thalituous

[Lat. halitu (s)= a breathing; Eng. adj. suff. -ous.] 1. Ord. Lang.: Like breath or vapor; vaporous. (Boyle: Works, i. 100.) hălì-tūs, s. [Lat., from halo =to breathe out.] Anat., Chem., .: 1. Breath. [BREATHING.] 2. An exhalation attended by a faint smell arising from newly drawn blood. ( Quain .) IMG:content-0922.jpg:[graphic] A cor 3. In the Universities the large apartment in which the scholars dine in common. Hence used for the dinner itself. 4. A manor-house: from the residences of the lords of manors being "occasional" courts of justice. "Captain Sentry, my master's nephew, has taken po e ion of the holl house, and the whole estate." -Add is on: Spectator, No. 517. 5. Any large mansion; the residence of a squire. 6. A room at the entrance of a house; a vestibule; an entrance lobby. 7. The room in a mansion in which the servants dine, .; a servants' hall. 8. In the University of Oxford, an unendowed college. 9. In the University of Cambridge, a college endowed or unendowed. A hall , a hall ! A cry or exclamation to make room or clear the way for any particular purpose. "A hall, a hall , give room and foot it, girls." Shakesp.: Romeo and Juliet, i. 5. Obvious compounds: Hall - clock , hall - door , hall lamp , hall -window. *hall-board, s. A dining-table. "Young Selby, at the fair hall -board, Carved to his uncle and that lord." Scott: Marmion, i. 22.