Sconce

p. p.

A piece of armor for the head; headpiece; helmet.

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Velveteen

n.

A kind of cloth, usually cotton, made in imitation of velvet; cotton velvet.

Paleous

a.

Chaffy; like chaff; paleaceous.

Groom

n.

A man recently married, or about to be married; a bridegroom.

Fabulous

a.

Feigned, as a story or fable; related in fable; devised; invented; not real; fictitious; as, a fabulous description; a fabulous hero.

Redbelly

n.

The char.

Rebuses

pl.

of Rebus

Nonresistant

n.

One who maintains that no resistance should be made to constituted authority, even when unjustly or oppressively exercised; one who advocates or practices absolute submission; also, one who holds that violence should never be resisted by force.

Kerseymere

n.

See Cassimere.

Feeble

superl.

Deficient in physical strength; weak; infirm; debilitated.

Sanitary

a.

Of or pertaining to health; designed to secure or preserve health; relating to the preservation or restoration of health; hygienic; as, sanitary regulations. See the Note under Sanatory.

Raid

v. t.

To make a raid upon or into; as, two regiments raided the border counties.

Resound

n.

Return of sound; echo.