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Cassican :: Cassican (n.) An American bird of the genus Cassicus, allied to the starlings and orioles, remarkable for its skillfully constructed and suspended nest; the crested oriole. The name is also sometimes given to the piping crow, an Australian bird..

Purlieu :: Purlieu (n.) Originally, the ground near a royal forest, which, having been unlawfully added to the forest, was afterwards severed from it, and disafforested so as to remit to the former owners their rights..

Thwaite :: Thwaite (n.) Forest land cleared, and converted to tillage; an assart..

Quitclaim :: Quitclaim (n.) A release or relinquishment of a claim; a deed of release; an instrument by which some right, title, interest, or claim, which one person has, or is supposed to have, in or to an estate held by himself or another, is released or relinquished, the grantor generally covenanting only against persons who claim under himself..

Terrestrial :: Terrestrial (a.) Representing, or consisting of, the earth; as, a terrestrial globe..

Restrengthen :: Restrengthen (v. t.) To strengthen again; to fortify anew.

Imprest :: Imprest (n.) To advance on loan.

Footing :: Footing (n.) Ground for the foot; place for the foot to rest on; firm foundation to stand on.

Act :: Act (v. i.) To perform actions; to fulfill functions; to put forth energy; to move, as opposed to remaining at rest; to carry into effect a determination of the will..

Incumbent :: Incumbent (a.) Leaning or resting; -- said of anthers when lying on the inner side of the filament, or of cotyledons when the radicle lies against the back of one of them..

Murmur :: Murmur (v. i.) To make a low continued noise, like the hum of bees, a stream of water, distant waves, or the wind in a forest..

Opiate :: Opiate (a.) Inducing sleep; somniferous; narcotic; hence, anodyne; causing rest, dullness, or inaction; as, the opiate rod of Hermes..

Astrict :: Astrict (v. t.) To restrict the tenure of; as, to astrict lands. See Astriction, 4..

Disafforest :: Disafforest (v. t.) To reduce from the privileges of a forest to the state of common ground; to exempt from forest laws.

Loan :: Loan (n.) That which one lends or borrows, esp. a sum of money lent at interest; as, he repaid the loan..

Stint :: Stint (v. t.) To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to confine; to restrain; to restrict to a scant allowance.

By-respect :: By-respect (n.) Private end or view; by-interest.

Licentiate :: Licentiate (n.) One who acts without restraint, or takes a liberty, as if having a license therefor..

Cohibition :: Cohibition (n.) Hindrance; restraint.

Discountenance :: Discountenance (v. t.) To refuse to countenance, or give the support of one's approval to; to give one's influence against; to restrain by cold treatment; to discourage..

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