Attorn :: Attorn (v. t.) To turn, or transfer homage and service, from one lord to another. This is the act of feudatories, vassals, or tenants, upon the alienation of the estate..

Attorn :: Attorn (v. t.) To agree to become tenant to one to whom reversion has been granted.

Attorney :: Attorney (n.) A substitute; a proxy; an agent.

Attorney :: Attorney (n.) One who is legally appointed by another to transact any business for him; an attorney in fact.

Attorney :: Attorney (n.) A legal agent qualified to act for suitors and defendants in legal proceedings; an attorney at law.

Attorney :: Attorney (v. t.) To perform by proxy; to employ as a proxy.

Attorney-general :: Attorney-general (n.) The chief law officer of the state, empowered to act in all litigation in which the law-executing power is a party, and to advise this supreme executive whenever required..

Attorneyism :: Attorneyism (n.) The practice or peculiar cleverness of attorneys.

Attorneys :: Attorneys (pl. ) of Attorne.

Attorneyship :: Attorneyship (n.) The office or profession of an attorney; agency for another.

Attornment :: Attornment (n.) The act of a feudatory, vassal, or tenant, by which he consents, upon the alienation of an estate, to receive a new lord or superior, and transfers to him his homage and service; the agreement of a tenant to acknowledge the purchaser of the estate as his landlord..

Betorn :: Betorn (a.) Torn in pieces; tattered.

Contorniate :: Contorniate (n.) Alt. of Contorniat.

Contorniate :: Contorniate (n.) A species of medal or medallion of bronze, having a deep furrow on the contour or edge; -- supposed to have been struck in the days of Constantine and his successors..

Gastornis :: Gastornis (n.) A genus of large eocene birds from the Paris basin.

Notornis :: Notornis (n.) A genus of birds allied to the gallinules, but having rudimentary wings and incapable of flight. Notornis Mantelli was first known as a fossil bird of New Zealand, but subsequently a few individuals were found living on the southern island. It is supposed to be now nearly or quite extinct..

Odontornithes :: Odontornithes (n. pl.) A group of Mesozoic birds having the jaws armed with teeth, as in most other vertebrates. They have been divided into three orders: Odontolcae, Odontotormae, and Saururae..

Ritornelle :: Ritornelle (n.) Alt. of Ritornell.

Ritornello :: Ritornello (n.) A short return or repetition; a concluding symphony to an air, often consisting of the burden of the song..

Ritornello :: Ritornello (n.) A short intermediate symphony, or instrumental passage, in the course of a vocal piece; an interlude..

Torn :: Torn (p. p.) of Tea.

Torn :: Torn () p. p. of Tear.

Tornado :: Tornado (n.) A violent whirling wind; specifically (Meteorol.), a tempest distinguished by a rapid whirling and slow progressive motion, usually accompaned with severe thunder, lightning, and torrents of rain, and commonly of short duration and small breadth; a small cyclone..

Tornadoes :: Tornadoes (pl. ) of Tornad.

Tornaria :: Tornaria (n.) The peculiar free swimming larva of Balanoglossus. See Illust. in Append.

Tornariae :: Tornariae (pl. ) of Tornari.

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