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n. (Law) One who makes a bargain, or contracts with another; esp., one who sells, or contracts to sell, property to another. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Geol.) See Cenozic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OF. desdeignos, desdaigneux, F. dédaigneux. ] Disdainful. [ Obs. ] Rom. of R. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Disdainfully. [ Obs. ] Bale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) One who distrains; the party distraining goods or chattels. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Cenozoic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Anglo-Norm. meinoure, OF. manuevre. See Maneuver. ] (O. Eng. Law) A thing stolen found on the person of the thief. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ A thief was said to be “taken with the mainor, ” when he was taken with the thing stolen upon him, that is, in his hands. Wharton. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. mainteneor, F. mainteneur. ] (Crim. Law) One who, not being interested, maintains a cause depending between others, by furnishing money, etc., to either party. Bouvier. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Melanotype. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. montagneux, L. montaniosus. ] 1. Full of, or containing, mountains; as, the mountainous country of the Swiss. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Inhabiting mountains. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Large as, or resembling, a mountain; huge; of great bulk; as, a mountainous heap. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being mountainous. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. faeino`s shining + pe`plos robe. ] (Zool.) A small crested passerine bird (Phaïnopepla nitens), native of Mexico and the Southern United States. The adult male is of a uniform glossy blue-black; the female is brownish. Called also black flycatcher. [ 1913 Webster ]