and turned outward for defense.

Ab'di-cate.. To give up (as, an office).

Ab-o-rig'i-nes (-rij'e-neez).

inhabitants of a country.

The first

Ab-o-rig'i-nal. First; primitive.
Ab'ro-gate. To repeal; to annul.
Ab-solve'. To clear from blame or

severe.

Ad'e-quate. Equal to; sufficient. Adjunct. Something joined to; an appendage.

Ad-ven'tur-er. One who lives by bold and hazardons undertakings. Affix. Somining attached to; a syllable joined to a word. Ag-gress'ive. Assailing; disposed to attack.

Ag-ri-cult'ūr-al. Pertaining to farming or tillage.

Aid-de-camp (ād'e-kawng). One who attends on a military officer to convey his orders.

Al'che-my. Chemistry as understood and practised in former times, one of its chief objects being to change the common metals into gold. Al-le'giance (-jance).` Obligation of a subject; loyalty. Al-le-vi-a'tion. Act of lessening; mitigation.

Al-ter'nate-ly. By turns; one after the other.

Am-a-teur' (-tür). A lover of any science or art; not a professor. Am-mu-ni'tion.

Military stores, as

powder, balls, etc. An'a-lyze. To separate into component parts.

An'ar-chy. Want of government; confusion.

An-i-mad-ver'sion, Unfavorable comment; censure.

An-nex-a'tion. Act of joining to;

union.

An-ni-hi-la'tion. Act of destroying; reducing to nothing.

An-tag'o-nist. An opponent.

ing the scurvy.

A-pos'ta-sy. A falling from one's profession or faith.

A-pos'tate. One guilty of apostasy. A-pos'tle. One sent to preach the gospel.

Ap pa ri'tion. An appearance of a preternatural character; a ghost. Ap-pel-la'tion. A name; a title. Aqua Viæ. Latin phrase, meaning water of life; brandy.

Ar-chi-pel-a'go (ar-ke-pel'a'go). A sea crowded with islands; a large group of islands.

Archives (ar'kives). Records; place for records.

Ar'ma-ment. A land or naval force. Ar'que-buse (ar'kwe-bus). A hand-gun. Ar-que-bus-ier'. A soldier armed with n arquebuse.

Ar-til'lé-ry. Weapons of war; troops that manage cannon, etc. As-sim'i-late. To make similar to. A-sy'lum. A refuge; a charitable institution.

A-tone ment. Satisfaction for crime; expiation.

Au'gu-ry. Foretelling events by signs

or omens.

Aus-pi'cious. Having omens of success: favorable.

Ban-do-leer'. A small case for powder. Bar'o-ny. The territory or dignity of a baron.

Bar-ri-cade'. An obstruction formed hurriedly against an attack.

Bar'racks. Buildings for soldiers to lodge in.

Ba-salt'ic (ba-zawlt'ic). Consisting of a grayish-black stone.

Ba-shaw'. A Turkish governor or viceroy.

Bas'so-Re-liev'o (Italian). Sculpture in which the figures partly stand out from a plane surface. Be-leag'uer (be-le'ger). To besiege; to block up.

Bel-lig'e rent. Waging war. Ben-e-factor. One who does good,who confers a benefit.

posite sides of the earth.

ness.

Bilge. The broadest part of a ship's bottom; to spring a leak. Bivouac (biv'wak). Passing the night in the open air, as soldiers. Bland'ness. Mildness; softness. Bom-bard'ment.

An attack with bombs (large iron shells filled with powder). Bomb'-proof. Secure against bombs; a place of refuge in a fort, against bombs. Brig'an-tine. A small brig, or twomasted vessel.

Bull'ion (bull'yun). Uncoined silver or gold. Burgh'er (burg'er). An inhabitant of a burgh, or corporate town; a citizen. Bur-go-mas'ter. A magistrate in a Dutch city.

Can'is-ter. A small box for tea, coffee, powder, etc. Abbreviation of Canister shot; a charge for cannon, consisting of bullets, etc., inclosed in a canister or

case.

Can-non-ade'. An assault with can

non.

Ca-pit'u-late. To yield on expressed conditions.

Car-tel'. An agreement for the exchange of prisoners.

Casque (cask). A helmet.

agreement.

Con-fis-ca'tion. Transferring to the state as a penalty; forfeiture. Con-fla-gra'tion. An extensive fire. Con-nu'bi-al. Pertaining to marriage. Con-san-guin'i-ty. Relationship by blood or birth. Con-ster-na'tion. Amazement; excessive alarm.

Con-ta'gi-ous. Communicated by con tact; infectious. Con-tem po-ra-ry. Existing at the same time. Con'tra-band. Unlawful; forbidden.

Con-ven'tion-al. Agreed on by compact; customary.

Co-op'er-ate. To work with others.
Cop'pice. A wood of small growth.
Cor'po-ral. An inferior military offi-
cer, next below a sergeant.
Cru'ci-fix. A representation of our Lord

on the cross.

De-ci'pher. To explain what is written in cipher; to unfold.

event; a calamity.

divisions of an army.

waste.

E-duce'. To draw out; to extract.
Ef-fem'i-nate. Womanish; tender;

weak.

E-lab'o-rate. To finish with labor and

skill.

El Do-ra'do (Spanish). A country rich in gold.

E-lix'ir. A tincture; an extract. E-man-ci-pa'tion. A setting free from slavery.

Em-bez zle. To appropriate to one's own use property held in trust. E-mer'gen-cy. Pressing necessity. Em'is-sa-ry. One sent on a mission. E-mol'u-ment. Profit from an office or employment.

En-co'mi-um. Formal praise; panegyric.

En-dow'ment. Gift of a permanent fund; gift of nature; talent. En-thu'si-asm. Ardent or excessive zeal.

E-nun'ci-ate. To utter distinctly; to declare.

Fick'le-ness. Changeableness of opinion or purpose; inconstancy. Fo-ren'sic. Relating to public assemblies. For-mal'i-ty. Observance of forms

ceremony.

For mid-a-ble. Apt to excite fear; dreadful.

For-tu'i-tous. Accidental; happening by chance.

Franchise (fran'chiz). A political right or privilege.

Free boot-er. A plunderer. Frigate. A ship of war, next in size to a ship of the line.

Frontier. The border of a country. Ful-min-a'tion. Denunciation of censure; explosion.

Fun-da-ment'al. Pertaining to the foundation; essential. Fu-see'. A firelock, or gun.

Garʼri-son. A body of soldiers in charge of a fort.

Gauntlet. An iron glove.

Ge'ni-al. Productive; cheerful or gay.

manship.

E-rad'i-cate. To root out; to abolish. E'ru-dite. Learned; well read.

Gut'tur-al. Pertaining to the throat.

Hal'low. To make sacred or holy.

the tide rises.

Es-pouse. To marry; to assume the defense of.

Et'i-quette (-ket). Forms of civility;

ceremony. Eu'cha-rist.

The sacrament of the

Lord's supper. Eu'lo-gy. A speech or writing in praise of any person.

E-vac'u-ate. To make empty; to quit. E-ven'tu-al-ly. In the event; finally. Ex-as'per-ate. To make angry; to provoke.

Ex-com-mu'ni-cate. To exclude from church communion. Ex'e-crate. To curse. Ex-ec'u-tor. One who carries a will into effect. Ex-em'plar.

A copy or pattern; a model for imitation." Ex-i-gen'cy. Pressing necessity. Ex-ot'ic. Foreign; a foreign plant. Ex-p'ti-ate (-she-ate). To enlarge upon in discourse.

coming evil; a precursor.

Hawk's bells. Bells used in falconry, to fasten on the foot of the hawk. He-red'i-ta-ry. Descending by inheritance.

Her'e-sy. Error in religious faith or doctrine.

Hol'o-caust. A whole animal used in a burnt-offering.

Ho-ri'zon. The circle which bounds our view.

How'it-zer. A short gun mounted on a carriage.

Hus'band-ry. Farming; tillage.

Ignis Fatuus (Latin). A meteor seen in the night over marshy ground, and leading travellers astray; anything deceptive.

Ig-no-min'i-ous. Disgraceful.
II-lim-i-ta'ble. Unbounded.
Im-mor'tal-ize. To make enduring
or immortal.

Im-mu'ni-ty. Freedom from obligation; special exemption.

Im-pla'ca-ble. Not to be appeased or satisfied.

with appropriate ceremonies. In-cen'di-a-ry. One who maliciously sets fire to a house; producing sedition. In-clem'ent. Harsh; severe. In-com-pat'i-ble. Inconsistent with. In-corpor-ate. To unite with; to form into a body.

In-cursion. Inroad; invasion.
In-den-ta'tion. A cut; a notch.
In-dom'i-ta-ble. Not to be subdued;
unconquerable; untamable.

In-ert'. Without power to move; inactive; sluggish.