Lancer

n.

A set of quadrilles of a certain arrangement.

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Upprop

v. t.

To prop up.

Aedileship

n.

The office of an aedile.

Numerally

adv.

According to number; in number; numerically.

Forecast

v. t.

To foresee; to calculate beforehand, so as to provide for.

Sally

v. i.

To leap or rush out; to burst forth; to issue suddenly; as a body of troops from a fortified place to attack besiegers; to make a sally.

Sanjak

n.

A district or a subvision of a vilayet.

Nisan

n.

The first month of the jewish ecclesiastical year, formerly answering nearly to the month of April, now to March, of the Christian calendar. See Abib.

Hairtail

n.

Any species of marine fishes of the genus Trichiurus; esp., T. lepterus of Europe and America. They are long and like a band, with a slender, pointed tail. Called also bladefish.

Humanity

n.

Mankind collectively; the human race.

Hydrophobia

n.

An abnormal dread of water, said to be a symptom of canine madness; hence:

Cacophony

n.

An unhealthy state of the voice.

Keelhaul

v. i.

To haul under the keel of a ship, by ropes attached to the yardarms on each side. It was formerly practiced as a punishment in the Dutch and English navies.