retrenchment

n.

The act or process of retrenching; as, the retrenchment of words in a writing. →

React

v. i.

To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force; as, every body reacts on the body that impels it from its natural state. →