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Allenarly
Allenarly Al*len"ar*ly, adv. [All + anerly singly, fr. ane
one.]
Solely; only. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.
BefallenBefall Be*fall", v. t. [imp. Befell; p. p. Befallen; p.
pr. & vb. n. Befalling.] [AS. befeallan; pref. be- +
feallan to fall.]
To happen to.
I beseech your grace that I may know The worst that may
befall me. --Shak. ChallengeChallenge Chal"lenge, n. [OE. chalenge claim, accusation,
challenge, OF. chalenge, chalonge, claim, accusation,
contest, fr. L. calumnia false accusation, chicanery. See
Calumny.]
1. An invitation to engage in a contest or controversy of any
kind; a defiance; specifically, a summons to fight a duel;
also, the letter or message conveying the summons.
A challenge to controversy. --Goldsmith.
2. The act of a sentry in halting any one who appears at his
post, and demanding the countersign.
3. A claim or demand. [Obs.]
There must be no challenge of superiority.
--Collier.
4. (Hunting) The opening and crying of hounds at first
finding the scent of their game.
5. (Law) An exception to a juror or to a member of a court
martial, coupled with a demand that he should be held
incompetent to act; the claim of a party that a certain
person or persons shall not sit in trial upon him or his
cause. --Blackstone
6. An exception to a person as not legally qualified to vote.
The challenge must be made when the ballot is offered. [U.
S.]
Challenge to the array (Law), an exception to the whole
panel.
Challenge to the favor, the alleging a special cause, the
sufficiency of which is to be left to those whose duty and
office it is to decide upon it.
Challenge to the polls, an exception taken to any one or
more of the individual jurors returned.
Peremptory challenge, a privilege sometimes allowed to
defendants, of challenging a certain number of jurors
(fixed by statute in different States) without assigning
any cause.
Principal challenge, that which the law allows to be
sufficient if found to be true. Challenge
Challenge Chal"lenge, v. i.
To assert a right; to claim a place.
Where nature doth with merit challenge. --Shak.
ChallengeChallenge Chal"lenge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Challenged; p. pr.
& vb. n. Challenging.] [OE. chalengen to accuse, claim, OF.
chalengier, chalongier, to claim, accuse, dispute, fr. L.
calumniar to attack with false accusations. See Challenge,
n., and cf. Calumniate.]
1. To call to a contest of any kind; to call to answer; to
defy.
I challenge any man to make any pretense to power by
right of fatherhood. --Locke.
2. To call, invite, or summon to answer for an offense by
personal combat.
By this I challenge him to single fight. --Shak.
3. To claim as due; to demand as a right.
Challenge better terms. --Addison.
4. To censure; to blame. [Obs.]
He complained of the emperors . . . and challenged
them for that he had no greater revenues . . . from
them. --Holland.
5. (Mil.) To question or demand the countersign from (one who
attempts to pass the lines); as, the sentinel challenged
us, with ``Who comes there?'
6. To take exception to; question; as, to challenge the
accuracy of a statement or of a quotation.
7. (Law) To object to or take exception to, as to a juror, or
member of a court.
8. To object to the reception of the vote of, as on the
ground that the person in not qualified as a voter. [U.
S.]
To challenge to the array, favor, polls. See under
Challenge, n. Challenge to the arrayChallenge Chal"lenge, n. [OE. chalenge claim, accusation,
challenge, OF. chalenge, chalonge, claim, accusation,
contest, fr. L. calumnia false accusation, chicanery. See
Calumny.]
1. An invitation to engage in a contest or controversy of any
kind; a defiance; specifically, a summons to fight a duel;
also, the letter or message conveying the summons.
A challenge to controversy. --Goldsmith.
2. The act of a sentry in halting any one who appears at his
post, and demanding the countersign.
3. A claim or demand. [Obs.]
There must be no challenge of superiority.
--Collier.
4. (Hunting) The opening and crying of hounds at first
finding the scent of their game.
5. (Law) An exception to a juror or to a member of a court
martial, coupled with a demand that he should be held
incompetent to act; the claim of a party that a certain
person or persons shall not sit in trial upon him or his
cause. --Blackstone
6. An exception to a person as not legally qualified to vote.
The challenge must be made when the ballot is offered. [U.
S.]
Challenge to the array (Law), an exception to the whole
panel.
Challenge to the favor, the alleging a special cause, the
sufficiency of which is to be left to those whose duty and
office it is to decide upon it.
Challenge to the polls, an exception taken to any one or
more of the individual jurors returned.
Peremptory challenge, a privilege sometimes allowed to
defendants, of challenging a certain number of jurors
(fixed by statute in different States) without assigning
any cause.
Principal challenge, that which the law allows to be
sufficient if found to be true. Challenge to the favorChallenge Chal"lenge, n. [OE. chalenge claim, accusation,
challenge, OF. chalenge, chalonge, claim, accusation,
contest, fr. L. calumnia false accusation, chicanery. See
Calumny.]
1. An invitation to engage in a contest or controversy of any
kind; a defiance; specifically, a summons to fight a duel;
also, the letter or message conveying the summons.
A challenge to controversy. --Goldsmith.
2. The act of a sentry in halting any one who appears at his
post, and demanding the countersign.
3. A claim or demand. [Obs.]
There must be no challenge of superiority.
--Collier.
4. (Hunting) The opening and crying of hounds at first
finding the scent of their game.
5. (Law) An exception to a juror or to a member of a court
martial, coupled with a demand that he should be held
incompetent to act; the claim of a party that a certain
person or persons shall not sit in trial upon him or his
cause. --Blackstone
6. An exception to a person as not legally qualified to vote.
The challenge must be made when the ballot is offered. [U.
S.]
Challenge to the array (Law), an exception to the whole
panel.
Challenge to the favor, the alleging a special cause, the
sufficiency of which is to be left to those whose duty and
office it is to decide upon it.
Challenge to the polls, an exception taken to any one or
more of the individual jurors returned.
Peremptory challenge, a privilege sometimes allowed to
defendants, of challenging a certain number of jurors
(fixed by statute in different States) without assigning
any cause.
Principal challenge, that which the law allows to be
sufficient if found to be true. Challenge to the pollsChallenge Chal"lenge, n. [OE. chalenge claim, accusation,
challenge, OF. chalenge, chalonge, claim, accusation,
contest, fr. L. calumnia false accusation, chicanery. See
Calumny.]
1. An invitation to engage in a contest or controversy of any
kind; a defiance; specifically, a summons to fight a duel;
also, the letter or message conveying the summons.
A challenge to controversy. --Goldsmith.
2. The act of a sentry in halting any one who appears at his
post, and demanding the countersign.
3. A claim or demand. [Obs.]
There must be no challenge of superiority.
--Collier.
4. (Hunting) The opening and crying of hounds at first
finding the scent of their game.
5. (Law) An exception to a juror or to a member of a court
martial, coupled with a demand that he should be held
incompetent to act; the claim of a party that a certain
person or persons shall not sit in trial upon him or his
cause. --Blackstone
6. An exception to a person as not legally qualified to vote.
The challenge must be made when the ballot is offered. [U.
S.]
Challenge to the array (Law), an exception to the whole
panel.
Challenge to the favor, the alleging a special cause, the
sufficiency of which is to be left to those whose duty and
office it is to decide upon it.
Challenge to the polls, an exception taken to any one or
more of the individual jurors returned.
Peremptory challenge, a privilege sometimes allowed to
defendants, of challenging a certain number of jurors
(fixed by statute in different States) without assigning
any cause.
Principal challenge, that which the law allows to be
sufficient if found to be true. Challengeable
Challengeable Chal"lenge*a*ble, a.
That may be challenged.
ChallengedChallenge Chal"lenge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Challenged; p. pr.
& vb. n. Challenging.] [OE. chalengen to accuse, claim, OF.
chalengier, chalongier, to claim, accuse, dispute, fr. L.
calumniar to attack with false accusations. See Challenge,
n., and cf. Calumniate.]
1. To call to a contest of any kind; to call to answer; to
defy.
I challenge any man to make any pretense to power by
right of fatherhood. --Locke.
2. To call, invite, or summon to answer for an offense by
personal combat.
By this I challenge him to single fight. --Shak.
3. To claim as due; to demand as a right.
Challenge better terms. --Addison.
4. To censure; to blame. [Obs.]
He complained of the emperors . . . and challenged
them for that he had no greater revenues . . . from
them. --Holland.
5. (Mil.) To question or demand the countersign from (one who
attempts to pass the lines); as, the sentinel challenged
us, with ``Who comes there?'
6. To take exception to; question; as, to challenge the
accuracy of a statement or of a quotation.
7. (Law) To object to or take exception to, as to a juror, or
member of a court.
8. To object to the reception of the vote of, as on the
ground that the person in not qualified as a voter. [U.
S.]
To challenge to the array, favor, polls. See under
Challenge, n. Challenger
Challenger Chal"len*ger, n.
One who challenges.
ChallengingChallenge Chal"lenge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Challenged; p. pr.
& vb. n. Challenging.] [OE. chalengen to accuse, claim, OF.
chalengier, chalongier, to claim, accuse, dispute, fr. L.
calumniar to attack with false accusations. See Challenge,
n., and cf. Calumniate.]
1. To call to a contest of any kind; to call to answer; to
defy.
I challenge any man to make any pretense to power by
right of fatherhood. --Locke.
2. To call, invite, or summon to answer for an offense by
personal combat.
By this I challenge him to single fight. --Shak.
3. To claim as due; to demand as a right.
Challenge better terms. --Addison.
4. To censure; to blame. [Obs.]
He complained of the emperors . . . and challenged
them for that he had no greater revenues . . . from
them. --Holland.
5. (Mil.) To question or demand the countersign from (one who
attempts to pass the lines); as, the sentinel challenged
us, with ``Who comes there?'
6. To take exception to; question; as, to challenge the
accuracy of a statement or of a quotation.
7. (Law) To object to or take exception to, as to a juror, or
member of a court.
8. To object to the reception of the vote of, as on the
ground that the person in not qualified as a voter. [U.
S.]
To challenge to the array, favor, polls. See under
Challenge, n. ChapfallenChapfallen Chap"fall`en, a.
Having the lower chap or jaw drooping, -- an indication of
humiliation and dejection; crestfallen; discouraged. See
Chopfallen. ChopfallenChopfallen Chop`fall`en, a.
Having the lower chop or jaw depressed; hence, crestfallen;
dejected; dispirited; downcast. See Chapfallen. Downfallen
Downfallen Down"fall`en, a.
Fallen; ruined. --Carew.
Fallen
Fallen Fall"en, a.
Dropped; prostrate; degraded; ruined; decreased; dead.
Some ruined temple or fallen monument. --Rogers.
Fallency
Fallency Fal"len*cy, n. [LL. fallentia, L. fallens p. pr of
fallere.]
An exception. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
Jaw-fallen
Jaw-fallen Jaw"-fall`en, a.
Dejected; chopfallen.
mallendersMalanders Mal"an*ders, n. pl. [F. malandres, fr. L. malandria
blisters or pustules on the neck, especially in horses.]
(Far.)
A scurfy eruption in the bend of the knee of the fore leg of
a horse. See Sallenders. [Written also mallenders.] MallendersMallenders Mal"len*ders, n. pl. (Far.)
Same as Malanders. MisfallenMisfall Mis*fall", v. t. [imp. Misfell; p. p. Misfallen;
p. pr. & vb. n. Misfalling.]
To befall, as ill luck; to happen to unluckily. [Obs.]
--Chaucer. Peremptory challengeChallenge Chal"lenge, n. [OE. chalenge claim, accusation,
challenge, OF. chalenge, chalonge, claim, accusation,
contest, fr. L. calumnia false accusation, chicanery. See
Calumny.]
1. An invitation to engage in a contest or controversy of any
kind; a defiance; specifically, a summons to fight a duel;
also, the letter or message conveying the summons.
A challenge to controversy. --Goldsmith.
2. The act of a sentry in halting any one who appears at his
post, and demanding the countersign.
3. A claim or demand. [Obs.]
There must be no challenge of superiority.
--Collier.
4. (Hunting) The opening and crying of hounds at first
finding the scent of their game.
5. (Law) An exception to a juror or to a member of a court
martial, coupled with a demand that he should be held
incompetent to act; the claim of a party that a certain
person or persons shall not sit in trial upon him or his
cause. --Blackstone
6. An exception to a person as not legally qualified to vote.
The challenge must be made when the ballot is offered. [U.
S.]
Challenge to the array (Law), an exception to the whole
panel.
Challenge to the favor, the alleging a special cause, the
sufficiency of which is to be left to those whose duty and
office it is to decide upon it.
Challenge to the polls, an exception taken to any one or
more of the individual jurors returned.
Peremptory challenge, a privilege sometimes allowed to
defendants, of challenging a certain number of jurors
(fixed by statute in different States) without assigning
any cause.
Principal challenge, that which the law allows to be
sufficient if found to be true. Principal challengePrincipal Prin"ci*pal, a. [F., from L. principalis. See
Prince.]
1. Highest in rank, authority, character, importance, or
degree; most considerable or important; chief; main; as,
the principal officers of a Government; the principal men
of a state; the principal productions of a country; the
principal arguments in a case.
Wisdom is the principal thing. --Prov. iv. 7.
2. Of or pertaining to a prince; princely. [A Latinism]
[Obs.] --Spenser.
Principal axis. See Axis of a curve, under Axis.
Principal axes of a quadric (Geom.), three lines in which
the principal planes of the solid intersect two and two,
as in an ellipsoid.
Principal challenge. (Law) See under Challenge.
Principal plane. See Plane of projection
(a), under Plane.
Principal of a quadric (Geom.), three planes each of which
is at right angles to the other two, and bisects all
chords of the quadric perpendicular to the plane, as in an
ellipsoid.
Principal point (Persp.), the projection of the point of
sight upon the plane of projection.
Principal ray (Persp.), the line drawn through the point of
sight perpendicular to the perspective plane.
Principal section (Crystallog.), a plane passing through
the optical axis of a crystal. Principal challengeChallenge Chal"lenge, n. [OE. chalenge claim, accusation,
challenge, OF. chalenge, chalonge, claim, accusation,
contest, fr. L. calumnia false accusation, chicanery. See
Calumny.]
1. An invitation to engage in a contest or controversy of any
kind; a defiance; specifically, a summons to fight a duel;
also, the letter or message conveying the summons.
A challenge to controversy. --Goldsmith.
2. The act of a sentry in halting any one who appears at his
post, and demanding the countersign.
3. A claim or demand. [Obs.]
There must be no challenge of superiority.
--Collier.
4. (Hunting) The opening and crying of hounds at first
finding the scent of their game.
5. (Law) An exception to a juror or to a member of a court
martial, coupled with a demand that he should be held
incompetent to act; the claim of a party that a certain
person or persons shall not sit in trial upon him or his
cause. --Blackstone
6. An exception to a person as not legally qualified to vote.
The challenge must be made when the ballot is offered. [U.
S.]
Challenge to the array (Law), an exception to the whole
panel.
Challenge to the favor, the alleging a special cause, the
sufficiency of which is to be left to those whose duty and
office it is to decide upon it.
Challenge to the polls, an exception taken to any one or
more of the individual jurors returned.
Peremptory challenge, a privilege sometimes allowed to
defendants, of challenging a certain number of jurors
(fixed by statute in different States) without assigning
any cause.
Principal challenge, that which the law allows to be
sufficient if found to be true. Rallentando
Rallentando Ral"len*tan"do, a. [It.] (Mus.)
Slackening; -- a direction to perform a passage with a
gradual decrease in time and force; ritardando.
SallendersSallenders Sal"len*ders, n. pl. [F. solandres, solandre.]
(Far.)
An eruption on the hind leg of a horse. [Written also
sellanders, and sellenders.]
On the inside of the hock, or a little below it, as
well as at the bend of the knee, there is occasionally
a scurfy eruption called ``mallenders' in the fore
leg, and ``sallenders' in the hind leg. --Youatt. Thallene
Thallene Thal"lene, n. (Chem.)
A hydrocarbon obtained from coal-tar residues, and remarkable
for its intense yellowish green fluorescence.
To challenge the arrayArray Ar*ray", n. [OE. arai, arrai, OF. arrai, arrei, arroi,
order, arrangement, dress, F. arroi; a (L. ad) + OF. rai,
rei, roi, order, arrangement, fr. G. or Scand.; cf. Goth.
raidjan, garaidjan, to arrange, MHG. gereiten, Icel.
rei[eth]i rigging, harness; akin to E. ready. Cf. Ready,
Greith, Curry.]
1. Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in
regular lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in
battle array.
Wedged together in the closest array. --Gibbon.
2. The whole body of persons thus placed in order; an orderly
collection; hence, a body of soldiers.
A gallant array of nobles and cavaliers. --Prescott.
3. An imposing series of things.
Their long array of sapphire and of gold. --Byron.
4. Dress; garments disposed in order upon the person; rich or
beautiful apparel. --Dryden.
5. (Law)
(a) A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper
officer, of a jury as impaneled in a cause.
(b) The panel itself.
(c) The whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court.
To challenge the array (Law), to except to the whole panel.
--Cowell. --Tomlins. --Blount.
Commission of array (Eng. Hist.), a commission given by the
prince to officers in every county, to muster and array
the inhabitants, or see them in a condition for war.
--Blackstone. To challenge to theChallenge Chal"lenge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Challenged; p. pr.
& vb. n. Challenging.] [OE. chalengen to accuse, claim, OF.
chalengier, chalongier, to claim, accuse, dispute, fr. L.
calumniar to attack with false accusations. See Challenge,
n., and cf. Calumniate.]
1. To call to a contest of any kind; to call to answer; to
defy.
I challenge any man to make any pretense to power by
right of fatherhood. --Locke.
2. To call, invite, or summon to answer for an offense by
personal combat.
By this I challenge him to single fight. --Shak.
3. To claim as due; to demand as a right.
Challenge better terms. --Addison.
4. To censure; to blame. [Obs.]
He complained of the emperors . . . and challenged
them for that he had no greater revenues . . . from
them. --Holland.
5. (Mil.) To question or demand the countersign from (one who
attempts to pass the lines); as, the sentinel challenged
us, with ``Who comes there?'
6. To take exception to; question; as, to challenge the
accuracy of a statement or of a quotation.
7. (Law) To object to or take exception to, as to a juror, or
member of a court.
8. To object to the reception of the vote of, as on the
ground that the person in not qualified as a voter. [U.
S.]
To challenge to the array, favor, polls. See under
Challenge, n. Windfallen
Windfallen Wind"fall`en, a.
Blown down by the wind.
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