(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.

(n.) Hence, the outer portion of any place; an adjacent district; environs; neighborhood.

(n.) A hat or covering for the head.

(n.) A cap of maintenance. See Maintenance.

(n.) A castle or a fortress in France.

(n.) A manor house or residence of the lord of the manor; a gentleman's country seat; also, particularly, a royal residence; as, the chateau of the Louvre; the chateau of the Luxembourg.

(n.) A cameo.

(n.) Painting in shades of one color; monochrome.

(n.) A narrow band or fillet; a part of a head-dress.

(n.) A small ant-eater (Tamandua tetradactyla) native of the tropical parts of South America.

(n.) A knife; a dagger.

(n.) Same as Hara-kiri.

(n.) A species of lyric poetry so composed as to contain a refrain or repetition which recurs according to a fixed law, and a limited number of rhymes recurring also by rule.

(n.) See Rondo, 1.

(n.) A little roll; a roll of coins put up in paper, or something resembling such a roll.

(n.) A quarter of a crown.

(n.) The American reindeer, especially the common or woodland species (Rangifer Caribou).

(n.) Any one of several species of South American monkeys of the genus Cebus, having long and prehensile tails. Some of the species are called also capuchins. The bonnet sapajou (C. subcristatus), the golden-handed sapajou (C. chrysopus), and the white-throated sapajou (C. hypoleucus) are well known species. See Capuchin.

(n.) A dry, brown, astringent extract, obtained by decoction and evaporation from the Acacia catechu, and several other plants growing in India. It contains a large portion of tannin or tannic acid, and is used in medicine and in the arts. It is also known by the names terra japonica, cutch, gambier, etc.

(n.) A flat surface; especially, a broad, level, elevated area of land; a table-land.

(n.) An ornamental dish for the table; a tray or salver.

(n.) A roundel of a red color.

(n.) One of the metrical tales of the Trouveres, or early poets of the north of France.

(n.) A small flat bastion, raised in the middle of an overlong curtain.

(n.) Any one of several species of South American birds belonging to Tinamus and allied genera.

(n.) Any one of several species of plantain eaters of the genus Turacus, native of Africa. They are remarkable for the peculiar green and red pigments found in their feathers.

(n.) A striking and vivid representation; a picture.

(n.) A representation of some scene by means of persons grouped in the proper manner, placed in appropriate postures, and remaining silent and motionless.

(n.) In India, a running footman; a messenger.

(n.) A large stork of the genus Leptoptilos (formerly Ciconia), esp. the African species (L. crumenifer), which furnishes plumes worn as ornaments. The Asiatic species (L. dubius, or L. argala) is the adjutant. See Adjutant.

(n.) One having five eighths negro blood; the offspring of a mulatto and a griffe.

(n.) A woman's cloak or mantle.

(n.) A gown worn by women.

(n.) Alt. of Manitu

(n.) See Jet d'eau.

(n.) Alt. of Nylgau

(n.) A bit; a morsel.

(n.) The agile, or silvery, gibbon; -- called also camper. See Gibbon.

(n.) An upstart; a man newly risen into notice.