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Eyalet :: Eyalet (n.) Formerly, one of the administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire; -- now called a vilayet..

Calamus :: Calamus (n.) A species of Acorus (A. calamus), commonly called calamus, or sweet flag. The root has a pungent, aromatic taste, and is used in medicine as a stomachic; the leaves have an aromatic odor, and were formerly used instead of rushes to strew on floors..

Reseizer :: Reseizer (n.) The taking of lands into the hands of the king where a general livery, or oustre le main, was formerly mis-sued, contrary to the form and order of law..

Courche :: Courche (n.) A square piece of linen used formerly by women instead of a cap; a kerchief.

Archilute :: Archilute (n.) A large theorbo, or double-necked lute, formerly in use, having the bass strings doubled with an octave, and the higher strings with a unison..

Prest :: Prest (n.) A duty in money formerly paid by the sheriff on his account in the exchequer, or for money left or remaining in his hands..

Asper :: Asper (n.) A Turkish money of account (formerly a coin), of little value; the 120th part of a piaster..

Cushion :: Cushion (n.) A riotous kind of dance, formerly common at weddings; -- called also cushion dance..

Nephrite :: Nephrite (n.) A hard compact mineral, of a dark green color, formerly worn as a remedy for diseases of the kidneys, whence its name; kidney stone; a kind of jade. See Jade..

Rosolic :: Rosolic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a complex red dyestuff (called rosolic acid) which is analogous to rosaniline and aurin. It is produced by oxidizing a mixture of phenol and cresol, as a dark red amorphous mass, C20H16O3, which forms weak salts with bases, and stable ones with acids. Called also methyl aurin, and, formerly, corallin..

Titling :: Titling (n.) Stockfish; -- formerly so called in customhouses.

Hockday :: Hockday (n.) A holiday commemorating the expulsion of the Danes, formerly observed on the second Tuesday after Easter; -- called also hocktide..

Relapse :: Relapse (v. i.) To slide or turn back into a former state or practice; to fall back from some condition attained; -- generally in a bad sense, as from a state of convalescence or amended condition; as, to relapse into a stupor, into vice, or into barbarism; -- sometimes in a good sense; as, to relapse into slumber after being disturbed..

Masterwort :: Masterwort (n.) A tall and coarse European umbelliferous plant (Peucedanum Ostruthium, formerly Imperatoria)..

Spring :: Spring (v. i.) A flying back; the resilience of a body recovering its former state by elasticity; as, the spring of a bow..

Purveyance :: Purveyance (n.) A providing necessaries for the sovereign by buying them at an appraised value in preference to all others, and oven without the owner's consent. This was formerly a royal prerogative, but has long been abolished..

Insessores :: Insessores (n. pl.) An order of birds, formerly established to include the perching birds, but now generally regarded as an artificial group..

Ricinic :: Ricinic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, castor oil; formerly, designating an acid now called ricinoleic acid..

Ailette :: Ailette (n.) A small square shield, formerly worn on the shoulders of knights, -- being the prototype of the modern epaulet..

Blockhouse :: Blockhouse (n.) An edifice or structure of heavy timbers or logs for military defense, having its sides loopholed for musketry, and often an upper story projecting over the lower, or so placed upon it as to have its sides make an angle wit the sides of the lower story, thus enabling the defenders to fire downward, and in all directions; -- formerly much used in America and Germany..

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