a.
Leave of abserice; especially, leave given to an offcer or soldier to be absent from service for a certain time; also, the document granting leave of absence. →
n.
A concretion, or calculus, formed in the gall bladder or biliary passages. See Calculus, n., 1. →
n.
A hardened body formed by certain fungi, as by the Claviceps purpurea, which produces ergot. →
n.
Any one of several species of beautiful birds of Australia and New Guinea, of the genera Ptiloris and Craspidophora, allied to the paradise birds. →