A house of civil reception; a bawdy-house, or nanny-house.
See nanny house.
·noun A retaking; a recovery. II. Reception ·noun The state of being received. III. Reception ·nou...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·adj Subject to government; reduced to order; civilized; not barbarous; — said of the community. I...
That department executed by civilians, as contradistinguished from the army or navy branch. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
The lay or junior member of the admiralty board. ...
That between subjects of the same realm, or between factions of the same state. ...
·add. ·- In the United States, a commission appointed by the President, consisting of three members,...
·add. ·- The substitution of business principles and methods for political methods in the conduct of...