(chemistry) An aromatic oil extracted from the European broad-leaved lavender, or aspic (Lavendula spica), used in varnish and in veterinary medicine.

(chemistry, obsolete) copper oxide

Synonym of Gulf of Riga

(hydrography) A datum on which the tides are computed at the given port, obtained by observation. It is the interval between the Moon's passage over the meridian and the time of high water at the port, on the days of new moon and full moon.

To delay; to defer; to put off; to lay aside.

Mirabilis jalapa, an ornamental flowering plant from the Americas, used until the 19ᵗʰ century also medicinally.

The eagle.

(mathematics, obsolete) An old kind of calculus in which lines were considered as made up of an infinite number of points; surfaces, as made up of an infinite number of lines; and volumes, as made up of an infinite number of surfaces.

(law, historical, Scotland) The process or authority by which a person, directed by the decree of a court of justice to pay or perform anything, is ordered to comply.

(archaic) brothel