n.
Now, one who agists or takes in cattle to pasture at a certain rate; a pasturer.
Next Wordn.
pl. (Greek Myth.) The avenging deities, Tisiphone, Alecto, and Megaera; the Erinyes or Eumenides. →
n.
A personal action which lies to recover possession of goods and chattle wrongfully taken or detained. Originally, it was a remedy peculiar to cases for wrongful distress, but it may generally now be brought in all cases of wrongful taking or detention. →
v. t.
To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of. →
n.
A pleasing faculty or accomplishment; as, felicity in painting portraits, or in writing or talking. →
v. i.
To walk without lifting the feet; to proceed with a scraping or dragging movement; to shuffle. →
p. p. of Foryete. →
n.
An alkaloid obtained from the yellow jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens), as a bitter white semicrystalline substance; -- called also gelsemia. →