n.
That which confirms, ratifies, or makes stable; that which authenticates; that which secures; assurance. →
n.
A name formerly applied rather loosely to certain dark-colored igneous rocks, including diorite, diabase, etc. →
n.
That branch of military science which comprehends the theory of projectiles, and the manner of constructing and using ordnance. →
v. t.
To render other than Protestant; to cause to change from Protestantism to some other form of religion; to deprive of some Protestant feature or characteristic. →
n.
A genus of American liliaceous, sometimes arborescent, plants having long, pointed, and often rigid, leaves at the top of a more or less woody stem, and bearing a large panicle of showy white blossoms. →
n. pl.
Livid and painful swellings formed by the dilation of the blood vessels around the margin of, or within, the anus, from which blood or mucus is occasionally discharged; piles; emerods. →