of public buildings, highways, shows, etc.; hence, a municipal officer.The office of an aedile.Of or pertaining to the sea, or arm of the Mediterranean..See Black, n., 4.A snake of a black color, of which two species are..of trees, etc., and a few in running water.Any singing bird of the genus Motacilla; a wagtail.Of or pertaining to a mother; like, or suitable for, a.as, a motive argument; motive power.

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  1. 1. of Aecidium
  2. 2. A form of fruit in the cycle of development of the Rusts or Brands, an order of fungi, formerly considered independent plants.
  3. 3. A magistrate in ancient Rome, who had the superintendence of public buildings, highways, shows, etc.; hence, a municipal officer.
  4. 4. The office of an aedile.
  5. 5. Of or pertaining to the sea, or arm of the Mediterranean sea, east of Greece. See Archipelago.
  6. 6. Black garments, etc. See Black, n., 4.
  7. 7. A snake of a black color, of which two species are common in the United States, the Bascanium constrictor, or racer, sometimes six feet long, and the Scotophis Alleghaniensis, seven or eight feet long.
  8. 8. A species of Crataegus or hawthorn (C. tomentosa). Both are used for hedges.
  9. 9. Work wrought by blacksmiths; -- so called in distinction from that wrought by whitesmiths.
  10. 10. of Bladder
  11. 11. A sort of ecclesiastical heriot, a customary gift claimed by, and due to, the minister of a parish on the death of a parishioner. It seems to have been originally a voluntary bequest or donation, intended to make amends for any failure in the payment of tithes of which the deceased had been guilty.
  12. 12. A cryptogamous plant of a cellular structure, with distinct stem and simple leaves. The fruit is a small capsule usually opening by an apical lid, and so discharging the spores. There are many species, collectively termed Musci, growing on the earth, on rocks, and trunks of trees, etc., and a few in running water.
  13. 13. Any singing bird of the genus Motacilla; a wagtail.
  14. 14. Of or pertaining to a mother; like, or suitable for, a mother; tender; maternal; as, motherly authority, love, or care.
  15. 15. Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move; as, a motive argument; motive power.