n. See Cittern. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) A heron; esp., the common European heron. “A stately hern.” Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A thin silk or woolen goods, for women's dresses, woven in various styles and colors. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. hyrne. ] A corner. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Lurking in hernes and in lanes blind. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
Strangulated hernia,
a. Of, or connected with, hernia. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Hernia + Gr. &unr_; to cut. ] (Med.) A surgical procedure for the cure or relief of hernia; celotomy. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Heronshaw. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Made of leather; consisting of leather;
n.
n. [ F. lucarne a dormer, dormer window, garret window, L. lucerna lamp, fr. lucere to be light or clear, fr. lux light. See Light, n., and cf. Lucarne. ] (Arch.) A dormer window. See Dormer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ AS. norðerne. ]
Northern diver. (Zool.)
Northern lights.
Northern spy (Bot.),
n.
adv. Northerly. [ Obs. ] Hakewill. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. Northmost. ] Farthest north. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being other or different; alterity; oppositeness. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ L. ] (Rom. Law) The property of a woman which, on her marriage, was not made a part of her dower, but remained her own. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. paraphernal. ] Of or pertaining to paraphernalia;
n. pl. [ LL. paraphernalia bona, fr. L. parapherna, pl., parapherna, Gr. &unr_;;
n. See Shearn. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ AS. sūðern. See South. ] Of or pertaining to the south; situated in, or proceeding from, the south; situated or proceeding toward the south. [ 1913 Webster ]
Southern Cross (Astron.),
Southern Fish (Astron.),
Southern States (U.S. Hist. & Geog.),
n. A Southerner. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. An inhabitant or native of the south, esp. of the Southern States of North America; opposed to
n. Southerliness. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Somewhat southern. --
a. Farthest south. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) A shrubby species of wormwood (Artemisia Abrotanum) having aromatic foliage. It is sometimes used in making beer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. wiðernām; wiðer against + nām a seizure, fr. niman to take. ] (Law) A second or reciprocal distress of other goods in lieu of goods which were taken by a first distress and have been eloigned; a taking by way of reprisal; -- chiefly used in the expression capias in withernam, which is the name of a writ used in connection with the action of replevin (sometimes called a writ of reprisal), which issues to a defendant in replevin when he has obtained judgment for a return of the chattels replevied, and fails to obtain them on the writ of return. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
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