adroitness

[ADROIT.] Dexterity, skilfulne . ( Used of the hands, or, more frequently, of the mind.) IMG:content-0194.png:[ocr errors] "He had neither adroitne to parry, nor fortitude to endure, the gibes and reproaches to which, in his new character of courtier and placeman, he was exposed."-Macaulay: Hist . Eng . , ch. XV. a-drońc', pt. t. [A DRENCH.] *a-drop, s. A mixed metal, a kind of a uri calcium, in Eng. auricalc.