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N PREFACE. 
 
 In offering this dictionary to the public, some'explana- 
 tion seems required, in relation to the plan, and the im- 
 provements which it professes to contain. It differs from 
 every preceding work of the kind, principally in this : — 
 that it exhibits the plurals of all nouns, which are not 
 formed by the mere addition of the letter s; and also the 
 participles of every verb that is now generally used 
 
 These additions will perhaps be pronounced, by some, 
 to be innovations ; but they are innovations of a very use-- 
 ful character, and such as should have been made, cen- 
 turies ago, not only in a dictionary of our own tongue, 
 but in that of every other language, ancient or moderm 
 Fifty years from the present time, a dictionary which does 
 not exhibit tfre^plurais of nouns, as well as the partici- 
 ples of v^erbs^JjBKe viewed as a curiosity ; and con- 
 sidered as an eaHpk of that irrational pertinacity, with 
 which men clinflo ancient forms, for ages after their im- 
 propriety and insufficiency have been fully discovered and 
 acknowledged. 
 
 A dictionary which does not contain the plurals and 
 tie participles, contains not more than half the language. 
 Every verb, except those that are defective, has at least 
 two participles — the present and the past — both of which 
 have been excluded from every vocabulary that has vet 
 been published. Thus, the verb to advise, has advising 
 and advised ; differ has differing and differed : confer has 
 conferring and conferred. Whether the final e is to be 
 retained or not, in the present participle, is a question in- 
 volving sdme difficulty, even to persons who have receiv- 
 ed a good common education ; and why the final r shoul 
 Tejjiain single in the word differing, and be doubled i 
 conferring, is a question not easily solved, by writ 
 considerable experience in. coniposijtion. Nor is t' 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 lihood of error in any degree less, in forming- the plurals 
 of a numerous class of nouns. Thus, ability has abilities, 
 in the plural ; adversary has adversaries ; ally, allies ; 
 alley, alleys ; 'potato, potatoes ; yet, why the final y, in 
 one el ass of words, (as ally,) should be changed into ies, to 
 form£he plural, and in another class, ending also in y, (as 
 alley,) it should be formed by adding^ / and why the plural 
 of potato should be formed by the addition of es ; why box 
 ^hould become boxes, and knife, knives, all of which are 
 variations from the general mode of forming the plural 
 of English nouns by adding a single s — is known only to 
 those who have had a regular grammatical education, and 
 remembered only by persons who have frequent occasion 
 to write for the public eye. 
 
 This pocket dictionary professes to supply the defi- 
 ciencies of all preceding dictionaries; and therefore to 
 contain, already formed, every word in the English lan- 
 guage, that may be necessary in the composition of a 
 Letter. 
 
 The rules, on which is founded the orthography of plu- 
 rals and of participles, are here subjoined ; taken sub- 
 stantially from the grammar of Lindley Murray. 
 
 It has not been judged requisite, in this dictionary, to 
 exhibit the definitions of all the parts of speech ; but in 
 general only of the parent word ; the meaning of the de- 
 rivative formations, being, for the most part, so obvi- 
 ously deducible from their respective roots, as not to re- 
 quire any particular explanation. 
 
 Rule T. — Monosyllables, ending with /, I, or s, preceded by a sin- 
 gle vowel, double the final consonant: as, staff, mill, pass, &c. 
 The only exceptions are, of, if as, is, has, was, i/ts, his, this, us, and 
 thus. 
 
 e II. — Monosyllables ending with any consonant but/, /. or 
 needed by a single vowel, never double the final consonant; 
 k add, ebb, butt, egg, odd, err, inn, bunn, purr, and buzz. 
 
 M —Words ending with y, preceded by a consonant, form 
 
 B nouns, the persons of verbs, verbal nouns, past parti- 
 
 tives, and superlatives, by changing y into ?': as, 
 
PREFACE. V 
 
 spy, spies; I carry, thou earnest; he carrieth, or carries; carrier, 
 carried; happy, happier, happiest. 
 
 The present participle in ing, retains the y, that i may not be 
 doubled; as, carry, carrying ; bury, burying, &c. 
 
 But y, preceded by a vowel, in such instances as the above, is 
 not changed: as, boy, boys ; I cloy, he cloys, cloyed, &c; except in 
 lay, pay, and say ; from which are formed, laid, paid, and said; and 
 their compounds, unlaid, unpaid, unsaid, &c. 
 
 Rule IV.— Words ending with y, preceded by a consonant, upon 
 assuming an additional syllable beginning with a consonant, com- 
 monly change y into i: as, happy, happily, happin ess f But when 
 y is preceded by a vowel, it is very rarely changed in the additional 
 syllable; as, coy, coyly; boy, boyish, boyhood; annoy, annoy er, an- 
 noyance ; joy, j oyless, joyful 
 
 Rule V — Monosyllables, and words accented on the last sylla- 
 ble, ending with a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, 
 double that consonant, when they take another syllable beginning 
 with a vowel: as, wit, witty; thin, thinnish; to abet, an abettor; 
 to begin, a bcginner f 
 
 But if a diphthong precedes, or the accent is on the preceding syl- 
 lable, the consonant remains single ; as, 0 toil, toiling; to offer, an 
 offering; maid, maiden, &c. 
 
 But to this rule, there seem to be a few exceptions, 
 not noticed, and perhaps not approved by Lindley Murray. 
 The participles of verbs ending in I, whether the accent 
 be on the last, or on the preceding svllable, are almost 
 universally, though erroneously, spelled with double I, 
 as level, levelling, levelled; revel, revelling, revelled; in- 
 stead of leveling and leveled ; reveling and reveled. The 
 word tranquil, though the final consonant is preceded by 
 a diphthong, generally forms its substantive with 11, as 
 tranquillity, instead of tranquility : we often see worship- 
 ping, and worshipped, instead of worshiping, and wor- 
 shiped; and we believe that the participles of the verb 
 bias, are almost universally written Massing and biassed, 
 instead of biasing and biased. 
 
 Rule VI.— -Words ending with any double letter but /, and tak- 
 ing ness, less, ly, or ful, after them, preserve the letter double : as. 
 harmlessness, carelessness, carelessly, stiffly, successful, distressful, f 
 But those words which end with double /, and take ness, less, 7 
 
 V L , l f T them ' g eneralI y °mit one / : as, fulness, skilless, 
 tkilful, &c» 
 
 A2 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 Rule VII.—- Ness, Jm, /y, and /w/, added to words ending with 
 silent e, do not cut it off'; as, paleness, guileless, closely, peaceful ; ex- 
 cept in a few words ; as, duly, truly, awful. 
 
 Rule VIII. — Ment, added to words ending with silent e, gene- 
 rally preserves the e from elision ; as, abatement, chastisement, in- 
 citement, &c. The words judgment, abridgment, acknowledgment, 
 £JP deviations from the rule. 
 
 Like other terminations, ment changes y into i, when preceded 
 ,by a consonant : as, accompany, accompaniment ; merry, merriment. 
 
 Rule IX. — Able and ible, when incorporated into words ending 
 with silent e, almost always cut it off : as, blame, blamable ; cure, 
 curable; sense, sensible, &c. ; but if c or g soft comes before e in the 
 original word, the e is then preserved in words compounded with 
 able : as, change, changeable ; peace, peaceable, &c. 
 
 Rule X. — When ing or ish is added to words ending with silent 
 e, the e is almost universally omitted : as, place, placing ; lodge, lodg- 
 ing ; slave, slavish ; prude, prudish. 
 
 Rule XL — Compounded words are generally spelled in the same 
 manner as the simple words of which they are formed : as, glass- 
 house, skylight, thereby, hereafter. Many words ending with double 
 /, are exceptions to this rule : as, already, welfare, wilful, fulfil { 
 and also the words wherever, christmas, lammas, &c. 
 
 Some nouns, from the nature of the things which they express, 
 are used only in the singular form: us, wheat, pitch, gold, sloth, 
 pride, &c. ; others, only in the plural form : as, bellows, scissors, 
 lungs, riches, &c 
 
 Some words are the same in both numbers: as, deer, sheep, 
 swine, &c. 
 
 The plural number of nouns is generally formed by adding s to ' 
 he singular: as, dove, doves; face, faces ; thought, thoughts. But 
 vhen the substantive singular ends in x, ch, soft, sh, ss, or s, we add es 
 n the plural: as, box, boxes ; church, churches ; lash, lashes ; kiss, 
 feisses ; rebus, rebuses. If the singular ends in ch hard, the plural 
 is formed by adding s : as, monarch, mo7iarchs ; distich, distichs. 
 
 Nouns which end in o, have sometimes es added to the plural : 
 as, cargo, echo, hero, negro, manifesto, potato, volcano, wo : and some- 
 times only s ; as, folio, nuncio, punctilio, seraglio. 
 
 Nouns ending in /, or fe, are rendered plural by the change of 
 those terminations into ves : as, loaf, loaves; half, halves; wife, 
 wives; except gr if, relief reproof, and several others, which form 
 the plural by the addition of s, Those which end in f \ have the 
 regular plural : as, ruff, ri ffs ; except staff, staves. 
 
 Some nouns become plural by changing the a of the singular into 
 V,as, man, men; woman, women; alderman, aldermen. The words. 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 VII 
 
 ox and child, form oxen and children ; brother, makes either brothers, 
 or brethren. Sometimes the diphthong oo is changed into ee in the 
 plural : as, foot, feet ; goose, geese ; tooth, teeth. Loust and mouse, 
 make lice and mice. Penny makes pence ; or pennies, when the 
 coin is meant ; die, dice (for play ;) die, dies (for coining.) 
 
 It is agreeable to analogy, and the practice of the generality of 
 correct writers, to construe the following words as plural nouns : 
 •pains, riches, alms: and also, mathematics, metaphysics, politics, 
 ethics, optics, pneumatics, with other similar names of sciences. 
 
 As a general rule for the use of the word means, as either singu- 
 lar or plural, it would render the construction less vague, and the 
 expression therefore less ambiguous, were we to employ it as sin- 
 gular, when the mediation or instrumentality of one thing is im- 
 plied ; and, as plural, when two or more mediating causes are re- 
 ferred to. " He was careful to observe what means were employed 
 by his adversaries, to counteract his schemes." Here means is 
 properly joined with a plural verb, several methods of counter- 
 action being signified. " The king consented ; and, by this means, 
 all hope of success was lost." Here but one mediating circuit 
 stance is implied ; and the noun is, therefore, used as singular. 
 
 The following words, which have been adopted from the Hebrew, 
 Greek, and Latin languages, are thus distinguished, with respect 
 to number. 
 
 Singular, 
 
 Cherub, 
 
 Seraph, 
 
 Antithesis, 
 
 Automaton, 
 
 Basis, 
 
 Crisis, 
 
 Criterion, 
 
 Diasresis, 
 
 Ellipsis, 
 
 Emphasis, 
 
 Hypothesis, 
 
 Metamorphosis, 
 
 Phcenoraenon, 
 
 Appendix, 
 
 Arcanum, 
 
 Axis, 
 
 Calx, 
 
 Plural. 
 Cherubim. 
 Seraphim. 
 Antitheses. 
 Automata. 
 Bases. 
 Crises. 
 Criteria. 
 Diaereses. 
 Ellipses. 
 Emphases. 
 Hypotheses. 
 
 Metamorphoses. Magus, 
 
 Phcenomena. 
 ( Appendices or 
 \ Appendixes. 
 
 Arcana. 
 
 Axes. 
 
 Calces. 
 
 Singular. 
 Datum, 
 Effluvium, 
 
 Encomium, 
 
 Erratum, 
 Genius, 
 Genus, 
 
 Index, 
 
 Lamina, 
 Medium, 
 
 Memorandum, 
 
 Radius, 
 Stamen, 
 Stratum, 
 Vortex, 
 
 Plural. 
 
 Data. 
 
 Effluvia. 
 ( Encomia or 
 \ Encomiums. 
 
 Errata. 
 
 Genii.* 
 
 Genera. 
 ( Indices or 
 \ Indexes, f 
 
 Laminan. 
 
 Media. 
 
 Magi. 
 £ Memoranda or 
 I Memorandums. 
 
 Radii. 
 
 Stamina. 
 
 Strata. 
 
 Vortices. 
 
 * Genii, when denoting aerial spirits ; Geniuses, when signifying persons of 
 genius. J ° r 
 
 t Indexes, when it signifies pointers, or Tables of Contents : Indices, when re? 
 jerring to algebraic quantities. 
 
Vlll 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 Some words, derived from the learned languages, are confined 
 to the plural number : as, antipodes, credenda, literati, minutice. 
 
 The following nouns, being in Latin, both singular and plural 
 are used in the same manner, when adopted into our tongue : hia- 
 tus, apparatus, series, species. 
 
 It is a general rule, that all names of things measured or weighed, 
 have no plural ; for in them not number, but quantity is regarded ; 
 as wool, wine, oil When we speak, however, of different kinds, 
 we use the plural : as, the coarser wools, the richer wines, the finer 
 
 oils. ■ m 1*1 
 
 The word news is now almost universally considered as belong- 
 ing to the singular number. 
 
 The noun means is used both in the singular and the plural num- 
 ber. 
 
 We shall conclude, with the following- observation, in 
 relation to the claim of this little volume to a preference 
 over all other vocabularies by which it has been preceded. 
 We allude to the selection of words. Unless accom- 
 panied by a particular caution, no word has been ad- 
 mitted, which is not now of polite or popular use ; and 
 no word has been excluded, which is required either in 
 epistolary composition or in conversation. 
 
 Philadelphia, Dec. 1, 1828. 
 
 ABBREVIATIONS. 
 Art. article : s. substantive : adj. adjective : prori. pronoun : v. verb : adv. 
 adverb : prep, preposition : conj. conjunction : int. interjection : pr. present : 
 par. participle : pi. plural : fem. feminine : comp. comparative : sup. super- 
 lative. 
 
THE GENTLEMEN'S LEXICON. 
 
 ABA— ABD 
 
 A 
 
 ABAFT', adv. From the fore part 
 of a ship, towards the stern. 
 
 ABANDON, v. To give up, resign, 
 or quit ; to desert, to forsake, pr. 
 par. abandoning; past, abandoned: 
 s. abandonment. 
 
 ABA'SE. v. To cast down ; to de- 
 press 5 to perform an act of self- 
 humiliation, pr. par. abasing; past, 
 abased; s. abasement. 
 
 ABASH', v. To make ashamed, pr. 
 par. abashing; past, abashed: s. 
 abashment. 
 
 ABATE, v. To lessen, to diminish, 
 to quash, pr. par. abating; past, 
 abated: s. abatement, abater. 
 
 ABAT'IS. s. A military term- 
 Trees cut down, and laid so as to 
 form a defence for troops. 
 
 AB BACY, s. The rights or privi- 
 leges of an abbot, pi. abbacies, adj 
 abbatial. 
 
 AB'BESS. s. The superior or gover- 
 ness of a nunnery, or convent of 
 women, pi. abbesses. 
 
 AB'BEY. s. A monastery of religi 
 ous persons, either male or fe 
 male. 
 
 AB BOT, s. The chief of a convent 
 of men. 
 
 ABBREVIATE, v. To shorten; to 
 abridge, pr. par. abbreviating; past 
 abbreviated: s. abbreviation, abbre- 
 viator, abbreviature. 
 
 ABDICATE, v. To resign, pr. par. 
 abdicating; past, abdicated : s. ab- 
 dication, abdicator: adj. abdica- 
 tive, abdicant. 
 
 AB'DITORY. s. A hiding place, pi. 
 ahditori.es. 
 
 ^BDU'CE. v. To draw away; to 
 
 ABD— ABL 
 
 draw one part from another, pr. 
 par. abducing ; past, abduced : acjlj. 
 abducent. 
 
 ABDUCTION, s. Act of abducing. 
 s. abductor. 
 
 ABECEDARIAN, s. A teacher of 
 
 the alohabet. 
 lABER'IlANCE, ABERRANCE s. 
 Deviation from the right way ; er- 
 ror- pi. aberrances, aberrancies :— 
 aberration: adj. aberrant: par. adj. 
 aherring. 
 
 ABET. v. To support another in his 
 illegal designs, pr. par. abetting; 
 past, abetted: s. abetter, or abettor, 
 abetment. 
 
 ABEY'ANCE. s. In law, a state of 
 
 ABHOR', v. To detest, to hate with 
 acrimony, pr. par. abhorring; past, 
 abhorred: s. abhorrence, or ab- 
 horrency; abhorrer: adj. abhor- 
 rent: adv. abhorrently. 
 ABI'DE. v. To stay in a place; to 
 dwell; to remain, pr. par. abid- 
 ing; past, abode: s. abider, abode, 
 ABILITY, s. Power, mental effi- 
 ciency, pi. abilities. 
 AB'JECT. adj. Worthless, mean 3 
 groveling, s. abjection, abjeciness : 
 adv. abjectly. 
 AB' JUG ATE. v. To unyoke, pr. 
 
 par. abjugating; past, abjugated. 
 ABJU'RE. v. To retract ; to swear 
 not to do, or not to have. pr. par. 
 abjuring; past, abjured: s. abju- 
 ration, abjurement, abjurer. 
 AB'LATIVE. 5. That which takes? 
 away ; the sixth case of the Latin 
 nouns. 
 
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ABL — A BR 
 
 A^T^fcjBli/. Having ability; adv. ably. 
 A'BEffBOD'IED. adj. Strong of 
 body. 
 
 ABLUTION, s. The act of cleans- 
 ing, adj. abluent. 
 
 ABOARD, adv. On board ; in a ship ; 
 into a ship. 
 
 ABO'DE. The preterit of abide, s. 
 abode. 
 
 ABOLISH, v. To annul ; to put an 
 end to ; to destroy- pr. par. abol- 
 ishing f past, abolished : s. abol- 
 isher : adj. abolishable. 
 
 ABOLITION, s. Act of abolishing. 
 
 ABOMINABLE, adj. Hateful, de- 
 testable, adv. abominably : s. 
 abominableness. 
 
 ABOMINATE, v. To abhor, to de- 
 test, pr. par. abominating ; past, 
 abominated : s. abomination. 
 
 ABORI'GINES. s. The earliest in- 
 habitants of a country, adj. abori- 
 ginal adv. aboriginally. 
 
 ABORTION. 5. Act of bringing 
 forth prematurely ; the produce of 
 a premature birth, adj. abortive: 
 adv. abortively : s. abortiveness. 
 
 ABOUND', v. To have in great 
 plenty ; to be in great plenty, pr. 
 par. abounding,- past, abounded. 
 
 ABOUT', prep. Around; surround- 
 ing ; near to, &c. adv. about. 
 
 ABO'VE. prep. Higher in place; 
 higher in rank ; more than ; too 
 proud for. adv. above. 
 
 ABO'VE-BOARD. adv. In open 
 sight ; without disguise or con- 
 cealment. 
 
 ABO'VE-MENTIONED. adj. Men- 
 tioned previously. 
 
 ABRA'DE. v. To rub off. pr. par. 
 abrading; past, abraded. 
 
 ABRASION, s. Act of abrading, 
 adj. abra live. 
 
 ABREAST', adv. Side bv side. 
 
 ABRl'DGE. v. To contract, to dimin- 
 ish, to cut short, pr. par. abridg- 
 ing; past, abridged: s. abridge?; 
 abridgment. * 
 
 ABROAD', adv. Without confine- 
 ment ; from home ; in another 
 c^ntry. 
 
 ABR— ABS 
 
 AB ROGATE, v. To repeal, to an- 
 nul, pr. par. abrogating ; past, ab- 
 rogated: s. abrogator, abrogation. 
 ABRUPT', adj. Broken, craggy, 
 sudden, unexpected, adv. abrupt- 
 ly : s. abruption, abruptness. 
 AB'SCESS. s. A tumour tilled with 
 
 matter, pi. abscesses. 
 ABSCIND', v. To cut off. pr. par. 
 
 abscinding ; past, abscinded. 
 ABSCIS'SlON. s. Act of abscinding. 
 ABSCOND', v. To hide ; to depart 
 secretly, pr. par. absconding; 
 past, absco?ided : s. absconder. 
 AB'SENT. adj. Not present ; inat- 
 tentive, v. absent'; pr. par. ab- 
 senting ; past, absented : s. ab- 
 sence. 
 
 ABSENTEE'. 5. A word applied, by 
 the British and the Irish, to men 
 of large estate who reside out of 
 their country. 
 AB'SOLUTE. adj. Unconditional; 
 not relative ; not limited ; posi- 
 tive ; certain, adv. absolutely : s. 
 absoluteness. 
 ABSOLUTION, s. Act of absolving; 
 acquittal ; remission of sins. adj. 
 absolutory. 
 ABSO'LVE. v. To free, to acquit, to 
 discharge, pr. par. absolving; 
 past, absolved: s. absolver. 
 ABSO'NANT. adj. Contrary to rea- 
 son ; not to the purpose ; incon- 
 sistent, adv. absonantly. 
 ABSORB', v. To suck in : to swal- # 
 low up. pr. par. absorbing ; past, 
 absorbed: ad}, absorbent. 
 ABSORPTION, s. Act of absorb- 
 ing, adj. absorptive. 
 ABSTAIN', v. To keep from: to 
 forbear, pr. par. abstaining; past, 
 abstained: s. abstainer. 
 ABSTE'MIOUS. adj. Temperate, 
 sober, abstinent, s. abstemiousness: 
 adv. abstention &y. 
 
 I ABSTERGEN T, XBSTER'SIVE. 
 adj. Of a cleansing quality. B» ab- 
 stersion. 
 
 J ABSTINENCE, s. Act of abstain- 
 
 II ing. adj. abstine?it : adv. absti- 
 I! ntntty. 
 
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ABS— ACC 
 
 ACC— ACC 
 
 ABSTRACT', v. To take from ; to 
 separate, pr. par. abstracting ; 
 past, abstracted: adj. ab'stract, 
 abstractive : s. ab'stract, abstrac- 
 tion, abstractedness: adv. abstract- 
 edly. 
 
 ABSTRU'SE. adj. Hidden; difficult, 
 s. abstruseness : adv. abstrusely. 
 
 ABSURD', adj. Unreasonable; in- 
 consistent ; contrary to reason, s. 
 absurdity, pi. absurdities: adv. 
 absurdly. 
 
 ABUNDANCE, s. Plenty; more 
 than sufficient, adj. abundant: 
 adv. abundantly. 
 
 ABU'SE. v. To make an ill use of; 
 to treat with rudeness, pr. par. 
 abusing- ,• past, abused: s. abuse, 
 abusiveness, abuser : adj. abusive: 
 adv. abusively. 
 
 ABUT MENT, s. That which abuts 
 or borders on. 
 
 ABYSS', s. Depth without bottom ; 
 a prodigious gulf. pi. abysses. 
 
 ACA'CIA. s. A species of drug. 
 
 ACAD'EMY. 5. A society united for 
 the promotion of some art or 
 science ; the place where sciences 
 are taught, pi. academies-; s. acad- 
 emician : adj. academial, academic, 
 academical : adv. academically. 
 
 ACAN'THUS. s. A species of plant, 
 pi. acanthuses. 
 
 ACCE'DE. v. To be added to; to 
 come to ; to assign over ; to 
 agree, pr. par. acceding ; past, ac- 
 ceded. 
 
 ACCEL'ERATE. v. To hasten, to 
 quicken, pr. par. accelerating; 
 past, accelerated: s. acceleration: 
 adv. accelerative. 
 
 ACCENT, s. Manner of speaking, 
 or pronouncing; sound given to 
 a particular syllable; mark of 
 that sound, v. accenf ; pr. par. 
 accenting; past, accented: adj. 
 accentual. 
 
 ACCENTUATE, v. To place the 
 accents properly, pr. par. accen- 
 tuating; past, accentuated: s. ac- 
 centuation. 
 
 ACCEPT', v. To receive willingly ; 
 
 to admit with approbation, pr. 
 par. accepting; past, accepted: adj. 
 acceptable: adv. acceptably : s ac- 
 ceptability, acceptance, acceptation, 
 accepter. 
 
 ACCESS'. 5. Means or liberty of ap- 
 proaching ; increase, pi. accesses. 
 s. accession, accessary — pi. accessa- 
 ries : adj. accessory. 
 
 ACCES'SIBLE. adj. Possible to be 
 approached, or reached, s. acces- 
 sibility, pi. accessibilities. 
 
 ACCIDENT, s. The property or 
 quality of any being which may 
 be separated from it, at least in 
 thought ; casualty ; chance, adj. 
 accidental: adv. accidentally. 
 
 ACCESSORY, adj. Joined to ; addi- 
 tional, s. accessory, pi. accessoru s. 
 
 ACC1FIENT. s. A receiver. 
 
 ACCI'TE. v. To call, to summo t. 
 pr. par. acciting; past, accited: j 
 acciter, accitor. 
 
 ACCLAIM', s. A shout of praise ; 
 acclamation, (little used.) 
 
 ACCLAMATION, s. Shouts of aji 
 plause. adj. acclamatory. 
 
 ACCLIMATE, v. To habituate to u. 
 new climate, pr. par. acclimating , 
 past, acclimated: adj. acclimative. 
 
 ACCLIVITY, s. Steepness, reck- 
 oned upwards, pi. acclivities: adj. 
 acclivous. 
 
 ACCOM'MODATE. v. To render a 
 convenience ; to make suitable ; 
 to compromise, pr. par. accommo- 
 dating; past, accommodated: s. 
 accommodation, accommodator : 
 adj. accommodable. 
 
 ACCOM'PANY. v. To go with, as a 
 companion ; to escort, pr. par. ac- 
 companying ; past, accompanied: 
 s. accompaniment. 
 
 ACCOMPLICE, s. A partner in 
 crime. 
 
 ACCOMPLISH, v. To complete; 
 to execute fully ; to obtain ; to 
 adorn, pr. par, accomplishing; past, 
 accomplished: s. accomplishment: 
 adj. accomplishable. 
 
 ACCORD', v. To agree, pr. par. ac- 
 cording; past, accorded: s. accord^ 
 
 n 
 
ACC— ACE 
 
 decor dance: adj. accordant i adv 
 accordantly, accordingly. 
 ACCOST', v. To speak to; toad 
 dress ; to salute, pr. par. accost- 
 ing; past, accosted: adj. acco sta- 
 ble. 
 
 ACCOUCHEUR'. * A surgeon who 
 attends a female during her con 
 finement. 
 ACCOUNT', s. A computation of 
 debts or expenses; profit; advan- 
 tage ; distinction ; sake ; narrative, 
 v. account; pr. par. accounting; 
 past, accounted: s. accountant, 
 accountability — pi. accountabili- 
 ties: adj. accountable: adv. ac- 
 countably: 
 ACCOUTRE, v. To equip, to dress 
 pr. par. accoutring; past, accou- 
 tred : s. accoutrement. 
 ACCREDIT, v. To procure or give 
 honour or credit to. pr. par. ac- 
 . crediting ; past, accredited 
 ACCRES'CENT. adj. Increasing. 
 ACCRETION, s. Act of increasing; 
 
 increase, adj. accretive. 
 ACCRUE', v. To be added to; to 
 arise from. pr. par. accruing; past,' 
 accrued: s. accruement. 1 
 ACCUMULATE, v. To pile up ; to 
 heap together; to increase, pr. 
 par. accumulating ; past, accumu- 
 lated: s. accumulation, accumula- 
 tor : adj. accumulative: adv. accu- 
 mulatively. 
 ACCURATE, adj. Exact ; very cor- 
 rect, s. accuracy, pi. accuracies:] 
 adv. accurately. 
 ACCURSE'. v. To doom to misery ; 
 to invoke a curse, pr. par. accurs- 
 ing ; past, accursed. 
 ACCU'SE. v. To charge with a 
 crime ; to blame ; to censure, pr. 
 par. accusing; past, accused: s. 
 accusation, accuser: adj. accusable, 
 accusative, accusatory. 
 ACCUSTOM, v. To habituate; to 
 inure, pr. par. accustoming; past, 
 accustomed: adj. accustoman/ 
 adv. accustomarily. 
 ACE. s . One; a single point, on 
 cards or dice. 
 
 ACE— AC R 
 j ACERBATE, v. To make sour. pr. 
 
 ACERBITY, g. Sourness, severity, 
 pi. acerbities. 
 
 ing scur. 
 
 ASCES'CENT. adj. Grow 
 
 ACETOUS. 04/. S Y our. 
 ACHE. s. Continued pain. v. ache • 
 pr. par. aching; pas t, ached: 3. 
 aching. 
 
 ACHIETE. v. To perform, to ac- 
 complish, pr. par. achieving ; past 
 achieved: s. achiever, achievement . 
 adj. achievable. 
 A'CID. 5. A sour substance, adj. 
 acid: s . acidity, pi. acidities.- adj. 
 acidulous. 
 ACHROMATIC. a#. In optics, ap- 
 plied to telescopes,— " contrived 
 to remedy aberrations." 
 ACID'ULATE. v. To make so, r. 
 pr. par. acidulating; past, acu u- 
 lated: adj. acidvlative, acidulou . 
 ACME. 5. The height. 
 ACKNOWLEDGE, v. To confer 
 as a fault; to own as a bene/ 1. 
 pr. par. acknowledging ; past, t > 
 knowledged : a. acknowledgment 
 A'CORN. *. The seed of the oak. 
 ACOUSTICS, s. The doctrine of 
 sounds. 
 
 ACQUAINT', v. To inform; 10 
 make familiar with. pr. par., ac- 
 quainting; past, acquainted: 8 . | 
 acquaintance. 
 ACQUIESCE', v. To be satisfied 
 with, either really or apparently, 
 pr. par. acquiescing; past, acqui- 
 esced: s. acquiescencce : adj. aqui- 
 esceni. 
 
 ACQUI'RE. v. To gain, to ohtnin. 
 pr. par. acquiring; past, acquired : 
 s. acquirement, acquirer: adj. ac- 
 quirable. 
 
 ACQUISITION. ... Act of acquit- 
 I iri£T • thing acquired. 
 ACQUIT', v. To declare innocent ; 
 to absolve, nr. par. acquitting; 
 past, acquitted: s. acquittance. 
 A'CRE. s. A quantity of land, con- 
 taining J60 square perches. 
 A'CRID. adj. Of a hot, biting taste: 
 bitter. 
 
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ACR — ADA 
 A'CRIMONY. s. Sharpness, severi- 
 ty, corrosiveness. pi. acrimonies . 
 adj. acrimonious: adv. acrimoni- 
 ously. 
 
 ACROMATTC, ACROMAT'ICAL. 
 adj. Belonging to profound learn- 
 ing. 
 
 ACROSS', adv. Athwart '; laid over, 
 
 so as to cross. 
 ACROSTIC, s. A kind of verses, of 
 which the first letter of every line 
 being taken, a particular name is 
 found, adj. acrostic^ acrostical : 
 adv. acrostically. 
 ACT. v. To be in action ; to produce 
 effect ; to perform a borrowed 
 character, pr. par. acting; past, 
 acted: s. act, action, actor. 
 ACTIONABLE, adj. Admitting an 
 action in law ; liable to an action. 
 
 ACTIVE, adj. Having the power or 
 quality of acting ; busy ; nimble ; 
 quick, adv. actively: s. activity, 
 pi. activities. 
 
 ACT'RESS. s. She that performs 
 anv thing, pi. actresses. 
 
 ACT' UAL. adj. Real ; not specula- 
 tive, adv. actually. 
 
 ACT'UARY. s. A clerk who com- 
 piles minutes of the proceedings 
 of a court, or society, pi. actuaries. 
 
 ACTUATE, v. To put into action, 
 pr. par. actuating; past, actuated: 
 s. actuation: adj. actuative. 
 
 ACUMEN, s. A sharp point ; acute- 
 ness. 
 
 ACU'TE. adj. Ending in a point; 
 sharp; of a penetrating mind 
 adv. acutely: s. acuteness. 
 
 AD'AGE. s. A maxim, a proverb. 
 
 ADA'GIO. A term in music, de- 
 noting slow time. 
 
 AD'AMANT. s. A stone of impene- 
 trable hardness; the diamond, 
 adj. adamantine. 
 
 ADAMITE, s. The name of a reli- 
 gious sect, who used to pray na- 
 ked. 
 
 ADAPT', v. To fit, to suit. pr. par. 
 adapting ; past, adapted : s. adap- 
 tation, adaption: adj. adaptable: 
 s adaptability, pi. adaptabilities. 
 
 ADD— ADJ 
 
 B 
 
 ADD. v. To join ; to perform add*- 
 A^rP 1 "' Par * addin Si past, added.. 
 ADDER, s. A serpent, a viper. 
 ADDKN'DJi. s. Things to be 
 added. 
 
 ADDICT', v. To devote, to dedicate, 
 pr. par. addicting; past, addicted: 
 s. addiction. 
 ADDITION, s. Act of adding; 
 thing added, adj. additional : adv. 
 additionally. 
 AD'DLE. v. To make stupid; to 
 confuse, pr. par. addling; past, 
 addled. 
 
 ADDRESS', v. To prepare one's-self 
 to enter upon any action ; to ap- 
 ply to another, by words ; to ac- 
 cost, pr. par. addressing; past, 
 addressed : s. address, addresser. * 
 ADDU'CE. v. To bring forward; u> 
 oifer in argument, pr. par. ad- 
 ducing; past, adduced: adj. ad 
 ducent, adducible. 
 ADDUCTION, s. Act of adducing 
 ADEMPTION, s. Act of takhn 
 
 away; privation, adj. ademptive. 
 ADEPT', s. One completely skill £ii 
 in any particular art. adv. adepth, 
 AD'EQUATE. adj. Equal to ; p, lj 
 portionate. adv. adequately.- i 
 adequateness. 
 ADHE'RE. v. To stick; to continue 
 firmly fixed, pr. par. adhering 
 past, adhered, s. adherence, «d. 
 herent, adherer: adj. adherent: adv. 
 adherently. 
 ADHE'SION. s . Act of adhering, 
 aaj. adhesive: adv. adhesively. s . 
 adhesiveness. 
 ADIEU', int. Farewell, s. adieu. 
 ADJA'CENT. adj. Lying near; 
 neighbouring, s. adjacency, pi. ad- 
 jacencies. 
 AD'JECTIVE. s . A word added to 
 a noun to signify some quality, 
 adv. adject ively. 
 ADJOIN', v. To join to ; to be con- 
 tiguous to. pr. par. adjoining; 
 past, adjoined. 
 ADJOURN', v. To put off to another 
 day, or to another time of the 
 same day. pr. par. adjourning; 
 
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ADJ— ADM 
 
 past, adjourned: s. adjournment, 
 adjourner. 
 ADJUDGE', v. To give a judicial 
 sentence; to judge; to decree, 
 pr. par. adjudging' ; past, adjudg- 
 ed. 
 
 ADJUDICATION, s. Act of adjudg- 
 ing. 
 
 AD'JUNCT. s. Something adherent 
 or united to another; a person 
 united to another, s. adjunction : 
 adj. adjunct, adjunctive; adv. ad- 
 junctively. 
 
 ADJU'REC. v. To impose an oath 
 upon ; to charge earnestly, pr. par. 
 adjuring ; past, adjured : s. adju- 1 
 ration, adjurer. 
 
 ADJUST', v. To regulate; tojenderi 
 conformable, pr. par. adjusting;] 
 past, adjusted: s. adjuster, adjust- 
 ment. 
 
 AD' JUT ANT. s. An assistant regi- 
 mental officer, s. adjutancy, pi. 
 adjutancies. 
 
 ADMEA'SUREMENT. s. Adjust- 
 ment of proportions ; act of mea- 
 surement. 
 
 ADMINISTER, v. To give, to af- 
 ford, to perform ; to act as minis-! 
 ter or agent, pr. par. administer-' 
 ing ; past, administered: adj. ad-\ 
 ministrable. 
 
 ADMINISTRATE, v. To act as a! 
 minister or agent, pr. par. admin- 1 
 istrating ; past, administrated : s. 
 administration, administrator, ad-\ 
 ministratrix, (pl.adminislratrixes) : 1 
 adj. administrative. 
 
 AD'MIRAL. s. The chief command- 1 
 er of a large fleet, s. admiralty,] 
 pi. admiralties. 
 
 ADMI'RE. v. To regard with won- ' 
 der or pleasure, pr. par. admir-\ 
 ing; past, admired: s. admiration, 
 admirer: adj. admirable : adv. ad- 
 mirably, admiringly. 
 
 ADMIS'SION. s. The act or practice 
 of admitting. s. admissibility .- 
 adj. admissible: adv. admissively. 
 
 ADMIT', v. To let in ; to grant, pr. 
 par. admitting; past, admitted: 
 a. admittance, admiiter. 
 
 ADM— ADV 
 
 | ADMIX', v. To mingle with. pr. 
 par. admixing; past, admixed: a. 
 admixtion, admixture. 
 ADMONISH, v. To warn of a fault ; 
 to reprove gently; to inform, pr. 
 par. admonishing; past, admon- 
 ished : s. admonisher. 
 ADMONITION. 5. Act of admonish- 
 ing ; advice or information given. 
 ] s. admonitor : adj. admonitive, ad- 
 j monitory adv. adrnonitorily. 
 ADOLES'CENCE, ADOLES'CEN- 
 CY. 5. The age succeeding child- 
 hood, pi. of adolescency, adolescen- 
 cies. 
 
 ADOPT', v. To receive as our own ; 
 to receive for use. pr. par. adopt- 
 ing ; past, adopted: s. adopter, 
 adoption: adj. adoptive: adv. 
 adoptively. 
 ADO' RE. v. To worship with exter- 
 nal homage, pr. par. adoring; pa<t, 
 adored : s. adoration, adorer : a* j 
 adorable. 
 
 ADROIT', adj. Dexterous, skilftj, 
 active, s. adroitness: adv. adroitly. 
 ADORN', v. To dress ; to deck with 
 ornaments, pr. par. adorning; pait, 
 adorned: s. adorner, adornment. 
 ADRIFT, adv. Floating withou' a 
 guide. 
 
 ADSTRIC'TION. s. Act of binding 
 
 together, adj. adstrictive. 
 ADULATION, s. Extreme flattery, 
 s. adulator: adj. adulatory, adu- 
 lative. 
 
 ADULT' s. A person full grown. 
 ADULTERATE, v. To corrupt by 
 some admixture, p. par. adulte)-- 
 ating ; past, adulterated: adj. 
 adulterate : s. adulteration. 
 ADULTERY. 5. Violation of the 
 marriage bed. p\.adulto-ies: s. adul- 
 terer, fern. adult?-ess, pl.adultresses. 
 ADUST, adj. Burned up; scorched. 
 
 s. adust ion. 
 ADVANCE', v. To move forward ; 
 to promote ; to accelerate ; to 
 propose, pr. par. advancing ; past, 
 advanced: s. advance, advancer, 
 advancement. 
 ADVANTAGE, s. Superioritv, op- 
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ADV— ADV 
 portunity. v. advantage; pr. par J 
 advantaging; past, advantaged 
 adj. advantageous: adv. advantage 
 ously : s. advantageousness. 
 AD' VENT. s. The name of one of 
 the holy seasons, signifying " the 
 coming",— that is, the coming of 
 Jesus Christ, which is made the 
 subject of Christian devotion dur- 
 ing the four weeks immediately 
 before Christmas. 
 ADVENTITIOUS, adj. Accidental, 
 
 extrinsic, adv. adventitiously. 
 ADVENTURE. s . Accident; a! 
 chance ; an enterprize. v. adven- 
 ture; pr. par. adventuring; past, 
 adventured: s. adventurer: adj. 
 adventurous: adv. ado entur ously. 
 AD'VERB. s. A word joined to an- 
 other word, to signify some qual- 
 ity or circumstance respecting it. 
 adv. adverbially. 
 AD'VERSARY. s. An opponent ; an 
 
 enemy, pi. adversaries. 
 AD'VERSE. adj. Opposing, hostile, 
 calamitous, adv. adversely : s. ad- 
 verseness, adversity, pi. adversities. 
 ADVERT', v. To "attend to; to 
 speak of. pr. par. adverting ; past, 
 adverted.- s. advertence: adj. ad- 
 vertent. 
 
 A DVERTI'SE. v. To inform; to 
 
 make public, pr. par. advertising ; 
 
 past, advertised: s. advertisement, 
 
 advertiser. 
 ADVI'CE. s. Counsel, instruction, 
 
 notice. 
 
 ADVI'SE. v. To counsel, to inform, 
 to make acquainted, pr. par. ad- 
 vising; past, advised: adj. ad- 
 visable: adv. advisably: s. advi- 
 ser. 
 
 AD'VOCATE. v. To plead or es- 
 pouse the cause of another, pr. 
 par. advocating; past, advocated H 
 s. advocate, advocation, advocacy, 1 
 pi. advocacies: adj. advocative. 
 
 ADVOLUTION. Act of rolling 
 towards, adj. advolutory. 
 
 ADVOU'SON. s. The right of pres- 
 entation to a church, or ecclesias- 
 tical benefice. 
 
 AER— AFF 
 AE'RIAL. adj. Belonging to, or in- 
 habiting the air ; placed in the air. 
 iETJE. 6'. A young brood or nest of 
 hawks. 
 
 iE'REFORM. adj. Gaseous ; having 
 
 the form of air. 
 iE'ROLlTE. 5. A solid substance 
 which has fallen out of the air, as 
 a meteoric stone. 
 2EROI/OGY. s. The doctrine of the 
 
 air. pi. urologies: adj. cerological. 
 iEROM'ETER. s. An instrument for 
 | weighing the air. 
 AEROSTATION, s. The science of 
 
 ! weighing air. 
 
 iE'RONAUT. s. One who ascends in 
 
 a balloon, adj. aeronautical. 
 AF'FABLE. adj. Of easy manners ; 
 courteous ; complaisant, adv. affa- 
 bly : s. affability, pi. affabilities. 
 AFFAI'R. s. Business; something 
 to be managed or transacted ; in 
 military language, a skirmish. 
 AFFECT', v. To act upon ; to influ- 
 ence ; to pretend, pr. par. affect- 
 ing ; past, affected : s. affectation : 
 adv. affectedly, affectingly. 
 AFFECTION. ..State of being af- 
 fected; love; personal attachment, 
 adj. affectionate: adv. affectionately. 
 AFFETUO'SO. A term of music, 
 signifying to be sung or played 
 tenderly. 
 
 AFFI'ANCE. v. To betroth; to 
 bind, by promise, to marriage, pr. 
 par. affiancing; past, affianced. 
 AFFIDAVIT. s.Adeclarati on upon 
 oath. 
 
 AFFILIATE, v. To associate, allv, 
 or unite with. pr. par. affiliating; 
 past, affiliated. 
 AFFILIATION. s. Adoption; act of 
 
 taking a son or a daughter. 
 [AFFINITY, s. Connexion with; re- 
 lation to ; relation by marriage, 
 opposed to consanguinity, pi. af- 
 finities. 
 
 I AFFIRM', v. To ratify; to declare, 
 pr. par. affirming; past, affirmed; 
 s. affirmance, affirmant, affirma- 
 tion, qffirmer: adj. affirmative, af- 
 firmabh : adv. affirmatively. 
 
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AFF— AFT 
 
 AFT— AGG 
 
 AFFIX', v. To unite to the end ; to] 
 subjoin ; to connect with. pr. par. 
 affixing; past, affixed: s. affix, 
 a ffixiohi 
 
 AF FLAT ION. s. Act of breathing; 
 upon. adj. afflative. 
 
 AFFLICT', v. To cause pain; to' 
 grieve, pr. par. afflicting ; past, I 
 afflicted: s. efflicter, affliction: 
 adj. afflictive : adv. afflict ively. 
 
 AFFLUENCE, s. Act of flowing; 
 exuberance of riches ; plenty, adj.; 
 affluent : adv. affluently. 
 
 AFFLUX, s. Act of flowing to ; the: 
 thing which flows, pi. affluxes: s.l 
 effluxion. 
 
 AFFORD', v. To yield or produce ; 
 to grant or confer any thing, pr. 
 par. affording ; past, afforded. 
 
 AFFRAN'CHISE. v. To make free, 
 pr. par. affranchising; past, af- 
 franchised. 
 
 AFFRAY'. 5. The fighting of two 
 or more persons, in some public 
 place, and causing terror to 
 others. 
 
 AFFRICTION. s. Act of rubbing 
 
 one thing upon another. 
 AFFRIGHT', v. To affect with fear; 
 
 to terrify, pr. par. affrighting ; 
 
 past, affrighted: s. affright, af- 
 
 jrighter. 
 
 J FFRONT'. v. To insult, to offend, 
 pr. par. affronting ; past, affront- 
 ed: s. affront, affronter. 
 
 AFFU'SE. v. To pour one thing 
 upon another, pr. par. affusing ; 
 past, affused : s. affusion. 
 
 AFLOAT', adv. and adj. Floating. 
 
 A FORE'S A ID. adj. Mentioned be- 
 fore. 
 
 AFRAID', adj. Struck with fear; 
 terrified ; fearful. 
 
 AFRESH', adv. Anew ; over again. 
 
 AF'RICAN. adj. Belonging or re- 
 lating to Africa. 
 
 AFT. adv. Abaft ; at the stern ; to 
 the stern. 
 
 AFTER, prep. Following in place: 
 in pursuit of; behind; in imitation 
 of. adv. after. 
 
 AFTERCLAP. s. An event happen. 
 
 ing after an affair is supposed to 
 
 be at an end. 
 AFTERMOST, adj. Hindmost. 
 AFTERPART. s. The latter part. 
 AFTERPIECE, s. A farce, or any 
 
 smaller entertainment, after the 
 
 play. 
 
 AFTERWARDS, adv. In succeed- 
 ing time. 
 
 AFTERNOON, s. The time from 
 the meridian to the evening. 
 
 AGAIN', adv. A second time ; once 
 more ; on the other hand ; besides. 
 
 AGAINST', prep. In opposition to ; 
 contrary ; in provision for. 
 
 A'GATE. s. A precious stone, of the 
 lowest class. 
 
 AGE. s. A period of time ; a hundred 
 years ; the latter part of life ; old 
 age; number of years, adj. aged. 
 
 A'GENT. 5. That which acts ; a 
 substitute ; a deputy ; a factor. 
 
 A'GENCY. s. The quality of acting ; 
 state of being in action ; the of- 
 fice of an agent, pi. agencies. 
 
 AG'GERATE. v. To heap up. pr. 
 part, aggerating; past, aggerattd. 
 
 AG GLOM'ER ATE. v. To^come to- 
 gether, in a ball, as thread, pr. 
 par. agglomerating: past, ag- 
 glomerated: s. agglomeration : adj. 
 agglomerative. 
 
 AGGLUTINATE, v. To join, ash 
 by glue or some other mucilage, 
 pr. par. agglutinating; past, ag- 
 glutinated: s. agglutination: adj. 
 agglutinative. 
 
 AG'GRANDIZE. v. To make great ; 
 to enlarge ; to increase in power, 
 pr. par. aggrandizing ; past, ag- 
 grandized s. aggrandizement, ag- 
 grandizer. 
 
 AG GRAVATE, v. To make hear**, 
 er ; to make worse, pr. par. ag- 
 gravating ; past, aggravated : s. 
 aggravation. 
 
 AG'GREG ATE. s. The entire; col- 
 lective result, pr. par. aggregat- 
 ing ; past, aggregated : s. aggre- 
 gation. 
 
 AGGRESS', v. To commit the first 
 i act of violence, pr. par. aggress* 
 tl 
 
AGG— AIL 
 
 ing; past, aggressed: s. aggres- 
 sion^ aggressor: adj. aggressive: 
 adv. aggressively. 
 V*XGGRIE'VE. v. To give sorrow ; 
 to vex. pr. par. aggrieving ; 
 past, aggrieved: s. aggrievance, 
 aggriever. 
 
 AGHAST', adv. Struck with ter- 
 ror ; amazed. 
 
 A'GILE. adj. Nimble, ready, active, 
 s. agility, pi. agilities. 
 
 A'GITATE. v. To affect with per- 
 turbation, pr. par. agitating; 
 past, agitated; s. agitation, agi- 
 tator. 
 
 AGC. adv. Past ; as, long ago, a 
 year ago. 
 
 AGOG', adv. In a state of warm ima- 
 gination, or mental intoxication. 
 
 AGONISTIC, AGONIS'TICAL. adj. 
 Relating to prize-fighting. 
 
 AG;ONY. s. The pangs of death ; 
 violent pain. pi. agonies: v. ago- 
 nize; pr. par. agonizing; past, 
 agonized : s. agonizer. 
 
 AGRA'RIAN. adj. Relating to land. 
 
 AGREE', v. To be in concord ; to be 
 of the same opinion ; to suit with, 
 pr. par. agreeing; past, agreed: 
 adj. agreeable: adv. agreeably.- 
 s. agreeableness, agreement. 
 
 AGRICULTURE, s. The -art of 
 cultivating land. adj. agricultural: 
 s. agriculturist. 
 
 AGROUND', adv. Touching the 
 bottom. 
 
 A'GUE. s. An intermitting fever, 
 with cold fits, succeeded by hot. 
 adj. aguish. 
 
 AHA' ! int. A word intimating tri- 
 umph and contempt. 
 
 AHEAD', adv. Further onward than 
 another ; forward. 
 
 AID. v. To help, to support, to suc- 
 cour, pr. par. aiding ; past, aided > 
 s. aid, aidance, aider: adj. aidless. 
 
 AID'-DE-CAMP. s. An officer who 
 conveys the orders of a military 
 commander. 
 
 AIL. v. To pain, to trouble, pr. 
 par. ailing; past, ailed: s. ail- 
 mmt. 
 
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 AIM— ALC 
 AIM. v. To point the view ; to 
 direct the steps towards, pr. par. 
 aiming; past, aimed: s. aim, 
 aimer. 
 
 AIR. s. The element encompassing 
 the earth ; a gentle gale ; a spe- 
 cies of music ; the mien or man- 
 ner of the person, adj. airy : v. 
 air : pr. par. airing ; past, aired. 
 AIR'DRAWN. adj. Drawn or paint- 
 ed in the air ; imaginary. 
 AIR'ING. 5. Salutary exposure to 
 the air ; a short journey, to enjoy 
 the free air. 
 AIR'-GUN. s. A species of gun 
 
 charged with condensed air. 
 AIR'-PUMP. s. A machine for ex- 
 hausting air out of proper vessels. 
 AISLE, s. The walk in a church, or 
 
 wing in a choir. 
 AJAR 7 , adv. Partly open, in rela- 
 tion to a door. 
 AKIN', adj. Related to; allied to 
 
 by nature. 
 ALABASTER, s. A kind of soft 
 marble. 
 
 ALACRITY, s. Nimbleness, cheer- 
 fulness, pi. alacrities. 
 ALAMO'DE. adv. According to the 
 fashion. 
 
 ALARM', v. To call to arms; to 
 surprise with the apprehension of 
 danger ; to disturb. pr. par. 
 alarming; past, alarmed: s. 
 alarm, alarmist. 
 ALA'RUM. s. See Alarm. 
 ALAS' ! int. A word expressing 
 
 lamentation, pity, or concern. 
 AL'BUM. s. A book with unwrit- 
 
 ten leaves. 
 AL'BUMEN. s. That which forms 
 the serum of the blood ; the white 
 of an egg. adj. albuminous. 
 AL'CHYMY. s. Anciently, signified 
 the most abstruse part of chym- 
 istry, as the attempt to transmute 
 common metals into gold ; but it ■ 
 is no longer ranked amongst the 
 sciences, s. alchymist. 
 AL'COHOL. s. A highly rectified 
 spirit of wine. v. alcoholize .- pr. 
 par. alcoholizing ; past, alcoholized. 
 
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ALC— ALL 
 
 AL'CORAN. * The Koran; the 
 book of the Mahometan precepts 
 
 AL'COVE. s. A recess. 
 
 AL'DER. s. A species of tree. 
 
 A L' DERM AN. s. An elder-man ; a 
 magistrate of an incorporated 
 town. adj. aldermanic. 
 
 ALE. s. Strong beer. 
 
 ALEM'BIC. s. A vessel used in dis- 
 tilling. 
 
 ALERT, adj. Brisk, watchful, s. 
 
 alertness : adv. alertly. 
 ALEXAN'DRINE. s. A line of 
 verse, containing in English poet 
 ry 12 syllables. 
 ALGE'BRA. s. A kind of arithme 
 tic. adj. algebraic: adv. algebrai 
 cally : s. algebraist. 
 AL'IBI. Elsewhere ; in law, a plea 
 which alleges the defendant to 
 have been distant from any cer- 
 tain place, when the crime was 
 committed. 
 VLIEN. s. A foreigner ; a person 
 not naturalized in the country 
 into which he has emigrated. 
 A'LIENATE. v. To transfer to 
 another; to withdraw the affec- 
 tions, pr. par. alienating; past, 
 alienated : adj. alienable : s. aliena- 
 tion, alienator. 
 ALIF'EROUS, ALIG'EROUS. adj. 
 
 Having wings. 
 AL'IMENT. s. Food, nourishment 
 
 adj. alimental, alimentary. 
 ALIMONY, s. Legal allowance, by 
 the husband to his wife, after 
 separation, pi. alimonies. 
 ALIQUOT, adj. Even; without a 
 remainder, as 2 is an aliquot part 
 of 6. 
 
 ALI'VE. adj. In the state of life.; 
 
 sprightly. 
 AL'KALI. s. A species of vegeta 
 
 ble ; a kind of chymical salt. adj. 
 
 alkaline. 
 
 ALL. adj. The whole number ; 
 every one ; every part. adv. all 
 s. all. 
 
 ALLAY', v. To quiet, to pacify. 
 
 pr. par. allaying,' past, allayed. 
 ALL-FOURS, s. A kind of game at 
 
 ALL— ALL 
 
 cards ; on both hands and feet, at 
 the same time. 
 ALLEGATION, s. Act of alleging • 
 
 declaration ; plea. 
 ALLE'GE. v. To affirm, to main- 
 tain, to declare, pr. par. alleging ; 
 past, alleged: s. allegation, al« 
 leger : adj. allegable. 
 ALLE'GIANCE. s. The 'duty of a 
 subject to his superior : adj. alle- 
 giant. 
 
 AL'LEGORY. s. A figurative rela- 
 tion, pi. allegories: adj. allegoric, 
 allegorical ; adv. allegorically .« v. 
 allegorize; pr. par. allegorizing; 
 past, allegorized : s. allegorist. 
 ALLE'GRO. A term in music, de- 
 noting a sprightly motion. 
 ALLELU'JAH. s. A word of spiritu- 
 al exultation, signifying " give 
 praise to God." 
 AL'LEMAND. A term in dancing. 
 ALLE'VIATE. v. To lighten, to 
 ease. pr. par. alleviating; past, 
 alleviated: s. alleviation, allevia* 
 tor; adj. alleviative. 
 AL'LEY. s. A narrow walk or 
 street. 
 
 ALLI'ANCE. s. State of being al- 
 lied. 
 
 ALLIGATION, s. Act of binding 
 together; the arithmetical rule 
 which teaches to adjust the price 
 of compounds formed of several 
 ingredients of different value. 
 AL'LIGATOR. s. The crocodile j 
 used chiefly for the crocodile o\ 
 America. 
 
 ALLITERATION, s. Beginning 
 several successive words with, 
 the same letter. 
 ALLOCATION, s. Act of putting 
 
 one thing to another. 
 ALLO'DrAL. adj. Not feudal; in- 
 dependent. 
 ALLOT', v. To distribute by lot ; 
 to grant ; to distribute, pr. par. 
 allotting; past, allotted: s. allot- 
 ment. 
 
 ALLOW, v. To admit, to grant, to 
 yield, pr. par. allowing ; past, al- 
 lowed: s. allowance : adj. allocable* 
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ALL— ALO 
 
 AL'LOY. s. Baser metal mixed with 
 that which is of greater value; 
 abatement, v. alloy' ; pr. par. al- 
 loying ; past, alloyed. 
 
 ALL-SAINTS-DAY. 5. The day on 
 which there is a general celebra- 
 tion of the saints; the first of 
 November. 
 
 ALL'SPICE. s. A kind of spice. 
 
 ALL'SUFFICIENT. adj. Sufficient 
 for every thing. 
 
 ALLU'DE. v. To speak of indirect- 
 ly ; to hint at. pr. par. alluding ; 
 past, alluded. 
 
 ALLU'RE. v. To entice, pr. par. 
 alluring,' past, allured: s. al- 
 lurer, allurement: adj. alluring: 
 adv. alluringly. 
 
 ALLU'SION. s. Act of alluding; 
 indirect reference, adj. allusive: 
 adv. allusively. 
 
 A LLU'VIAL. adj. Relating to al- 
 luvion ; consisting of alluvion. 
 
 ALLU'VION. s. That which is car- 
 ried by a flood, as land formed 
 near a river. 
 
 ALLWI'SE. adj. Having infinite 
 wisdom. 
 
 ALLY', v. To unite by kindred, 
 friendship, or confederacy; to 
 confederate, pr. par. allying; 
 past, allied : s. al'ly, pi. allies. 
 
 AL'MANAC. s. A calendar of the 
 year. 
 
 ALMIGHTY, adj. Omnipotent, all- 
 powerful, s. Almighty. 
 
 ALM'OND. s. The nut of the al- 
 mond-tree. 
 
 AL'MONER. 5. One employed, by 
 another, in the distribution of 
 alms. 
 
 ALMOST', adv. Nearly. 
 
 ALMS. s. Something given gratui- 
 tously, in relief of the poor. 
 
 ALMSHOUSE, s. A house appro- 
 priated to the use of the poor. 
 
 AL'OE. s. A kind of plant. 
 
 ALOFT', adv. On high, above. 
 
 ALO'NE. adj, Without another; 
 solitary. 
 
 ALONG', adv. At length; length- 
 wise ; throughout ; onward. 
 
 ALO— AMA 
 
 ALOOF', adv. At a distance. 
 ALOUD', adv. Loudly. 
 ALTHABET. s. The letters of a 
 language, adj. alphabetical: adv. 
 alphabetically. 
 AL'PINE. adj. Relating or belonging 
 
 to the Alps. 
 ALREA'DY. adv. At the present 
 
 time ; before the present. 
 AL'SO. adv. In the same manner ; 
 likewise. 
 
 ALTAR, s. A place raised for wor- 
 ship. 
 
 ALTER, v. To change ; to make 
 otherwise than it is. pr. par. al- 
 tering ; past, altered : s. alteration : 
 adj. alterative, alterable. 
 ALTERCATION. 5. Dispute, de- 
 bate, controversy, v. altercate ; pr. 
 par. altercating; past, altercated. 
 ALTERNATIVE. 5. Choice of two 
 
 things, s. alternatively. 
 ALTER'NATE. v. To perform al- 
 ternately ; to change one thing for 
 another, reciprocally, pr. par. al- 
 ternating ; past, alternated : s. aU 
 ternation, alternative: adj. alter* 
 note : adv. alternately. 
 ALTHE'A. 5. A kind of shrub. 
 ALTHO'UGH. conj. Notwithstand- 
 ing ; however. 
 ALTITUDE, s. Height. 
 ALTOGETHER, adj. Conjunctly, 
 
 completely. 
 AL'UM. 5. A kind of mineral salt, 
 
 adj. aluminous. 
 ALUM'NI. s. Pupils; youths who 
 have been educated at any parti* 
 cular college. 
 AL'WAYS. adv. Perpetually. 
 AM. v. The indicative mood, first 
 person singular, of the verb to be. 
 AMAIN', adv. With vehemence; 
 
 with vigour. 
 AMAL'GAM. s. A composition of 
 metals. 
 
 AMALGAMATE, v. To form into 
 amalgam ; to unite intimately, pr. 
 par. amalgamating ; past, amah 
 gamated: s. amalgamation: adj. 
 amalgamative. 
 AMANUEN'SIS. s. A person who 
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AMJ£-AME 
 
 "writes what another dictates, or 
 copies what another has written, 
 pi. amanuenses. 
 
 AM ARANTH, s. A kind of plant. 
 
 AMASS', v. To accumulate, pr. 
 par. amassing ; past, amassed : s. 
 amassment. 
 
 AMATEU'R. s. A lover of any par- 
 ticular pursuit, or system. 
 
 AM'ATORY. adj. Relating to love ; 
 containing sentiments of love. 
 
 AMA'ZE. v. To confuse with ter- 
 ror ; to put into confusion, with 
 wonder, pr. par. amazing; past, 
 amazed: s. amazement : adj. amaz- 
 ing: adv. amazingly. 
 
 AM'AZON. s. One of an ancient 
 race of women, famous for val- 
 our ; a virago, adj. amazonian. 
 
 AMBAS'SADOR. s. A person sent, 
 in a public manner, from one gov- 
 ernment to another, fern, ambas- 
 sadress : adj. ambassadorial. 
 
 AM'BER. s. A species of resinous 
 gum. 
 
 AMBIDEXTROUS, adj. Expert 
 with both hands. 
 
 AMB'IENT. adj. Surrounding, en- 
 compassing. 
 
 AMBIG'UOUS. adj. Having a dou- 
 ble meaning, s. ambiguity, pi. am- 
 biguities : adv. ambiguously. 
 
 AMBITION, s. Desire of eminence, 
 adj. ambitious: adv. ambitiously. 
 
 AM'BLE. v. To move easily ; to 
 walk affectedly, pr. par. ambling ; 
 past, ambled: s. amble, ambler: 
 adv. amblingly. 
 
 AMBRO'SIA. s. The imaginary food 
 of the gods. adj. ambrosial. 
 
 AM'BULATE. v. To walk about, 
 pr. par. ambulating ; past, ambu- 
 lated: s. ambulation, ambulator: 
 adj. ambulatory, ambulative. 
 
 AMBUSCA'DE. s. A hostile con- 
 cealment; ambush, v. ambuscade; 
 pr. par. ambuscading ; past, am- 
 buscaded. 
 
 AM'BUSH. s. The post where sol- 
 diers are placed, in order to fall 
 unexpectedlv upon an enemy. 
 
 AMELIORATE, v. To make bet- 
 
 AME— AMO 
 
 ter ; to improve, pr. par. amelio- 
 rating ; past, ameliorated : s. ame- 
 lioration : adj. ameliorative. 
 
 AMEN'. A Hebrew word, used in 
 devotions, meaning, at the end of 
 a prayer, so be it — at the end of a 
 creed so it is. 
 
 AME'NABLE. adj. Responsible, 
 tractable, adj. amenably. 
 
 AMEND', v. To reform, to correct, 
 pr. par. amending ; past, amended : 
 s. amendment, amender. 
 
 AMENDS', s. Recompense, com- 
 pensation. 
 
 AMENTf Y. 5. Pleasantness, agreea- 
 bleness of situation or of manners, 
 pi. amenities. 
 
 AMERCE', v. To punish with a pe- 
 cuniary fine. pr. par. amercing ; 
 past, amerced : s. amercement, 
 amercer . 
 
 AMER'ICAN. adj. Relating or be- 
 longing to America, s. American. 
 
 AMERICANISM, s. A word or 
 phrase peculiar to the people of 
 America. 
 
 AM ETHYST, s. A precious stone, 
 of a violet colour bordering on 
 purple. 
 
 A'MIABLE. adj. Lovely, virtuous, 
 pleasing, s. amiability, pi. amia- 
 bilities: adv. amiably. 
 
 AM'ICABLE. adj. Friendly, kind, 
 adv. amicably: s. amicability, pi. 
 amicabilities, amicableness. 
 
 AMID', AMIDST, prep. In the 
 midst ; mingled with. 
 
 AMISS', adv. Faulty, criminal. 
 
 AM'ITY. s. Friendship, peace, pi. 
 amities. 
 
 AMMO'NIA. s. Volatile alkali, adj. 
 ammoniac, ammoniacal. 
 
 AMMUNITION, s. Military stores. 
 
 AM'NESTY. s. Act of oblivion, pi. 
 amnesties. 
 
 AMONG', AMONGST', prep. Min- 
 gled with. • 
 
 AMOROSO. A term in music, sig- 
 nifvingin a soft or loving manner. 
 
 AM'OROUS. adj. Loving; naturally 
 inclined to love. adv. amorously. 
 s. amorousness, amoy-ist, amour. 
 
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AMO — ANA 
 
 '>™>g on land or in water I 
 ^amphibiously: s . amph J^ 
 
 AMPHITHE'ATRE. , A circular 
 or oval building, of which the, 
 a rea o rpitlsresen . ed ^ the 
 
 tions, and surrounded by seats 
 one above another, adj. «„2 
 
 ^theatrical: adv. atli 
 phtkeatricaUy. « 
 
 AMTLE. «u). Large, wide, suffici- 
 ent. s. amplitude,- adv «»/„ 
 
 AMTLIFy^.ToenlargeXtae- 
 g erat e ,to improve bf new adl 
 tions. p, par. amplifying ■ D ast 
 
 AMPUTATE.*. To cut off; a term 
 applied peculiarly to limbs.™ 
 
 TamX S!V * St ' am ^ 
 
 A !£ aSOrt0ft Kwor„ 
 aoout the person. 
 
 WVSZv To entertain; to gain 
 
 the attention; to deceiv^, by art" 
 
 ful management, pr. pa, aU y „^,. 
 
 amuse, S - am ™™ntJ 
 
 Zgly : ad J- ow »«^-- adv.am^i 
 
 ANABAPTlST^s^One m £ les ' 
 PO T ,heb7pUsmo 0, nrIn h t°sT 
 
 ANACHRONISM. Error in com- 
 peting time ; application of a 
 wrong date to any event 
 
 Ai\'A LECTICAL. 
 
 A r4a r dto Y -so SrReSembla "---t« 
 effect nf T Clrcumst ™ce or 
 ud J}' ana °^-- adj. 0rtate w. 
 <*/. *dv, analogical m $ • 
 
 ANA-AHE 
 
 f pr. par. analogizing ; past 
 
 rn * «• Reparation of ele 
 
 ANALYTIC, ANALYTICAL. «*. 
 fy analysis ; by minute separation 
 and examination of parts artv 
 ! analytically. P adv - 
 
 ANALYZE. „. To resolve a com- 
 pound mto its first elements, nr. 
 | par - analyzing; past , analyzed- 
 | s «WW, analyzation. " 
 AN'ARCHY". , Want of govern- 
 ment ; national confusion, pi. a ™ 
 arches: s. anarchist .- adj.^J. 
 
 ANATHEMA. , A curse pronounc- 
 | ed by ecclesiastical authority, v. 
 
 pr. pa, anathema- 
 "zmg; past, anathematized- s 
 a rfaematizer: adj. anathematical ) 
 adv. anathematically. 
 
 titI'°rf Y - S ; Th ° * H ° f Ac- 
 tion. pl.a«afom !M : s. anatomy 
 
 InT'T? 6 '' pr - P ar ' 
 j ^1 P ast » anatomized.- adi. ana- 
 
 ANCESTOR. , One from whom a 
 person is remotely descended s 
 ancestry, p] . onre ^. ^ 
 
 A hL HOR A " inst ™—t for 
 holding a sh.p in a certain place 
 v. ancho, ■ ■ p, par . „ ncAo £ 
 
 •l^™^ red: s - "^borage. 8 
 ANCHORET, ANCH'ORITE , 
 
 ! ANCHn?vv S recl ? e ; a he ™*- ' 
 ■ ANCHOVY, , A little sea-fish 
 
 ANCIENT, adj. Past, forme, of 
 KFA 3 r,^ e - ^-anciently. ' 
 j ^CIL'LARY adj. Subservient. 
 
 I d°tin N ct T ^a ct mUS ' C; - e ^-ive, 
 
 ANECDOTE., Secret history- bio 
 graphical incident; a minute pas- 
 -p of p „vate life, adj. 
 
 ANEMOG'RAPHY. , Description 
 
 s . An instrument 
 21 
 
ANE—ANK 
 for measuring the power or velo- 
 city of the wind. 
 A.NEM'ONE. s. A species of garden 
 plant. 
 
 ANEM'OSCOPE. s. An instrument 
 to show the direction of the wind. 
 
 AiYEURlSM. s. An irregular dila- 
 tion of an artery. 
 
 ANEW', adv. Over again. 
 
 AN'GEL. s. A messenger; a celes- 
 tial inhabitant or messenger, adj. 
 angelic, angelical: adv. angeli- 
 cally. 
 
 ANG'ER. s. Severe displeasure ; 
 wrath, v. anger ; pr. par. anger- 
 ing; past, angered : adj. angry : 
 adv. angrily. 
 
 ANG'LE. s. A term in geometry, 
 adj. angular adv. angularly : s. 
 angularity, pi. angularities. 
 
 ANG'LE. v. To fish with a rod and 
 hook. pr. par. angling,- past, an- 
 gled : s. angle, angler. 
 
 ANG'LIOISM. s. An English idiom, 
 v. anglicise; pr. par. anglicising; 
 past, anglicised. 
 
 ANG'UISH. s. Excessive pain, either 
 of mind or body. adj. anguished. 
 
 ANHELATIGN. s. Act of panting; 
 being out of breath. 
 
 ANIMADVERT', v. To consider, 
 to observe, to censure, pr. par! 
 animadverting ; past, animadvert- 
 ed : s. animadverter. 
 
 A NTMADVER'SION. s. Act of ani- 
 madverting; reproof, adj. animad- 
 versive. 
 
 ANIMAL, s. A living creature, 
 adj. animal. 
 
 ANIMAL'CULE. s. A small animal. 
 
 ANIMATE, v. To give life, to en- 
 liven-, to encourage, to incite, 
 pr. par. animating ; past, animat- 
 ed: s. animation, animator: adj. 
 animative: adv. animatedly. 
 
 ANIMOS'JTY. s. Vehement hatred ; 
 pnssionate malignity, pi. animosi- 
 ties. 
 
 AN'ISE. s. A species of aromatic 
 plnnt. 
 
 ANKLE, s. The joint which con- 
 nects the foot with the leg. 
 
 ANN— ANO 
 AN'NALIST. s. A writer of annals. 
 
 adj. annalistic, annalistical : adv. 
 annalist ically. 
 AN'NALS. s. History, in which 
 the events are recorded in yearly 
 succession. 
 ANNEAL', v. To heat glass, so that 
 the colours laid on mav pass 
 through ; to heat any thing in 
 such a manner as to 'give it the 
 proper temper, pr. par. annealing; 
 past, annealed. 
 ANNEX', v. To join to, at the end ; 
 to unite, pr. par. annexing; past, 
 annexed: s. annexation. 
 ANNIHILATE, v. To destroy, to 
 annul, pr. par. annihilating; past, 
 annihilated: s. annihilation: adj 
 annihilable. 
 ANNIVER'SARY. s. A day cele- 
 brated as it annually returns, pi. 
 anniversaries: adj. anniversary 
 ANNO DOM' INI. In the vear of 
 
 our Lord. A. D. 
 ANNO MUN'DI. In the year of 
 
 the world. A. M. 
 AN'NOTATE. v. To add notes, pr. 
 par. annotating; past, annotated; 
 s. annotation, annotator : adj. an- 
 notative, annotatorial. 
 ANNOUNCE', v. To proclaim, to 
 publish, pr. par. announcing y 
 past, announced: s. an louncer. 
 ANNOY', v. To molest, to tease, 
 pr. par. annoying: past, annoyed. 
 s. annoyance, annoyer. 
 AN'NUAL. adj. Yearly, lasting only 
 
 a vear. adv. annually. 
 ANNUITY. 5. Yearly rent ; yearlv 
 income or allowance, pi. annul 
 tits : s. annuitant. 
 ANNUL', v. To make void. pr. par. 
 annulling; past, annulled: s. an- 
 nulment. 
 
 AN'IVULAR. adj. In the form of a 
 ring. adj. annj/larh/. 
 
 A.WI'XCIA'TION. * Act of an- 
 nouncing. 
 
 AN'ODYNE. s. A mitigator of pain. 
 ANOINT, v. To rub with oint- 
 ment; to consecrate by unrtion. 
 
ANO— ANT 
 
 pt. par. anointing; past, anoint- 
 ed: s. anomter. 
 ANOMALY, s. Irregularity; devia 
 tion from the common rule, pi 
 ^omahes: adj. anomalous. 
 ANON. adv. Quickly, soon, some- 
 times. 
 
 ANONTMOUS. adj. Without a 
 
 AJMOfHER. adj. Not the same; 
 
 one more ; widely different 
 AN'SWER. y. To Ipeakln return 
 to aquestjon; to speak in oppo- 
 sition ; to be accountable for - to 
 correspond with. pr. par. answer- 
 ing; past, answered: s. answer- 
 adj. answerable: adv. answerably. 
 AN1. s. An emmet. y 
 ANTAGONIST. One who con- 
 tends; an opponent, s. antago- 
 
 ANTARCTIC. ^ A term in as- 
 tronomy, relating to the southern 
 pole. 
 
 ANTECE'DE. To precede; to 
 go before, pr. par. anteceding: 
 past, anteceded: s. antecedence 
 
 ANTFr^np ; 3d ^ anU ^enthj. 
 before R * 0ne 1 **■ 
 
 ANTECHAMBER. s . A chamber 
 
 ANTEDATE. ». To date earlier 
 than the true time. pr. par . ante- 
 
 , <™™g ; past, antedated. 
 
 ANTEDILU' VIAN. adj. Existing 
 before the flood. J MIStln ff 
 
 A ^LOPE. s . A species of quad- 
 
 AnTeMERID'IAN. a*. Before 
 noon. A. M. oeioie 
 
 ANTEMUN'DANE. adj. Before the 
 creation of the world. 
 
 TlMATE. s The last syllable in 
 a word, or line of verse, except 
 
 ANTERIOR, adj. Going before, 
 pievious. s. anteriority, pl ante-l 
 
 ANTHEM * A \™"™rly V 
 , 1HEM - s - A hymn, sung in al- 
 ternate parts. s 
 
 ANT — ANT 
 
 A ch T H RA c ITE - C ™P° 
 chiefly of MrK« n . 4. 
 
 of carbon; not bitumin- 
 
 ANTHROPOPH'AGI. * Eaters of 
 * J?" man flesh i cannibals. 
 ANTICHRISTIAN. adj. Opposed 
 A NT J rwflV' S - Christianity. 
 hJri PATE< v - To act or think 
 before an event, pr. par . antici- 
 pating; past, anticipated: s an- 
 ticipation, anticipator: adj. antici- 
 patory. J 
 
 ANTIC, adj Strange, ridiculous. 
 
 ANTICLIMAX. s . A^sentence, of 
 which the last part expresses 
 something lower than the first, 
 pl. anticlimaxes. 
 
 ANTIDOTE, s. A remedy for poi- 
 
 son. adj. antidotal. V 
 ANTIENT. adj. See Ancient 
 ANTIFEBRILE, adj. Sc. w 
 
 against fever. 
 ANTIMONARCH'AL. «&". Affair 
 government by a single person, 
 s. aniimonarchist. 
 ANTIMONY. A mineral s.,t 
 stance, of a metalline nature si 
 
 ANTIFED'ERALIST. s. A pero,, 
 who was opposed to the establish- 
 
 of the United States. 
 ANTIPA'PAL. adj. Opposing no 
 pery. r ° 1 
 
 ANTIPATHY, t. Natural didiLe: 
 
 aversion, pl. antipathies. 
 ANTIPH'ONY. s. An echo, or re- 
 sponse. pl. antiphonies. 
 
 ANTIFESTILEN'TIAL. adj. Effica- 
 cious against the plague. 
 ANTIPH'RASIS. s. An expression 
 m which the words are used in a 
 sense opposite to their just mean- 
 ing, pl. antiphrases: adj. anti- 
 Ptirastic: adv. antiphrastkally 
 ANTIPODES, s. People who' live 
 on opposite meridians, and in op. 
 posite latitudes, adj. antipodal 
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ANT — APE 
 
 APH-APO 
 
 ANTIPOL'OMIST. s. One opposed 
 to war. adj. antipolomistic. 
 
 ANTIQUA'RIAN. adj. Relating to 
 antiquity, s. antiquarian, antiqua- 
 ry, pi. antiquaries. 
 
 AN'TIQUATE. v. To make obso- 
 lete, pr. par. antiquating ; past, 
 antiquated. 
 
 ANTIQUE', adj. Ancient, old. adv. 
 antiquely: s. antiquity, pl. anti- 
 quities. 
 
 ANTISCORBUTIC, adj. Efficaci- 
 ous against scurvy. 
 
 ANTISEPTIC, adj. Preventive of 
 putrefaction. 
 
 ANT [SPASMODIC, adj. Efficacious 
 against cramp. 
 
 ANTITHESIS, s. Contrast in 
 words, pl. antitheses. 
 
 ANTITHETIC, ANTITHETI- 
 CAL, adj. Placed in contrast, 
 adv. antithetically. 
 
 ANT'LER. s. Branch of a stag's 
 horn. adj. antler ed. 
 
 ANTCECI. s. People who live in 
 opposite latitudes, on the same 
 meridian. 
 
 AN'VIL. 5. The iron block on which 
 a smith lays his metal, to be forged. 
 
 ANXFETY. 5. Trouble of mind, 
 about a future event, pl. anxieties: 
 adj. anxious: adv. anxiously. 
 
 AN'Y. adj. Whoever, whatever; 
 one of many. 
 
 APA'CE. adv. Quickly, speedily. 
 
 APART', adv. Separately ; at a dis- 
 tance. 
 
 APARTMENT, s. A separate room; 
 
 a chamber. 
 APATHY, s. Want of feeling, or 
 
 of passion, pl. apathies. 
 APE. s. A kind of monkey, v. ape; 
 
 pr. par. aping; past, aped: s. 
 
 aper: adj. apish: adv. apishly : s. 
 
 apishness. 
 APEP'SIA, APEP'SY. s. Want of 
 
 natural concoction. 
 APERIENT, adj. Gently purgative. 
 
 adv. a per /cully. 
 AP'ERTURE. s. An open place. 
 AP'EX. s. The tip or point. Lat.pl. 
 
 apices; English, apexes. 
 
 APILE'RISIS. s. A figure in gram- 
 mar, by which a letter or syllable 
 is taken from the beginning of a 
 word. pl. aphcerises. 
 APHE'LION. 5. That part in the 
 orbit of a planet, which is the 
 most remote from the sun. 
 APH'ORISM. s. A maxim; a pre- 
 cept contracted into a short sen- 
 tence, adj. aphoristical : adv. 
 aphoristically. 
 AP'IARY. s. A place for bees. pl. 
 apiaries. 
 
 APIECE', adv. To the part or share 
 of each. 
 
 APOCALYPSE, s. Revelation ; the 
 last book of the new testament, 
 adj. apocalyptical. 
 APOCRYPHA, s. Books added to 
 the sacred writings, of doubtful 
 authority, adj. apocryphal: adv. 
 apocryphally. 
 APOGEE, s. A point in the hear- 
 ens, in which the sun, or a planet, 
 is at the greatest distance from 
 the earth. 
 AP'OLOGUE. s. A kind of fable. 
 APOL'OGY. 5. Excuse, defence, pl. 
 apologies : v. apologize, pr. par. 
 apologizing ; past, apologized : 
 adj. apologetic, apologetical : adv. 
 apologetically. 
 APOPHTHEGM, APOTHEGM, s. 
 A remarkable saying ; a valuable 
 maxim. 
 
 AP'OPLEXY. 5. A general depriva- 
 tion of animal sensation, pl. ap- 
 poplexies : adj. apopleciic, apopke- 
 tical i adv. apoplectically. 
 APOSTATE. 5. One who has de- 
 serted his former profession, 
 either in politics or religion, v. 
 apostatize; pr. par. apostatizing; 
 past, apostatized : adj. apostatical : 
 s. apostacy, pl. apostacies. 
 APOSTLE. 5. A person sent with 
 mandates ; a title particularly ap- 
 plied to those whom Christ de- 
 puted to preach the gospel, adj., 
 apostolic, apostolical : adv. aj>os^ 
 toii eaOy . 
 
 APOS TROPHE, s. A diversion of 
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APO — AFP 
 
 speech, to another person or 
 thing; in grammar, the contrac 
 tion of a word, by the use of a 
 comma, v. apostrophize ; pr. par 
 apostrophizing- ; past, apostro- 
 phized: adj. apostrophic. 
 
 APOSTUME. s. An abscess. 
 
 APOTHECARY, s. A compounder 
 and vender of medicines, pi. 
 apothecaries. 
 
 APOTHEGM, APOPHTHEGM, s. 
 A remarkable saying ; a valuable 
 mixim. 
 
 APOTHE'OSIS. 5. Heathenish dei- 
 fication, pi. apotheoses. 
 
 APPAL', v. To affright, to dismay, 
 pr. par. appalling ; past, appalled. 
 
 APPANAGE, s. An appurtenance 
 of land. 
 
 APPARATUS, s. Utensils; philo- 
 sophical instruments. Latin, pi, 
 apparatus. 
 
 APPAR'EL. s. Dress, habiliments, 
 v. apparel; pr. par. appareling ; 
 past, appareled. 
 
 APPA'RENT. adj. Easily seen; cer- 
 tain ; different from what a thing 
 appears to be ; seeming ; not real, 
 adv. apparently. 
 
 APPARITION, s. Appearance; a 
 spectre. 
 
 APPEAL', v. To remove a cause 
 from a lower to a higher tribunal ; 
 to refer, pr. par. appealing ; past, 
 appealed .- s. appeal. 
 
 APPE'AR. v. To come in view ; to 
 ba apparent, pr. par. appearing ; 
 nast, appeared : s. appearance. 
 
 APPE'ASE. v. To quiet, to pacify, 
 to reconcile, pr. par. appeasing; 
 past, appeased; adj. appeasable.- 
 s. appeasement, appeaser. 
 
 APPEL'LANT. s. One who appeals. 
 
 APPEL'LATE. adj. Created on ap- 
 peal ; having the power to hear 
 and determine an appeal. 
 
 APPELLATION, s. A name. 
 
 APPEL'LATIVE. adj. Common, 
 usual, adv. appellatively. 
 
 APPEND', v. To hang, or attach, 
 pr. par. appending ; past, append- 
 ed .- s. appendage : adj. appendant. 
 C 
 
 APP— APP 
 
 APPEN'DIX. s. Something append- 
 ed ; a supplement, pi. appendixes. 
 APPERTAIN', v. To belong to. pr. 
 par. appertaining; past, appertain- 
 ed; s. appertainment .- adj. apper- 
 tinent. 
 
 APPETENCE, APPETENCY, s. 
 Strong desire, pi. appetences, ap- 
 petencies. 
 APPETITE, s. Desire; keenness 
 
 of stomach. 
 APPLAUD', v. To praise, by clap- 
 ping the hands ; to praise aloud, 
 pr. par. applauding; past, ap- 
 plauded: s. applauder, applause : 
 adj. applausive. 
 APPLE, s. A species of fruit. 
 APPLICABLE, adj. Suitable; at- 
 tributable, s. applicability, pi. c p- 
 plicabilities : adv. applicable. 
 APPLICATION, s. Act of app f- 
 ing ; attention to some particul ur 
 affair; thing applied, adj. applu -. 
 live, applicatory. 
 APPLY', v. To join ; to lay upoi , 
 to use as means ; to fix the mil i 
 upon; to have recourse, pr. pa:. 
 applying ; past, applied .- s. applies 
 appliance, applicant. 
 APPOINT', v. To fix ; to mark ou< , 
 to elect, pr. par. appointing . 
 past, appointed .- s. appointer, ap 
 pointment. 
 APPORTION, v. To assign in ju* 
 proportion, pr. par. apportioning , 
 past, apportioned: s. apportioned 
 apportionment. 
 APPOSITE, adj. Proper, appropri- 
 ate, adv. appositely; s . apposite- 
 ness. 
 
 APPOSITION, s. Addition of new 
 matter ; agreement of nouns with 
 each other. 
 APPRAISE, v. To fix a price on. 
 pr. par. appraising ; past, ap- 
 praised: s. appraiser, appraisement. 
 APPRECIATE, v. To value at a 
 just rate or price, pr. par. appre- 
 ciating; past, appreciated: s. ap- 
 preciation: adi. appreciable. 
 APPREHEND', v. To seize, to un- 
 derstand; to think on with fear. 
 
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APP— AQU 
 
 pr. pan apprehending; past, ap- 
 prehended: s. apprehender, appre- 
 hension: adj. apprehensive: adv. 
 apprehensively. 
 APPRENTICE. 5. One who is 
 bound, by covenant, to remain 
 with another, for a certain period, 
 in order that he may acquire a 
 knowledge of aa art or a trade, 
 y. apprentice; pr. par. apprentic- 
 ing ; past, apprenticed : s. appren- 
 ticeship. 
 
 APPRl'ZE. v. To inform, pr. par. 
 
 apprizing ; past, apprized. 
 APPROACH', v. To come towards ; 
 to come near. pr. par. approach- 
 ing; past, approached: s. ap-, 
 proach, approacher : adj. ap- 
 proachable. 
 
 APPROB ATION, s. Act of approv- 
 ing ; approval, adj. approbatory. 
 
 APPRO'PRIATE. v. To assign to 
 some particular use. pr. par. ap- 
 propriating ; past, appropriated: 
 adj. appropriate, appropriative : s. 
 appropriateness, appropriation, ap- 
 propriator. 
 
 APPRO'VE. v. To like; to be 
 pleased with ; to prove, pr. par. 
 approving; past, approved: adj. 
 approvable : s. approval, approver. 
 
 APPROXIMATE, v. To bring 
 near ; to approach, pr. par ap- 
 proximating ; past, approximated : 
 s. approximation. 
 
 APRICOT, s. A kind of fruit. 
 
 ATRIL. 5. The fourth month. 
 
 A'PRON. 5. A cloth hung before, 
 to keep the other dress clean.! 
 adj. aproned. 
 
 APROPO'S. To the purpose; well- 
 timed (pronounced aj)ropo'.) 
 
 APT. adj. Fit, inclined, ready, adv. | 
 aptly: s. aptness, aptitude. 
 
 APTOTE. s. An indeclinable noun. 
 
 A'QUA. s. In Latin, signifies water. 
 
 AQUA-FORTIS. s. Nitric acid. 
 
 AQUA-RE GI A. s. Nitro-muriatic 
 acid. 
 
 AQU— ARC 
 
 AQUA'RIUS. s. A sign of the 
 
 ac ; the waterman. 
 AQUATIC, adj. Relating to any 
 
 thing that inhabits water. 
 AQUA-TINTA. s. A species of en- 
 graving, imitating drawings made 
 with Indian ink, or bistre. 
 AQUA-VI'TE. s. Brandy, or spirit 
 
 of wine. 
 A'QUEOUS. adj. Watery. 
 AQUEDUCT, s. An artificial con 
 
 veyance for water. 
 A'QUILINE. adj. Resembling an 
 eagle; (when applied to the nose) 
 hooked, or Roman. 
 ARABIAN, adj. Relating or be- 
 longing^ Arabia. 
 A'RABLE. adj. Fit for cultivation. 
 
 s. arability, pi arabiliiies. 
 AR'BITER. s. A judge ; one wVio 
 has the power of decision, fe^i. 
 arhifress, pi. arbi tresses. 
 ARBITRARY-, adj. Despotic; in- 
 dependent of rules, adv. arbitra- 
 rily. 
 
 ARBITRATE, v. To decide, to de- 
 termine ; to submit to rrbitrators. 
 pr. par. arbitrating; past, arbi- 
 trated: s. arbitration, arbitrator-. 
 ARBORES'CENT. adj. Growing H 
 
 the form of a tree. 
 AR'BORIST. s. One who makes 
 
 trees his studv. 
 AR'BOUR. s. A bower.. 
 ARC. 5. A segment of a circle ; an 
 arch. 
 
 ARCA'DE. s. A continued arch j a 
 walk covered with an arched 
 roof. 
 
 ARCA'.XUM. s. A secret, pi. or- 
 cana. 
 
 ARCH. Part of a circle, not more 
 than a half. v. arch; pr. par. 
 arching; past, arched. 
 ARCFT. adj. Pronounced ark ; when 
 prefixed to a word beginning with 
 a vowel, Chief. 
 ARCH. adj. Waggish, mirthful 
 
 adv. archly i s. archness. 
 ARCHAN'GEL. One of the high- 
 est order of angels, (pronounced 
 ark-angel.) adj. arc/uirigtfic. 
 
ARC— ARE 
 
 ARCHBISB'OP. s. A chief bishop. 
 
 s. archbishopric. 
 ARCHDEA'CON. s. One who sup- 
 plies the bishop's place and of- 
 fice, s. archdeaconry, pi. archdea- 
 conries. 
 
 ARCHDUCH'ESS. s. A title given 
 to certain princesses, pi. arch- 
 
 ARCHT^UKE. 5. A title given to 
 certain princes. 
 
 ARCH'ER. s. One who uses a bow. 
 s. archery. 
 
 ARCH'KTYPE. s. The original, 
 pronounced ark'-e-type: adj. arch- 
 etypal. 
 
 ARCHEOL'OGY. s. A discourse on 
 antiquity, pronounced ark-e-ol'o- 
 gy. pi. archiologies. 
 
 ARCHIEPIS'COPAL, ARCHEPIS'- 
 COPAL. adj. Belonging to an 
 archbishop, pronounced ark-i- 
 epis' copal, or ark-epis' copal. 
 
 ARCHITECT, s. A professor of the 
 art of building, pronounced ark'- 
 e-tect. s. architecture : adj. archi- 
 tectural, architective. 
 
 ARCHITRAVE, s. The moulding 
 next above the capital of a column, 
 pronounced ark '-e-trave. 
 
 ARCHIVES, s. A place for public 
 records; or, the records them- 
 selves, pronounced ark'-eeves. 
 
 ARCH'ON. s. One of the niue chief 
 magistrates of Athens, pronounc- 
 ed ark! -on. 
 
 ARCTIC, adj. Relating to the arc- 
 tic circle, or to the north, pro- 
 nounced ark'-tic. 
 
 ARCUA'TION. s. Act of bending ; 
 curvitv. 
 
 AR'DENT. adj. Hot, eager, s. ar- 
 dency, r>l. ardencies: adv. ardently. 
 
 ARDOUR, s. Heat; heat of affec- 
 tion : desire ; courage. 
 
 ARDUOUS, adj. Hard to climb; 
 difficult, adv. arduously: s. ar- 
 duousness. 
 
 ARE. v. An inflexion of the verb to 
 be. 
 
 A'REA. s. The surface contained 
 between any lines. 
 
 ARE — ARM 
 
 ARENA, s. That part of a theatre 
 which is left vacant for the con- 
 tests or sports. 
 
 AR'GENT. 5. The white coloui 
 used in coats of arms; bright, 
 like silver. 
 
 ARGILLA'CEOUS. adj. Partaking , 
 of clay. j 
 
 AR'GUE. v. To reason, to dispute, 
 pr. par. arguing; past, argued: 
 s. arguer, argument, argumenta- 
 tion : adj. argumentative: adv. 
 argumentatively : adj. argument' 
 able. 
 
 A 'RID. adj. Dry, parched, s. arid- 
 ity, pi. aridities. 
 
 A'RIES. s. A sign of the zodiac; 
 the ram. 
 
 ARlET'TA. s. A short air, song, or 
 tune. 
 
 ARIGHT', adv. Rightly. 
 ARIOSO. The movement of a 
 
 common air. 
 ARI'SE. v. To mount upwards ; to 
 
 get up ; to proceed from. pr. par. 
 
 arising ; past, arisen. 
 ARISTOCRACY, s. A government 
 
 by nobles; the highest class in 
 
 society, pi. aHstocracies. 
 ARISTOCRAT, s. One who favours 
 
 aristocracy, adj. aristocratic, aris- 
 
 tocratical .- adv. aristocratically. 
 ARITHMETIC, s. The science of 
 
 numbers ; the art of computation. 
 
 s. arithmetician: adj. arithmetical: 
 
 adv. arithmetically. 
 ARITHMOMETER, s. An instru- 
 ment for solving questions in 
 
 arithmetic. 
 ARK. s. A large chest ; a vessel to 
 
 swim on the water, as the ark of 
 
 Noah. 
 
 ARM. s. The limb which reaches 
 from the hand to the shoulder ; a 
 branch. 
 
 ARM. v. To take arms ; to furnish 
 with arms. pr. par. arming ; past, 
 armed. 
 
 ARM A' DA. s. A fleet of war. 
 ARM'AMENT. s. A force equipped 
 for war ; implements of war. 
 
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ARM— ARR 
 
 ARM'FUL. 5. As much as the arms 
 can hold. 
 
 ARMIL'LARY. adj. Resembling a! 
 
 bracelet, adj. armillated. 
 ARMISTICE, s. A suspension of 
 
 arms; a short truce. 
 ARM' LET. s . A little arm, as an 
 
 armlet of the sea ; a bracelet for 
 
 the arm. 
 
 ARMORIAL, adj. Belonging to the 
 arms of a family; belonging to 
 armour. 
 
 ARMOUR, s. Defensive arms. s. 
 armoury, pi. armouries; ar- 
 mourer. 
 
 ARM'PIT. s. The hollow place un- 
 der the shoulder. 
 
 ARMS. s. Weapons of offence. 
 
 ARM'Y. 5. A numerous body of sol- 
 diers, pi. armies. 
 
 AROMATIC, adj. Spicy, fragrant. 
 
 ARO'SE. v. Did arise. 
 
 P ROUND', adv. In a circle; on 
 every side. prep, around. 
 
 A ROU'SE. v. To wake from sleep ; 
 to excite, pr. par. arousing ; past, 
 aroused. 
 
 P R'QUEBUSS. s. A hand-gun. pi. 
 arquebusses. 
 
 A R'RACK. s. Commonly called rack. 
 A species of distilled liquor. 
 
 A RRAIGN'. v. A prisoner is said to 
 be arraigned, when he is brought 
 forth, and put upon his trial, pr. 
 par. arraigning; past, arraigned: 
 s. arraignment. 
 
 ARRANGE', v. To place in order ; 
 to settle, pr. par. arranging; 
 past, arranged: s. arrangement, 
 arranger. 
 
 AR'RANT. adj. Bad in a high de- 
 gree, adv. arrantly. 
 
 AR'RAS. s Tapestry. 
 
 ARRAY', v. To put in order: to 
 deck ; to dress, pr. par. arraying: 
 pnst, arrayed. 
 
 ARRF/AR. s. That which ifj left un- 
 paid, or not done. s. arrearage : 
 adv. arrear, behind. 
 
 ARREST', v. To seize ; to stop. pr. 
 par. arresting; past, arrested. 
 
 ARR— ART 
 
 HARRE'T. s. A decree, pronounced 
 
 ar-ray'. 
 
 ARRl' VE. v. To come to ; to reach, 
 pr. par. arriving; past, arrived, 
 s. arrival. 
 AR'ROGANCE. 5. Undue assump- 
 tion; haughtiness, adj. arrogant: 
 adv. arrogantly. 
 AR'ROGATE. v. To claim unjustly, 
 pr. par. arrogating; past, arro- 
 gated: s. arrogation. 
 AR'ROW. s. A dart; the pointed 
 weapon which is shot from a bow. 
 AR'SENAL. 5. A depositary for 
 
 things requisite to war. 
 AR'SENIC. 5. A mineral substance, 
 which is a violent corrosive poi- 
 son. 
 
 AR'SON. s. The crime of feloniously 
 burning houses, and other things 
 defined by law. 
 ART. s. The power of doing some- 
 thing not taught by nature; skill; 
 dexterity, s. artist. 
 AR'TERY. s. A conical canal, which 
 conveys the blood from the heart 
 to all parts of the body. pi. ar- 
 teries : adj . arterial. 
 ARTFUL, adj. Performed with art; 
 cunning, adv. artfully : s. artful- 
 ness. 
 
 ARTICHOKE, s. A species of es- 
 culent plant. 
 ARTICLE, s. A part of speech : a 
 particular part ; terms : stipula- 
 tion, v. article; pr. par. articling; 
 Dast, articled. 
 ARTICULATE, v. To pronounce 
 distinctly, pr. par. articulating ; 
 past, articulated: s. articulation: 
 adj. articulate: adv. articulately. 
 ARTIFICE, s. Trick, stratagem, 
 
 fraud, Drt. 
 AR TIFI CIAL, adj. Made by art ; 
 
 fictitious, adv. artificially. 
 ARTIFICER, s. An artist, a manu- 
 facturer, a contriver, 
 ARTIL'LERY. s. Missive weapons; 
 
 can'non. pi. artilleries. 
 ARTISAN', s. A practiser of an nrt. 
 ARTLESS, adj. Unskilful, without 
 fraud, adv. artlessly : s. artlesmcss. 
 
A SB — ASP 
 
 ASBESTOS. 6-. A kind of stone. 
 
 ASCEND', v. To go upwards, pr. 
 par. ascending; past, ascended: 
 adj. ascendant: s. ascendency, pi. 
 ascendencies. 
 
 ASCEN'SION. s. Act of ascending, 
 adj. ascensioe. 
 
 ASCENT', s. Rise ; an eminence or 
 high place. 
 
 ASCERTAIN', v. To know surely; 
 to make certain ; to fix ; to estab- 
 lish, pr. par. ascertaining; past, 
 ascertained: adj. ascertainable. 
 
 ASCET'iC. s. A disagreeable pro- 
 fessor of religion. 
 
 ASCRPBE. v. To attribute, pr. par. 
 ascribing-; past, ascribed: adj. 
 ascribable. 
 
 ASCRIPTION, s. Act of ascribing. 
 
 ASHAM'ED. adj. Touched with 
 shame. 
 
 ASH'ES. s. Remains of any thing 
 burned. 
 
 ASHO'RE. adv. On shore; to the 
 shore. 
 
 ASIATIC, adj. Relating or belong- 
 ing to Asia. 
 
 ASf bE. adv. To one side ; to an- 
 other part ; from the company. 
 
 ASK. v. To petition, to beg, to de- 
 mand, to enquire, to question, to 
 require, pr. par. asking; past, 
 asked. 
 
 A.SKANSE', ASKAUNSE'. ado. 
 Sideways, obliquely. 
 
 ASKEW, ado. Aside; with contempt 
 or envv ; obliquely. 
 
 ASLANT', ado. Obliquely. 
 
 ASLEEP, adv. Sleeping;' at rest. 
 
 ASP. s. A kind of poisonous ser- 
 pent. 
 
 ASPAR'AGUS. s. A kind of escu- 
 lent plant. 
 
 AS'PECT. s. Appearance ; direction 
 towards. 
 
 ASP'EN. adj. Belonging to the asp-j 
 tree. , I 
 
 ASPER'ITY. s. Roughness, severity.,' 
 pi. asperities. 
 
 ASPERSE', v. To calumniate, pr.| 
 par. aspersing; past, aspersed: 
 C2 
 
 ASP— ASS 
 
 | s. asperser, aspersion: adj. aspcr* 
 sive. 
 
 AS'PIRATE. v. To pronounce with 
 lull breath, pr. par. aspirating; 
 past, aspirated: s. aspirate, aspi- 
 ration. 
 
 ASPi'RE. v. To pant after ; to desire 
 eagerly, pr. par. aspiring; past, 
 aspired: s. aspirant. 
 ASSAFCET'lDA. s. A kind of ill- 
 smelling drug. 
 ASSAIL', v. To assault, to attack, 
 pr. par. assailing ; past, assailed : 
 s. assailant : adj. assailable. 
 ASSAS'SIN. s. A murderer: one 
 who kills by secret violence, v. 
 assassinate; pr. par. assassinat- 
 ing; past, assassinated: s. assas- 
 sination. 
 
 ASSAULT', v. To attack, to assail. 
 
 pr. par. assaulting ; past, assault- 
 « ed .- s. assault. 
 
 ASSAY', v. To make trial ; to try ; 
 to endeavour, pr. par. assaying; 
 past, assayed: s. assay. 
 ASSEM'BLE. v. To bring together ; 
 to meet together, pr. par. assem- 
 bling ; past, assembled: s. assem- 
 bly, pi. assemblies : s. assemblage. 
 ASSENT', v. To agree to. pr par. 
 
 assenting; past, assented: s. assent. 
 ASSERT', v. To maintain, to de- 
 fend, pr. par. asseiHing ; past, as- 
 serted : s. assertion, assertor. 
 ASSESS', v. To apportion, or tax. 
 pr. par. assessing ; past, assessed : 
 adj. assessable: s. assessment, as- 
 sessor. 
 
 AS'SETS. 5. Funds or property for 
 
 distribution. 
 ASSEVERATE, v. To declare ear- 
 nestly, pr. par. asseverating; past, 
 asseve?-ated': s. asseveration. 
 ASSIDUITY, s. Diligence, pi. as- 
 siduities: adj. assiduous: adv. as- 
 siduously. 
 ASSIGN', v. To mark out ; to con- 
 vey a right ; to appoint or depute, 
 pr. par. assigning ; past, assigned. 
 adj. assignable : s. assignation. 
 ASSIGNEE', s. One to whom any 
 thing is assigned. 
 
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ASS— AST AST— ATT 
 
 ASSIMILATE, v. To convert to!j ing by medical applications; adj. 
 the same nature ; to cause resem- \ astriciive. 
 
 blance. pr. par. assimilating; ASTRX'DE. adv. With the legs 
 
 past, assimilated : s. assimilation. Ij open ; with a leg on each side. 
 ASSIST', v. To help. pr. par. as$d> ASTRINGENT, adj. Binding, con- 
 
 ing; past, assisted : s. assistance. r trading, s. astringency, pi. as- 
 
 adj. assistant s. assistant. 1 tringencies. 
 
 ASSi'ZE. s. Regulation, (assizes,] ASTROLABE, s. An instrument 
 
 meeting of provincial law-courts.)! formerly used for ascertaining 
 
 ASSOCIATE, v. Tojoinasacom-lM^ d T e ( s - v 
 
 ■ ASTROLOGY, s. The pretended 
 
 panion : to unite, pr. par. associat- 
 ing ; past, associated : s. associate, 
 association. 
 ASSORT', v. To place in classes, 
 pr. par. assorting ; past, assorted : 
 s. assortment. ± 
 
 science of foretelling by the stars, 
 s. astrologer : adj. astrological. 
 ASTRON'OMY. s. The science of 
 the heavenly bodies, s. astrono- 
 mer : adj. astronomical: adv. as- 
 
 ASSUAGE', v. To mitigate, to ease, ! . . c . 4l 
 
 pr. par. assuaging; past, as- AS ™ «#' Subtle > cunning. 
 suaged: s. asmager. \\ . Sf^J* " ^, . 
 
 ASSUA'SIVE. ai? Softening, miti- ^N DER. a<fo. Apart, separately. 
 
 gating. 
 
 ASSU'ME. v. To take, to usurp, pr. 
 par. assuming; past, assumed. 
 
 ASSUMPTION, s. Act of assum- 
 ing, adj. assumptive: adv. assump- 
 tive!'/. 
 
 ASSU'RE. v. To give confidence; 
 to insure, pr. par. assuring; past, 
 assured: s. assurance: adj. as- 
 su redly. 
 
 ASTERISK, s. A mark (*) used 
 in printing. 
 
 ASTERiY. adv. In the hinder part 
 of a shio ; behind another ship. 
 
 ASTEROIDE. s. Something par- 
 taking of the form of a star. adj. 
 a steroidal. 
 
 AST'HMA. s. A difficult, short res- 
 piration, adj. asthmatic, asthmati- 
 cal. 
 
 ASTONISH, v. To confound, to 
 amaze, pr. par. astonishing ; past, 
 astonished : s. astonishment : adv. 
 astonishingly. 
 
 ASTOUND', v. To astonish, to stun, 
 pr. par. astounding; past, as- 
 toi/nded. 
 
 AS'TRAL. adj. Relating to the stars. 
 
 ASY'LUM. s. Place of safety. 
 AT. One of the prepositions. 
 ATE. v. Did eat. Little used. 
 ATHEIST, s. One who denies the 
 existence of God. adj. atheistical: 
 adv. aiheistically : s. atheism. 
 ATHLET'iC. adj. Of a strong and 
 
 vigorous body. 
 ATHW ART', prep. Across, through. 
 
 adv. athwart. 
 ATMOSPHERE, s. The air which 
 surrounds the earth, adj. atmo- 
 spheric, atmospherical. 
 AT'OM. s. A very small particle. 
 
 adj. atomic, atomical. 
 ATO'NE. v. To expiate. 
 atoning; past, atoned: 
 went. 
 
 ATRO'CITY. s. Horrible wicked- 
 ness, pi. atrocities : adj. atrocious ; 
 adv. atrociously. 
 AT'ROPHV. s. Debility, for want 
 
 of nourishment, pi. atrophies. 
 ATTACH', v. To join, to arrest, to 
 seize, pr. par. attaching ; past,ar- 
 tached : s. attachment. 
 ATTACK', v. To assault : to begin 
 a contest, pr. par. attacking; past, 
 attacked: s. attack. 
 
 pr. par. 
 s. atone- 
 
 ASTRAY'. adv. Out of the right: ATTAIN', v. To procure, to reach. 
 
 way, or place. 
 ASTRIC'TION. s. Act of contract- 
 
 pr. par. attaining ; past, attained: 
 s. attainment. 
 
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ATT— ATT 
 
 ATTAINDER, s. The act, of at 
 tainting : state of being attainted. 
 
 ATTAINT', v. To disgrace; to cor- 
 rupt the blood, by a judgment af- 
 ter conviction of felony or trea- 
 son, pr. par. attainting ; past, at- 
 tainted: s. attaint. 
 
 ATTEM'PER. v. To mingle, to 
 soften, to fit to. pr par. attemper- 
 ing' ; past, attempered: s. attemper- 
 ment * 
 
 ATTEMPT', v. To endeavour, to, 
 try. pr. par. attempting ; past, at 
 tempted : s. attempt. 
 
 ATTEND', v. To give attention, or 
 aid : to be present at. pr. par. at 
 tending; past, attended: s. attend 
 once, attendant. 
 
 ATTENTION, s. The act of attend- 
 ing; particular respect, adj. at- 
 tentive: adv. attentively: g, atten- 
 tiueness. 
 
 ATTENTATE, v. To make thin, 
 or slender, pr. par. attenuating ; 
 prist, attenuated: s. attenuation. 
 VTTEST'. v. To sign as a witness , 
 to bear witness, pr. par. attesting; 
 past, attested: s. attestation, at- 
 tester, attestor. 
 VT'TIC. adj. Belonging or relating 
 to Attica, or to Athens; pure; 
 classical ; elegant, s. atticism. 
 T'TIC. 5. The garret or upper- 
 most room in a house. 
 
 ATTI'RE. v. To dress, to habit, to 
 array, pr. par. attiring,- past, at- 
 tired: s. attire. 
 
 ATTITUDE, s. A posture. 
 
 ATTORNEY, s. One appointed to 
 transact business for another; a 
 species of officer, in courts of law, 
 proper, pi. attorneys; but often 
 erroneously spelled attornies. 
 
 ATTRACT', v. To draw towards, 
 pr. par. attracting ; past, attracted.- 
 s. attraction: adj. attractive: adv. 
 attractively. 
 
 ATTRIB'UTE. v. To ascribe, pr. 
 par. attributing; past, attributed: 
 s. attribute: adj. attributable. 
 
 ATTRITION, s. Act of wearing 
 any thing, by rubbing. 
 
 ATT — A US 
 
 ATTU'NE v. To make musical; 
 to tune. pr. par. attuning; past. 
 attuned. 
 
 A I 'BURN. adj. Brown; of a dark, 
 
 reddish brown. 
 AUCTION. 6-. A mode of public 
 sale. v. auction ; pr. par. auction- 
 ing; past, auctioned .- s. auctioneer. 
 AUDA'CIOUS. adj. Impudently 
 daring, adv. audaciously: s . au- 
 dacity, pi. audacities. 
 AU'DIBLE. adj. Loud enough to be 
 
 heard, adv. audibly. 
 AU'DIENCE. s. The act of hearing; 
 
 a hearing ; hearers. 
 AT/DIT. v. To examine the ac- 
 counts of another, pr. par. audit* 
 | ing : past, audited. 
 AU'DITOR. s. A hearer; an exam- 
 iner of public accounts, adj. au- 
 ditory, pi. auditories. 
 AU'GER. s. A tool for boring holes, 
 j AUGHT, s. Anv thing. 
 AUGMENT', v. To increase, to 
 become larger, or more. pr. par. 
 augmenting ; past, augmented: s. 
 augmentation: adj. augmentative: 
 s. augmenier. 
 AU'GUR. v. To conjecture by 
 signs; to portend, pr. par. augur- 
 ing; past, augured: s. augur, 
 augury, pi. auguries. 
 AUGUST, adj. Great, magnificent. 
 
 adv. augustiy : s. augustness. 
 AU'GUST. s. The eighth month. 
 AUNT. 5. A father's or mother's 
 sister. 
 
 I AURE'LIA. s. The first apparent 
 | change of the maggot of insects 
 AURICULAR, adj. Within the 
 sense or reach of hearing ; secret, 
 adv. auricularly. 
 AU'RIST. s. An ear-surgeon. 
 AURO'RA-BOREA'LIS. s. A lumin- 
 ous meteor, peculiar to northern 
 latitudes. 
 AUS'PICE. s. An omen, protec- 
 tion, adj. auspicious: adv. auspi- 
 ciously : s. auspiciousness. 
 AUSTE'RE. adj. Harsh ; of a dis- 
 tant manner, adv. austerely: s» 
 austerity, pi. austerities. 
 
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AUS— AVA 
 
 AVA — AW A 
 
 AUSTRAL, adj. Southern. 
 
 AUTHENTIC, adj. Proceeding 
 from sufficient authority, v. au- 
 thenticate ; pr. par. authenticating ; 
 past, authenticated: adv. authen- 
 tically ; s. authenticity pi. authen- 
 ticities. 
 
 AUTHOR, s. One who first effects 
 or produces any thing, s. author- 
 ship. 
 
 AUTHORITY. 5. Testimony, in- 
 fluence, power, pi. authorities : 
 adj. authoritative; adv. authorita- 
 tively. 
 
 AUTOBIOG'RAPHY. s. Memoirs 
 of any person, written by himself, 
 pi. autobiographies. 
 
 AUTHORIZE, v. To make legal ; 
 to justify, pr. par. authorizing; 
 past, authorized .- s. authorization. 
 
 AUTOCRAT, s. An absolute 
 prince, adj. autocratic : adv. au- 
 tocratically > s. autocracy, pi. au- 
 
 AUTOGRAPHY. 5. A particular 
 person's own hand-writing ; or 
 the original manuscript, distin- 
 guished from a copy. pi. autogra- 
 phies adj. auiographical. 
 
 AUTOMATON, s. A machine 
 which has a power of motion 
 within itself, adj. automatical. 
 
 AUTUMN, s. The season of the 
 year between summer and winter, 
 adj. autumnal. 
 
 AUXILIARY, s. An assistant, pi. 
 auxiliaries adj. auxiliary. 
 
 AVAIL', v. To aid in promoting; 
 to profit, pr. par. availing ; past, 
 availed: s. avail: adj. available.- 
 adv. availably. 
 
 AVALANCHES, s. Prodigious 
 snow-balls, that frequently roll 
 down the mountains, in Savoy. 
 
 AVANT-COU'RIER. s. One who is 
 despatched before the rest, to 
 notify their approach. 
 
 A'VARICE. s. Insatiable desire of 
 wealth, adj. avaricious: adv. ava- 
 riciously.- s. avariciousness. 
 AVAST, int. Enough, stop. 
 
 A VAUNT', int. A word of abhor- 
 rence, used to drive a person 
 away. 
 
 AVENGE', v. To punish in behalf 
 of another ; to revenge, pr. par. 
 avenging ; past, avenged: s. 
 avenger. 
 
 A'VENUE. s. A way of approach. 
 AVER', v. To declare solemnly. 
 
 pr. par. averring; past, averred: 
 
 s. averment. 
 A'VERAGE. v. To fix one degree 
 
 of value upon things of different 
 
 qualities, pr. par. averaging * 
 
 past, averaged : s. average. ° 
 AVERSE', adj. Not favourable ; 
 
 opposed to. s. aversion: adv. 
 
 aversely. 
 
 AVERT, v. To turn aside ; to keep 
 off. pr. par. averting; past, 
 averted : s. averter. 
 
 A'VIARY. 5. A place inclosed for 
 birds, pi. aviaries. 
 
 AVIDITY, s. Greediness, eager- 
 ness, pi. avidities. 
 
 AVOCATION, s. Business which 
 calls a person away from his usual 
 employment ; opposed to voca- 
 tion, adj. avocative. 
 
 AVOID', v. To make void ; to shun ; 
 to decline ; to escape, pr. par. 
 avoiding; past, avoided: s. avoid- 
 ance. 
 
 AVOIRDUPOIS', adj. A kind of 
 weight, having 16 ounces in the 
 pound. 
 
 AVOUCH', v. To affirm, to main- 
 tain, to vindicate, to justify, pr. 
 par. avouching ; past, avouched. 
 
 AVOW. v. to declare with confi- 
 dence ; to own or confess, pr. par. 
 avowing; past, avowed: s. avowal: 
 adj. a vow able: adv. avowedly. 
 
 AVUL'SION. s. Act of pull mg one 
 thing from another, adj. avvlsire. 
 
 AWAIT, v. To expect, to attend, 
 pr. par. awaiting; past, awaited: 
 s. awaifer. 
 
 AWAKE', v. To rouse out of sleep; 
 to put into new action, pr. par. 
 awaking; past, awoke. 
 
 AWARDS v. To adjudge, to deter- 
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AWE-AXI 
 
 mine. pr. par. awarding; past, 
 uwarded : s. award. 
 AWE. s. Reverential fear; reve- 
 rence; dread, adj. awful: adv. 
 awfully. 
 
 AYVK'WARD. adj. Inelegant, impo- 
 lite, clumsy, s. awkwardness : adv. 
 awkwardly. 
 
 AWL. s. A pointed instrument, for 
 boring holes in leather. 
 
 AWNING, s. A covering spread 
 over a boat or ship, to keep off 
 the sun and rain. 
 
 AXE. s. A kind of hatchet. 
 
 AXTOM. s. A proposition, evident 
 at the first view, and which can- 
 not be made plainer by demon- 
 stration. 
 
 AXI— AZU 
 
 AX'IS. s. The line, real or imagin- 
 ary, that passes through any 
 thing, and on which it may re- 
 volve, pi. axes. 
 
 AX'LE, AX'LETREE. s. The pin 
 which passes through the midst 
 of a wheel. 
 
 AYE. adv. Yes. 
 
 AY'RY. s. The nest of a bird of 
 prey. pi. ayries. 
 
 A'ZOTE. s. Nitrogen ; that part of 
 the atmospheric air, which will 
 not support life. 
 
 AZ'IMUTH. s. A term in astrono- 
 my. 
 
 A'ZURE. s. Light blue. 
 
 BAB— BAC 
 
 E ^B'BLE. v. To prate like a child ; 
 to talk idly. pr. par. babbling 
 past, babbled : s. babble, babbler. 
 I VBE, BA'BY. 5. An infant, pi. 
 babes, babies: adj. babyish: adv. 
 babyishly. 
 V iBOON'. s. A kind of monkey. 
 ) \C'CHANAL, BACCHANALI- 
 AN, s. A devotee to Bacchus, the 
 god of wine. adj. bacchanalian, 
 t ACH'ELOR. s. An unmarried man; 
 one who has taken his first degree, 
 at a college. 
 BACK. s. The hinder part of the 
 body ; the rear ; the place* behind ; 
 a large vat. adj. back. 
 BACK. v. To mount on the back of 
 a horse ; to maintain, as a second, 
 pr. par. backing; past, backed. 
 BACK'BITE. v. To censure the ab- 
 sent, v. backbite ; pr. par. backbit- 
 
 B 
 
 BAC-BAI 
 
 itating, sluggish, dull. adv. back- 
 wardly : s. backwardness. 
 BACK'WARDS. adv. With the back 
 forwards ; towards the back ; re- 
 gressively. 
 BA'CON. s. The dried flesh of a 
 hog. 
 
 BAD. adj. Ill, not good, vicious, un- 
 fortunate, adv. badly : s. badness. 
 BADE. The preterit of bid. 
 BADGE, s. A token by which a 
 
 person is known ; a mark. 
 BAD'GFR. s. A kind of quadruped. 
 BADINAGE, s. Light or playful 
 
 discourse. 
 BAFFLE, v. To elude, to confound, 
 to defeat, pr. par. baffling; past, 
 baffled: s. baffler. 
 BAG. 5. A sack or pouch, v. bag ; 
 
 Dr. par. bagging; past, bagged. 
 BAGATELL'E. s. A trifle. 
 ing; past, backbitten /s. backbiter. . BAG' GAGE. s. The furniture of an 
 
 BAC KG AM'MON. s. A kind of 
 game. 
 
 BACK'SLIDE. v. To fall off; to 
 apostatize, pr. par. backsliding; 
 past, backslided: s. backslider. 
 
 BACK'WARD. adj. Unwilling, hes- 
 
 ! army ; luggage. 
 jBA'GNlO. s. A house for bathing. 
 | BAG' PIPE, s. A kind of musical 
 I instrument. 
 
 I BAIL. s. Suretv given for a person's 
 ! appearance at court ; he who bails 
 
 :J3 
 
BAI— BAL 
 
 another, v. bail ; pr. par. bailing ; 
 
 past, bailed: adj. bailable. 
 BAI'LIFF. 5. The chief magistrate 
 
 of a certain class of corporate 
 
 towns ; a sheriff's officer who ex- 
 ecutes arrests ; an under-steward 
 
 of a manor. 
 BAILIWICK, s. The jurisdiction of 
 
 a bailiff, or of a sheriff. 
 BAIT. v. To put meat upon a fish- 
 hook ; to feed on a journey, pr. 
 
 par. baiting ; past, baited : s. bait. 
 BAIT. v. To attack with violence ; 
 
 to harass by the help of others. 
 
 pr. par. baiting ; past, baited. 
 BAIZE. 5. A kind of coarse cloth. 
 BAKE. v. To harden in the fire ; to 
 
 harden with heat. pr. par. baking,' 
 
 past, baked: s. baker. 
 BAL'ANCE. s. An instrument for 
 
 weighing ; difference of weight or 
 
 amount ; equipoise, v. balance ; 
 
 pr. par. balancing ; past, balanced : 
 
 s. balancer. 
 BAL'CONY. s. A frame before the 
 
 window of a room. pi. balconies. 
 EALD. adj. Wanting hair ; naked ; 
 
 inelegant; mean. s. baldness. 
 BAL'DERDASH. 5. Words jumbled 
 
 together, without judgment. 
 BALE. s. A large bundle ; a pack- 
 age, v. bale; pr, par. baling; 
 
 past, baled. 
 BALE'FUL. adj. Full of misery ; 
 
 full of mischief, adv. bale fully. 
 BALIS'TA. 5. A warlike instrument, 
 
 anciently used to throw stones 
 
 and darts. 
 BALK. s. A great beam, used in 
 
 building ; a disappointment, v. 
 
 balk; pr. par. balking; past, 
 
 balked. 
 
 BALL. 5. Any thing made in around 
 form ; an entertainment of danc- 
 ing. 
 
 BAL'LAD. s. A species of song. 
 
 BAL'LAST. s. Something put at tin 
 bottom of a ship, to keep it 
 steady, v. ballast ; pr. par. ballast- 
 ing ; oast, ballasted. 
 
 BALLE'T. s. A kind of dance, (pro- 
 nounced bid-lay.) 
 
 BAL— BAN 
 
 BALLOON', s. A spheroid, formed 
 of silk ; which, when inflated 
 with hydrogen gas, or rarefied air, 
 ascends. 
 
 BAL'LOT. 5. A mode of giving 
 votes, originally by means of little 
 balls, v. ballot ; pr. par. balloting ; 
 past, balloted. 
 
 BALM. s. A species of aromatic 
 herb ; any thing that soothes or 
 mitigates pain. adj. balmy. 
 
 BAL'SAM. s. Ointment ; unguent ; 
 a kind of plant, adj. balsamic. 
 
 BALUSTRA'DE. s. An assemblage 
 of balustres, fixed on a terrace, 
 or 011 thfe top of a building. 
 
 BAMBOO', s. An Indian plant, of 
 the reed kind. 
 
 BAN. s. A curse, excommunication, 
 interdiction. 
 
 BANA'NA. s. A species of plantain. 
 
 BAND. s. Means of union or con- 
 nexion; any thing bound round 
 another ; a company of soldiers, 
 or of other persons, v. band; pr. 
 par. banding; past, banded. 
 
 BAND'AGE. s. Something bound 
 over another, v. bandage ; pr. par. 
 bandaging ; past, bandaged. 
 
 BAND'BOX. s. A slight box, used 
 for things of small weight, pi. 
 bandboxes. 
 
 BAN'DIT. s. An outlawed robber, 
 pi. banditti. 
 
 BAN'DY. adj. Crooked. 
 
 BAN'DY. v.* To beat to and fro : to 
 exchange ; to agitate, pr. par. 
 bandying; past, bandied. 
 
 BANE. s. Poison ; that which de- 
 stroys, adj. baneful; s. baneful- 
 ncss. 
 
 BANG. v. To beat, to thump, to 
 
 handle roughlv. pr. par. banging, 
 
 prist, banged s. bang. 
 BAN'ISH. v. To condemn to leave 
 
 the country; to drive Rwav. pr. 
 
 par. baniihingf past, banished: 
 
 s. banfshmekt. 
 BAY'STRK. s. A kind of railing. 
 BANK. s. The earth which confines 
 
 a river or lake; any heap piled 
 
 up ; a place where money is de» 
 
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BAN— EAT! 
 posited, v. bank; pr. par. bank- 
 ing i past, banked: s. banker. 
 
 BANKRUPT, adj. In debt, bevond 
 the power or' paying, s. bankrupt, 
 bankruptcy, pi. bankruptcies. 
 
 BANKER, s. A rlag, a standard. 
 
 BAN'NERET. s. A little banner. 
 
 BANQ'UET. s. A feast, v. banquet 
 pr. par. banqueting; past, 6rm 
 queted. 
 
 BANTER, v. To challenge idlv. 
 to tease, pr. par. bantering ; past, 
 bantered: s. banter, banterer. 
 BANTLING, s. A little child. 
 BAPTI'ZE, v. To administer bap- 
 tism ; to christen, pr. par. baptiz- 
 ing; past, baptized: s. baptism.- 
 adj. baptismal. 
 BAPTIST, s. One who practises 
 
 adult b.iptism, by immersion. 
 BAR. s. That which is laid across a 
 passage, to hinder entrance; ai 
 bolt: obstruction; the place 
 where causes of law are tried, or 
 where criminals stand; members 
 of the profession of law, &c. 
 BAR. v. To fasten or shut with a 
 bolt; to prevent, pr. par. barring A 
 past, barred. 
 BARB. s. The points that stand 
 backwards, in an arrow, v. barb ; 
 pr. par. barbing; past, barbed. 
 BARBA'RIAN. *. A man uncivil- 
 ized ; a brutal monster, adj. bar- 
 barian. 
 
 BAR'BAROUS. adj. Uncivilized, 
 
 cruel, s. barbarism, barbarity, pi J 
 barbarities; adv. barbarously. \ 
 B AR'BECUE, BAR'BACUE. s. A I 
 
 large animal roasted whole, v. 
 
 barbecue; pr. par. barbecuing; 
 
 past, barbecued. 
 B AR'BER. s. A man who shaves 
 
 beards for hire. 
 BARD. s. A poet. adj. bardic. 
 BARE. adj. Naked, unadorned 
 
 digent, threadbare, v. bare; 
 
 par. baring; past, bared: adv. 
 
 barely: s. bareness. 
 BARE'FACED. adj. With the face 
 
 naked ; impudent, adv. barefaced-) 
 
 ly s. barcfacedness. 
 
 , in- 
 fer- 
 
 BAR-BAR 
 
 BAREFOOTED, adj. Without 
 
 shoes or stockings. 
 BAREHEADED, adj. With the 
 
 head uncovered. 
 BARE'LEGGED. adj. Having the 
 
 legs bare. 
 BARE'NECKED. adj. Having the 
 
 neck bare. 
 BARGAIN, s. A contract; a stipu- 
 lation; the thing bought or sold, 
 v. bargain; p r . par. bargaining • 
 past, bargained: s. bargainer. 
 bAKGE. s. A pleasure-boat; a sea- 
 commander's boat. 
 BARK. s. The rind or covering 0 f a 
 tree; a small ship. v. bark; pr. 
 par. . barking ; past, barked. 
 BARK. v. To make the loud noi^e 
 uttered by a dog. v. bark ; pr. 
 par. barking; past, barked: s. 
 bark, barker. 
 
 d ^ L t EY - 5 Tr A s Pecies of grain. 
 bA.vM. s . Yeast ; the matter put 
 into a liquid, to cause it to fer- 
 ment, adj. barmy. 
 BARN. s. A house in which is pre- 
 served any sort of grain, hav, or 
 straw. 
 
 BAR'NACLE. s. A kind of shell- 
 
 hsh ; a species of sea-fowl. 
 BAROMETER s . An instrument 
 tor ascertaining the pressure of 
 the atmosphere, adj. barometrical: 
 adv. barometrically. 
 BAR'ON. s. A degree of nobility 
 next to a viscount, fern, baroness, 
 pi. baronesses ; s. barony, pi. bar 
 onies : adj. baronial. 
 BAR'ONET. s. The lowest 1^ 
 of honour in Great Britain and^Ir i- 
 land, that is hereditary, s. baro- 
 netcy, pi. baronetcies. 
 BAR 'RACK. s. A building to lodcr e 
 
 soldiers ; a temporary barn. & 
 BAR'REL. s. A round, wooden ves- 
 sel ; a cylinder, v. barrel; pr 
 par. barreling ; past, barreled. 
 BAR'REN. adj. Unfruitful ; not fer- 
 
 ti ; e. s. barrenness. 
 BARRICA'DE. o. To stop up a P a ? - 
 sajre.^ p r . paj% barricading ; post, 
 barricaded,- s. barricade. 
 
BAR— BAS 
 
 BAR'RIER. s. A barricade, a forti- 
 fication. 
 
 BAR'RISTER. s. A person quali- 
 fied to plead the cause of clients, 
 in a court of justice. 
 
 BAR'ROW. s. A kind of carriage, 
 moved or supported by the hand. 
 
 BAR'ROW. s. A hillock over a 
 grave. 
 
 BARTER, v. To exchange one 
 thing for another, pr. par. barter- 
 ing ; past, bartered: s. barter, 
 
 barterer. 
 
 BASAL'TES. s. A kind of stone, 
 
 found in perpendicular blocks. 
 
 adj. basaltic. 
 BASE. s. The bottom of any thing; 
 
 the string which produces a base 
 
 sound, v.base; pr. par. basing; 
 
 past, based. 
 BASE. adj. Mean, dishonest, adv. 
 
 basely: s. baseness. 
 BASE'MENT. s. A continued base, 
 
 extending a considerable length. 
 BASHAW, s. A pacha, or viceroy 
 
 of a Turkish province. 
 BASHFUL, adj. Modest, shy, 
 
 sheepish, s. bashfulness: adv. 
 
 bashfully. 
 BASIL'IKON. s. An ointment. 
 BAS'ILISK. s. A kind of serpent. 
 BA'SIN. 5. A small vessel to hold 
 
 water, for washing ; a pond. 
 BA'SIS. 5. The foundation, first 
 
 principle, pi. bases. 
 BASK. v. To lie in a place, in order 
 
 to receive heat. pr. par. basking ; 
 
 past, basked. 
 BAS'KET. s. A vessel made of 
 
 twigs, rushes, or splinters. 
 BASS. adj. In music — grave, deep. 
 BASS-RELIE'F. s. Sculpture, the 
 
 figures of which do not stand out 
 
 from the ground, in their full pro- 
 portion. 
 
 BASSOON', s. A species of musical 
 instrument. 
 
 BASTARD, s. An illegitimate child: 
 any thing spurious, adj. bastard : 
 s. bastardy, pi. bastardies : v. bas- 
 tardize; pr. par. bastard izing ; 
 past, bastardized. 
 
 BAS— BAY 
 
 BASTE, v. To beat with a stick f 
 to soften with butter, when roast- 
 ing; to sew slightly, pr. par. 
 
 basting ; oast, basted. 
 BASTINA'DE, BASTINA'DO. s. A 
 Turkish punishment, v. btistinade; 
 pr. par. bastinading ; past, basti- 
 nadoed. 
 
 BASTION, s. A huge mass of 
 earth, standing out from a rain- 
 part ; a bulwark. 
 BAT. s. A kind of animal. 
 BATCH, s. A quantity of bread 
 
 baked at one time. 
 BATCH'ELOR. See Bachelor. 
 BATE. v. To lessen; to lower the 
 price, pr. par. bating ; past, bated. 
 BATH. s. A vessel for bathing in. 
 BATHE, v. To wash ; to go into a 
 bath. pr. par. bathing; pa t, 
 bathed. 
 
 BATH'OS. s. The art of sinking, n 
 poetry, or other literary compo v 
 tion. 
 
 . BATON, s. A marshal's staff. 
 BATTAL'ION. s. A certain divis* i 
 
 of an army. 
 BATTER, v. To beat against, wi n 
 violence, pr. par. battering ; pas t, 
 battered: s. batter, battery, pi. bo l- 
 teries. 
 
 BATTLE, s. A fight ; an encount r 
 between opposite armies, pr. p 1 1. 
 battling: past, battled : s. batlln: 
 BATTLEDORE. 5. An instrument 
 
 u«°d for striking a shuttlecock. 
 BATTLEMENT, s. A wall with 
 open places, to look through, or 
 annov an enemv. 
 BAULK. See Balk. 
 BAW'BLE. s. A gewgaw ; a tri- 
 fling piece of finery. 
 BAWD. & A procurer, or procuress, 
 s. bawdry, pi. bawdries: adj. baw- 
 dy : adv. bawdily. 
 BAWL. v. To cry out with great 
 vehemence, pr. par. bawling, 
 past, bawled: s. baicl, bawfer. 
 BAY. adj. Inclining to a chesnut 
 colour. 
 
 BAY. .v. An opening into the land; 
 a harbour ; the state of anv ani- 
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BAY—BE A 
 tnal being on the defensive, and 
 surrounded by enemies; as, "a 
 stag at bay." 
 
 BAY. 5. A kind of laurel. 
 
 BAVONET. s. A kind of short 
 sword, fixed at the end of a mus- 
 ket, v. bayonet,- pr. par. bayonet- 
 ing; past, bayoneted. 
 
 BAZAR', s. A constant market; a 
 covered market-place. 
 
 BE. v. To have some certain state ; 
 to exist, pr. par. being; past, 
 been: s. being. 
 
 BEACH, s. The shore, or strand. 
 
 BEA'CON. 5. A mark erected, to di- 
 rect navigators, s. beaconage. 
 
 BEAD. 5. A very small globe, pi. 
 bead.% small globes strung on a 
 thread, and used by the Roman 
 ists, to count their prayers. 
 
 BEA'DLE. s. A petty officer in par- 
 ish es. 
 
 BEAD'ROLL. & A catalo gue of 
 those who are to be mentioned in 
 p ravers. 
 
 BEADS'MAN. s. A man employed 
 in praying, generally for another. 
 BEA'GLE. s. A^maH'hound. 
 BEAK. s. The bill or horny mouth 
 of a bird ; tho head of a ship, 
 adj. beaked. 
 BEAM. s. The main piece of tim- 
 ber which supports the lofts of a 
 house ; any long piece of timber ; 
 that part of a balance at the end 
 of which the scales are suspend- 
 ed ; the pole of a chariot; a ra<v 
 of light, adj. beamy. 
 BEAM: v. To shoot forth; to emit 
 to emit rays or beams, pr. par 
 
 BEA — BED 
 
 beaming; past, beamed. 
 BRAN. s. A species of leguminous 
 
 fruit, for food. 
 BEAR. v. To convey or carry ; to 
 
 suffer pain ; to endure, pr. par. 
 
 bearing; past, borne.- s. bearer. 
 BEAR. 5. A species of quadruped. 
 
 adj. bearish. 
 BEAR'ING. s. The site of any thing, 
 
 with regard to something else; 
 
 sre&ture; mien. 
 
 D 
 
 BEARD, s. The hair that grows on 
 the lips and chin. v. beard; pr. 
 par. bearding; past, bearded: 
 adj. beardless, beardy. 
 BEAST. 5. An animal distinguish- 
 ed from birds, insects, fishes, and 
 man. adj. beastlike, beastly.- s. 
 beastliness. 
 
 BEAT. v. To strike, to conquer, 
 to throb, pr. par. beating; past, 
 beaten: s. heat. 
 BEATIFY, v. To make happy; to 
 bless, pr. par. beatifying; past, 
 beatified: adj. beatific, beatifical: 
 adv. beatifically : s . beatification, 
 beatitude. 
 
 BEAU. s. A fop. French plural, 
 
 beaux. 
 
 BEAU-MOND'E. s. The gay or fash- 
 ionable world. 
 BEAUTY. 5. That assemblage of" 
 graces which pleases the eye. v. 
 beautify; pr. par. beautifying f 
 past, beautified: adj. beautiful ' t 
 beauteous : adv. beautifully, beau- 
 teously. 
 
 BEA'VER. s. A species of amphibi- 
 ous animal, covered with a fine 
 fur ; a hat, made of the fine fur of 
 the beaver. 
 BEA'VER. s. That part of a hel- 
 met which can be raised when 
 drinking; 
 
 BECALM', v. To still the elements ; 
 to deprive of wind. pr. par. be- 
 calming; past, becalmed. 
 BECAME, v. The preterit of be- 
 come. 
 
 BECAU'SE. conj. For this reason ; 
 
 for; on this account. 
 BECK. 5. A sign with the hand ; a 
 
 nod of command. 
 BECK'ON. v. To make a sign, pr 
 
 par. beckoning; past, beckoned 
 BECO'ME. v. To enter into some 
 state or condition ; to appear n a 
 manner suitable and pleasing p>. 
 par. becoming; past, become octv. 
 be zomingly. 
 BED. s. That on which any irung 
 lies; a bank of earth ra.«<Nt .n 
 
BED— BEF 
 
 garden, v. bed ; pr. par. bedding ; 
 
 past, bedded. 
 BEDAUB', v. To daub over. pr. par. 
 
 bedaubing ; past, bedaubed. 
 BED'DING. s. The furniture of a 
 
 bed. 
 
 EED""W. v. To moisten with dew ; 
 to moisten gently, pr. par. be- 
 dewing ; past, bedewed. 
 
 BED'FELLOW. s. One that lies in 
 the same bed. 
 
 BEDIM', v. To make dim. pr. par. 
 bedimming; past, bedimmed. 
 
 BEDIZ'EN. v. To dress out. pr. par. 
 bedizening ; past, bedizened. 
 
 BED'LAM. s. Corrupted from Beth- 
 lehem ; the name of a religious 
 hou se in London, converted into 
 an hospital for the insane, s. bed- 
 lamite. 
 
 BEDRIDDEN, adj. Confined to 
 
 bed, by nge or sickness. 
 BED'ROOM. s. A bed-chamber. 
 BED'STEAD. s. The frame on which 
 
 a bed is placed. 
 BEE. s. The insect that makes 
 
 honey. 
 
 BEE' HIVE. s. The case in which 
 
 bees are kept. 
 BEACH. 5. A kind of deciduous 
 
 tree. adj. beachen. 
 BEEF. s. The flesh of an ox, bull, 
 
 or cow. pi. beeves, fat oxen for 
 
 killing. 
 
 BEEN. v. The past par. of the v. 
 
 to be. 
 
 BEER. s. A beverage made of malt f 
 
 and hops. 
 BEET. s. The name of an esculent 
 
 plant. 
 
 BEET'LE. s. A species of insect ; 
 
 a heavy mallet. 
 BEET'LE. v. To jut out ; to beat 
 
 with a beetle, pr. par. beetling; 
 
 past, beetled : s. beetler. 
 BEF AT/, v. To happen to. pr. par. 
 
 befalling,' past, befallen; pret. 
 
 befel. 
 
 BEFIT', v. To suit, to become, pr. 
 par. befitting, r past, bejitted. , jj 
 
 BEF— BEH 
 BEFO'RE. prep. Farther onward, 
 in the front of ; in the presence 
 
 of. adv. before. 
 
 BEFOREHAND, adv. In a state of 
 anticipation; previously. 
 
 BEFRIEND', v. To favour, to be 
 kind to. pr. oar. befriending; 
 past, befriended. 
 
 BEG. v. To ask, to seek by peti- 
 tion, pr. par. begging; past, 
 begged. 
 
 BEGAN', v. Did begin ; pr. of begin. 
 
 BEGET', v. To generate, to pro- 
 duce, pr. par. begetting; past, 
 begot, begotten : s. begetter. 
 
 BEG'GAR. v. To reduce to beg- 
 gary- pr- par. beggaring; past, 
 beggared : s. beggar, beggary • 
 adj. beggarly. 
 
 BEGIN', v. To enter upon some- 
 thing new. pr. par. beginning, 
 past, begun: pret. began: s. be- 
 ginner, beginning. 
 
 BEGIRD', v. To bind with a girdle; 
 to surround, pr. par. begirding; 
 past, begirt. 
 
 BEGO'NE. int. Go away; hence, 
 haste away. 
 
 BEGOT', v." The preterit of beget 
 past par. begotten. 
 
 BEGRI'ME. v. To soil with dirt, 
 deeply impressed, pr. par. begrim- 
 ing; past, begrimed. 
 
 BEGRUDG'E. v. To envy. pr. par. 
 begrudging ; past, begrudged. 
 
 BEGUI'LE. v. To delude, to de- 
 ceive, pr. par. beguiling; past, 
 beguiled: s. beguiler. 
 
 BEHA'VE. v. To conduct, pr. par. 
 behaving; past, behaved: s. beha- 
 viovr. 
 
 BEHEAD', v. To kill, by cutting ofl 
 the head. pr. par. beheading ; past, 
 beheaded: s. beheader. 
 
 BEHELD', v. Did behold. 
 
 BEHRST'. 5. Command, precept. 
 
 BEHIND', prep. On the back of, 
 in the rear of. adv. behind. 
 
 BEHIND HAND, adv. In a state in 
 which rent or profit, or any advan- 
 tage, is anticipated ; backward ; 
 tardy. 
 
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BEH— BEL 
 
 BEHOLD', v. To view, to see. pr. 
 par. beholding ; past, beheld : s. 
 beholder. 
 
 BEHOO'VE. v. T\) be fit; to be 
 meet. pr. par. behooving ; past, be- 
 hooved. 
 
 BEING, s. Existence, opposed to 
 nonentity ; an individual in exist- 
 
 BELA/BOUR. v. To beat, to thump, 
 pr. par. belabouring ; past, bela- 
 boured. 
 
 BELAY*, v. To splice ; to mend a 
 rope, by laying one end over 
 another, pr. par. belaying ; past, 
 belayed. 
 
 BELCH . v. To eject wind from the 
 
 stomach ; to throw out. pr. par. 
 
 belching-,' past, belched: s. belcher. 
 BEL' DA ME. s. A hag. 
 BEL'FRY. s. The place where bells 
 
 are suspended and rung. pi. 
 
 belfries. 
 
 BELI'E. v. To give the lie to; to 
 calumniate ; to give a false repre- 
 sentation of. pr. par. belying; 
 past, belied: s. belier. 
 
 BELIE'VE. v. To credit upon the 
 authority of another, pr. par. be- 
 lieving ; past, believed: s. believer, 
 belief. 
 
 BELL. 5. A hollow body, of cast 
 metal, formed to sound by some- 
 thing striking it. 
 
 BELLE. 5. A young lady. 
 
 BELLE-LET'TRES. s. Polite litera- 
 ture. 
 
 BELLIG'ERENT, BELLIG'ER- 
 ANT. adj. Waging war. s. belli g- 
 erant. 
 
 BET/LOW. v. To make a noise as 
 a bull ; to vociferate, pr. par. bel- 
 lowing; past, bellowed : s. bellow, 
 h el lower. 
 
 BEL'LOWS. s. An instrument used 
 
 to blow a fire. 
 BELONG', v. To be the property of. 
 
 pr. par. belonging; past, belonged. 
 BELOW, prep. Under in place, 
 
 rank, or dignity ; unworthy of. 
 
 adv. below. 
 
 BEL— BEQ 
 
 BEL'LY. s. That part of the body 
 which contains the bowels, pi. 
 bellies. 
 
 BELT. s. A girdle, x.belt; pr. par. 
 
 belting; past, belted. 
 BEMOAN', v. To lament, nr. par. 
 
 bem,oaning ; past, bemoaned. 
 BENCH, s. A kind of seat. pi. 
 
 benches. 
 BENCH'ER. s. A judge. 
 BEND. v. To incline, to curve, to 
 
 subdue, pr. par. bending; past, 
 
 bent: s. bend: adj. bendable. 
 BENEATH', prep. Under, lower in 
 
 rank. 
 
 BENEDICTION. 5. A blessing. 
 
 BENEFACTOR, s. One who con- 
 fers a benefit, fern, benefactress, 
 pi. benefactresses ; s. benefaction. 
 
 BEN'EFICE. s. An ecclesiastical 
 living, adj. beneficed. 
 
 BENEFICENCE, s. Active good- 
 ness, adj. beneficent: adv. benefi- 
 cently. 
 
 BENEFTCIAL. adj. Advantageous, 
 helpful, adv. benficially. 
 
 BEN'EFIT. s. Favour conferred; 
 advantage; profit, adj. beneficial: 
 adv. beneficially: v. benefit; pr. 
 par. benefiting ; past, benefited. 
 
 BENEVOLENCE, s. Disposition to 
 do good ; kindness, adj. benevo- 
 lent : adv. benevolently. 
 
 BENIGN', adj. Kind, liberal, gener- 
 ous, adv. benignly. 
 
 BENTG'NITY. s. Graciousness, act- 
 ual kindness, ^[.benignities: adj. 
 benignant : adv. benignantly. 
 
 BEN'ISON. s. Blessing, benediction. 
 
 BENT. v. The pret. and past par. 
 
 L of bend: s. bent, inclination, de- 
 
 ! termination. 
 
 BENUMB', v. To make torpid ; to 
 
 stupify. pr. oar. benumbing; past, 
 
 henv,ittbeu. 
 BEQUEATH', v. To leave bv will 
 
 to another, pr. par. bequeathing; 
 
 past, bequeathed : s. bequeather. 
 BEQUEST', s. Something left by 
 1 will. 
 
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BER— BES 
 
 BEREAVE', v. To strip of; to de 
 
 priveof. pr. par. bereaving; past 
 
 bereft: s. bereavement 
 BERGAMO T. s. A kind of perfume 
 BER'RY. s. A small fruit, pi. berries 
 BER'YL. s. A kind of precious stone 
 BESEECH', v. To intreat, to sup 
 
 plicate, pr. par. beseeching; past 
 
 besought. 
 
 £ES£T'. v. To besiege, to hem in 
 
 to embarrass, pr. par. besetting 
 
 past, beset. 
 BESHREW. v. To wish a curse 
 
 to ; to wish ill to. pr. par. beshrew 
 
 ing ; past, beshrewed. 
 BESIDE, prep. At the side of 
 
 another. 
 
 BESI'DES. prep. Over and above 
 
 adv. besides. 
 BESIE'GE. v. To lay siege to. pr, 
 
 par. besieging; past, besieged: s 
 
 besieger. 
 
 BESME'AR. v. To daub, to soil 
 pr. par. besmearing ; past, be 
 
 BESOUGHT', v. The pret. and past 
 par. of the v. beseech. 
 
 BESPANG'LE. v. To adorn with 
 spangles, pr. par. bespanghng 
 past, bespangled. 
 
 BESPATTER, v. To soil, by throw 
 ing filth, pr. par. bespattering 
 past, bespattered. 
 
 BESPEAK', v. To order anv thing 
 prospectively, pr. par. bespeak- 
 ing; past, bespoke, bespoken. 
 
 BESPRTNK'LE. v. To sprinkle over, 
 pr. par. besprinkling; past, be- 
 sprinkled. 
 
 BEST. adj. Superlative of good. 
 adv. best. 
 
 BESTIAL, adj. Belonging to n 
 
 beast ; brutal* s. bestiality, pi. btsti 
 
 alities : adv. bestially. 
 BESTIR', v. To put into vigorous 
 
 action, pr. par. bestirring} past, 
 
 bestirred. 
 
 BESTOW, v. To jive, to confer 
 upon. pr. par. bestowing £ past, 
 besfaoed; s, bestower. 
 
 EES— BIB 
 
 BESTRI'DE. v. To stride over ; to 
 | ride on. pr. par. bestriding, past, 
 | bestrode. 
 
 BET. 5. A wager, v. bet; pr. par 
 I belling ; past, bet, betted : s. better. 
 BETl'DE. v. To come to pass ; to 
 happen. 
 
 BETl'MES. adv. Seasonably ; early 
 
 in the day. 
 BETOKEN, v. To signify, to fore- 
 show. pr. par. betokening; past 
 betokened: s. betokencr. ' 
 BETRAY', v. To give into the 
 hands of an enemy ; to disclose 
 that which has been intrusted to 
 secresy. pr. par. betraying; past, 
 betrayed: s. betrayer. 
 BETROTH', v. To contract in mar- 
 nage. pr. par. betrothing; past, 
 betrothed: s. betrothment. 
 BETTER adj. Comparative of 
 good. v. better; pr. par. bettering; 
 past, bettered : adv. better. 
 BETWEEN', BETWIXT', prep. I n 
 the intermediate space ; from one 
 to another, in partnership 
 BEVERAGE, s. Drink. 
 BEVY. s. A flock of birds ; a com- 
 pany, pi. bevies. 
 BEWAI'L. v. To bemoan, to lament, 
 pr. par. bewailing ; past, bewailed ? 
 s. bewadcr. 
 BEWA'RE. v. To regard with cau- 
 tion. 
 
 BEWIL'DER. v. To lose in pathless 
 places; to puzzle, pr. par. be- 
 wildey-ing ; past, bewildered. 
 BEWITCH', v. To injure bv witch- 
 craft ; to charm ; to enrapture, pr. 
 par. bewitching: past. b< witched s 
 s. bewiteher, bewiichay, p|. be- 
 witch eries. 
 BEYOND', prep. On the fnrthcrside 
 of; farther onward than; past. 
 I adv. beyond. 
 
 BPASi s. Inclination, either of nnf. 
 
 ler or mind. v. bins; pr. p ar% 
 I biasing: past, biased, 
 BIB. s. A child's apron 
 BIB'BER. * A tippler. 
 Bl'KJ.E. «?. The sua ed volume, adj. 
 
 4ft 
 
BIB — BIN 
 
 BIN— BIT 
 
 BIBLIOG'RAPHY. s. History of 
 books, pi. bibliographies : s. bib- 
 liographer. 
 
 BIB'ULOUS. adj. Absorbing moist- 
 ure. 
 
 BICK'ERING. s. A slight quarrel. 
 BICOR'NOUS. adj. Having two 
 horns. 
 
 BID. v. To desire, to command, to 
 
 offer a price, pr. par. bidding; 
 
 past, bidden : s. bidder. 
 BIDE. v. To endure, to suffer, to 
 
 dwell, pr. par. biding ; past, bode. 
 BI DENTAL. adj. Having two 
 
 teeth. 
 
 BIEN'NIAL. adj. Continuing two 
 
 years; happening every two years. 
 
 adv. biennially. 
 BIER. s. A carriage on which the 
 
 de;irl are carried. 
 BIF'EROUS. adj. Bearing twice a 
 
 year. 
 
 BIG. adj. Large, s. bigness. 
 
 BIG' AMY. s. The crime of having 
 two wives, or two husbands, at 
 once. pi. bigamies. 
 
 BIG'OT. s. A person blindly de- 
 voted to a certain party, adj. big- 
 oted : s. bigotry, pi. bigotries. 
 
 BILE. s. A thick yellow secretion ; 
 a sore swelling, adj. bilious. 
 
 BILGE, v. To spring a leak. pr. 
 par. bilging; past, bilged: s. 
 bilge. 
 
 BILL. s. The beak of a fowl ; a 
 hatchet with a hooked point ; a 
 written paper of a certain kind. 
 
 BIL'LET. s. A small paper ; a note : 
 a ticket directing soldiers at what 
 house to lodge, v. billet; pr. par. 
 billeting: past, billeted. 
 
 BIL'LIARDS. s. A kind of play. 
 
 BIL'LINGSGATE. 5. Ribaldry,' foul 
 language : A cant word, borrow- 
 ed from Billingsgate, in London. 
 
 BIL'LION. s. A million of millions. 
 
 BIL'LOW. s. A wave. adj. billowy. 
 
 BIN. 5. A place where corn or wine 
 is deposited. 
 
 BIN'ACLE. s. A sea term, denoting 
 the compass-box. 
 
 31'NARY. a< y. In couples. 
 D2 
 
 BIND. v. To confine with bonds; 
 to contract; to fasten together, 
 pr. par. binding: past, bound: s. 
 binder. 
 
 BIOG'RAPHY. s. Personal history, 
 pi. biographies: s. biographer: 
 adj. biographical : adv. biographi- 
 cally. 
 
 BI'PAROUS. adj. Having two at a 
 birth. 
 
 BIPARTITE, adj. Having two 
 parts. 
 
 BI'PED. s. An animal having two 
 
 feet. adj. bipedal. 
 BIPET'ALOUS. adj. Consisting of 
 
 two flower leaves. 
 BIRCH. 5. A kind of deciduous 
 
 tree. adj. birchen. 
 BIRD. s. A feathered animal. 
 BIRD'LIME. s. A glutinous sub- 
 stance, for catching birds. 
 BIRTH, s. The act of coming into 
 
 life ; rank by descent ; thing born ; 
 
 a place on board a vessel, for hold- 
 ing a bed. 
 BIRTH'DAY. s. The day on which 
 
 any one is born ; the anniversary 
 
 of one's birth. 
 BIRTHRIGHT, s. The rights to 
 
 which a person is born. 
 BIS'CUIT. s. Hard bread. 
 BISECT', v. To divide into two 
 
 parts, pr. par. bisecting ; past, 
 
 bisected : s. bisection, bisector. 
 BISH'OP. 5. One who is placed over 
 
 several churche?. s. bishopric, the 
 
 diocese of a bishop. 
 Bi'SON. 5. A kind of wild ox. 
 BISSEXTILE, adj. Relating to eve 
 
 rv fourth or leap year. s. bissextile. 
 BISTRE, s. A kind of paint. 
 BIT. 5. That part of a bridle which 
 
 is in the mouth ; a small piece ; a 
 
 morsel. 
 BIT. v. Did bite. 
 
 BITE. v. To crush or pierce with 
 
 the teeth, pr. par. biting; past, 
 
 bit, bitten : s. bite. 
 BITTER, adj. Having a hot, acrid, 
 
 biting taste, s. bitterness : adv. 
 
 bitterly, 
 
 BITTERN. *. A kind of bird. 
 
 4* 
 
BIT— BLA 
 
 BITU'MEN, BITUMEN, s. A fat, 
 unctuous matter, dug out of the 
 earth, or skimmed off lakes, adj. 
 bituminous : adv. bituminously . 
 
 BIVOUAC s. The place where an 
 army lies under arms. v. bivouac ; 
 pr. par. bivouacking ; past, bivou- 
 acked. 
 
 BLAB. v. To tell what ought to be 
 kept secret, pr. par. blabbing 
 past, blabbed s. blabber. 
 
 BLACK, adj. Of the colour of night ; 
 dark ; horrible, v. black ; pr. par. 
 blacking; past, blacked: adj 
 blackish : s. blackness. 
 
 BLACK'EN. v. To darken, to de- 
 fame, pr. par. blackening ; past 
 blackened. 
 
 BLACK'GUARD. s. A dirty fellow ; 
 a rascal. 
 
 BLACK'GUARD. v. To apply abu- 
 sive and scurrilous epithets, pr 
 par. blackguarding ; past, black- 
 guarded. 
 
 BLACK'LEG. s. A professed gam- 
 
 BLACK' SMITH. 5. A smith who 
 
 forges iron. 
 BLAD'DER. s. The vessel which 
 
 contains the urine. 
 BLADE. 5. A spire of grass ; the 
 
 leaf of an esculent plant; the 
 
 sharp part of a weapon. 
 BLAME, v. To censure, to charge 
 
 with a fault, pr. par. blaming; 
 
 past, blamed: adj. blameable, 
 
 blameless: s. bfamelessncss. 
 PLAME'WORTHY. adj. Deserving 
 
 blame, s. blameworthiness. 
 BLANCH, v. To whiten, pr. par. 
 
 blanching ; past, blanched. 
 BLAND, adj. Mild, gentle, adv. 
 
 blandly : s. hlandness. 
 BLAND ISHMENT, s. Act of fond- 
 ness : caresses. 
 BLANK. 5. A space not written 
 
 upon ; unprofitable result of a 
 
 lotterv chance. 
 BLANKET. 5. A woolen cover for! 
 
 a bed. s. blanketing. 
 siLASPHE'ME. v. To speak irrever- 
 ently of God. pr. par. blasyihem-, 
 
 BLA— BLI 
 
 ing ; past, blasphemed: adj. bias* 
 phemous : adv. blasphemously: 3 
 blasphemer, blasphemy, pi. blas- 
 phemies. 
 
 BLAST, v. To wither, to injure, to 
 
 invalidate, pr. par. blasting ; past, 
 
 blasted: s. blast. 
 BLAZE, s. A flame; a mark made 
 
 in a tree with a hatchet, v. blaze; 
 
 pr. par. blazing ; past, blazed : s. 
 
 blazer. 
 
 BLA'ZON. v. To deck, to embellish, 
 to make public, pr. par. blazon- 
 ing ; past, blazoned : s. blazonry. 
 
 BLEACH, v. To whiten, pr. par. 
 bleaching; past, bleached: s. 
 bleacher. 
 
 BLEAK, adj. Cold, chill, adv. bleak- 
 ly : s. bleakness. 
 
 BLEAR, adj. Dim with rheum or 
 water. 
 
 BLEAT, v. To cry as a sheap. pr. 
 par. bleating; past, bleated; s. 
 bleat, bleater. 
 
 BLEED, v. To lose blood ; to drop 
 as blood : to draw blood from. pr. 
 par. bleeding; past, bled: s. bleeder, 
 
 BLEMISH. 5. A mark of deformi- 
 ty ; a scar; a reproach ; disgrace, 
 pr. par. blemishing ; past, blem- 
 ished. 
 
 BLEXD. v. To mingle togpther; 
 • to confound, pr. par. blendinsr ; 
 
 p^st, blended. 
 BLESS, v. To make happy; to 
 
 prosper, pr. pnr. blessing; past, 
 
 blessed: s. blessing: adv. blessedly. 
 BLEW. Preterit of the v. blow. 
 BLIGHT. * To Mast pr. pnr. 
 
 blighting; past, blighted: s. blight, 
 
 blighter. 
 
 BLIND, adj. Deprived of sight, v. 
 blind ; pr. par. blinding- ; past, 
 blinded: adv. blindly: s. blindness. 
 
 BLINDFOLD, v. To cover the 
 eves. pr. par. blindfolding ; past, 
 blindfolded: adj. blindfold. 
 
 BLINK, v. To wink : to see ob- 
 scurely, pr par. blinking; past,' 
 blinked. 
 
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BLI— BLO 
 
 BLU — BOD 
 
 J3LISS. s. The highest degree of 
 happiness, adj. blissful: adv. bliss- 
 fully : s. blissfulness. 
 
 BLIS'TER. s. A pustule formed by 
 raising the cuticle, v. blister ; pr. 
 par. blistering ; past, blistered. 
 
 BLITHE, adj. Gay, airy. adv. 
 blithely : s. blitheness. 
 
 BLOAT, v. To swell ; to make 
 turgid, pr- par. bloating,' past, 
 bloated: s. bloatedness. 
 
 BLOCK, s. A heavy piece of tim- 
 ber ; a mass of matter ; a sea 
 term for a pulley ; sometimes used 
 in the United States, for a row 
 of houses, or pile of buildings. 
 
 BLOCK, v. To shut up. pr. par. 
 blocking ; past, blocked. 
 
 BLOCKA'DE. s. A siege carried on 
 by shutting up the place, v. block- 
 ade ; pr. par. blockading ; past, 
 blockaded. 
 
 BLOCK'HEAD. s. A stupid fellow, 
 adj. blockheaded. 
 
 BLOOD. s. The red fluid which 
 circulates in the bodies of ani- 
 mals, adj, bloody, bloodless: adv. 
 bloodily. 
 
 BLOOD'HOUND. s A hound used 
 
 for hunting men. 
 BLOODTHIRSTY, adj. Desirous 
 
 of shedding blood. 
 BLOOM, v. To yield blossoms, pr. 
 
 par. blooming ; past, bloomed : s. 
 
 bloom adv. bloomingly. 
 BLOS'SOM. 5. The flower produced 
 
 before the seed. v. blossom ; pr. 
 
 par. blossoming ; past, blossomed. 
 BLOT. v. To obliterate, to erase, 
 
 to disfigure, pr. par. blotting; 
 
 past, blotted: s. blot. 
 BLOTCH, s. A spot on the skin. 
 
 adj. blotched. 
 BLOW. s. Bloom, blossom, v. blow; 
 
 pr. par. blowing: past, blowed. 
 BLOW. s. A stroke. 
 BLOW. v. To make a current of 
 
 air; to pant. pr. par. bloioing ; 
 
 past, blown : s. blow, blower. 
 BLOWPIPE. 5. A tube used by va- 
 rious artificers. 
 
 BLUB'BER. s. The fat of a large 
 fish. 
 
 BLUB'BER. v. To swell the cheeks 
 with weeping, pr. par. blubbering; 
 past, blubbered. 
 
 BLUD'GEON. s. A short, heavy 
 stick, used as an offensive weap- 
 on. 
 
 BLUE. s. One of the seven original 
 colours, adj. bluish : adv. bluely : 
 s. blueness. 
 
 BLUFF, s. A steep bank, or high, 
 bold shore. 
 
 BLUN'DER. v. To err, to mistake, 
 pr. par. blundering; past, blun- 
 dered: s. blunder, blunderer. 
 
 BLUJN'DERBUSS. s. A kind of short 
 gun, with a wide mouth, pi. blun- 
 derbusses. 
 
 BLUNT, v. To dull the edge or 
 point, pr. par. blunting; past, 
 blunted: adj. blunt: adv. bluntly: 
 s. bluntness. 
 
 BLUSH, v. To become red. pr, 
 par. blushing; past, blushed: s. 
 blush. 
 
 BLUS'TER. v. To roar as a storm, 
 pr. par. blustering; past, bluster- 
 ed : s. bluster, blusterer. 
 
 BOAR. 5. The male swine. 
 
 BOARD, s. A flat piece of wood ; 
 entertainment ; an assembly seat' 
 ed at a table, s. boarder : v, 
 board; pr. par. boarding; past, 
 boarded. 
 
 BOAST, v. To brag, to magnify, 
 
 to exalt pr. par. boasting; past, 
 
 boasted: s. boast, boaster: adj. 
 
 boastful: adv. boastfully. 
 BOAT. s. A small vessel, in which 
 
 persons pass over water, v. boat ; 
 
 pr. par. boating; past, boated: 
 
 adj. boatable. 
 BOAT'MAN. s. He that manages a 
 
 boat. 
 
 BOATSWAIN, s. A petty officer 
 on board a ship, pronounced 
 bo'-sn. 
 
 BOB'BIN. s. A small roller of wood, 
 on which thread is wound. 
 
 BODE. v. To portend, pr. par. bod* 
 ing ; past, boded. 
 
 43 
 
BOD — BON 
 
 BOD'ICE. s. Stays. 
 BOD'KIN. s. An instrument used to 
 
 bore holes, &c. 
 BOD'Y. $. The material substance 
 
 of an animal ; matter, opposed to 
 
 spirit; a collective mass. pi. 
 
 bodies: adj. bodied: adj. and adv. 
 
 bodily. 
 
 BOG. $. A marsh; a morass, v. 
 
 bog ; pr. par. bogging ; past, bog- 
 ged: adj. boggy. 
 BOHE'A. s. A species of tea. 
 BO'GLE. s. A bugbear ; a spectre. 
 BOG'GLE. v. To start ; to hesitate. 
 
 pr. par. boggling ; past, boggled : 
 
 s. boggier. 
 BOIL. v. To be agitated by heat ; to 
 
 heat to a certain degree, pr. par. 
 
 boiling; past, boiled: a. boil, 
 
 boiler. 
 
 BOISTEROUS, adj. Violent, loud, 
 
 roaring, stormy, adv. boisterously : 
 
 s. boisterousness. 
 BOLD. adj. Daring, brave, rude. 
 
 adv. boldly: s. boldness: adj. 
 
 boldfaced. ■ 
 BOLE. s. A measure containing six 
 
 bushels. 
 
 BOL'STER. s. Something laid un- 
 der the head ; a pad. v. bolster ; 
 pr. par. bolstering ; past, bolstered. 
 
 BOLT. 5. An arrow ; the bar of a 
 door ; a sieve, v. bolt ; pr. par. 
 bolting; past, bolted. 
 
 BO'LUS. s. A kind of large pill. pi. 
 boluses. 
 
 BOMB. s. A hollow cannon-ball. 
 
 BOMBARD', v. To attack with 
 bombs, pr. par. bombarding ; past, 
 bombarded: s. bombard, bombar- 
 dier. 
 
 BOM'BAST. s. Inflated language. 
 
 adj. bombastic, bcmbastical: adv. 
 
 bombastically. 
 BOND. 5. Cords or a chain ; union ; 
 
 imprisonment; written obligation. 
 
 s. bondage: v. bond; pr. par. 
 
 bonding; past, bonded. 
 BONDS'MAN. s. A male slave. 
 BONE. s. The solid parts of the 
 
 bodv of an animal, v. bone ; pr. 
 
 par. boning, past, boned: adj. bony. 
 
 BON— BOR 
 
 iBONETTA. s. A kind of sea-fidi. 
 BGN'FIRE. 5. A fire made for some 
 j public cause of triumph. 
 BOM-MOT', s. a jest, a witty re- 
 I ply. Fr. 
 
 (BON'NET. s. A species of hat. 
 jBON'NY. adj. Handsome, pretty. 
 
 adv. bonnily. 
 BOQBY. s. A dull, stupid fellow. 
 
 pi. boobies. 
 BOOK. s. A volume in which we 
 read or write, v. book; pr. par. 
 booking; past, booked. 
 BOOK'BINDER. s. One who binds 
 books. 
 
 BOOKCASE, s. A case for holding 
 books. 
 
 BOOK'SELLER. 5. A man who sells 
 books. 
 
 BOOK'WORM. 5. A worm that 
 eats holes in books ; a student too 
 closely devoted to books. 
 BOOM. 5. A large spar, on which a 
 sail is spread, v. boom ; pr. par. 
 booming; past, boomed. 
 BOON. s. A gift, a grant, adj. boon, 
 
 gay, merry. 
 BOOR. s. A rustic clown, adj. 
 boorish ; adv. boorishly : s. boor- 
 ishness. 
 
 BOOT. s. Profit, gain ; over and 
 above ; a cover for the leg. adj. 
 booted, bootless. 
 BOOTH, s. A temporary house, 
 
 made of boards. 
 BOOTY. 5. Plunder, pi. booties. 
 BO'RAX. s. A kind of artificial salt. 
 BOR'DER. s. The outer part or 
 edge. s. borderer: v. border, pr. 
 par.- bordering ; past, bordered. 
 BORE. v. To pierce ; to make hol- 
 low, pr. par. boring ; past, bored . 
 s. bore, borer. 
 BORE. v. Did bear. 
 BORNE. Part, passive of the verb 
 bear. 
 
 BOR'OUGH. 5. An incorporated 
 town. 
 
 BOR'ROW. v. To take from an- 
 other, upon credit; to use as 
 one's own. pr. par. borrowing 
 past, borrowed: s. bwoiccr. 
 
BOS— BOU 
 
 BOSOM, s. The breast, v. bosom; 
 pr. par bosoming ; past, bosomed. 
 
 BOSS. s. A stud ; the part rising in 
 the midst of any thing, pi. bosses. 
 
 BOTANY, s. The science of plants, 
 adj. botanic, botanical ; adv. botan- 
 ical ly : v. botanize; pr. par. bota- 
 nizing ; past, botanized : s. bota- 
 nist. 
 
 BOTCH, s. A part of any thing ill 
 finished ; a bad workman, pi. 
 botches: pr. par. botching; past, 
 botched ; s. botcher. 
 
 BOTH. adj. The two. conj. both. 
 
 BOTH'ER. v. To perplex and con- 
 found, pr. par. bothering; past, 
 bothered : s. botherer. 
 
 BOTTLE, s. A vessel with a nar- 
 row mouth, to put liquors in ; a 
 bundle of hay or grass, v. bottle ; 
 pr. par. bottling; past, bottled: s. 
 bottler. 
 
 BOTTOM, s. The lowest part ; the 
 ground under the water, v. bot- 
 tom; pr. par. bottoming; past, 
 bottomed: adj. bottomless. 
 
 BOUGH, s. An arm or large shoot 
 of a tree. 
 
 BOUGHT. Preterit and past part, of 
 buy. 
 
 BOUNCE, v. To fall or fly against 
 any thing with great force, so as 
 to rebound; to spring, pr. par. 
 bouncing; past, bounced: s. 
 bounce, bouncer. 
 
 BOUND, v. To limit ; to terminate, 
 pr. par. bounding; past, bounded: 
 s. bound: adj. boundless: adv. 
 boundlessly. 
 
 BOUND, v. To jump, to spring, pr. 
 oar. bounding ; past, bounded. 
 
 BOUND' ARY. s. Limit, pi. bound- 
 aries. 
 
 BOUND'EN. adj. Required by con- 
 
 Iract,. 
 
 BOUNTY, s. Generositv, pecunia- 
 ry encouragement, pi. bounties: 
 adj. bounteous, bountiful: adv.| 
 bounteoT s/?/, bountifully. 
 
 BOUQUET^ s. A nosegay. Fr. pro- 
 nounced boo-kay'. 
 
 BOURN. s. A bound, a limit, i 
 
 BOW — BRA 
 
 BOW. v. To bend, to incline, pr. 
 par. bowing ; past, bowed : s. bow. 
 
 BOWELS, s. The inner part ; in- 
 testines. 
 
 BOWER, s. An arbour. 
 
 BOWL. s. A vessel to hold liquids ; 
 a basin ; a round mass, which may 
 be rolled along the ground, v. 
 bowl; pr. par. bowling; past, 
 bowled : s. bowler. 
 
 BOWSPRIT, s. A spar running out 
 at the head of a ship. 
 
 BOX. s. A case made of wood or 
 other substance ; a fight, pi. box- 
 es : v. box ; pr. par. boxing ; past, 
 boxed : s. boxer. 
 
 BOY. s. A male child, ad], boyish: 
 adv. boyishly: s. boyishness, boy* 
 hood. 
 
 BRACE, v. To make firm ; to bind. 
 
 pr. par. bracing; past, braced: 
 
 s. brace, bracer. 
 BRACE'LET. s. An ornament for 
 
 the arm. 
 
 BRA'CHMAN. s. A priest of India, 
 of the first cast of Gentoos. 
 
 BRACK'ET. 5. A piece of wood, 
 nailed against a wall, to support 
 something. 
 
 BRACK'ISH. adj. Having a slight 
 flavour of salt. s. brackishness. 
 
 BRAD. s. A sort of nail, with an 
 oblong head. 
 
 BRAG. v. To boast ; to display os- 
 tentatiously, pr. par. bragging, 
 past, b?'agged: s. braggart, br ag- 
 ger. 
 
 BRAID, v. To weave together, pr. 
 par. braiding; past, braided: s. 
 braid. 
 
 BRAIN, s. That collection of vessels 
 and organs in the head, from 
 which sense and motion arise, 
 adj. brainless: v. brain; pr. par. 
 braining ; past, brained: s. brain- 
 less. 
 
 BRAKE, s. A thicket of brambles. 
 BRAM'BLE. s. Any rough, prickly 
 shrub. 
 
 BRA'MIN. See Brachman. 
 BRAN. s. The husks of corn, ground, 
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BRA— BRE 
 
 BRANCH, s. The shoot of a tree, 
 from one of the main boughs ; a 
 smaller river running into a larger ; 
 any distinct article, pi. branches « 
 v. branch ; pr. par. branching ; 
 past, branched: adj. branchless. 
 
 BRAND. s. A lighted stick ; a mark 
 made on a criminal, with a hot 
 iron ; a stigma ; a sword, v. 
 brand,- pr. par. branding; past, 
 branded. 
 
 BRAND'ISH. v. To wave or shake; 
 to flourish, pr. par. brandishing; 
 past, brandished. 
 
 BRAN'DY. s. A strong liquor, dis- 
 tilled from wine. pi. brandies. 
 
 BRA'SIER. s. A manufacturer that 
 works in brass. 
 
 BRASS. s. A yellow metal, made 
 by mixing copper with lapis cala- 
 minaris. pi. brasses: adj. brassy. 
 
 BRAT. s. A child, so called in con- 
 tempt. 
 
 BRAVA'DO. s. A boast, a brag. pi. 
 bravadoes. 
 
 BRAVE, adj. Courageous, adv. 
 bravely : v. brave ; pr. par. brav- 
 ing ; past, braved: s. bravery, pi. 
 braveries. 
 
 BRA'VO. s. A man who murders 
 for hire. 
 
 BRAVU'RA. s. A kind of song, re- 
 quiring great vocal power. 
 
 BRAWL, v. To quarrel noisily, pr. 
 par. brawling; past, brawled: s. 
 brawl, brawler. 
 
 BRAWN, s. The fleshv part of'the 
 body ; the flesh of a boar, prepar- 
 ed in a particular manner, adj. 
 brawny. 
 
 BRAY. v. To make a noise as an 
 ass. pr. par. braying; past, bray- 
 ed : s. bray, braver. 
 
 BRAZE, v. To solder with brass, 
 pr. par. brazing ; past, brazed : s. 
 brazier. 
 
 BR AZ EN, adj. Made of brass. 
 BREACH. 5.* A gap; infraction; 
 
 quarrel, pr. par. breaching; past, 
 
 breached. 
 
 BREAD, s. Food made of ground 
 
 BRE— BRI 
 
 BREADTH, s. The measure of any 
 plain superficies, from 6ide to 
 side. 
 
 BREAK, v. To burst open by force : 
 to divide ; to overcome, pr. par. 
 breaking ; past, broken : s. break, 
 breaker. 
 
 BREAKTAST. v. To eat the first 
 meal in the day. pr. par. break- 
 fasting ; past, breakfasted, s. 
 breakfast. 
 
 BREAST. 5. The middle part of the 
 human body, between the neck 
 and the belly, v. breast ; pr. par- 
 breasting; past, breasted. 
 
 BREAST'WORK. s. In fortifica- 
 tion ; — works thrown up as high 
 as the breasts of the defenders. 
 
 BREATHE, v. To draw in air by the 
 lungs, pr. par. breathing; past, 
 breathed : s. breath : adj. breath- 
 less. 
 
 BRED. Preterit and past part, of the 
 v. breed. 
 
 BREECH'ES. s. The garment worn 
 
 by men, over the lower part of 
 
 the body and thighs. 
 BREED, v. To procreate; to od"- 
 
 cate. pr. par. breeding , past, bred : 
 
 s. breed, breeding. 
 BREEZE, s. A gentle gale. adj. 
 
 breezy. 
 
 BRET. s. A kind of turbot. 
 
 BRETHREN, s. The ancient plu- 
 ral of brother. 
 
 BREVE, s. A term in music. 
 
 BREVET'. 5. A rank by brevrf, sig- 
 nifies a title a degree higher than 
 is denoted in the officer's com- 
 mission. 
 
 BREVIARY, s. An abridgment : a 
 book containing the daily service 
 of the church of Rome, pi: brt- 
 vinrieF. 
 
 BREVITY, s. Shortness; concise- 
 
 | ne*s. pi. brevities. 
 
 BREW. v. To make liquors by mix- 
 ing several ingredients, pr. oar. 
 brewing; past, brewed: s. brcive)\ 
 brewery, pi. b re w e ri es. 
 
 BRT'AR, BRI'ER. s. A species of 
 thornv plant, adj. briary, hr'r r y. 
 
 4'J 
 
BRI — BRI 
 
 BRIBE, s. A reward given corrupt- 
 ly, s. briber, bribery, pi. briberies i 
 v. bribe; pr. par. bribing; past, 
 
 I bribed. 
 
 BRICK, s. A piece of burned clay, 
 used in building ; a loaf of bread, 
 shaped like a brick, v. brick; pr. 
 par. bricking; past, bricked. 
 
 BRICK-KILN, s. A place to burn 
 bricks. 
 
 BRICKLAYER, s. A brick-mason. 
 
 BRIDE, s. A woman recently mar- 
 ried, adj. bridal. 
 
 BRIDE'GROOM. s. A man recently 
 married. 
 
 BRIDES'MAID. s. She who attends 
 upon a bride. 
 
 BRIDGE, s. A building raised over 
 water, for the convenience of pas- 
 sage; the prominent part of the 
 nose ; the supporter of the strings 
 in a lute, fiddle, &c. v. bridge; 
 pr. par. bridging; past, bridged. 
 
 BRI'DLE. v. To restrain, to govern, 
 pr. par. bridling; past, bridled: 
 s. bridle, bridler. 
 
 BRIEF, adj. Short, concise, adv. 
 briefly : s. briefness. 
 
 BRI'ER, BRI'AR. s. A species of 
 thorny plant, adj. briery, briary. 
 
 BRIG. s. A vessel with two masts, 
 and square rigging. 
 
 BRIGA'DE. s. A division of forces; 
 a body of men. v. brigade ; pr. 
 par. brigading; past, brigaded: 
 adj. brigadier. 
 
 BRIGAND', s. A robber. 
 
 BRIGHT, adj. Shining; full of 
 light, s. brightness: adv. bright- 
 ly : v. brighten ; pr. par. brighten- 
 ing; past, brightened. 
 
 BRIL'LIANCY. 5. Lustre, splen- 
 dour, pi. brilliancies: adj. bril- 
 liant: adv. brilliantly. 
 
 BRIM. s. The edge of a small ves- 
 
 BRIMFUL'. adj. Full to the top. 
 BRIM'STONE. s. Sulphur in lumps 
 
 or rolls. 
 BRIND'LED. adj. Streaked. 
 BRINE, s. Water impregnated with 
 
 salt. adj. briny. 
 
 BRI— BRO 
 
 BRTNG. v. To fetch from ; to con* 
 
 vey ; to attract ; to draw along. 
 
 pr. par. bringing ; past, brought. 
 BRINK. 5. The edge of any place, 
 
 as of a precipice or river. 
 BRISK, adj. Lively, gay, vivid, 
 
 bright, adv. briskly : s. briskness. 
 BRISKEN. v. To make brisk, pr. 
 
 par. briskening ; past, briskened. 
 BRISKET, s. The breast of an 
 
 animal. 
 
 BRISTLE. 5. The stiff hair of swine. 
 
 v. bristle; pr. par. bristling; past, 
 
 bristled ; adv. bristly. 
 BRITISH, adj. Relating to Britain. 
 BRITTLE, adj. Fragile; apt to 
 
 break, s. brittleness. 
 BROACH, v. To pierce a vessel 
 
 to tap ; to suggest ; to utter, pr 
 
 par. broaching; past, broached 
 
 s. broacher. 
 BROAD, adj. Wide, large, open t 
 
 gross, adv. broadly: v. broaden I 
 
 pr. par. broadening; past, broad 
 
 ened. 
 
 BROAD'SIDE. s. The side of a 
 ship; a volley of shot, fired at 
 once, from all the guns in the side 
 of a ship. 
 
 BROCA'DE. s. A species of silken 
 stuff, adj. brocaded. 
 
 BROCCOLI, s. A species of cab 
 bage. 
 
 BROGUE, s. A kind of shoe ; a 
 cant word for a provincial accent. 
 BROIL, v. To cook, by laying on 
 the coals, pr. par. broiling; past, 
 broiled: s. broil, broiler. 
 BRO'KEN. Past part, of break, s. 
 
 brokenness. 
 BROKEN-HEART'ED. adj. Much 
 
 depressed in spirit ; grief-worn. 
 BROKEN- WIND'ED. adj. Having 
 
 short breath. 
 BRO'KER. s. A factor ; one that 
 
 does business for another. 
 BROKERAGE, s. The pay or re- 
 ward of a broker. 
 BRONZE, s. Brass; a metal com- 
 ounded of copper and tin. v. 
 ronze; pr. pgr. bronzing; past, 
 bronzed. 
 
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BRO-BRU 
 
 f&ROOD. s. Offspring; the number 
 
 hatched at once. 
 BROOD, v. To sit as on eggs ; to 
 
 remain long in anxiety ; to mature 
 
 by care. pr. par. brooding ; past, 
 
 brooded. 
 
 BROOK, s. A running water, less 
 
 than a river. 
 BROOK, v. To bear, to endure, pr. 
 
 par. brooking ; past, brooked. 
 
 BROOM, s. A small tree ; a besom. 
 
 BROTH, s. Liquor in which flesh is 
 boiled. 
 
 BROTH'EL. s. A house of ill fame. 
 BROTHER, s. One born of the 
 same father or mother, adj. broth 
 
 BROTHERHOOD, s. The state or 
 quality of being a brother. 
 
 BROUGHT. Preterit and past part, 
 of the v. bring. 
 
 BROW. s. The arch over the eye ; 
 'he forehead; the edge or brink 
 of anv high place. 
 
 BROWBEAT, v. To bully, pr. par. 
 browbeating ; past, browbeaten. 
 
 BKOVV h.adj. The name of a col- 
 our, adj. brownish. 
 
 BROWSE, v. To eat branches or 
 shrubs, pr. par. browsing; past, 
 browsed: s. browser. 
 
 BRUISE, v. To crush or mangle 
 with a heavy blow. pr. par. bruis- 
 ing; past, bruised: s. bruise, 
 bruiser. 
 
 BRUIT, s. Rumour, report, v. 
 bruit; pr. par. bruiting; past, 
 bruited. 
 
 BRU'MAL. adj. Belonging to winter. 
 
 BRUNETTE', s. A woman with a 
 brown complexion. 
 
 BRUNT, s. Shock ; violence. 
 
 BRUSH, s. An instrument used for 
 sweeping; a rude assault; a 
 thicket, v. brush : pr. par. brush- 
 ing; past, brushed: s. b rusher : 
 adj. brushy. 
 
 BRUSH WOOD, s. Rough, low, 
 close thickets. 
 
 BRUTE, s. A creature without rea- 1 
 8on. adj. brutal: adv. brutally.- v.j 
 
 BUB— BUI 
 
 brutalize; pr . par . brutalizing, 
 past, brutalized. 
 BUB'BLE. s. A small bladder of 
 water, v. bubble; pr. par. bub- 
 bling; past, bubbled. 
 BUC'ANIER. s. A pirate. 
 BUCK. s. The male of the fallow 
 deer, and of some other quadru- 
 peds. 
 
 BUCKET, s. A sort of small tub. 
 BUCKLE, s. A link of metal, with 
 a tongue or catch, made to fasten 
 one thing to another, v. buckle; 
 pr. par. buckling; past, buckled. 
 BUCKLER. s . A shield. 
 BUCK'RAM. s. A sort of stiffened 
 linen. 
 
 BUCKSKIN, s. The skin of a buck. 
 BUCK'WHEAT. s. A species of 
 grain. 
 
 BUCOLTC. adj. Pastoral. 
 BUD. s. The first shoot of a plant, 
 v. bud; pr. par. budding; past 
 budded. ' 
 BUDGE, v. To stir. pr. par. budg- 
 ing; past, budged. 
 BUDG'ET. s. A bag; a store or 
 stock. 
 
 BUFF. s. A sort of leather, pre- 
 pared from the skin of the buffa- 
 lo ; the colour of the leather, 
 which is a verv light yellow. 
 BUFF. v. To strike, pr. par. buf- 
 fing; past, buffed: s. buffer. 
 BUFFALO, s. A kind of wild cow. 
 
 pi. buffaloes. 
 BUF'FET. s. A blow with the fist, 
 y. buffet ; pr. par. bvffeiing ; past. 
 buffeted. 
 BUF'FET. s. A cup-board. 
 BUFFOON', s. A man whose pro- 
 fession is to make sport, s. but' 
 foonery, pi. biffoonems. 
 BUG. 5. A species of insect. 
 BUG'BEAR. s. A frightful object 
 BUGLE, BUGLE-HORN. * A 
 
 hunting horn. 
 BU'GLE. 5. A kind of glass orna- 
 ment, of a cylindrical form. 
 Bt lLD. v. To erect, to rest upon, 
 pr. par. building: past, built: s 
 builder. 
 
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BUL— BUO 
 
 BULB. s. A round body, or root, 
 adj. bulbous. 
 
 BUL'FINCH. s. A species of sing- 
 ing bird. pi. buljinches. 
 
 BULK. s. Magnitude, size. adj. 
 bulky: s. bulkiness. 
 
 BULL. s. The male of black cattle ; 
 a papal mandate. 
 
 BUL'LET. s. A small metal ball. 
 
 BUL' LET IN. s. A military or other 
 public document. 
 
 BUL'LION. s. Gold or silver in the 
 lump. 
 
 BUL'LOCK. s. An ox. 
 
 BUL'LY; s. A noisy, blustering, 
 quarrelsome fellow, pi. bullies: 
 v. bully; pr. par. bullying; past, 
 bullied. 
 
 BUL'RUSH. s. A species of large 
 rush. pi. bulrushes. 
 
 BUL'WARK 5. A bastion ; a forti- 
 fication. 
 
 BUM'BLEBEE. 5. The wild bee. 
 
 BUMP. s. A swelling, a protuberance. 
 
 BUMP. v. To make a loud noise ; 
 to strike against, pr. par. bump- 
 ing ; past, bumped. 
 
 BUMPER, s. A cup filled to the 
 brim. 
 
 BUMPKIN, s. An awkward, heavy 
 rustic. 
 
 BUNCH, s. A cluster ; a number 
 of things tied together, pi. bunch- 
 es: adj. bunchy: s. bunchiness. 
 
 BUN'DLE. s. A number of things 
 bound together ; a roll, v: bundle ; 
 pr. par. bundling ; past, bundled. 
 
 BUNG. s. A stopper for a barrel, 
 v. bung ; pr. par. bunging ; past, 
 bunged. 
 
 BUNG'LE. v. To perform clumsily ; 
 to botch, pr. par. bungling; past, 
 bungled: s. bungler: adv. bung- 
 lingly. 
 
 BUNN. s. A kind of light bread. 
 
 BUNT'ING. s. The stuff of which 
 a ship's colours are made. 
 
 BUOY. s. A light substance, floating 
 on the water, and tied to some- 
 thing at the bottom, v. buoy ; 
 pr. par. buoying ; past, buoyed. 
 
 BUO-BUS 
 
 BUOTANCY. s. The quality of 
 floating, pi. buoyancies : adj. buoy- 
 ant : adv. buoyantly. 
 
 BURDEN, BURTHEN, s. A load ; 
 something grievous ; the verse re- 
 peated in a song. v. burden ; pr. 
 par. burdening ; past, burdened : v. 
 burthen ; pr. par. burthening ; 
 past, burthened : adj. burdensome, 
 burthensome. 
 
 BU'REAU. s. A chest of drawers. 
 
 BURGESS, s. An officer of a cer- 
 tain rank in a corporate town ; a 
 representative of a borough-town, 
 pi. burgesses. 
 
 BURG'LARY. s. Act of feloniously 
 entering a house by night, pi. bur- 
 glaries, s. burglar: adj. burglari- 
 ous ; adv. burglariously s. bur- 
 gler. 
 
 BURG'OM ASTER, s. One employ- 
 ed in the government of a city. 
 
 BURLES'QUE. adj. Ludicrous, s. 
 burlesque : v. burlesque ; pr. par. 
 burlesquing ; past, burlesqued : 
 s. burlesouer. 
 
 BURLETTA. s. A musical farce. 
 
 BURN. v. To consume or wound 
 with fire ; to be on fire. pr. par. 
 burning ; past, burned, burnt : s. 
 burn, burner. 
 
 BURNISH, v. To polish, pr. par. 
 burnishing ; past, burnished : s. 
 burnish, burnisher. 
 
 BURR. 5. The rough head of a cer- 
 tain plant. 
 
 BUR'ROW. v. To mine as rabbits, 
 pr. par. burrowing ; past, bur- 
 rowed : s. burrow. 
 
 BURST, v. To break suddenly, pr. 
 par. bursting ; past, burst. 
 
 BURTHEN. 5. See Burden. 
 
 BUR'Y. v. To inter ; to put into a 
 grave, pr. par. burying; past, 
 buried: s. burial. 
 
 BUSH. 5. A thick shrub, pi. bushes : 
 adj. bushy : s. bushiness. 
 
 BUSH'EL. 5. \ measure containing 
 ei^ht gallons. 
 
 BUS'KIN. s. A kind of half-boot ; 
 a shoe, worn by the ancient actors 
 of tragedy., adj. buskined. 
 
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BUS — BUT 
 
 BUST. 5. A statue, representing a 
 person as far as the breast. 
 
 BUSTARD, s. A wild turkey. 
 
 BUSTLE, v. To be busy ; to stir, 
 pr. par. bustling ; past, buMed: s. 
 bustle, bustler. 
 
 BUST. adj. Fully employed ; bust- 
 ling ; meddling, v. busy ; pr. par. 
 busying,- past, busied: adv. busi- 
 ly : 8. business. 
 
 BUT. A conjunction ; a preposition. 
 
 BUTCH'ER. s. One who kills do- 
 mestic animals for the purpose of 
 food. v. butcher ; pr. par. butcher- 
 ing ; past, butchered: adj. butch- 
 erly.- s. butchery, pi. butcheries. 
 
 BUT'LER. 5. A servant who takes 
 care of the wines, and superin- 
 tends the table. 
 
 BUT'-END. s. The blunt end. 
 
 BUT'MENT. s. That part of an 
 arch which joins it to the upright 
 pier. 
 
 BUTT. s. A mark to shoot at ; a 
 blow given by a horned animal ; a 
 large barrel. 
 
 BUTT. v. To strike with the head, 
 pr. par. butting ; past, butted. 
 
 BUTTER, s. An unctuous sub- 
 stance, made from milk. s. butte- 
 ry, pi. butteries: v. butter; pr. 
 par. buttering ; past, buttered. J 
 
 BUT— BYR 
 
 | BUTTERFLY. s. A kind of beaa- 
 
 tiful insect, pi. butterflies. 
 BUTTON, s. A kind of knob or 
 ball. v. button ; pr. par. buttoning ; 
 past, buttoned: s. buttoner. 
 BUTTON-HOLE. s. A hole to 
 
 catch the button. 
 BUTTRESS, s. A wall built to sup- 
 port another wall. pi. buttresses. 
 BUX'OM. adj. Gay, lively. 
 BUY. v. To purchase, to acquire by 
 paying for. pr. par. buying ; past, 
 bought: s. buyer. 
 BUZZ. v. To hum, to whisper, pr. 
 par. buzzing; past, buzzed: s. 
 buzz. 
 
 BUZ'ZARD. s. A species of hawk. 
 BY. A preposition. 
 BY'-CORNER. s. A private corner 
 BY'-LANE. 5. A lane out of the 
 
 usual road. 
 BY'-LAW. s. A law made to regu 
 late the business of a corporation. 
 BY'-PATH. s. A private or obscure 
 path. 
 
 BY'-ROAD. s. An obscure road. 
 BY'STANDER. s. A looker-on ; one 
 
 unconcerned. 
 BY'-WORD. 5. A saying, a proverb. 
 I BYRE. s. A cow-house. 
 
 CAB— CAB 
 
 c 
 
 CABAL', s. The secret science o; 
 the Hebrew rabbins; a body ofl 
 men united in some close design ; 
 intrigue, s. cab alter ; adj. cabalis- 
 tic, cabalistical : v. cabal ; pr. par, 
 caballing; past, caballed. 
 
 CAB'BAGE. s. A species of culina 
 ry vegetable. 
 
 CAB— CAD 
 
 room in which consultations are 
 held ; ministers of state, assem- 
 bled in council. 
 CA'BLE. s. The great rope of a 
 ship, to which the anchor is fast 
 ened. 
 
 CABRIOLET', s. An open carriage. 
 
 CAB'BAGE. v. To steal in cutting CACK'LE. v. To make a noise like 
 clothes, pr. par. cabbaging ; past, | a hen. pr. par. cackling; past, 
 cabbaged : s. cabbage, cabbager. II cackled .« s. cackle, cackler. 
 CAB'IN. s. A small chamber in a CACO'PHONY. s. A bad sound of 
 
 ship ; a cottage. words, pi. cacophonies. 
 
 CAB'INET. s. A set of boxes or ! CADAVEROUS, adj. Looking like 
 drawers for curiosities ; a private!! a corpse. 
 
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CAD— CAL 
 
 CAD'ENCE. 5. Fall; state of sink- 
 ing ; decline. 
 
 CADET', s. A person who serves 
 in expectation of an office. 
 
 CA'DI. s. A magistrate amongst the 
 Turks. 
 
 CADU'CEUS. s. The rod or wand 
 with which Mercury is depicted. 
 
 CiESU'RA. s. A figure in poetry, 
 by which a short syllable after a 
 complete foot, is made long ; a 
 pause, adj. cazsural. 
 
 CAGE. s. An inclosure of twigs, 
 wires, or bars, in which animals 
 are confined, v. cage; pr. par. 
 caging; past, caged. 
 
 CAIRN, s. A heap of stones. 
 
 CAJOLE', v. To flatter; to cheat, 
 pr. par. cajoling ; past, cajoled : s. 
 cajoler, cajolery, pi. cajoleries. 
 
 CAI'TIFF. s. A mean villain. 
 
 CAKE. s. Something of a form 
 rather flat than high; a kind of 
 delicate bread, v. cake ; pr. par. 
 caking; past, caked. 
 
 CALABASH', s. A species of large 
 gourd, pi. calabashes. 
 
 CALAMANCO, s. A kind of wool- 
 len stuff, pi. calamancoes. 
 
 CALAMITY, s. Sudden misfortune, 
 pi. calamities: adj. calamitous: 
 adv. calamitously. 
 
 CALASH', s. A small carriage of 
 pleasure, pi. calashes. 
 
 CALCA'REOUS. adj. Of the nature 
 of lime. 
 
 CALCI'NE. v. To reduce to a calx. 
 
 pr. par. calcining ; past, calcined: 
 
 adj. calcin ible : s. calcination. 
 CAL'CULATE. v. To enumerate, 
 
 to conjecture, pr. par. calculating; 
 
 past, calculated: adj. calculable: 
 
 s. calculation, calculator. 
 CAL'DRON. 5. A pot, a boiler. 
 CALEDO'NIAN. adj. Relating to 
 
 Scotland. 
 CAL'ENDAR. s. A register of the 
 
 year. 
 
 CAL'ENDER. s. A machine formed 
 of rollers, in which cloth, is press- 
 ed, v. calender ; pr. par. calender- 
 ing ; past, calendered. 
 
 CAL— CAM 
 
 CAL'ENTURE. s. A distemper pe- 
 culiar to sailors in hot climates. 
 
 CALF. s. The young of a cow ; 
 the thick part of the leg. pi. 
 
 calves. 
 
 CAL'IBER. s. The bore of a gun. 
 CAL'ICO. s. A kind of cloth, made 
 
 of cotton, pi. calicoes. 
 CA'LIPH. 5. A title assumed by 
 
 the successors of Mahomet, 
 
 amongst the Saracens. 
 CALID'iTY. s. Heat. pi. calidities. 
 CALIPASH', CALIPEE', s. Certain 
 
 parts of a turtle. 
 CALL. v. To summon, to name. 
 
 pr. par. calling; past, called: s. 
 
 call, calling. 
 CAL'LIPERS. s. An instrument for 
 
 measuring the diameter of a cylin- 
 der. 
 
 CAL'LOUS. adj. Indurated, hard- 
 ened, insensible, s. callosity, pi. 
 callosities : adv. callously : s. cal- 
 lousness. 
 
 CAL'LOW. adj. Without feathers, 
 unfledged. 
 
 CALM. v. To allay, to quiet, to 
 pacify, pr. par. calming; past, 
 calmed: s. calm, calmer: adj. 
 calm : adv. calmly. 
 
 CALOMEL, s. Mercury sublimed. 
 
 CALOR'IC. s. The modern chymi- 
 cal name of heat. adj. calorific. 
 
 CALORIM'ETER. s. An instrument 
 for ascertaining the quantity of 
 disengaged heat. 
 
 CALUMNY. 5. Slander, false 
 charge, pi. calumnies: s. calum- 
 niation, calumniator : adj. calum- 
 nious : adv. calumniously. 
 
 CALVE, v. To produce a calf. pr. 
 Dar. calving ; past, calved. 
 
 CAL'VINISM. s. The doctrine of 
 Calvin, s. calvinist ; adj. calvinis- 
 tic. 
 
 CALX. s. Any thing rendered redu- 
 cible to powder, by burning, pi. 
 
 ( calres. 
 
 CA'LYX. s. The cup of a plant, pi. 
 
 calyores. 
 
 CAMB'LET. s. A kind of cloth. 
 CAM'BRIC. s. A kind of fine linen, 
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CAM— CAN 
 C AME. Preterit of the v. come. 
 CAM'EL. s. A species of beast of 
 
 CAN— CAN 
 (I C AN'DOCJR.s. Ingenuousness ; open- 
 
 burthen 
 
 CAMEL'OPARD. s. A species of 
 quadruped, sometimes called a 
 giraff. 
 
 CAM'EO. s. A stone, with various 
 figures and representations of 
 landscapes, formed by nature. 
 
 CAM'ERA-OBSCU'RA. s. A spe- 
 cies of optical machine. 
 
 CAMP. s. A number of military 
 tents, v. encamp. 
 
 CAMPAIGN'. 5. The period of an 
 army's operations in the field, dur- 
 ing one season, v. campaign : pr. 
 par. campaigning; past, campaign- 
 ed : s. campaigner. 
 
 CAMPES'TRAL. adj. Growing in 
 fields ; relating or belonging to a 
 field. 
 
 CAM'PHIRE. 5. A kind of resin, 
 adj. camphirated. 
 
 CAN. s. A cup ; a vessel for carry- 
 ing liquids. 
 
 CAN. v. To be able. 
 
 CANAIL'tE. s. The very lowest of 
 the people ; the rabble. 
 
 CANAL'. 5. An artificial water 
 course ; a conduit, through which 
 any of the juices of the body flow. 
 
 CAN'CEL. v. To cross a piece of 
 writing; to obliterate, pr. par, 
 canceling; past, canceled, s. can- 
 celer. 
 
 CAN'CER. s. A corroding, incura- 
 ble sore. adj. cancerous. 
 
 CANDID, adj. Sincere, fair, open, 
 ingenuous, adv. candidly.- s. can- 
 dour. 
 
 CANDIDATE, s. A suitor for any 
 
 place of honour or profit. 
 CAN'DLE. s. A light made of wax 
 
 or tallow. 
 CA NDLESTICK, s. The instrument 
 
 which holds a candle. 
 CANDLEMAS, s. The fen st of the 
 
 purification of the Virgin Mary 
 
 which was celebrated with tn 
 
 any 
 
 lights in the churches, pi. candle- C A N THAR' IDES. ». span 
 masses. |j used to raise blisters. 
 
 CAN'DY. v. To become congealed, 
 pr. par. candying; past, candied.- 
 s. candy, pi. candies. 
 CANE. s. A kind of strong reed. v. 
 cane; pr. par. caning; past, 
 caned. 
 
 CANI'NE adj. Relating or belong- 
 ing to a dog. 
 CAN ISTER, s. A case, now gene- 
 rally made of tin; but formerly 
 of canes. 
 
 CANK'ER. s. A worm that destroys 
 fruit ; something corrosive. ?. 
 canker; pr. par. cankering; past, 
 cankered: adj. cankerous. 
 CAN'NIBAL. s. A person who eats 
 
 human flesh, s. cannibalism. 
 CAN'NON. s. A great gun. 
 CANNONA'DE. v. To attack or bat- 
 ter with cannon, pr. par. cannon- 
 ading; past, cannonaded .- s. can- 
 nonade, cannonading. 
 CANO'E. s. A small boat, made of 
 
 the trunk of a tree. 
 CAN'ON. s. A rule ; a church law ; 
 a dignitary in cathedral churches, 
 adj. canonical.- adv. canonically .> 
 s. canonicals. 
 CAN'ONESS. s. In popish countries, 
 women living after the example 
 of secular canons, pi. canonesses. 
 CAN'ONIZE. v. To declare any 
 person a saint, pr. par. canonizing; 
 past, canonized: s. canonization. 
 CAN'OPY. s. A covering spread 
 over the head. pi. canopies .- adj. 
 canopied. 
 
 CANT. s. A peculiar form of speak- 
 ing ; a whining pretension to 
 goodness : barbarous jargon ; auc- 
 tion, s. canter: v. cant; pr. par. 
 canting; past, canted. 
 CANTF.E'N. 5. A small vessel, in 
 which a soldier carries something 
 for drinking. 
 CAYTER. v. To gallop gently, pr. 
 par. cantering; past, cantered .- s. 
 canter, canterer. 
 
 h flies, 
 
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CAN — CAP 
 
 CANTICLE, s. A song ; the song 
 of Solomon. 
 
 CAN' TO. s. A certain division of a 
 poem. pi. cantoes. 
 
 CANTON, CANTON', v. To dis- 
 tribute an army over a district, pr. 
 par. cantoning ; past, cantoned : s. 
 canton, cantonment. 
 
 CAN'VASS. v. To solicit, to exam- 
 ine, pr. par. canvassing; past, 
 canvassed : s. canvass, canvasser. 
 
 CANZONET', s. A little song. 
 
 CAP. s. A cover for the head; the 
 topmost; the highest, v. cap; pr. 
 par. capping; past, capped. 
 
 CA'PABLE. adj. Endued with suf- 
 ficient power; able; capacious, 
 s. capability, pi. capabilities. 
 
 CAPA'CIOUS. adj. Capable of con- 
 taining much ; internally large, 
 adv. capaciously: s. capacity, pi. 
 capacities. 
 
 CAP a pe, CAP a pie. From head 
 to foot. 
 
 CAPAR'ISON. s. A sort of cover 
 for a horse ; a pompous dress, v. 
 caparison ; pr. par. caparisoning ; 
 past, caparisoned. 
 
 CAFE. s. Headland; promontory; 
 the neck-piece of a cloak or coat. 
 
 CATER, s. A leap, a jump ; an 
 acid pickle, v. caper ; pr. par. ca- 
 pering ; past, capered : s. caper er. 
 
 CAPILLA'IRE. s. A kind of syrup. 
 
 CAPIL'LARY. adj. Resembling 
 hairs; relating to very small 
 tubes. 
 
 CAPITAL, s. Head of a pillar ; 
 
 chief town ; stock of a trader or 
 
 company, s. capitalist. 
 CAPITAL, adj. Relating to the 
 
 head ; affecting the life ; chief, 
 
 principal, adv. capitally. 
 CAPITATION. 5. Numeration by 
 
 CAP'ITOL. s. The temple of Ju- 
 piter, at Rome ; a building in 
 which the legislature holds its 
 sessions. 
 
 CAPITULATE, v. To surrender 
 by agreement, pr. par. capitulat- 
 E 2 
 
 CAP— CAR 
 
 ing ; past, capitulated: s. capitis 
 lation. 
 
 CA'PON. s. A castrated domestic 
 fowl. 
 
 CAPOU'CH. s. A monk's hood. 
 
 CAPRI'CE. 5. Freak, fancy, whim, 
 adj. capricious : adv. capriciously : 
 s. capriciousness. 
 
 CA'PRICORN. s. A sign of the zo- 
 diac. 
 
 CAPSTAN, s. In sea language, the 
 cylinder or windlass used for 
 winding up a great weight. 
 
 CAPTAIN, s. A commander; the 
 commander of a ship, or of a com' 
 pany of soldiers, s. captaincy, pi. 
 captaincies. 
 
 CAPTIOUS, adj. Eager to object ; 
 ensnaring ; caviling, adv. cap- 
 tiously : s. captiousness. 
 
 CAPTIVATE, v. To delight high- 
 ly; (figuratively) to enslave, pr. 
 par. captivating; past, captivated: 
 s. captivater, captivation. 
 
 CAPTIVE, s. One taken in war; a 
 prisoner, s. captivity, pi. captivi- 
 ties. 
 
 CAPTOR, s. He that takes a pris 
 oner, or prize, s. capture. 
 
 CAPTURE, v. To seize in war. pr. 
 par. capturing ; past, captured : s, 
 captor. 
 
 CAPUCHIN', s. A monk of the re- 
 formed order of Franciscans. 
 
 CAR. s. A sort of carriage. 
 
 CAR'ABINE, CARBINE, s. A small 
 kind of fire-arms. 
 
 CAR'AVAN. s. A body of merchants 
 or pilgrims. 
 
 CARAVAN'SARY. 5. A house built 
 for the reception of travellers, in 
 the east. pi. caravansaries. 
 
 CARAVEL', s. A kind of ship, for- 
 merlv used by the Spanish. 
 
 CAR'AWAY. s. A kind of aromatic 
 plant. 
 
 CAR'BON. s. Charcoal, pure coal. 
 
 adj. carbonaceous, carbonic. 
 CAR'BUNCLE. s. A jewel which 
 
 shines in the dark ; a red spot or 
 
 pimple, on the body. adj. carbuiu 
 
 cular. 
 
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CAR— CAR 
 CARCASS, s. The dead body of 
 
 CAR— CAR 
 
 . U cau uuuy or 
 
 an animal ; (in gunnery) a kind of 
 bomb. pi. carcasses. 
 CARD. 5. A piece of very thick pa- 
 per ; a paper printed with figures, 
 used m games ; an instrument with 
 which wool and flax are combed, 
 s. carder; v. card; pr. par. card- 
 ing ; past, carded. 
 
 pfSR™^' a * Princi P^ chief. 
 CARDINAL, s. One of the chief 
 „ governors of the Roman church. 
 CARDIN'ALATE. s. The office of 
 cardinal. 
 
 CARE. s. Solicitude, anxietv, con- 
 cern, regard, heed. v. care,- pr. 
 par. caring,- past, cared: adj. 
 careful, careless: s. carefulness 
 adv. carefully, carelessly. 
 
 CAREEN', v. To lay a\essel on 
 one side, in order to repair the 
 other, pr. par. careening; past 
 careened. 
 
 CAREER'. s . A race; course ofj 
 rapid action, v. career; pr. par 
 careering; past, careered. 
 
 CARESS', v. To treat in a kind, or 
 loving manner, pr. par. caressing; 
 past, caressed: s. caress, pi. ca- 
 resses. 
 
 CAR'ET. s. A grammatical point 
 ( A/ ), denoting that something is 
 omitted in its right place. 
 V.AR'GO. s. The lading of a ship. 
 
 pi. cargoes. 
 CARICATURE', s. A ridiculous 
 representation of a person, or a 
 circumstance, v. caricature; pr. 
 par. caricaturing; past, carica- 
 tured: s. caricaturist. 
 CAR'JOUS. adj. Decayed; rotten, i 
 CAR'MELITE. A white friar 
 CARMINATIVE, s. A medicine-' 
 
 for expelling wind. 
 C ARMi'NE. s. A powder of bright 
 
 red, or crimson colour. 
 CAR'NAGE. s. Heaps of flesh; im 
 
 mense slaughter. 
 CAR'NAL. adj. Fleshly, not spirit 
 
 ual. adv. carnally. 
 CARNATION, s. The name of the 
 
 natural flesh colour ; the name of 
 a pink flower. 
 
 natural inclination to eat flesh, 
 adv. carnivorously 
 CAROL, v. To sing, to warble, 
 pr. par. caroling; past, caroled; 
 8. carol. 
 
 CAROU'SE. *. To drink; to keep a 
 festival, pr. par. carousing ; past 
 caroused - s . carousal, carouser. ' 
 £fS£ s - A ki nd offish. 
 CARP. „. To cavil, to censure, pr. 
 par. carping; past, carped: s . 
 carp, carper. 
 
 CARPENTER, t. An artificer in 
 wood. 
 
 CAR'PET. s. A cover for a floor, v. 
 carpet; pr . par. carpeting; past, 
 carpeted. r * 
 
 CAR'RIAGE. * A vehicle, beha- 
 
 viour, conduct ; act of carrying 
 CAR'RION. Flesh unfit for fi. 
 
 rood of man. 
 CARRONA'DE. s. A very short can- 
 shot USed dischar S in g grape- 
 ry a p'dS T " £ A 2 arden root - 
 CAR RY. v. To convey from a place; 
 to bear. pr. par. carrying; pas t 
 carried : s . carrier. 1 
 CART. 5. A kind of carriage with 
 two wheels, s. carter, cartage • 
 
 larfed!'' ^ Par ' Carting >' P aSt » 
 CARTE-BLANCHE'. An unlim- 
 
 ited commission. 
 CARTEL;, s. A writing containing 
 stipulations between enemies 
 generally relating to an exchange 
 of prisoners ; a vessel sailing un^ 
 der those stipulations, v. cartel • 
 
 CAR-pSIAN. adj. Relating to the 
 
 philosophy of Des Cartes 
 CARTHU'SIAN. s. A monk of the 
 
 Chart reaux. 
 CARTILAGE. * A smooth and 
 solid body, softer than a bone, but 
 harder than a ligament, adj. car- 
 tilaginous. 
 
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CAR— CAS 
 CARTOON', s. A painting or draw 
 
 ing on large paper. 
 CARTOUCH'. s. A box to hold 
 
 cartridges. 
 CARTRIDGE, s. A gun-charge, 
 
 generally in paper. 
 CART'WRIGHT. s. A maker of 
 
 carts. 
 
 CARVE, v. To cut wood, stone, or 
 meat ; to engrave, pr. par. carv- 
 ing ; past, carved .- s*. carver. 
 
 CASCA'DE. s. A waterfall. 
 
 CASE. s. Condition, with regard to 
 outward circumstances, state, 
 contingence; question; variation 
 of nouns; a sort of cover. 
 
 CASE. v. To inclose in a case. pr. 
 par. casing-; past, cased. 
 
 CASEMATE, s. In fortification, a 
 subterraneous or covered arch- 
 work, adj. casemated. 
 
 CASE'MENT. s. A window opening 
 upon hinges. 
 
 CASH. s. Money, s. cashier: v. 
 cash; pr. par. cashing; past, 
 cashed. 
 
 CASHIER, v. To discard ; to dis- 
 miss from a military office, pr. 
 par. cashiering ; past, cashiered. 
 
 CASK. s. A barrel, v. cask; pr. par. 
 ^ cashing ; past, cashed. 
 
 -CASK'ET. s. A small box or chest, 
 for jewels. 
 
 CAS'SIA. s. A sweet spice. 
 
 CASSI'NO. s. A game at cards. 
 
 CASS'IOWARY. s. A large bird of 
 prey. pi. cassiowaries. 
 
 CAS'SOCK. s. A close garment. 
 
 CAST. v. To throw away, to shed, 
 to compute, to contrive, pr. par. 
 casting; past, cast: s. cast caster. 
 
 CASTANET', s. Small shells of 
 ivory, or hard wood, which dan- 
 cers rattle in their hands. 
 
 CASTE, s. In India, a term denot- 
 ing a certain rank in life. 
 
 CASTELLATED, adj. Having tur- 
 rets and battlements like a castle 
 
 CASTIGATE, v. To chastise, to 
 punish, pr. par. castigating ; past, 
 castigated: s. castigation: adj. 
 tastigatory. 
 
 CAS— CAT 
 
 CASTLE, s. A fortified house, adj. 
 
 castled. 
 
 CASTOR OIL. s. An oil extracted 
 
 from the palma-christi. 
 CASTRAMETATION. s. Science 
 of measuring and laying out the 
 ground for an encampment. 
 CA'SUAL. adj. Accidental ; arising 
 from chance, adv. casually: s. 
 casualty, pi. casualties. 
 CASUIST, s. One who justifies evil 
 actions by argument, adj. casuisti- 
 cal: adv. casuistically : s. casuis- 
 try, casuistries. 
 CAT. s. An animal of the feline 
 
 species. 
 
 CATACHRE'SIS. s. Abuse of 
 words, pi. catachreses : adj. cata- 
 chrestical; adv. catachrestically. 
 CATACOMBS, s. Subterraneous 
 cavities for the burial of the dead. 
 CATALOGUE, s. An enumeration 
 
 of particulars ; a list. 
 CATAPLASM, s. A poultice. 
 CATAPULTA. s. An engine used 
 
 anciently to throw stones. 
 CATARACT, s. A waterfall. 
 CATARRH'. 5. An issue of humoui 
 
 from the glands, adj. catarrhal. 
 CATASTROPHE, s. Terminating 
 
 event ; unhappy conclusion. 
 CATCALL, s. A squeaking instru- 
 ment, sometimes used in theatres 
 to condemn a plav. s. catcalling 
 CATCH, v. To lay hold of, to seize, 
 to ensnare, pr. par. catching; past, 
 caught. 
 
 CATCH. 5. Seizure; advantage 
 taken ; thing caught ; a sort of 
 hook ; a kind of song. pi. catches. 
 CATCHTENNY. s. A worthless 
 pamphlet, calculated to gain mon- 
 ey, pi. catchpennies. 
 CATCH'POLL. s. A common bailiff. 
 CATECHISE, v. To question mi- 
 nutely, pr. par. catechising; past, 
 catechised : s. catechiser, catechism, 
 catechist: adj. catechistical : adv. 
 catechistically. 
 CATEGORICAL, adj. Absolute, 
 direct, adv. categorically. 
 
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CAT— CAU 
 
 CATEGORY, s. A class, an order 
 
 of ideas, pi. categories. 
 CATENA'RIAN. adj. Resembling a 
 
 chain. 
 
 CA'TER. v. To provide food. pr. 
 par. catering; past, catered: s. 
 caterer, cateress. 
 
 CATERPILLAR, s. A worm sus- 
 tained by leaves and fruits. 
 
 CATES. s. Viands; food. 
 
 CAT'GUT. s. A string for musical 
 instruments, made from the intes- 
 tine of an animal ; a species of 
 linen or canvas, with wide in- 
 terstices. 
 
 CATHARTIC, adj. Purgative. 
 
 CATHE'DRAL. s. The head church 
 of a diocese. 
 
 CATH'OLIC. adj. Universal, gene- 
 ral, s. catholic, Catholicism. 
 
 CATHOL'ICON. s. Something of 
 universal application or use. 
 
 CATOPTRICS, s. That part of 
 optics which relates to vision by 
 reflection. 
 
 CATTLE. 5. Domesticated beasts 
 of pasture. 
 
 CAT'SUP. s. A poignant liquor, 
 made from mushrooms, and some 
 other vegetables. 
 
 CAU'DLE. s. A mixture of wine 
 and other materials. 
 
 CAUL, s, The net in which women 
 enclose their hair ; a small cap. 
 
 CAUGHT. Preterit and past part, 
 of the v. to catch. 
 
 CAUL'IFLOWER. s. A species of 
 cabbage. 
 
 CAUSE, s. That which effects; 
 
 subject of litigation ; party, v. 
 
 cause ; pr. par. causing ; past, 
 
 caused: adj. causal, causeless: adv. 
 
 causelessly. 
 CAULK, v. To stop the seams of a 
 
 ship. pr. par. caulking; past, 
 
 caulked : s. caulker. 
 CAU'SEWAY. s. A way raised and 
 
 paved above the rest of the 
 
 ground. 
 
 CAUSTIC, adj. Destroying the tex- 
 ture of any thing, by its hot, cor- 
 rosive nature, s. caustic. 
 
 CAU^-CEL 
 
 CAUTERY, s. An instrument used 
 by surgeons, for burning the flesh ; 
 a caustic substance, pi. cauteries: 
 v. cauterize ; pr. par. cauterizing : 
 past, cauterized. 
 
 CAUTION, v. Prudence, foresight, 
 circumspection ; warning, v. cau- 
 tion ; pr. par. cautioning ; past, 
 cautioned: adj. cautionary, cau- 
 tious : adv. cautiously. 
 
 CAVALCA'DE. s. A procession on 
 horseback. 
 
 CAVALI'ER. s. A horseman or 
 knight. 
 
 CAVALI'ER. adj. Warlike, haugh- 
 ty, adv. cavalierly. 
 
 CAVALRY, s. Men mounted on 
 horses, and armed for war. pi. 
 cavalries. 
 
 CAVE. s. A cavern ; a hollow place, 
 v. cave; pr. par. caving; past, 
 caved. 
 
 CAVERN, s. A cave. 
 CAVIL, v. To raise frivolous ob- 
 jections, pr. par. caviling; past, 
 
 caviled: s. cavil, caviler. 
 CAVITY, s. Hollowness; a hollow 
 
 place, pi. cavities. 
 CAW. v. To cry as a crow ; pr. par. 
 
 caiving ; past, cawed. 
 CAZI'QUE. s. A chief of the South 
 
 American Indians. 
 CEASE, v. To stop, to fail. pr. par. 
 
 ceasing; past, ceased: adj. cease- 
 less : adv. ceaselessly. 
 CE'DAR. s. A species of tree. 
 CEDE. v. To yield, to assign by 
 
 virtue of treaty, pr. par. ceding : 
 
 past, ceded: s. ceder. 
 CEIL. v. To cover the inner roof of 
 
 a building, pr. par. ceiling ; past, 
 
 ceiled: s. ceiling. 
 CEI/EBRATE. v. To solemnize, to 
 
 make famous, pr. par. celebrating ; 
 
 past, celebrated : s. celebration, ccl- 
 
 cbrator, celebrity, pi. cekbrities. 
 CELER'ITY. f. Swiftness, speed, 
 
 velocity, despatch, pi. cele?~ities. 
 CEL'ERY. s. A species of culinary 
 
 vegetable, pi. cclo-ies. 
 
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CEL-CEN 
 
 CELES'TIAL. adj. Heavenly ; re- 
 lating to the upper regions, adv. 
 celestially. 
 
 CELIBACY, s. Unmarried state, 
 pi. celibacies. 
 
 CELL. s. A small cavity or hollow 
 place; the cave or little habita- 
 tion of a religious person, adj 
 cellular. 
 
 CEL'LAR. s. A subterraneous apart 
 
 ment. s. cellerage. 
 CEL'LULAR. adj. Consisting of lit 
 
 tie cells or cavities. 
 CELTIC, adj. Relating to the Celts. 
 CE'MENT. s. Cohesive matter; 
 bond of union, v. cement'; pr. par. 
 cementing; past, cemented : s. ce- 
 mentation, cementer. 
 CEM'ETERY. s. A place for the 
 
 dead. pi. cemeteries. 
 CEN'OBITE, C CEN'OBITE. s. One 
 of a religious order, who lives in 
 a convent, or in a community, un- 
 der a certain rule ; in opposition 
 to a hermit, who lives in solitude, 
 adj. cenobitical: adv. ccnobitically. 
 CEN'OTAPH. s. An empty tomb, 
 erected in honour of a person 
 buried at another place. 
 CEN'SER. s. A vessel in which in 
 
 cense is burned. 
 CEN'SOR. s. One empowered to 
 correct manners, adj. censorial, 
 censor ian: adv. censorially : s . 
 censorship. 
 CENSO'RIOUS. adj. Addicted to 
 censure ; severe, adv. censorious- 
 ly; s. censor iousness. 
 CENSURE, s. Blame, reprimand- 
 reproach, v. censure ; pr. par. cen 
 suring; past, censured: adj. cen- 
 surable: s. censurer. 
 CENSUS, s. An account of the in- 
 habitants, made bv public authori- 
 ty Latin pi. census. 
 CENT. s. A hundred, a coin equal 
 *° the hundredth part of a dollar. 
 CENTAUR, s. An imaginary being, 
 supposed to be compounded of a 
 man and a horse ; the archer in 
 the zodiac. i 
 
 CEN— CES 
 CENTENARY, adj. The number 
 of a hundred, s. centenarian: adj. 
 centennial. 
 CENTIPEDE, s. An insect with 
 
 many feet. 
 CENTRE, s. The middle; that 
 which is equally distant from all 
 extremities, adj. central: s. cen- 
 trality : adv. centrally: v. centre; 
 pr. par. centring ; past, centred. 
 CENTRIFUGAL, adj. Receding 
 from the centre, adv. centrifu- 
 gally. 
 
 CENTRIP'ETAL. adj. Approach- 
 ing the centre, adv. centripetally. 
 CENTRIPLE. adj. A hundred-fold. 
 CENTURION. 5. A Roman officer 
 who commanded a hundred men. 
 CENTURY, s. A hundred ; a hun- 
 dred years, pi. centuries. 
 CEPHALIC, adj. Medicinal to the 
 head. 
 
 CE'RATE. s. An ointment made of 
 
 wax. adj. cerated. 
 CERE'CLOTH. s. Cloth dipped in 
 
 wax or gum. 
 CER'EMONY. s. Outward rite ; ex- 
 ternal form in religion, or state, 
 pi. ceremonies: adj. ceremonial, 
 ceremonious: adv. ceremoniously: 
 s. ceremoniousness. 
 CERTAIN, adj. Sure, indubitable, 
 determined, adv ■. certainly : s. cer- 
 tainty, p]. certainties. 
 CERTIFICATE, s. Written testi- 
 mony, adj. certificated. 
 CERTIFY, v. To make a formal 
 attestation, pr. par. certifying; 
 past, certified: s. certification, cer- 
 tifier. 
 
 CERU'LEAN. adj. Sky-coloured; 
 
 light bine. 
 CERUMEN, s. The wax formed in 
 the ear. 
 
 CESS. s. A lew upon the inhabit- 
 ants of a place, according to 
 their property, pi. cesses : v. cess; 
 pr. par. cessing ; past, cessed. 
 CESSATION, s. Act of ceasing ; 
 
 Stop; suspension of action. 
 CES'STON. s. Act of ceding ; resig- 
 nation ; assignment. 
 
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CES-CHA 
 CESTUS. s. The girdle of Venus 
 CETA'CEOUS. adj. Of the whale 
 kind. 
 
 CHAFE, v. To heat by rubbing; to 
 make angry; to fret. pr. par 
 chafing,' past, chafed: s. chafer 
 
 CHAFF, s. The husks of oats, &c 
 CHAF'FINCH. s. A species of bird 
 
 pi. chaffinches. 
 
 CHAFING-DISH. s. A portable 
 grate for coals, pi. chafing-dishes 
 
 CHAGRIN', s. Ill humour, vexa- 
 tion, v. chagrin ; pr. par. chagrin- 
 ing; past, chagrined. 
 
 CHAIN, v. To fasten, to link, to 
 unite, pr. par. chaining; past, 
 chained: s. chain. 
 
 CHAIN'-SHOT. s. Two balls fasten 
 ed together by a chain. 
 
 CHAIR, s. A moveable seat; a 
 seat of authority; a sedan, v. 
 chair; pr. par. chairing; past 
 chaired. 
 
 CHAIR'MAN. s. The president of 
 an assembly ; one whose trade it 
 is to carry a chair. 
 CHAISE, s: A sort of carriage. 
 CHAL'DRON, CHAUL'DRON. s. 
 An English measure of coals, con- 
 taining 36 bushels. 
 CHALICE, s. A sacramental cup. 
 CHALK, s. A species of calcareous 
 fossil, pr. par. chalking; past, 
 chalked: adj. chalky: s. chalkiness. 
 CHALLENGE, v. To call another 
 to answer for an offence, by com- 
 bat ; to accuse ; to object to. pr. 
 par. challenging; past, challeng- 
 ed: s. challenge, challenger: adj. 
 challengeable. 
 CHALYB'EATE. adj. Impregnated 
 
 with iron or steel. 
 CHAMA'DE. s. The beat of a drum, 
 
 indicating a desire for a parley. 
 CHAM'BER. s. An apartment.' 
 C H A M'BERL A IN. s. An officer of 
 state. 
 
 C H A M'B ER-M AID. s. A femak 
 who attends in a bed-chamber. 
 
 CHAME'LEON. s. An animal which 
 is said to assume the colour of 
 those things to which it is applied. 
 
 CHA-CHA 
 
 CHAM'OIS. s. A kind of soft leath 
 er. 
 
 CHAM'OMILE. 5. The name of an 
 
 odoriferous plant. 
 CHAMP, v. To bite with a frequent 
 action of the teeth, pr. par. 
 champing ; past, champed. 
 CHAMPAIGN', s. A kind of wine; 
 
 a flat open country. 
 CHAMPAIGN', adj. Relating to a 
 
 flat open country. 
 CHAM'PION. s. A warrior: one 
 
 who engages in single combat. 
 CHANCE, s. Fortune, accident. .. 
 chance ; pr. par. chancing ; past, 
 chanced. 
 
 CHAN'CEL. s. The place in 
 church where the altar stands. 
 
 CHAN'CELLOR. 5. An officer of 
 the highest power and dignity in 
 the English courts of law ; an of- 
 ficer of high rank in universities. 
 
 CHANCERY, s. A court of equity 
 and conscience, pi. chanceries. 
 
 CHANDELIE'R. s. A branch for 
 candles. 
 
 CHAN'DLER. s. A maker of can 
 dies; a seller of corn, and of things 
 required for the use of ships. °s. 
 chandlery, pi. chandleries. 
 CHANGE, v. To alter ; to put one 
 thing in place of another, pr. par. 
 changing; past, changed: s. 
 change: adj. changeable.- adv. 
 changcably s. changeableness. 
 CHAN NEL. 5. The hollow bed of 
 running waters ; a strait or nar- 
 row sea; a gutter or furrow, v 
 channel; pr. par. channeling; past, 
 channeled. 
 CHANT, v. To sing : to sing in the 
 cathedral service, pr. par. chant- 
 ing; past, chanted: s. chant, 
 chanter, chantress, pi. chantresses. 
 CHAYTICLFER. s. A name given 
 
 to the house-cock. 
 CHANTRY, f. A chapel endowed 
 with revenue, for priests to sing 
 mass tor the souls of the donors, 
 pi. chantries. 
 
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CHA-CHA 
 CHA'OS. s. A confused mass or 
 mixture, adj. chaotic- adv. cha- 
 otically. 
 
 ' CHAPEAU'. s. The French name 
 for hat. 
 
 CHAPEL. 5. A species of church. 
 CHA'PERON. v. To attend on a la- 
 dy, in a public assembly, pr. par. 
 chaperoning; past, chaperoned. • 
 ; CHAPLAIN, s. He that attends 
 the king, or other great person, or 
 body of men, to perform divine 
 service, s. chaplaincy, the office 
 of a chaplain; pi. chaplaincies. 
 CHAPLET. s. A garland or wreath 
 
 for the head. 
 CHAPMAN, s. A petty merchant. 
 CHAPTER, s. A division of a book ; 
 an assembly of the clergy of a ca- 
 thedral or collegiate church. 
 CHAR. s. A kind of fish. 
 CHAR. v. To burn to a black cin- 
 der ; to work by the day. pr. par. 
 charring ; past, charred : s. char. 
 CHARACTER, s. A mark; a 
 stamp ; a letter used in writing or 
 printing, adj. characteristic: - 
 characterise ; pr. par. character- 
 ing; past, characterised. 
 CHARADE, s. A species of riddle, 
 
 usually in verse. 
 CHAR'COAL. s. Coal made by 
 
 burning wood under turf. 
 CHARGE, v. To entrust ; to com- 
 mission for a certain purpose ; to 
 accuse ; to censure ; to load a 
 gun ; to place to account, pr. par. 
 charging; past, charged: s. charge: 
 adj. chargeable : adv. chargeably. 
 CHAR'GER. s. A large dish; the 
 horse of a cavalry soldier ; an in- 
 strument used in charging a gun. 
 CHARIOT, s. A carriage of pleas- 
 ure or state, s. charioteer. 
 CHARITY, s. Tenderness, kind- 
 ness, love, benevolence, alms, 
 liberality to the poor. pi charities. 
 adj. charitable: adv. charitably. 
 CHARLATAN'. s . A quack, 01 
 mountebank, adj. charlatanical . 
 6. charlatanry, pi. charlatanries. 
 
 CHA— CHE 
 CHARM. s . Words or philtre* 
 imagined to have some occult 
 power ; delight, beauty. 3. charm- 
 er : v. charm ; pr. par." charming ; 
 past, charmed: adv. charmingly. 
 CHAR'NEL-HOUSE. s. A reposi- 
 tory of human bones. 
 CHART, s. A map for seamen ; a 
 
 delineation of coasts. 
 CHARTER, s. Written evidence ; 
 legal power of incorporation ; ex- 
 emption, v. charier; pr. par. 
 chartering; past, chartered. 
 CHASE, v. To hunt ; to pursue as 
 an enemy ; to drive away. pr. par. 
 chasing; past, chased: s. chase, 
 chaser. 
 
 CHASM, s. A cleft; a place un 
 I filled. F 
 (CHASTE, adj. Pure, uncorrupt, 
 I undefiled. v. chasten; pr. par 
 chastening; past, chastened: adv. 
 I chastely ; s. chastity, pi. chastities 
 CHASTl'SE. v. To punish; to re 
 duce to order or obedience, pr 
 par. chastising; past, chastised: 
 s. chastisement. 
 CHAT. v. To prate ; to converse 
 at ease. pr. par. chatting; past, 
 chatted: s . chat, chatter: adj. 
 chatty. 
 
 CHATEAU', s. A castle ; a stately 
 mansion. 
 
 CHATTEL, s. Moveable property ; 
 1 real estate not freehold. 
 CHATTER, v. To make a noise 
 as a pie, or other unharmonious 
 bird ; to talk idly or carelessly.- 
 pr. par. chattering; past, chatter- 
 ed: s. chatter, chatterer. 
 CHAUNT. v. See Chant. 
 CHEAP, adj. To be had at a low 
 rate; easy to be had ; not respect- 
 ed, adv. cheaply: s. cheapness. 
 CHEAPEN, v. To ask the price ; 
 to lessen the value, pr. par. cheap- 
 ening; past, cheapened: s. cheap- 
 ener. 
 
 CHEAT, v. To defraud, to impose 
 upon, to trick, pr. par. cheating; 
 past, cheated: s. clieat, cheater. 
 
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CHE— CHE 
 
 CHECK, v. To repress, to curb, to 
 reprove, to chide ; to control ; to 
 draw upon a bank. pr. par. check- 
 ing,- past, checked. 
 
 CHECK, s. Stop ; sudden restraint ; 
 curb; a reproof; cioth made in 
 squares ; a draft on a bank, for 
 the payment of monev. 
 
 CHECK'ER, CHEQ'UER. v. To 
 variegate ; to diversify in the 
 manner of a chess-board, pr. par. 
 checkering,- past, checkered: s. 
 checker, chequer. 
 
 GHECK'MATE. s. A term in the 
 game of chess, v. checkmate,- pr. 
 par. checkmating; past, check- 
 mated. 
 
 CHEEK, s. The side of the face be- 
 low the eye. 
 
 CHEER, v. To incite ; to encour- 
 age ; to inspirit ; to comfort ; to 
 gladden, pr. par. cheering; past, 
 cheered: s. cheer: adj. cheerful, 
 cheerless: adv. cheerfully, cheerily. 
 
 CHEESE, s. The curd of milk, 
 pressed into a cake. 
 
 CHEESE'CAKE. s. A cake made of 
 soft curds, sugar, and butter. 
 
 CHEESE'MONGER. s. One who 
 de;ils in cheese! 
 
 CHEESETRESS. s. The press in 
 which curds are pressed, pi 
 cheesepr esses. 
 
 CHEESE'VAT. s. The wooden vat 
 in which the curds are confined, 
 in Dressing. 
 
 CHEMISE'. 5. A shift. 
 
 CHEMIST, CHYM'IST. s. A sepa- 
 rater and examiner of matter, and 
 preparer of various compounds, s. 
 chemistry, chymistry : adj. chemi- 
 cal, chymical: adv. chemically, 
 chymically. The latter mode of 
 spelling this word, is the most cor- 
 rect ; but the former is the most 
 general. 
 
 CHERISH, v. To support, to shel- 
 ter, to nurse, pr. par. cherishing ; 
 past, cherished : s. cherisher, cher- 
 ish men t. 
 
 CHERRY, s. A species of small 
 fruit, pi. cherries. 
 
 CHE— CHI 
 iCHER'UB. s. A celestial spirit. 
 I Hebrew pi. cherubim : English pi. 
 I cherixbs ; adj. cherubic. 
 ; CHESS. 5. A sort of game. 
 CHESS'-BOARD. s. The board on 
 
 which chess is played. 
 CHESS'-MAN. s. A puppet or coun- 
 ter for chess, pi. chess-men. 
 CHEST. 5. A box made of wood or 
 
 other materials. 
 CHES'NUT. s. A small nut, of a 
 
 brown colour. 
 CHEVALI'ER. s. A knight ; a title 
 
 of honour. 
 CHEVAUX-DE-FRISE'. s. A defen- 
 sive instrument of war, made of 
 timber and iron spikes. 
 CHEW. v. To grind with the teeth ; 
 to masticate, pr. par. chewing; 
 past, chewed. 
 CHICA'NE. s. Artifice, trick, fraud, 
 v. chicane; pr. par. chicaning; 
 past, chicaned: s. chicanery, pi. 
 chicaneries. 
 CHICK'EN. s. The young of a bird, 
 
 particularly of a domestic hen. 
 CHICK'EiN-HEARTED. adj. Cow- 
 
 ardlv, timorous. 
 CHICK'EN-POX. s. A species of 
 
 eruptive disorder. 
 CHID. v. Did chide. 
 CHIDE, v. To reprove, to reproach, 
 to blame, pr. par. chiding; past, 
 chided, chidden : s. chider. 
 CHIEF, adj. Principal, capital, of 
 the first order, s. chief: adv. 
 chiefly. 
 
 CHIEF, CHIEFTAIN, s. A leader ; 
 
 a commander ; the head of a clan. 
 CHIL'BLAIN. s. A sore made by 
 frost. 
 
 CHILD, s. An infant, or very 
 young person, pi. children: adj. 
 childish: adv. childishly. 
 CHILD'HOOD. s. The state of a 
 
 child ; intancv. 
 CHILL, v. To make cold; to de- 
 press; to deject; to blast witli 
 cold. pr. par. chilling; past, chill 
 ed: s. chill, ch illness : adj. chilly. 
 CHIME, v. To sound in harmony- 
 to correspond in relation or pro- 
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CHI— CHI 
 
 portion ; to agree ; to jingle, pr 
 
 par. chiming,- past, chimed: s. 
 
 chime, chimer. 
 CHIMERA. 5. A vain and wild 
 
 fancy, adj. chimerical: adv. chi- 
 
 merically. 
 CHIM'NEY. s. The passage through 
 
 which the smoke ascends from 
 
 the fire in a house. 
 CHIM'NEY-PIECE. s. The work 
 
 round the fire-place; a mantle- 
 
 ClttM'NEY-S WEEPER, s. One who 
 cleans chimneys. 
 
 CHIN. s. The part of the face be- 
 neath the under lip. 
 
 CHI'NA. s. China-ware ; porcelain. 
 
 CHIN'COUGH. s. A violent and, 
 convulsive cough, to which chil- 
 dren are subject. 
 
 CHINE, s. That part of the back in 
 which the back-bone is. 
 
 CHINE'SE. adj. Relating to China, 
 s. Chinese. 
 
 CHINK, s. A small aperture, v. 
 chink, to fill the spaces between 
 the logs of a cabin ; pr. par. chink- 
 ing- ; past, chinked : s. chinker. 
 
 CHINK, v. To shake, so as to make 
 a sound, pr. par. chinking; past, 
 chinked. 
 
 CHINTZ. 5. Cotton cloth printed 
 
 with colours, pi. chintzes. 
 CHIP. v. To cut into small pieces. 
 
 pr. par. chipping; past, chipped: 
 
 s. chip. 
 
 CHIRO'GRAPHY. s. The art of 
 writing. 
 
 CHIROL'OGY. s. Talking by the 
 hand. 5 J 
 
 CHI ROMANCY, s. The pretended 
 art of foretelling events by in- 
 specting the hand. pi. chiroman- 
 cies ; s. chiromancer. 
 
 CHIRP, v. To make a cheerful 
 noise, as birds, pr. par. chirping ; 
 past, chirped: s. chirp, chirper. I 
 
 CHIS'EL. s. An instrument with' 
 which wood or stone is pared. vJ 
 chisel; pr. par. chiseling; past, 
 chiseled 
 
 CHITCHAT, s. Prattle, idle talk. 
 F 
 
 CHI-CHO 
 CHIVALRY. s . Knighthood; a 
 military dignity; the qualifica- 
 tions of a knight, as valour and 
 virtue; the general system of 
 knighthood, pi. chivalries: adj. 
 chivalrous: adv. chivalrously. 
 CHOCOLATE. s . A substance 
 made by grinding the kernel of 
 the cocoa-nut. 
 CHOICE, adj. Select, careful, s. 
 
 choice, choiceness : adv. choicely. 
 CHOIR, s. An assembly or band 
 of singers ; the place where they 
 sing. adj. choral. 
 CHOKE, v. To suffocate, to stop 
 up, to suppress, pr. par. choking ; 
 past, choked. 
 CHOL'ER. s . The bile; the humour, 
 supposed to produce irascibility ; 
 ^T%%k m % e - ^.choleric. 
 CHOLERA-MOR'BUS. s. A sudden 
 
 overflowing of the bile. 
 CHOOSE, v. To select, to elect, 
 pr. par. choosing ; past, chosen : 
 s. choice, chooser. 
 
 C ? 1 0P * V ' To cut with a <l uic k 
 blow ; to break into small pieces, 
 pr. par. chopping; past, chopped: 
 s. chop, chopper. 
 CHOP. s. A Chinese word, signify- 
 ing quality. 
 CHOPS, s. The mouth of a beast : 
 the mouth of a man, used in con- 
 tempt ; the mouth of any thing, 
 m familiar language. 
 CH ?' RAL * ad 3' belonging to a 
 
 choir or concert, s. chorister. 
 CHORD, s. The string of a musical 
 instrument ; a right line, which 
 joins the two ends of any arc of 
 a circle. 
 
 CHORIAM'BIC. * The foot of a 
 verse consisting of four syllables, 
 as anocietas. 
 CHO'RUS. s. A band of singers; 
 part of a song in which the whole 
 company join. pi. choruses. 
 CHOSE. The preterit of the v. 
 choose. 
 
 CHOUSE, v. To cheat, to trick, pr. 
 pr. chousing; past, choused. 
 
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CHR — CHU 
 
 CHRISM, s. Holy ointment, s 
 chrismatory, pi. chrismatories. 
 
 Christen, v. To baptize; toini 
 
 tiate into Christianity, by water ; 
 to name. pr. par. christening 
 past, christened: s. christener 
 christening. 
 
 CHRISTENDOM, s. All those re- 
 gions, taken collectively, in which 
 the inhabitants profess the Chris-' 
 tian religion. 
 
 CHRISTIAN, s. A professor of 
 the religion of Christ, adj. chris- 
 tian : s. Christianity. 
 
 CHRISTMAS, s. The day on which 
 the nativity of Christ is celebrated, 
 pi. christmases. 
 
 CHROMATIC, adj. Relating to 
 the colour of light, and of natural 
 bodies, and to a species of ancient 
 music now unknown. 
 
 CHRO'NIC, CHRO'NICAL. adj. 
 Relating to diseases of long con- 
 tinuance, adv. chronically. 
 
 CHRONICLE, s. A brief history, 
 with dates, s. chronicler. 
 
 CHRONOL'OGY. 5. The science of 
 computing relative time. pi. chro 
 nologies: s. chronologist: adj. chro 
 nological: adv. chronologically. 
 
 CHRONOMETER, s. An instru 
 ment for the exact measurement 
 of time. 
 
 CHRY'SALIS. 5. An insect, such 
 as a butterfly, when changing from 
 its torpid state, pi. chrysales, 
 
 CHRYSOLITE, s. A precious 
 stone, of a dusky green, with £ 
 shade of yellow. 
 
 CHUB'BY, CHUB'-FACED. adj. 
 Having a large or fat face. 
 
 CHUCK'LE. v. To utter a smoth- 
 ered laugh, pr. par. chuckling; 
 past, chuckled. 
 
 CHUM. s. A chamber-fellow in the 
 universities. 
 
 CHUNK, s. A short, thick block, 
 or bit of wood. 
 
 CHURCH, s. The collective body 
 of Christians ; the body of Chris- 
 tians adhering to one particular' 
 form of worship ; the place which I 
 
 CHU— CIP 
 
 Christians consecrate to the wef- 
 ship of God. pi. churches: v. 
 church ; pr. par. churching ; past, 
 
 CHURCH'-WARDEN. s. An officer 
 yearly chosen to preserve the 
 property of a church. 
 CHURL, s. A rustic ; a rude, surlv, 
 ill-bred man; a miser, adj. churl- 
 ish: adv. churlishly: s. churlish- 
 ness. 
 
 CHURN, s. A vessel in which but- 
 ter is, by agitation, coagulated, 
 v. churn ; pr. par. churning ; past, 
 chi/rned : s. chumer. 
 CHYLE. 5. A white juice, formed 
 in the intestines, and afterwards 
 converted into blood, adj. chyla 
 ceous, chylous. 
 CHYM'IST . s. See Chemist. 
 CICATRICE, CICATRIX, s. The 
 
 scar remaining after a wound. 
 CICATRIZE, v. To apply such 
 medicines to wounds or ulcers, as 
 will cover them with a skin. pr. 
 par. cicatrizing ; past, cicatrized . 
 s. cicatrization. 
 CICERO'NE. 5. An Italian word, 
 used to signify a guide, pi. cice 
 roni. 
 
 Cl'DER. 5. The juice of apples, ex- 
 pressed and fermented. 
 (TMME'RI AN. adj. Extremely dvk 
 CINCTURE, s. Something' worn 
 
 round the body ; a bandage. 
 CIN'DER. s. A "mass of anv thing 
 burnt in the fire, but not reduced to 
 ashes ; a hot coal, that has ceased 
 to flame. 
 
 CINERA'TION. 5. The act of re- 
 ducing to ashes. 
 CIN'NAMON. 5, The fragrant bark 
 of a low tree in the island of Cey- 
 lon. 
 
 CINQUE, s. A five • a term used in 
 
 backgammon. 
 CI'ON. 5. A sprout ; a shoot from a 
 plant ; the shoot engrafted on a 
 stock. 
 
 CITHER. 5. Any arithmetical fig- 
 ure ; but in general denoting 0 ; 
 hence, the appellation to a person 
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CiR— CIR 
 
 of no efficiency, " a mere cipher :" 
 it also means, a secret mode of 
 corresponding, v. cipher ; pr. par. 
 ciphering,- past, ciphered: s. ci- 
 pherer. 
 
 CiRCEN'SIAN. adj. Relating to the 
 exhibitions in the amphitheatre of 
 Rome. 
 
 CIR'CLE. s. A line every where 
 equidistant from a common cen- 
 tre, v. circle; pr. par. circling; 
 past, circled. 
 
 CIRCUIT, s. Motion around ; com- 
 prehensive tour ; space ; extent, 
 adj. circuitous: adv. circuitously. 
 
 CIRCULATE, v. To move in a 
 circle; to flow around, pr. par. 
 circulating ; past, circulated : s. 
 circulation: adj. circulatory. 
 
 CIRCULAR, adj. Round, like a 
 circle ; Circular letter, a letter ad- 
 dressed to several persons, on 
 some common affair, adv. circu- 
 
 CIRCUMAM'BIENT. adj. Sur- 
 rounding, encompassing, going 
 round, s. circumambiency. 
 
 CIRCUMAMBULATE, v. To walk 
 around, pr. par. circumambulating; 
 past, circumambulated : s. circum- 
 ambulation: adj. circumambulato- 
 ry. 
 
 CIRCUMCISE, v. To perform a 
 certain religious ceremony, insti- 
 tuted by the Jews. pr. par. cir- 
 cumcising ; past, circumcised : s. 
 circumcision. 
 
 CIRCUMFERENCE, s. Boundary 
 of a circle ; the periphery, adj. 
 circumferential : adv. circumfe- 
 rentially. 
 
 CIRCUMFEREN'TOR. s. An in- 
 strument used in surveying. 
 
 CIRCUMFLEX, s. An accent used 
 to regulate the pronunciation of 
 svllables. pi. circumflexes. 
 
 CJRCUM'FLUENT. adj. Flowing 
 around, s. circumfl.uence. 
 
 CIRCUMFORA'NEOUS. adj. Wan- 
 dering from house to house. 
 
 CIRCUMFU'SE. v. To pour, to 
 spread around, pr. par. eir&mAl 
 
 cir— err 
 
 fusing; past, circumfused: s. 
 circumfusion. 
 CIRCUMJACENT, adj. Surround- 
 ing, lying round. 
 CIRCUMLOCUTION, s. Indirect 
 expression of words ; a circuit or 
 compass of words, adj. circumlo- 
 cutory. 
 
 CIRCUMNAVIGATE, v. To sail 
 around, pr. par. circumnavigat- 
 ing ; past, circumnavigated: adj. 
 circumnavigable : s. circumnavi- 
 gation. 
 
 CIRCUMSCRI'BE. v. To limit, by 
 a real or imaginary circle, pr. par. 
 circumscribing; past, circumscrib- 
 ed : s. circumscription: adj. cir- 
 cumscriptive. 
 CIRCUMSPECT, adj. Cautious, 
 attentive* watchful, s. circumspect 
 Hon, circumspectness : adv. cir- 
 cumspectly. 
 CIRCUMSTANCE, s. Something 
 relative to a fact ; incident ; con- 
 dition ; event, part. adj. circum* 
 stanced: adj. circumstantial: adv. 
 circumstantially. 
 CIRCUMVALLA'TION. s. A sur- 
 rounding wall; the fortification 
 thrown up around a place be- 
 sieged, v. circumvallate ; pr. par. 
 circumvallating ; past, circumval- 
 lated. 
 
 CIRCUMVENT', v. To deceive, to 
 cheat, to defeat by stratagem, pr, 
 par. circumventing; past, circum- 
 vented : s. circumvention. 
 CIRCUMVOLUTION, s. The act 
 
 of flying round. ■ 
 CIRCUMVOLVE'. v. To roll 
 around, pr. par. circumvolving ; 
 past, circumvolved : s. circumvo- 
 lution. 
 
 CIRCUS, s. An open place, or the- 
 atre, for equestrian exhibitions, 
 pi. circuses. 
 CIS'TERN. s. A small reservoir ; an 
 
 enclosed fountain. 
 CISTERTIAN. s. A monk of the 
 
 order of reformed Benedictines. 
 jCIT'ADEL. s. A fortress, a castle. 
 
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CIT— CLA CLA— CLA 
 
 I adj. clandestinely: s . clandestine- 
 j ness. 
 
 ! CLANG, s. A sharp, shrill noise. 
 | v - cUm S i pr- par. clanging ; past, 
 clanged. 
 
 CLANGOUR, CLANG'OR. s. A 
 
 loud, shrill sound. 
 | CLANK, v. To make a loud, rattling 
 noise, pr. par. clanking,- pas L 
 clanked. * 
 CLAP. v. To strike together, with 
 a quick motion; to applaud, pr. 
 par. clapping; past, clapped: s 
 clap, clapper. 
 CLAPBOARD, s. A narrow board 
 commonly used for the outermost 
 covering of houses in the new set- 
 tlements of America, v. clapboard, 
 pr. par. clapboarding ; past, clap 
 boarded. 
 
 CLARE-OBSCURE'. * Light and 
 
 shade in painting. 
 CLAR'ET. 5. A species of French 
 wine. 
 
 CLARIFY, v. To clear from im- 
 purities, pr. par. clarifying; past, 
 clarified: s. clarification. 
 CLA'RION. s. A trumpet. 
 CLARIONET, s. A kind of wind 
 
 instrument. 
 CLASH, v. To make a noise, by 
 mutual collision; to oppose, pr. 
 par. clashing; past, clashed:, ft. 
 clash. 
 
 CLASP. 5. A hook to hold anv thing 
 close: an embrace, v. clasp; pr! 
 par. clasping ; past, clasped. 
 CLASS, s. A rank or order of per- 
 sons or things ; a number of \ oung 
 persons learning the same lesson, 
 pi. classes : v. class; pr. par. classl 
 ing ; past, classed. 
 CLAS'SIFY. *. To arrange in | 
 classes, pr. par. cJa^sif>/:jia- : past, 
 classified: s. classifier, classjfica- 
 tion 
 
 CITE. v. To summon ; to quote as 
 authority, pr. par. citing; past, 
 
 rrT'r/i4' a7a lT ; citaior ^ 
 ^1 1 ll&n. s. A freeman of a city ; 
 
 a townsman; an inhabitant, s. 
 
 citizenship. 
 CI T'RON. s. A large kind of lemon. 
 CITT. s. An incorporated town, 
 
 having a mayor; an ancient town 
 
 claiming this title, by prescription. 
 
 pi. cities. 
 
 CI VET. s A perfume from the civet 
 cat. 
 
 CIVIC, adj. Relating to civil hon- 
 ours ; not military. 
 
 CIVIL, adj. Relating to the com- 
 munity in general; mild; oblig- 
 ing. s . civility, pi. civilities: adv. 
 civilly : v. civilize ; pr. par. civil- 
 izing; past, civilized: s. civiiiza 
 Hon. 
 
 CIVILIAN, s. One who professes a 
 knowledge of the old civil or Ro 
 man law, and of general equity. 
 
 CLACK, s. A lasting and importu 
 nate noise. 
 
 CLAD. Preterit and past par. of the 
 v. clothe. 
 
 CLAIM, v. To demand as a right ; 
 to require authoritatively, pr. par! 
 claiming; past, chimed': s. claim, 
 claimant: adj. claimable. 
 
 CLAM. s. A species of shell-fish. 
 
 CLAM'BER. v. To climb with diffi- 
 culty, pr. par. clambering past, 
 clambered. 
 
 CLAM'MY. adj. Viscous, glutinous, 
 s. clamminess. 
 
 CLAM'OUR, CLAM'OR. s. Vehe- 
 ment outcry, exclamation, vocife- 
 ration, adj. clamorous: adv. c/ara 
 ourously: v. clamour; pr. par 
 clamouring : past, clamoured, 
 CLAMP, s. A piece of wood joined, 
 to another, as an addition of 
 strength ; a heap of turf or bricks. 
 CLAN. s. A familv ; a race : a body 
 or sect of people, adj. clannish; 
 s. clan*/))/). 
 CLANDESTINE, adj. Secret; done 
 in a manner to elude observation. 
 
 CLAS'SIO, CLASSICAL, adj. R e 
 latiug to ancient literature, and 
 to architecture; and to modern 
 literature of the bigrheit rank. s. 
 classics: adv. classically. 
 
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CLA— CLE 
 CLATTER, v. To make . a noise, 
 
 CLE-CLI 
 
 ,by striking two sonorous bodies 
 together, pr. par. clattering ; past, 
 clattered: s. clatter, claiterer, clat- 
 tering 
 
 CLAUSE, s. A sentence; an article 
 or particular stipulation 
 
 CLAW. s. The foot of a beast or 
 bird, armed with sharp nails ; the 
 pincers or holders of a shell-fish 
 v. claw: pr. par. clawing; past, 
 clawed. 
 
 CLAY. s. Unctuous and tenacious 
 
 earth ; earth in general, v. clay ; 
 
 pr. par. claying; past, clayed: 
 
 adj. clayey. 
 CLAY'MORE. s. A two-handed 
 
 sword. 
 
 CLEAN, adj. Free from dirt ; neat. 
 y. clean; pr. par. cleaning; past, 
 cleaned : s. cleanliness, cleanness : 
 adj. cleanly. 
 
 CLEANSE, v. To free from dirt; 
 to purify ; to scour, pr. par, 
 cleansing; past, cleansed: s 
 cleanser. 
 
 CLEAR, adj. Bright, transparent, 
 serene, perspicuous, evident, v 
 clear; pr. par. clearing; past 
 cleared: s. clearer, clearance, clear- 
 ness : adv. clearly. 
 
 CLEARING, s. In the United States, 
 signifies that part of a forest, 
 which is in a state of preparation 
 for the plough, 
 
 C L E A R- S 1 G 1 1 T'ED. adj. Perspica- 
 cious ; discerning, s. clearsighted- 
 ness. 
 
 CLEAVE, v. To adhere, to stick, to 
 unite aptly, pr. par. cleaving; past, 
 cleaved : s. cleaver. 
 
 CLEAVE, v. To divide with vio- 
 lence ; to split, pr. par. cleaving; 
 past, cloven or cleft : s. cleever. 
 
 CLEF. 5. A term in music. 
 
 CLEFT. Past par. of the v. to cleave. 
 
 CLEG. s. A horse-fly. 
 
 CLEM'ENCY. 5. Mercy, remission 
 of severity, pi. clemencies : adj. 
 clement: adv. clemently. 
 CLENCH, v. See Clinch. | 
 F2 
 
 CLER'GY. s. The body of men, ap 
 pointed by due ordination, lor the 
 service of God. 
 CLERGYMAN, s. A man in holy 
 
 orders, pi. clergymen, 
 CLER'iCAL. adj. Relating to the 
 
 clergy, adv. clerically. 
 CLERK, s. A clergyman ; a man 
 employed under another, as wri- 
 ter ; the layman who reads the 
 responses to the congregation in 
 the church, to direct the rest. s. 
 clerkship. 
 CLEVER, adj. Dexterous, skilful, 
 just, fit, proper, adv. cleverly: s, 
 cleverness. 
 CLEW. s. Thread wound around 
 something ; a guide ; a direction, 
 v. clew; pr. par. clewing; past, 
 clewed. 
 
 CLiCK. s. A sharp, small, succes- 
 sive noise, pr. par. clicking ; past, 
 clicked. 
 
 CLl'ENT. 5. One who applies to an 
 advocate for counsel and defence; 
 a dependant. 
 CLIFF, s. A steep rock. 
 CLIFT. 5. A large split in a rock, 
 
 adj. clifted. 
 CLIMACTERIC, CLlMAC'TRia 
 s. .Relating to a period of life, 
 when some great change is sup- 
 posed to befal the body. . 
 CLI'MATE. 5. A space upon the 
 surface of the earth, measured 
 from the equator to the polar cir- 
 cles, in each of which spaces the 
 longest day is half an hour in 
 length ; a region or tract of land 
 differing from another by the tem- 
 perature of the air. 
 CLI'MAX. s. Gradation ; ascent ; a 
 figure in rhetoric, by which a sen- 
 tence rises gradually, pi. climaxes. 
 CLIMB, v. To ascend with labour ; 
 to mount, pr. par. climbing; past, 
 climbed: s. climber. 
 CLIME, s. Climate, region, tract of 
 earth. 
 
 CLINCH, v. To hold in the hand 
 with the fingers bent ; to confine ; 
 to fix ; to bend the point of a nail, 
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 CLI— CLO 
 
 pr. par. clinching ; past, clinched ; 
 s. clinch. 
 
 CLING, v. To hang upon, by twin- 
 ing around, pr. par. clinging; 
 past, clung : s. dinger. 
 
 CL.'N'iC, CLINICAL, adj. Relating 
 to a person who from sickness is 
 compelled to remain in bed. A 
 " clinical lecture" is delivered by 
 a medical professor at the bed- 
 side, adv. clinically. 
 
 CLINK, v. To strike, so as to make 
 a small,- sharp noise, pr. par. clink- 
 ing ; past, clinked: s. clink. 
 
 CLI P. v. To curtail, to cut short. 
 . pr. par. clipping; past, clipped: s. 
 clip , clipper. 
 
 CLOAK, s. An outer garment; a 
 concealment, pr. par. cloaking; 
 past, cloaked. 
 
 CLOCK, s. The instrument which 
 tells the hour, by striking upon a 
 bell ; a sort, of beetle. 
 
 CLOCK, v. To cluck ; to call as a 
 hen calls her chickens, pr. par. 
 clocking; past, clocked. 
 
 CLOD. s. A lump Of earth, .v. dod; 
 pr. par. clodding ; past, clodded. 
 
 CLOD HOP' PER, ) A 
 
 CLOD'POLL, > f c ' a 
 
 CLODTATE. ) c,own - 
 
 CLOG. v. To load with something 
 that may hinder motion ; to ob- 
 struct ; to burthen, pr. par. clog- 
 ging ; past, clogged: s. clog. 
 
 CLOG. s. A coarse shoe, with a 
 wooden sole. 
 
 CLOISTER, s. A place of religious 
 seclusion, v. cloister; pr. par. 
 cloistering ; past, cloistered : adj 
 cloistral. 
 
 CLOSE, v. To shut, to conclude, to 
 end. pr. par. closing; past, closed: 
 adj. close : adv. closely : s. close- 
 ness. 
 
 CLOS'ET. 5. A small room for re- 
 tirement, or for the preservation 
 of valuable things, v. closet ; pr. 
 par. closeting; past, closeted. 
 
 CLOT. s. Concretion, coagulation, 
 v. clot; pr. par. clotting; past, 
 clotted: adj. clotty. 
 
 CLO— CLU 
 
 CLOTH, s. Any thing woven for 
 
 dress or covering. 
 CLOTHE, v. To cover with cloth ; 
 to dress, pr. par. clothing; p;ist, 
 clothed : s. pi. clothes ; s. clothier , 
 clothing. 
 
 CLOUD, s. An opaque assemblage in 
 the sky; any state of obscurity or 
 darkness, v. cloud ; pr. par. cloud- 
 ing ; past, clouded : adv . cloudily : 
 adj. cloudy , cloudless: s. cloudi- 
 
 CLOUD'CAPT. adj. Topped with 
 ! clouds. 
 
 CLOVE, s. A kind of spice. 
 CLOVE. The preterit of the v. 
 
 ! cleave. 
 
 CLOTEN. The past par. of the v. 
 
 | cleave. 
 
 CLOVEN-FOOT'ED. adj. Having 
 I the hoof divided into two parts. 
 CLO'VER. s. A species of trefoil. 
 ! adj. clover ed. 
 
 CLOWN, s. A rustic ; a coarse, 111- 
 | bred man ; one who makes sport 
 at a theatrical entertainment, adj. 
 j clownish : adv. clownishly : s. 
 ! clownishness. 
 
 CLOY. v. To satiate, to surfeit, pr. 
 1 par. cloying ; past, cloyed. 
 CLUB. 5. A heavy stick ; the name 
 of one of the suits of cards ; a so- 
 ciety which meets at stated times, 
 v. club ; pr. par. clubbing ; pa6t 
 clubbed. 
 
 CLUB-FOOTED, adj. Having short 
 
 or crooked feet. 
 CLUCK, v. To call chickens, as a 
 hen. pr. par. clucking; past, 
 clucked. 
 
 CLUE, CLEW. s. Thread wound 
 around something ; a guide ; a 
 direction. 
 CLUMP, s. A shapeless piece of 
 I wood or other matter; a cluster 
 I of trees. 
 
 CLUM'SY. adj. Awkward, heavy, 
 artless, unhandy, adv. clumsily: 
 s. clumsiness. 
 CLUNG. The preterit and past pat 
 of the v. cling. 
 
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CLU-COC 
 
 CLUSTER, s. A bunch ; a number 
 of things of the same kind grow- 
 ing or joined together, v. cluster; 
 
 r/ivr dr ' clusierin *>' P a st, clustered. 
 
 CLUTCH, v. To gripe, to grasp, 
 pr. par. clutching; past, clutched: 
 s. clutch. 
 
 CLUTTER, s. A noise, a bustle, v. 
 clatter; pr. par. cluttering; past, 
 cluttered. 
 
 ■ COACH, s. A carriage of pleasure 
 or state. 
 
 COAD'JUTOR. x An assistant; a 
 
 partner, adj. coadjutant. 
 COAG'ULATE. v. To curdle; to 
 
 form into concretions, pr. par. 
 
 coagulating; past, coagulated: s. 
 
 coagulation, coagulalor: adj. co- 
 
 agulative. 
 COAL. s. The common fossil fuel ; 
 
 the cinder of burnt wood; char-i 
 
 coal. 
 
 COALES'CE. v. To unite, to grow 
 together, to join. pr. par. coalesc-' 
 ing; past, coalesced: s. coales- 
 cence. 
 
 COALITION. s . The act of coa- 
 lescing; persons combined. 
 
 COARSE, adj. Not refined; rude,! 
 gross, unaccomplished. adv.l 
 coarsely: g. coarseness. 
 
 COAST, s. The edge or margin ofj 
 the land next the sea. v. coast; 
 pr. par. coasting; past, coasted: 
 s. coaster. 
 
 COAT. s. The upper garment ; ves- 
 ture, v. coat; pr. par. coating; 
 past, coated, 
 
 COAX. v. To wheedle, to flatter, 
 pr. par. coaxing; past, coaxed: s. 
 coaxer. 
 
 COB. s. The spike of an ear of 
 maize ; the core, after the corn is 
 taken off. 
 
 COB'BLE. v. To mend any thing 
 
 coarsely. pr . par. cobbling; past, 
 
 cobbled: s. cobbler. 
 COB'WEB. s. The web or net of a 
 
 spider, adj. cobwebbed. 
 COCH'INEAL. s. An insect from 
 
 which a red colour is extracted. | 
 
 COC—CO* 
 COCKA'DE. t . A ribbon worn in 
 ! the hat. 
 
 COCKLE, s. A small shell-fish ; a 
 | weed that grows in corn. 
 COCKNEY, s. An ill-bred native of 
 i London. 
 
 COCKTIT. s. The area where 
 cocks fight ; a place on the lower 
 deck of a man of war, where are 
 subdivisions for the purser, sur- 
 I geon, and his mates. 
 IjCOCK'SWAIN. s. A pettv officer 
 on board of a man of war. pro- 
 I nounced cok'-sn. 
 ' CO'COA. 5. A kind of plant. 
 .COD. s.. A kind of fish : codling, a 
 jj young cod. . 
 
 , CODE. s. A system of laws or regfr- 
 1 lations. & 
 | CODICIL, s. A supplement to a 
 J will. 
 
 COD'DLE. v. To parboil, pr. par. 
 
 I coddling; past, coddled. 
 [jCO-EFFI'ClENT. adj. Uniting in 
 j action, s. co-efficacy, co-efficiency, 
 ! pl. co-efficacies, co efficiencies. 
 CO-E'QUAL. adj. Equal to another. 
 I co-equality, pl. co-equalities. 
 COERCE', v. To force, to restrain. 
 
 pr. par. coercing; past, coerced: 
 I s> c °ercer, coercion: adj. coercive: 
 i adv. coercivelv. 
 
 CO-ESSENTIAL, adj. Participating 
 [ of the same essence, adv. co -essen- 
 tially. 
 
 CO ETER'NAL. adj. Equally eter- 
 I aal. adv. co - eternally : s . co-eter- 
 I n ityi co-eternities. 
 COE'VAL. adj. Equally ancient ; 
 
 living in the same age. 
 CO-EXIST', v. To exist at the same 
 time, pr. par. co-existing; past, 
 co-existed: s. co-existence : adj. co- 
 existent. 
 
 CO-EXTEND', v. To reach to an 
 equal distance, pr. par. co-extend- 
 ing; past, co-extended: s. co-ex 
 ten sion : adj . • co-extensive. 
 COFFEE, s. The berry of the cof- 
 fee tree ; a drink made by the in - 
 fusion of the berries in hot water. 
 
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COF— COI 
 
 COFFER, s. A chest, generally for 
 
 keeping monev. 
 COF'FiN. s. A" chest in which a 
 
 dead human body is interred. 
 COG. s. The tooth of a wheel, adj. 
 
 cogged. 
 
 CO'GENT. adj. Forcible, powerful, 
 convincing, adv. cogently : s. co- 
 gency, pi. cogencies. 
 
 COMITATE, v. To think, pr. par. 
 cogitating; past, cogitated: s. 
 cogitation: adj. cogitative. 
 
 COGNATE, adj. Kindred. 
 
 COGNITION, s. Knowledge; the 
 power of knowing. 
 
 COG'NIZANCE. s. Judicial notice • 
 judicial authority, adj. cognizable. 
 
 COHAB'IT. v. To dwell with an- 
 other; to live together, as hus- 
 band and wife. pr. par. cohabit- 
 ing,- past, cohabited: s. cohabit- 
 ant, cohabitation. 
 
 COHE'IR. s. One of two or more 
 persons who inherit the same 
 estate, fern, coheiress, pi. coheir- 
 esses. 
 
 COHE'RE. v. To stick together ; to 
 suit. pr. par cohering; past, co- 
 hered: s. coherence, coherency: 
 adj. coherent. 
 COHE'SION. s. Act of cohering, 
 adj. cohesive: adv. cohesively : s. 
 cohesiveness. 
 CO'HORT. s. A troop of soldiers, 
 in the Roman armies, containino- 
 about five hundred foot. 
 COIF. s. A hood, a cap. adj. coifed, 
 COIL. v. To gather into a narrow 
 compass, pr. par. coiling; past, 
 coiled: s. coil. 
 COIN. s. In architecture, a corner ; 
 money stamped with a legal im- 
 pression, v. coin ; pr. par. coining ; 
 past, coined: s. coinage, coiner. 
 COINCI'DE. v. To meet in the same 
 point; to agree, pr. par. coincid- 
 ing; past, coincided: s. coinci- 
 dence: adj. coincident: ad?, coin- 
 cide n thi. 
 
 COITION, s. The act by which two 
 bodies come together. 
 
 COK-COL 
 
 COKE. i. Pit-coal which has been 
 
 charred. 
 COL'ANDER. s . A strainer. 
 COLD. adj. Wanting heat ; having 
 sense of cold ; reserved; not cor- 
 dial, s. cold, coldness: adv. coldlu. 
 COLD-BLOODED, adj. Without 
 
 feeling; cruel: 
 COLD-HEART'ED. adj. Indifferent, 
 wanting passion, s. cold-hearied- 
 ness. 
 
 COLE'WORT. 5. A species of cab- 
 bage. 
 
 COLLA'PSE. v. To fall together, 
 pr. par. collapsing ; past, collaps- 
 ed : s. collapsion. 
 COL'LAR. s . A band for the neck, 
 v. collar; pr. par. collaring; past, 
 collared. 
 
 COLLATE, v. To compare one 
 copy or thing with another of the 
 'same kirrd ; to place in an eccle- 
 siastical benefice, pr. par. collat- 
 ing; past, collated: s. collation, 
 collator. 
 
 COLLATERAL, adj. Side to side, 
 running parallel; not lineal, as a 
 son is related to his father, but re- 
 lated as uncles, nephews, and 
 cousins, adv. collaterally. 
 COL'LEAGL'E. s. A partner in of- 
 fice-; an associate, v. colleague'; 
 pr. par. colleaguing ; past/ co/- 
 leagved. 
 
 COLLECT', v. To gather, to assem- 
 ble, pr. par. collecting ; past, col- 
 lected: s. collection, collector: adj. 
 collective: adv. collectively. 
 COL'LECT. 5. A short, compendi- 
 ous prayer. 
 COL'LEGE. g. A community; a 
 public place of studv ; a state- 
 assembly, s. collegian : adj. col- 
 legiate. 
 
 COLLIER, s. A digger of coals : a 
 dealer in coals ; a ship th <t carries 
 coals, s. colliery, pi. collieries. 
 COLLIGATION. 5. The act of 
 bindino- together. 
 
 COLLI SION, s. The act of striking 
 together; a clash, adj. collisive. 
 
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COL— COL 
 
 COL'LOCATE. v. To place togeth-i 
 er; to station, pr. par. collocating ;\ 
 past, collocated: s. collocation, 
 collocator. 
 
 COLLOCUTION. *. Conference, 
 conversation. 
 
 COL'LOQUY. s. Conference; con- 
 versation, adj. colloquial. 
 
 COLLU'DE. v. To play in concert, 
 so as to cheat ; to conspire in a 
 fraud, pr. par. colluding; past, 
 colluded. 
 
 COLLUSION, s. Act of colluding, 
 adj. collusive, collusory : adv. col- 
 lusvoely. 
 
 CO'LON. s. A grammatical point (:), 
 used to mark a pause greater than 
 that of a semicolon. 
 
 COL'ONEL. s. The chief command- 
 er of a regiment. 
 
 COL'ONY. s. A body of people set- 
 tled in a foreign country; the 
 country where they reside, pi. 
 colonies: s. colonist: adj. colonial: 
 v. colonize; pr. par. colonizing; 
 past, colonized: s. colonization. 
 
 COLONNA'DE. s. A range of insu- 
 lated columns. 
 
 COLOS'SUS. s. A statue of enor- 
 mous magnitude. Latin pi. colossi : 
 adj. colossal. 
 
 COL'OUR. s. The appearance of 
 bodies to the eye; hue; die; pre- 
 tence, s. colouring: v. colour; 
 pr. par. colouring; past, coloured: 
 adj. colourless. 
 
 COL'OURS. s. A standard; an en- 
 sign of war. 
 
 COLT. s. A young horse. 
 
 COL'TER. 5. The sharp iron of a 
 plough, that cuts perpendicularly 
 to the share. 
 
 COL'UMBARY. s. A dove-cot; a 
 pigeon-house, pi. columbaries. 1 
 
 COL'UMBINE. s. A species of 
 plant ; the name of the chief fe- 
 male in a pantomime. 
 
 COLUMN, s. A round pillar, by i 
 which something is supported ; ' a 
 body of any thing, pressing verti- 
 cally, upon its base; a body of 
 troops, formed into an oblong; a I 
 
 COL-€OM 
 
 ! section Of a page, when divided 
 
 equally, by a perpendicular line. 
 COLU'RES. s. Two great circles, 
 imagined to pass through the poles 
 of the world ; one through the 
 equinoctial, the other through the 
 solstitial points. 
 COMB. s. An instrument to sepa- 
 rate and adjust the hair; the crest 
 of a cock ; the cavities in which 
 bees lodge their honey, v. comb ; 
 pr. par. combing ; past, combed: s. 
 comber. 
 
 COM'BAT. v. To fight, to oppose, 
 pr. par. combating ; past, combat- 
 ed: s. combat, combatant. 
 COMBI'NE. v. To join together ; to 
 settle by compact ; to coalesce, 
 pr. par. combining; past, combin- 
 ed: s. combination. 
 COMBUSTIBLE, adj. Susceptible 
 of ignition, s. combustibility, com- 
 bustion. 
 
 COME. v. To draw near ; to arrive 
 at ; to be derived from. pr. par. 
 coming; past, come. 
 COM'EDY. s. A dramatic represen- 
 tation of the lighter faults of man- 
 kind ; an amusing drama, pi. 
 comedies: s. comedian: adj. comic, 
 comical: adv. comically. 
 COME'LY. adj. Graceful, decent; 
 handsome, adv. comely : s. comeli- 
 ness. 
 
 COM'ET. s. A sort of planet. 
 COM'FIT. s. A kind of sweetmeat. 
 COM'FORT. v. To strengthen, to 
 enliven, to invigorate, to console, 
 pr. par. comforting; past, com- 
 forted : s. comfort, comforter : 
 adj. comfortable, comfortless : adv. 
 comfortably. 
 COM'FREY. s. A species of plant. 
 COM'IC, COM'ICAL. adj. Raising 
 mirth; merry; relating to come- 
 dv. adv. comically. 
 COM'TTY. s. Courtesy, civility. 
 COM'MA. 5. A grammatical point 
 ( , ) denoting the shortest pause 
 in reading ; in music, the ninth 
 part of a tone. 
 COMMAND', v. To govern, to trive 
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COM — COM 
 
 orders, to direct, pr. par. com- 
 manding ; past, commanded : s. 
 command, commander, command- 
 ant, commandment : adj. command- 
 atory. 
 
 COMMEM'ORATE. v. To preserve 
 the memory of, by some public 
 act. pr. par. commemorating; past, 
 commemorated : s. commemoration: 
 adj. commemorable, commemora- 
 tive. 
 
 COMME'NCE. v. To begin; to make 
 a beginning, pr. par. commencing ; 
 past, commenced: s. commence- 
 ment. A Commencement, at a col- 
 lege, signifies the day on which 
 degrees are conferred. 
 
 COMMEND', v. To recommend, to 
 approve, pr. par. commending; 
 past, commended: s. commenda- 
 tion: adj. commendable, commend- 
 atory : adv. commendably. 
 
 COMMEN'DAM. s. A church ben- 
 efice, given in trust. 
 
 COMMEN'S URATE. adj.Equal, pro- 
 portionate, adv. commensurately : 
 s. commensuration : adj. commen- 
 surable; adv. commensurably. 
 
 COMMENT', v. To remark, to an- 
 notate, pr. par. commenting; past, 
 commented: s. com'ment, commen- 
 tary, commentator, pi. commenta- 
 ries, commentators. 
 
 COM'MERCE. s. Trade; traffic 
 with foreign nations ; intercourse, 
 adj. commercial: adv. commer- 
 cially. 
 
 COMMIN'GLE. v. To mix, to blend, 
 pr. par. commingling; past, com- 
 mingled. 
 
 COMMIS'ERATE. v. To pity, to 
 compassionate, pr. par. commise- 
 rating ; past, commiserated: s. 
 commiseration, commiserafor : adj. 
 commiserable. 
 
 COMMISSA'RIAT. adj. Relating to 
 the commissary department of an 
 army. 
 
 COM'MISSARY. s. A delegate, a 
 deputv ; an officer who furnishes 
 provisions and ammunition for an 
 army. pi. commissaries. 
 
 COM— COM 
 
 COMMISSION, s. The act of com- 
 mitting; the act of intrusting; a 
 warrant; a trust; a charge, v. 
 commission ; pr. par. commission- 
 ing ; past, commissioned: s. com- 
 mission^ commissioner. 
 COMMIT', v. To intrust; to per- 
 petrate ; to send to prison, pr. 
 par. committing ; past, committed': 
 s. commitment, committal, commit- 
 tee. 
 
 COMMIX', v. To mingle, to blend, 
 pr. par. commixing ; past, com- 
 mixed s. commixture. 
 COMMO'DE. s. A night-chair. 
 COMMO'DIOUS. adj. Convenient, 
 suitable, useful, adv. commodious- 
 ly : s. commodiousness. 
 COMMODITY, s. Wares, merchan- 
 dise, pi. commodities. 
 COM'MODORE. s. The captain who 
 
 commands a squadron of ships. 
 COM'MON. adj. General, vulgar, 
 public, mean. s. common, common- 
 alty , commoner, commonness : adv. 
 commonly. 
 COM'MON PLACE, adj. Relating to 
 an ordinary or common topic ; 
 trite ; vulgar. 
 COMMON WE' AL. s. Public good. 
 COM'MONWEALTH. 5. A repub- 
 lic. 
 
 COM'MORANCE. s. Dwelling, hab- 
 itation, adj. commorant. 
 COMMORIENT, adj. Dying at the 
 
 same time. 
 COMxMOTION. s. Tumult, disturb- 
 ance, agitation. 
 COMMOTE, p. To disturb, to agi- 
 tate, pr. par. commoving; past, 
 commoved. 
 COMMU'NE. v. To partake in com- 
 mon ; to converse ; mutually to 
 impart sentiments, pr. nar. com- 
 tmming; past, communed : s. com- 
 mvnion. 
 
 COMMU'NICATE. r. To have in- 
 tercourse ; to impart : to reveal ; 
 to receive the sacrnment. pr. par. 
 communicating ; past, communi- 
 cated: s. commv mention : adj 
 coiiimitnicaiive communicable. 
 
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COM—COM 
 
 com— Com 
 
 COMMU'NION. s. Intercourse; par-f 
 ticipation; sacrament, s. commu- 
 nicant. 
 
 COMMUNITY, s. The state of 
 being common ; people united 
 into a society, and having a com- 
 mon interest, pi. communities. 
 COMMUTE, v. To change, to sub- 
 stitute, pr. par. commuting; past, 
 commuted: adj. commutable : s: 
 commutation. 
 , COMTACT. 5. An agreement, a 
 contract. 
 
 COMPACT', adj. Firm, solid, join- 
 ed, v. compact ; pr. par. compact- 
 ing ; past, compacted, adv. com- 
 pactly : s. compactness. 
 
 CoMPA'NION. 5. An associate; a 
 partner, adj. companionable. 
 
 COM'PANY. s. Persons assembled 
 together, a mercantile association; 
 a band; a subdivision of a regi- 
 ment ; fellowship ; state of being 
 together, pi. companies. 
 
 COMPA'RE. v. To judge, or esti- 
 mate relatively, things which have 
 some resemblance, pr. par. com- 
 paring ; past, compared: s. com- 
 parison: adj. comparable, compa- 
 rative: adv. comparably, compara- 
 tively. 
 
 COMPARTMENT, s. An apart- 
 ment. 
 
 COMTASS. v. To encircle, to sur- 
 round, to effect, to attain, pr. par. 
 compassing; past, compassed: s. 
 compass. 
 
 COMTASS. s. Circle, extent, reach; 
 an instrument composed of a 
 magnetic needle and card; an 
 instrument with which circles are 
 drawn, pi. compasses. 
 
 COMPAS'SION. s. Pity, commis- 
 eration, painful sympathy, v. 
 compassionate ; pr. par. compas- 
 sionating; past, compassionated: 
 adj. compassionate: adv. compas- 
 sionately. 
 
 COMPATIBLE, adj. Suitable, con- 
 sistent, agreeable, s. compatibili- 
 ty^ pi. compatibilities: adv. com- 
 patibly (J 
 
 ^ COMPATRIOT, s. One of the 
 
 same country; a fellow-patriot. 
 COMPE'ER. s. An equal, a compan- 
 ion. 
 
 COMPEL', v. To force, to oblige, 
 to constrain, pr. par. compelling; 
 past, compelled: adj. compellable. 
 COMPENDIOUS, adj. Short, sum- 
 mary, abridged, adv. compendious- 
 ly : s. compendiousness. 
 COMPENDIUM, s. Abridgment, 
 abstract. 
 
 COMPENSATE, v. To recom- 
 pense, to counterbalance, pr. par. 
 compensating; past, compensated: 
 s. compensation: adj. compensa- 
 tive. 
 
 COMTETENCE, COMTETENCY, 
 s. Sufficiency, ability, pi. compe- 
 tences, competencies adj. compe- 
 tent: adv. competently. 
 COMPETITION, s. Rivalship, con- 
 test, s. competitor. 
 COMPI'LE. v. To collect from the' 
 works of others ; to compose, pr-* 
 par. compiling; past, compiled: 
 s. compilation, compiler. 
 COMPLA'CENCE, COMPLA'CEN- 
 CY. s. Tranquillity; ease of mind; 
 satisfaction ; civility, adj. compla- 
 cent : adv. Complacently. 
 COMPLAI'N. v. To mention with 
 sorrow or resentment; to mur- 
 mur ; to lament, pr. par. com- 
 plaining; past, complained: s. 
 complaint. 
 COMPLAISA'NCE. s. Civility ; de- 
 sire of pleasing, adj. complaisant: 
 adv. complaisantly . 
 COM'PLEMENT. s. Generally sig- 
 nifies a just quantity; complete 
 
 COMPLETE, adj. Perfect, full, 
 finished, v. complete; pr. par. 
 completing ; past, completed: adv. 
 completely: s. completeness, com- 
 pletion. 
 
 COMTLEX. adj. Of many parts 
 entangled, s. complexity, pi. com- 
 plexities : adv. complexly. . 
 COMPLETION, s. Appearance, 
 [ (all the colours, or all the circuits 
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COM—COM 
 
 COM— CON 
 
 stances, being seen in one view,) 
 colour of the face. 
 
 COMTLICATE. v. To render com- 
 piex ; to entangle one with an- 
 other; to join. pr. par. compli- 
 cating; past, complicated: s. com- 
 plication: adj. complicated. 
 
 COM'PLIMENT. s. A flattering ex- 
 pression or act of civility, v. com- 
 pliment; pr. par. complimenting; 
 past, complimented: adj. compli- 
 mental, complimentary. 
 
 COMPLY', v. To yield to ; to ac- 
 cord with. pr. par. complying; 
 past, complied: s. compliance: 
 adj. compliant: adv. compliantly. 
 
 COMPONENT. s. That which con- 
 stitutes a compound body. 
 
 COMPORT', v. To agree, to suit ; 
 (followed by with) pr. par. com- 
 porting ; past, comported : s. com- 
 portment. 
 
 COMPO'SE. v. To put together; 
 to invent ; to calm. pr. par. com- 
 posing ; past, composed: adv. com- 
 posedly: -b. composer ', composi- 
 tion, composure. 
 
 COMPOSITE, adj. Of several 
 kinds. 
 
 COMPO'SITOR. s. He that ranges 
 and adjusts the types for printing. 
 
 COM'POST. s. A mixture for ma- 
 nure. 
 
 COMPOUND, v. To mix, to com- 
 bine, pr. par. compounding; past, 
 compounded: s. com 1 pound, com- 
 pounder : adj . compound. 
 
 COMPREHEND', v. To include, to 
 understand, to comprise, pr. par. 
 comprehending ; past, compre- 
 hended: s. comprehension: adj. 
 comjtrehensible, comprehensive : 
 adv. comprehensibly, comprehen- 
 sively. 
 
 COMPRESS', v. To press together, 
 to condense, pr. par. compressing; 
 past, compressed: adj. compressi- 
 ble: s. compressibility, compressi- 
 bilities, compression. 
 
 COMPRI'SE. t\ To contain, to in- 
 clude, pr. par. comprising ; past, 
 eomprised: ■■ comfrisal. 
 
 COM'PROMISE. s. Mutual abate 
 
 ment ; concession, v. compromise; 
 
 pr. par. compromising; past, 
 
 compromised: s. compromiser. 
 COMPROMiS'SION. s. Act of com 
 
 promitting. 
 COMPROMIT'. v. To pledge; to 
 
 involve, to entangle. pr. par. 
 
 compr -omitting ; past, compromit 
 
 ted. 
 
 COMPUL'SION. s. Act of compell- 
 ing; for^e. adj. compulsory, com- 
 pulsive: adv. compulsively. 
 
 COMPUNCTION, s. Uneasiness of 
 conscience; repentance; contri- 
 tion, adj. compunctious. 
 
 COMPU'TE. v. To reckon, to cal- 
 culate, to count, pr. par. comput- 
 ing; past, computed: s. computa- 
 tion, computer: adj. compute, com- 
 putable. 
 
 COM'RADE. s. A companion, a 
 partner. 
 
 CON. v. To study ; to commit to 
 memory, pr. par. conning; past, 
 conned. 
 
 CONCATENATE, v. To link to- 
 gether, pr. par. concatenating, 
 past, concatenated: s. concatena 
 tion. 
 
 CONCAVE, adj. Hollow; opposed 
 to convex, s. concavity, pi. con- 
 cavities. 
 
 CONCEAL', v. To hide; to keep 
 secret; not to divulge, pr. pnr. 
 concealing; past, concealed: s. 
 concealer, concealment: adj. con- 
 cealable. 
 
 CONCE'DE. v. To admit, to grant, 
 to yield, pr. par. conceding; past, 
 conceded. 
 
 CONCEIT', s. Thought, opinion 
 pride, v. conceit; pr. par. con 
 ceiling; past, conceited: adv. con 
 ceitedly: s. conceitedness. 
 
 CONCEI'VE. v. To form in the 
 mind ; to comprehend ; to think \ 
 to become pregnant, pr. par. con- 
 ctiring; past, conceived: adj. con- 
 ceivable. 
 
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CON— CON 
 
 CONCENTRATE, v. To bring 
 towards the centre; to bring to- 
 gether, pr. par. concentrating- ; 
 past, concentrated: s. concentra- 
 tion 
 
 CONCENTRIC, CONCENTR1C- 
 AL. adj. Having one common cen- 
 tre, adv. concentrically. 
 
 CONCEPTION, s. Act of conceiv- 
 ing; thing conceived; idea; know- 
 ledge. 
 
 CONCERN', s. Business, participa- 
 tion, regard, v. concern,- pr. par. 
 concerning; past, concerned. 
 
 CONCERT', v. To settle any thing 
 in private, by mutual communica- 
 tion ; to settle, to contrive, pr. 
 p r. concerting; past, concerted. 
 
 OON'CERT. s. Communication of 
 designs ; an assembly of musicians, 
 performing before an audience. 
 
 CONCERTO, s. A piece of music, 
 composed for a concert. 
 
 CONCESSION, s. Act of conced- 
 ing, or yielding; a grant, adj. 
 concessionary. 
 
 CONCH, s. A kind of shell. 
 
 CONCHOL'OGY. s. A description 
 of shell-fish, or of shells; the 
 science which treats of shell-fish. 
 
 CONCILIATE, v. To gain the fa- 
 vour of; to reconcile, pr. par. 
 conciliating, past, conciliated: s. 
 conciliation, conciliator: adj. con- 
 ciliatory. 
 
 CONCl'SE. adj. Brief, short, adv. 
 concisely: s. concision, conciseness. 
 
 CON'CLAVE. 5. A close assembly; 
 a private apartment. 
 
 CONCLU'DE. v. To finish; to de- 
 cide ; to determine, pr. par. con- 
 cluding; past, concluded: s. con- 
 clusion: adj. conclusive: adv. 
 conclusively. 
 
 CONCOCT', v. To digest, to ripen, 
 pr. par concocting ; past, concoct- 
 ed: s. concoction: adj. concoctive. 
 
 CONCOMITTANT, a^j. Accompa- 
 nying, adv. concomitantly: 3. con 
 comiiancc, concomitane-y. 
 G 
 
 CON-CON 
 
 CONCORD, s. Agreement, union, 
 harmony, s. concordance, concord- 
 ancy, pi. concordancies : adj. con- 
 cordant: adv. concordantly. 
 , COiYCOURSE. 5. Assemblage. 
 CONCRETE, v. To coalesce into 
 i one mass ; to form by concretion, 
 pr. par. concreting ; past, con- 
 creted : s. concrete, concre tenets, 
 concretion: adj. con'crete, concrc- 
 tive : adv. concretely. 
 CONCU'PiSCENT. adj. Libidinous, 
 j lecherous, s. concupiscence. 
 CONCUR', v. To meet in one point ; 
 to agree, pr. par. concurring ; 
 past, concurred: s. concurrent c, 
 concurrency, pi. concurrences, 
 concurrencies: adj. concurrent: 
 adv. concurrently. 
 ;CONCL T S'SION. s. Sudden and great 
 I agitation, adj. concussive. 
 CONDEMN', v. To pronounce guil- 
 ty ; to censure; to declare unfit 
 for use. pr. par. condemning ; 
 past, condemned • s. condemnation i? 
 adj. condemnable : s. condemner. 
 CONDENSE, v. To thicken; to 
 make closer, pr. par. condensing ; 
 past, condensed: adj. condense: 
 s. condensation, condensity, con- 
 denser. 
 
 CONDESCEND', v. To stoop, to 
 bend, to yield, pr. par. condescend- 
 ing ; past, condescended : s. con- 
 descension : adv. condescendingly. 
 CONDI'GN. adj. Merited; suitable, 
 i adv. condign] u. 
 
 pON'DIMENT. s. Seasoning, sauce. 
 ICONDI'TION. s. Stipulation, state, 
 I rank. adj. conditional, condition- 
 on/: adv. conditionally. 
 CONDITION, v. To make term? ; 
 
 to stipulate, pr. par. conditioning , 
 I past, conditioned. 
 jCONDO'LE. v. To join in grief; to 
 I lament with. pr. par. condoling , 
 j past, condoled: s. condolence, con- 
 I doler. 
 
 CONDU'CE. v. To aid in promoting; 
 j to' contribute, pr. par- conducing, 
 I p-iSt, conduced: adj. conducive^ 
 I cojuluccble. 
 
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CON — CON 
 
 CON'DUCT. s. Management, beha- 
 viour, regular life. v. conduct'; pr 
 par. conducting; past, conducted 
 s. conductor. 
 
 CON'DUIT. s. An aqueduct. 
 
 CONE. s. A solid body, having a 
 circular base, and declining reg- 
 ularly to a point, adj. conic, coni- 
 cal adv. conically. 
 
 CONFABULATE, v. To talk fa- 
 miliarly together; to chat. pr. 
 par. confabulating; past, confab- 
 ulated: s. confabulation: adj, 
 confabulatory. 
 
 CONFECTIONARY, s. The place 
 where sweetmeats are made or 
 sold ; sweetmeats, pi. confection- 
 aries. 
 
 CONFECTIONER, s. A maker of 
 
 sweetmeats. 
 
 CONFEDERACY, s. League, union, 
 engagement, pi. confederacies : v. 
 confederate : pr. par. confederat- 
 ing ; past, confederated: s. confed- 
 erate, confederation. 
 
 CONFER', v. To consult, to bestow, 
 pr. par. conferring ; past, confer- 
 red s. conference. 
 
 CONFESS', v. To acknowledge ; to 
 avow; to hear the confession of a 
 penitent, as a priest, pr. par. con- 
 fessing ; past, confessed: s. con- 
 fessor, confession: adv. confessedly. 
 
 CONFI'DE. v. To trust in ; to in- 
 trust, pr. par. confiding; past, 
 confided: s. confidence, confider, 
 confidant: adj. confidential: adv. 
 confidentially. 
 
 CONFIGURATION, s. The form of 
 the various parts of any thing, as 
 they are adapted to each other; 
 the face of the horoscope. 
 
 CONFI'NE. v. To bound, to limit, 
 to imprison, to restrain, pr. par. 
 confining; past, confined: s. con- 
 finer, confinement. 
 
 CON'FINES. s. Common boundary, 
 border, enge. adj. confineless. 
 
 CONFIRM', v. To strengthen, to 
 establish, pr. par. confirming; 
 past, confir7iud: s. confirmation * 
 adj. conjirmable, cvnfirjnative. 
 
 CON— CON 
 
 CONFISCATE, v. To seize for puf> 
 lie use. pr. par. confiscating; past, 
 confiscated: s. confiscation, confis 
 cator. 
 
 CONFLAGRATION, s. An exten- 
 sive fire. adj. coriflc grant. 
 CON'FLICT. s. A violent collision j 
 a combat; strife, v. conflict'; pr. 
 par. conflicting; past, con fluted. 
 CONFLUENCE, i. Meeting of 
 streams ; a concourse ; a multitude, 
 adj. confluent. 
 CON'FLUX. s. Union of several cur- 
 rents; concourse; crowd. 
 CONFORM', v. To assimilate; to 
 comply with. pr. par. conforming 
 past, conformed: s. conformation, 
 conformity, pi. conformities: adj, 
 conformable: adv. conformably 
 CONFOUND', v. To perplex, o 
 amaze, pr. par. confounding ; p? 
 confounded: s. confounder : a v J'. 
 confoundedly. 
 CONFRATER'NITY. s. A brothf 
 hood , a body of men united r 
 some purpose, pi. confratemiii t. 
 CONFRONT', v. To bring face > 
 face. pr. par. confronting; pn l y 
 confronted: s. confronter. 
 CONFU'SE. v. To disorder, or p, t - 
 plex. pr. par. confusing; past, c i * 
 fused: s. confusion: adv. conj\.» 
 edly. 
 
 CONFUTE, v. To convict of err* 
 or falsehood ; to disprove, pr. pt-.r. 
 confuting; past, confuted: s. con- 
 futation: adj. confutable. 
 CONGE'E. s. Act of reverence; 
 
 bow; courtesy; leave; farewell. 
 CONGEAL', v. To become solid, as 
 ice ; to concrete, pr. par. congeal- 
 ing; past, congealed: s. congeal- 
 mcnt, congelation: adj. congeala- 
 bh. 
 
 CONGENIAL, adj. Of the same 
 kind ; agreeable, s. congeniality, 
 pi. congenialities: adv. congeni- 
 ally. 
 
 CONGLOMERATE, v. To gather 
 into a ball : to become round, pr. 
 p-ir. conglomerating ; past, con- 
 glomerated, a. conglomeration. 
 
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CON — CON 
 
 CONGLUTINATE. v. To eeraent. 
 pr. par. conglutinating ; past, con- 
 glutinated : s. conglutination, con- 
 glutinator: adj. conglutinative. 
 
 CONGRATULATE, v. To rejoice 
 with a person, on account of his 
 good fortune, pr. par. congratu- 
 lating; past, congratulated : s. con- 
 gratulatory congratulation: adj. 
 congratulatory. 
 
 CON'GREGATE. v. To collect ; to 
 assemble ; to bring into one place, 
 pr. par. congregating; past, con- 
 gregated: s. congregation: adj. 
 congregational. 
 
 CON'GRESS. s. A meeting; a na- 
 tional assembly, pi. congresses: 
 adj. congressional. 
 
 CONGRU'ITY. s. Suitableness, 
 agreeableness, fitness, pi. congru- 
 ities: adj. congruous: adv. con- 
 gruously. 
 
 CONIFEROUS, adj. Bearing cones, 
 like the pine-tree. 
 
 CONJECTURE, s. Supposition, 
 guess, imperfect knowledge, v. 
 conjecture ; pr. par. conjecturing; 
 past , conjectured : adj . conjectural : 
 6. conjecturer. 
 
 C ONJOIN', v. To unite ; to consol- 
 idate into one. pr. par. conjoin- 
 ing; past, conjoined: adj. conjoint: 
 adv. conjointly. 
 
 O >N'JUGAL. adj. Matrimonial; be- 
 longing to marriage, adv. conju- 
 gally. 
 
 CONJUGATE, v. To decline a verb 
 through its variations, pr. par. 
 conjugating; past, conjugated: s. 
 conjugation. 
 
 CONJUNCT', adj. Conjoined, unit- 
 ed, adv. conjunctly. 
 
 CONJUNCTION, s. Union, associa- 
 tion, league; a connector of 
 words, adj. conjunctive: adv. con- 
 junctively. 
 
 CONJUNCTURE, s. Combination 
 of many circumstances; occasion; 
 critical time. 
 
 CONJU'RE. v. To summon in a sa- 
 cred name; to enjoin with the 
 highest solemnity, pr. par. con- 
 
 dON — CON 
 
 juring; past, conjured: s. conju- 
 ration. 
 
 CON' JURE. v. To enchant j to play 
 slight-of-hand. pr. par. con 'juring, 
 past, conjured: s. conjurer. 
 
 CONNECT', v. To join, to link, to 
 unite, pr. par. connecting ; past. 
 connected: s. connexion: adj. con< 
 nective: adv. connectively. 
 
 CONNl'VE. v. To wink; to pretend 
 blindness or ignorance, pr. par. 
 conniving; past, connived : s. con- 
 nivance, conniver. 
 
 CONNOISSE'UR. 5. A judge, or 
 critic. 
 
 CONNU'BIAL. adj. Matrimonial ; 
 nuptial ; conjugal. 
 
 CONOl'DE. s. A figure resembling 
 a cone. adj. conoidal. 
 
 CON'QUER. v. To gain by conquest; 
 to overcome, pr. par. conquering, 
 past, conquered: s. conqueror, 
 conquest: adj. conquerable. 
 
 CONSANGUINITY, s. Relation by 
 blood, pi. consanguinities: adj. con- 
 sanguineous. 
 
 CON'SCIENCE. s. Self-knowledge: 
 moral feeling, adj. conscientious: 
 adv. conscientiously: s. conscienti- 
 ousness. 
 
 CON'SCIOUS. adj. Knowing any 
 thing from internal judgment, or 
 moral feeling, s. consciousness: 
 adv. consciously. 
 
 CON'SCRJPT. adj. Registered, en- 
 rolled, s. conscript, conscription. 
 
 CON'SECRATE. v. To make holy, 
 to dedicate, pr. par. consecrating ; 
 past, consecrated: s. consecration, 
 consecrator. 
 
 CONSECUTIVE, adj. Uninterrupt- 
 ed ; following in train, adv. con- 
 secutively. 
 
 CONSENT, s. Act of yielding or 
 consenting; concord; agreement, 
 v. consent; pr. par. consenting- ; 
 Dast, consented. 
 
 CON SENT A'NEOUS. adj. Agreea- 
 ble to ; consistent with. adv. con- 
 sentaneously. 
 
 CON'SEQUENCE. s. Effect, deduc- 
 tion, conclusion, adj. consea < //, 
 To 
 
CON — CON 
 
 consequential.- adv. consequently, 
 consequentially. 
 CONSERVATOR, s. A preserver of 
 
 the public happiness. 
 CONSERVATORY, s. A place for 
 
 holding delicate tilings, pi. con- 
 servatories. 
 CONSERVE, v. To preserve, pr. 
 par. conserving; past, conserved: 
 s. conservation: adj. conservative. 
 CONSUMER, v. To think upon with 
 core ; to ponder, pr. par. con- 
 sidering; part, considered: s. con- 
 sideration: adj. consider ahk: adv. 
 considerably. 
 CUNSID'ERATE. a#. Serious; 
 given to consideration, adv. con- 
 siderately. 
 CONSIGN', v. To assign ; to trust ; 
 to give to another in a formal 
 manner, pr. par. consigning; 
 past, consigned: s. consignor, 
 consignment. 
 CONSIST', v. To agree; to sub- 
 sist; to be composed, pr. par. 
 consisting; past, consisted: s. con- 
 sistence, consistency, pi. consis- 
 tencies: adj. consistent: adv. con- 
 sistently. 
 
 CONSIS TO'RIAL. adj. Relating to 
 an ecclesiastical court. 
 
 CONSO'LE. v. To comfort, to cheer, 
 pr. par. consoling; past, consoled: 
 s. consoler: consolation: adv. con- 
 so la tory. 
 
 CONSOLIDATE, v. To make firm; 
 to unite, pr. par. consolidating; 
 past, consolidated: s. consolidation- 
 adj. consol '/dative. 
 
 CONSONANCE. 5. Accord of sound: 
 consistency; congruence. adj. 
 consonant: adv. consonantly. 
 
 CON'SONANT. s. A letter, such as 
 b, c, d ; the name of which can- 
 not be articulated without the 
 aid of a vowel: therefore sounded, 
 with another letter. 
 
 CON'SORT. s A companion, a 
 partner; a wife or husband, v. J 
 consort': pr. par. co?isorting; past, I 
 consorted. 
 
 OONSFICU1TY ft Brightness,!! 
 
 CON— CON 
 
 clearness, pi. conspicuities : adj. 
 con-picuous: adv. conspicuously. 
 CONSiTRE. v. To concert a crime; 
 to plot: to agree together, pr. 
 par. con.piring: past, conspired: 
 s. conspiracy, pi. conspiracies, con- 
 spirator. 
 
 CON STABLE. 5. This officer was 
 originally so called, because bis 
 duty was to regulate ail matters 
 of chivalry, tilts, tournaments, 
 and feats of arms, that were per- 
 formed on horseback; the word 
 now mostly signifies a pettv civil 
 officer. 
 
 CON STANCY, s. Immutability, per- 
 petuity, lasting affection, certain- 
 ty, pi. constancies: adj. constant: 
 adv. constantly. 
 
 CONSTELLATION. 5. A cluster 
 of stars; an assemblage of splen- 
 dours or excellencies. 
 
 CONSTERNATION, s. Astonish- 
 ment, amazement, surprise. 
 
 CON'S TIP ATE. v. To thicken, to 
 condense, pr. par. constipating; 
 past, constipated: s. constipation, 
 
 CONSTITUENT, s. A necessary 
 part; one who appoints, adj. con- 
 stituent. 
 
 CONSTITUTE, v. To erect, to 
 establish, to form, to appoint, pr. 
 par. constituting ; past, constitut- 
 ed: s. constitution: adj. constitu- 
 tional: adv. constitutionally. 
 
 CONSTITUTION, s. The act of 
 constituting; corporeal frame; 
 tamper of body, or of mind : frame 
 of government, adj. constitution- 
 al: adv. constitutional'!/: s. ccn- 
 stitutkmaNty. 
 
 CONSTRAIN*, v. To compel, to 
 hinder, pr. par. Const raining; 
 past, constrained : s. censtrahit : 
 adj. constrainable : adv. constrain- 
 edly. 
 
 CONSTRICT*, r. To bind, to cramn, 
 
 to contract, pr. par. cotistricfing; 
 
 past, constricted: s. com triciion: 
 
 adi. cmntrict*ve. 
 CQNSTR f flPGENT. adj. Rmdinfror 
 
 compressing, adv. cqjl trw2'<*nllj % 
 To 
 
CON— COX 
 
 CONSTRUCT', v. To frame, to 
 build, to form. pr. par. construct- 
 ing; past, constructed: s. con- 
 struction: adj. constructive: adv 
 constructively. 
 CONSTRU'E. v. To explain, to in- 
 terpret, pr. par. construing; past, 
 construed. 
 
 CONSUBSTANTIA'TION. s. The 
 union of the body of Jesus Christ 
 with the sacramental element, 
 according to the Lutherans. 
 
 CON'SUL. s. A species of public 
 officer; an officer, commissioned 
 in foreign ports, to judge between 
 the merchants of his own nation, 
 and protect their commerce, adj. 
 consular: s. consulate. 
 
 CONSULT', v. To take counsel 
 together ; to ask counsel ; to re- 
 gard, pr. par. consulting; past 
 consulted: s. consultation. 
 
 D)NSU'ME. v. To waste, to spend, 
 to destroy, pr. par. consuming; 
 past, consumed: s. consumer: adj 
 consumable. 
 
 C )N" SUM M A TE. v. To complete, 
 to perfect, pr. par. consummat- 
 ing; past, consummated: s. con- 
 summation : adj . consummate : adv 
 consummately. 
 
 O WSUM'PTION. s. Act of con- 
 suming ; waste ; the state of wast- 
 ing or perishing, adj. consumptive, 
 
 CONTACT, s. Touch, close union. 
 
 CONTA'GION. s. The emission 
 from body to body, by which 
 diseases are communicated ; in- 
 fection, propagation of mischief, 
 or disease, adj. contagious: adv. 
 contagiously: s. contagiousness. 
 
 CONTAIN', v. To hold, to com- 
 prise, pr. par. containing; past, 
 contained: adj. containable: s. con- 
 tainer. 
 
 CONTAMINATE, v. To defile, to 
 corrupt, to pollute, pr. par. con- 
 taminating; past, contaminated: 
 s. contamination, contaminator. 
 
 CONTEMN', v. To despise, to 
 slight, pr. par. contemning; past, 
 contemned: s. contemner. 
 G2 
 
 CON— CON 
 
 CONTEMPLATE, v. To consider 
 with continued attention; to study, 
 pr. par. contemplating; past, con- 
 templated: s. contemplation, con- 
 templator: adj. contemplate ve .- adv. 
 contemplatively. 
 CONTEMPORARY, COTEM'PO- 
 RARY. adj, Existing at the same 
 time. s. cotemporary, pi. cotempo- 
 raries. 
 
 CONTEMPT', s. Act of despising 
 others; scorn, adj. contemptible, 
 contemptuous: adv. contemptibly, 
 contemp tuously. 
 CONTEND', v. To strive in oppo- 
 sition; to struggle; to vie. pr. 
 par. contending; past, contended : 
 
 CONTENTION, s. Act of contend, 
 ing. adj. contentious: adv. con- 
 tentiously: s. contentiousntrs. 
 CONTENT', adj. Satisfied, v. con- 
 tent; pr. par. contenting; past, con- 
 tented: s. content, contentment, 
 contentedness : adv. contentedly. 
 CONTEST', v. To dispute, to* liti- 
 gate, to strive, pr. par. contesting; 
 past, contested: s. con' test: adj. 
 contestable. 
 CONTEXT, s. General connexion 
 
 or bodv of a discourse. 
 CONTEXTURE, s. The disposition 
 of parts, one amongst others ; the 
 system. 
 
 CONTIGUOUS, adj. Meeting, no 
 as to touch ; bordering upon each 
 other, s. contiguity, pi. contigui- 
 ties: a^v. contiguously. 
 CONTINENT, adj. Chaste, restrain- 
 ed, moderate, adv. continently : s. 
 continence, continency. 
 CONTINENT, s. A vast tract of 
 
 land. adj. continental. 
 CONTINGENT, adj. Happening by 
 chance ; accidental ; unforeseen, 
 adv. contingently: s. ccntingenc , 
 contingency, pi. contingencies. 
 CONTIN'UE. v. To remain, to ex- 
 tend, to protect, pr. par. continu 
 ing; past, continued: s. coniinua. 
 Hon, continuance: adj. continuah 
 adv. continually. 
 
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CON—CON 
 
 CONTINUITY, s. Connexion, con- 
 tinuation, pi. continuities: adj. 
 Continuous; adv. continuously, 
 
 CONTORT', v. To twist, to writhe, 
 pr. par. contorting ; past, contort- 
 ed: s. contortion. 
 
 CONTOUR s. The outline; the 
 line by which any figure is defined 
 or terminated. 
 
 CONTRA. A Latin proposition, 
 used in composition, which signi- 
 fies against. 
 
 CONTRABAND, adj. Prohibited, 
 illegal. 
 
 CONTRACT', v. To draw into less 
 compass ; to bargain, pr. par. con- 
 tracting ; past, contracted: s. con- 
 tract, contraction, contractor, con- 
 tractedness: adv. contractedly. 
 
 CONTRACT'! BLE. adj. Possible to 
 be contracted, s. contractibility. 
 
 CONTRADICT', v. To deny; to 
 oppose verbally, pr. par. contra- 
 
 CON — CON 
 CONTRA VERT', v. See Contro 
 
 VERT. 
 
 CONTRIBUTE, v. To give aid, in 
 conjunction with one or more per- 
 sons, pr. par. contributing ; past, 
 contributed: s. contribution, con- 
 tributor: adj. coutt ibutive, con- 
 tributory. 
 
 CONTRITE, adj. Penitent, adv. 
 contritely: s. contrition, contrite- 
 ness. 
 
 CONTRITE, v. To plan ; to form 
 or design, pr. par. contriving; past, 
 contrived: s. contrivance, contriver. 
 CONTROL', s. Check, restraint, 
 power, superintendence, v. con- 
 trol: pr. par. controlling; past, 
 controlled: adj. controllable: s. 
 controller. 
 CONTROVERT', v. To debate, to 
 dispute, pr. par. controverting, 
 past, controverted : s. controverts ; 
 adj. controvertible. 
 
 dieting; past, con tradicted: s. con- 1 CONTROVERSY, s. De bate, dis- 
 tradidion, contradicter : adj. con-u pute. pi. controversies: adj! con- 
 tradictory: adv. contradictorily, j troversial: s. controversialist 
 CONTRADISTINGUISH, v. Te| CONTUMACY, s. Obstinacy, W- 
 
 distinguish, by qualities, not only 
 different, but opposite, pr. par. 
 contradistinguishing; past, contra- 
 distinguished: s. contradistinction : 
 a d j . co nt ra distinctive. 
 
 CONTRARIETY, s. Repugnance, 
 opposition, pi. contrarieti 
 
 CONTRARY.' adj. Opposite, ad- 
 verse, contradictory, inconsistent 
 s. pi. contraries: adv. cont/arih/. 
 
 CONTRAST, s. Opposition and dis- 
 similitude of figures, v. contrast'; 
 pr. par. contrasting ; past, con- 
 trasted. 
 
 CONTRA V ALL ATION. 5. A for- 
 tiucation thrown up by a besieg- 
 ing arm v. to prevent the sallies of 
 the 2- irrison. 
 
 CONTRAVENE, v. To oppose, to 
 obstruct, to baffle, pr. par. contra- 
 vening; past, contravened .- s. con- 
 travention. 
 
 CONTRA VERSION, s. Act of con- 
 trcvertino-. 
 
 verseness, wilful disobedience. 
 
 pi. contumacies: adj. coniunuui- 
 
 ous : adv. contumaciously. 
 CONTUMELY, s. Rudeness, cen- 
 
 temptuousness, reproach, pi. eon- 
 
 tumc/ies: adj. Cunauiullous : adv. 
 
 rimtarneli'wsly. 
 CONTU'SE. v. To beat together j 
 I to bruise, pr. par. contusing : past, 
 
 contused s. contusion. 
 CONTYDRUM. s. A low jest; a 
 ! quibble. 
 
 CONTSANCE. s. Cognizance, no- 
 I tice, knowledge, (a law term.) adj. 
 conusable, conusant. 
 
 CONVALESCENT, adj. R f envy- 
 ing strength, s. convalescence con- 
 vulesce/ir)/. 
 
 CONVE'NE. *. To assemble, to 
 come together, to associate, pr. 
 par. convening: past, convened: s. 
 co/ivmer. 
 
 CONVENIENT, adj. Pit, suitable, 
 commodious, adv. conveniently. 
 
CON— CON 
 
 s. convenience, convenience, pi. con- 
 vcniencies. 
 
 CON' VENT. s. A monastery, or 
 nunnery; an assembly of religious 
 persons, adj. conventual. 
 
 CONVENTICLE, s. An assembly, 
 
 • a meeting, a secret assembly, s. 
 conventicler. 
 
 CONVENTION, s. The act of com- 
 ing together; an assembly; a con- 
 tract, previous to a definitive trea- 
 ty, adj. conventional, convention- 
 art/. 
 
 CONVERGE', v. To tend to one 
 point, pr. par. converging; past, 
 converged.- adj. convergent 
 
 CONVERSAZIO'NE. s. A meeting 
 of company for literary conversa- 
 tion. 
 
 CONVERSE', v. To hold intercourse 
 with ; to discourse familiarly upon 
 any subject, pr. par. conversing ; 
 past, conversed : s. conversation: 
 adj. conversant, conversable. 
 
 COX' VERSE. .5. A term in geometry 
 and logic, signifying opposition, 
 aclv. conversely. 
 
 CONVERSION. 5. Act of being 
 converted ; state of being convert- 
 ed. 
 
 CONVERT', v. To change into an- 
 other suhstaiide; to change from 
 o.ie religion or course oi* life, to 
 another; to turn from a bad, to a 
 good life ; to appropriate, pr. pur. 
 converting} past, converted: s. 
 ct»i'ner{, converter: adj. convertible: 
 s. convertibility, pi. convertibilities. 
 
 CON 1 ' VEX. adj. Rising in a circular 
 form ; opposed to concave, s. con- 
 vex, convexity, pi. convexities: adv. 
 conve rh). 
 
 CONVEX'O-CON'CAVE. adj. Hav- 
 ing the hollow on the inside cor- 
 responding to the external protu- 
 berance. 
 
 CONVEY', v. To carry; to impart; 
 to remove secretly; to transmit; 
 to transfer, pr. par. conveying; 
 past, conveyed: s. conveyance, con- 
 veyer. 
 
 CON— COO 
 
 CONVEY'ANCER. *. One who 
 draws writings, by which proper- 
 ty is transferred, s. conveyancing. 
 
 CONViCT'. v. To prove guilty ; to 
 detect in guiit; to confute, pr. 
 par. convicting; past, convicted: s. 
 conviction, conoid: adj. convict- 
 ive. 
 
 CONVIN'CE. v. To overcome or 
 satisfy by argument, pr. par. con- 
 vincing; past, convinced: s. con- 
 v'incer: adj. convincible : adv. con- 
 vincingly. 
 
 CONVIVIAL, adj. Social, cheer- 
 ful, s. conviviality, pi. conviviali- 
 ties: adv. convivial ly. 
 
 CON' VOCATE. v. To call together, 
 pr. par. convocating; past, convo- 
 cated: s. convocation. 
 
 CONVO'KE. v. To call together, pr. 
 
 i par. convoking ; past, convoked. 
 
 CONVOLVE', v. To roii together 
 
 ; pr. par. convolving; past, con 
 
 ! volved. 
 
 CONVOLUTION, s. Act of con 
 i volving. adj. convoluted. 
 CONVOY', v. To accompany by 
 j land or sea, for the sake of de- 
 i fence, pr. par. convoying; past, 
 I convoyed: s. convoy. 
 CONVOLVULUS, s. A genus of 
 ; plants, pi. convolvuluses. 
 CONVULSE', v. To shake violently 
 j into disorder ; to give an irregular 
 ! and involuntary motion, pr. par. 
 ' convulsing ; past, conwiscd : s. 
 i convulsion : adj. convulsive : adv. 
 j convulsively. 
 
 CO'N Y. s. A rabbit, pi. conies. 
 COO. v. To cry as a dove or pigeon, 
 j pr. par. cooing; past, cooed: s. 
 I cooing. 
 
 COOK. s. One whose profession is 
 j to dress and prepare victuals, v. 
 cook; pr. par. cooking ; past, cook- 
 ed: s. cookery, pi. cookeries. 
 COOL. adj. Approaching to cold, 
 j not zealous, not ardent, v. cool; 
 ' pr. par. cooling; past, cooled: s. 
 j cool, ccolcr, coolness: adv. coolly. 
 
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COO— COP 
 
 COP— OOR 
 
 COOP. s. A cage; a pen for ani- 
 mals, v. coop; pr. par. cooping; 
 past, cooped. 
 
 COOTER. s. One that makes bar- 
 rels, s. cooperage. 
 
 CO OPERATE, v. To labour or act 
 jointly; to concur in the same ef- 
 fect, pr. par. co-operating; past, 
 co-operated: s. co-operation, co- 
 operator: adj. co-operative. 
 
 CO-OR'DINATE. adj. Having the 
 same rank. s. co-ordination : adv. 
 co-ordinately. 
 
 COOT. s. A small black water-fowl. 
 
 COP. s. A quantity of cotton yarn 
 which has been coiled round a 
 spindle. 
 
 COPAL', s. The Mexican term for 
 a gum. 
 
 OOPAR'CENER. s. Such as have 
 equal portions in the inheritance; 
 of their ancestors. 
 
 C OPART' ME NT. s. Compartment. 
 
 ( COPARTNER, s. A partner ; one 
 that has a share in some common 
 stock or affair, s. copartnership. 
 
 ( "OPE. s. Any tiling with which the 
 head is covered ; a sacerdotal vest- 
 ment, worn in sacred ministration. 
 
 i X)PE. v. To cover, as with a cope ; 
 to be equally eminent or success- 
 ful with. pr. par. coping; past, 
 coped: s. coping. 
 
 i OPER'NICAN. adj. Relating to the 
 system of Copernicus. 
 
 CO'PIOUS. adj. Plentiful, abundant; 
 not concise, adv. copiously: s. co- 
 piousness. 
 
 COPTER, s. One of the primitive 
 metals, adj. copperish. 
 
 COPPERAS, s. A name given to 
 sulohate of iron. 
 
 COPTER-PLATE, s. A plate of cop- 
 per on which figures are engraved. 
 
 COPTER-SMITH, s. One that man- 
 ufactures copper utensils. 
 
 COPPICE. 5. Low woods, cut at 1 
 stated times, for fuel. 
 
 COPSE, s. A place overgrown with 
 short wood. (abr. from coppice.) | 
 
 COPTIC, s. The language of the 
 Copts ; the ancient Egyptian lan- 
 guage. 
 
 COPULA. 5. In logic, signifies the 
 word which unites the subject 
 and predicate of a proposition. 
 
 COPULATE, v. To unite, to conjoin, 
 pr. par. copulating; past, copulat- 
 ed: s. copulation: adj. copulative. 
 
 COPY. s. Exact resemblance; a tran- 
 script from the original; the au- 
 tograph, pi. copies: v. copy; pr. 
 par. copying; past, copied: s. copter, 
 copyist. 
 
 COPY-RIGHT. 5. The property 
 which an author, or his assignee, 
 has in a literary work. 
 
 COQUET', s. A gay, airy girl; a wo- 
 man who endeavours to attract 
 notice, v. coquet; pr. par. coquet 
 ting; past, coquetted: s. coquetry. 
 adj. coquettish. 
 
 COR'AL. s. A subaqueous plant, of 
 a stony nature, adj. coralline. 
 
 CORD. s. A rope; a string com. 
 posed of several strands or twists : 
 certain quantity of wood for 
 fuel, (128 cubic feet) supposed to 
 be measured with a cord. v. cord, 
 pr. par. cording; past, corded: s. 
 corder. 
 
 CORD'AGE. s. A quantity of cords; 
 the ropes of a ship ; the price 
 paid for measuring cords of wood. 
 
 CORDELI'ER. s. A Franciscan friar; 
 so named from the cord which 
 serves him for a cincture. 
 
 CORDIAL, s. A medicine that in- 
 creases the force of the heart ; any 
 medicine that increases strength. 
 
 COR'DIAL. adj. Reviving; invigo- 
 rating; sincere: hearty, s. cordi- 
 ality, pi. cordialities: adv. cordially. 
 
 COR'DON. 5. An extensive line of 
 soldiers, to prevent communica- 
 tion between different parties. 
 
 CORDOVAN', s. Spanish leather. 
 
 CORD'WAINER. s. A shoemaker. 
 
 CORD'YVOOD. s. Fire-wood piled 
 up for measurement. 
 
 CORE. s. The heart ; the inner part, 
 generallv of vegetables. 
 
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COR — COR 
 
 CORIAN'DER. s. A plant. (I 
 
 CORINTHIAN, adj. Relating to 
 Corinth ; relating to one of the 
 rive orders of architecture. 
 
 CORK. s. A kind of tree; the bark 
 of the cork-tree, used for stoppers, 
 v. cork; pr. par. corking; past, 
 corked: adj. corky. 
 
 COR'MORANT. 5. A bird that preys 
 upon fish. 
 
 CORN. s. A species of farinaceous 
 plant ; the fruit of that plant ; an 
 excrescence on the feet, hard and 
 painful, v. com; pr. par. corning; 
 past, corned. 
 
 CORN'AGE. s. A tenure which 
 obliges the landholder to give no- 
 tice of an invasion, by blowing a 
 horn. 
 
 CORN'-CRAIK. s. The land-rail; so 
 
 called probably from its constant 
 
 note, craik, craik. 
 COR'NEA. 5. The horny coat of the 
 
 eve. adj. corneous. 
 CORNE'LIAN. s. A kind of precious 
 
 stone. 
 
 COR'NER. s. An angle ; a secret or 
 remote place, adj. cornered. 
 
 COR'NET. s. A kind of musical in- 
 strument ; the officer that bears 
 thp standard of a troop of horse. 
 
 COR'NETCY. s. The commission of 
 a cornet, pi. cornetcies. 
 
 COR'NICE. s. The highest projec- 
 tion of a wall or column. 
 
 CORNl'GEROUS,CORNUTED.a#. 
 Horned; having horns. 
 
 CORNUCO'PIA. 5. The horn of 
 plenty ; a heathenish fiction, re- 
 ferring to the horn said to have 
 been broken off from Achelous, by 
 Hercules. 
 
 COR'OLLARY. s. Con elusion ; sur- 
 plus of a train of reasoning, pi. 
 coi'ollnries. 
 
 CORONATION. 5. The act or so- 
 lemnity of crowning a king. 
 
 COR'ONER. s. An officer whose 
 chief duty is to inquire, on the 
 part of a sovereign or state, how 
 any violent or accidental deathi 
 
 COR— COR 
 
 was caused ; for which purpose, 
 
 a jury is empanneled. 
 COR'ONET. 5. An inferior crown, 
 
 worn bv the nobility. 
 COR'PORAL. adj. Relating to the 
 
 body; material; not spiritual. 
 
 adv. corporally. 
 COR'PORAL. s. The lowest officer 
 
 in a corps of infantry. 
 COR'PORATE. adj. United in a 
 
 body or community, adv. corpo- 
 
 rately : s. corporation. 
 CORPOREAL, adj. Having a body; 
 
 not spiritual, adv. corporeally. 
 CORPS, s. A body of soldiers; a 
 
 professional body, pronounced 
 
 core. 
 
 CORPSE. 5. A dead human body. 
 
 COR'PULENCE, CORPULENCY. 
 s. Bulkiness of body. pi. corpu- 
 lences, corpulencies: adj. corpulent. 
 
 CORPUS'CLE. s. A small body; a 
 particle of matter, adj. corpuscu- 
 lar. 
 
 CORRECT', v. To make right ; to 
 remark a fault ; to amend ; to 
 punish; to chastise, pr. par. cor- 
 recting; past, co?*rected: s. cor- 
 rector, correctness, correction:^], 
 correct, corrective: adv. correctly. 
 
 CORRELATIVE, adj. Having re- 
 ciprocal relation, adv. correlative- 
 
 CORRESPOND', v. To communi- 
 cate by alternate letters; to suit;' 
 to fit. pr. par. corresponding ; past, 
 corresponded: s. correspondence, 
 correspondency, pi. corresponden- 
 cies: adj. correspondent: s. corres- 
 pondent: adv. correspondingly. 
 
 COR'RIDOR. s. A gallery or long 
 aisle round a building. 
 
 COR'RIGIBLE. adj. Relating to that 
 which can be amended. 
 
 CORROB'OR A TE. v. To strength- 
 en, by additional evidence; to 
 confirm ; to establish, pr. par. 
 corroborating ; past, corroborated: 
 s. corroboration, cowoborater : adj. 
 corroborative. 
 
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COR — COS 
 
 CORRO'DE. v. To consume slowly ; 
 to prey upon. pr. par. corroding ; 
 past, corroded. 
 
 CORRO'SION. s. Act of corroding, 
 adj. corrosive: adv. corrosively. 
 
 CORRUPT', v. To turn from a 
 sound to a putrescent state ; to de- 
 prave ; to bribe, pr. par. corrupt- 
 ing; past, corrupted: adj. corrupt: 
 s. corrupter, corruption, corrupt- 
 
 CORRUPT'IBLE. adj. Possible to 
 be corrupted, s. corruptibility. 
 
 COR'SAIR. s. A pirate. 
 
 CORSE. 5. A dead body, a carcass. 
 
 CORSE'LET. s. A light armour, for 
 the fore part of the body. 
 
 CORSET, s. A pair of stays for a 
 woman. 
 
 CORTEGE, s. A train of attend- 
 ants. 
 
 CORTICATED, adj. Resembling 
 the bark of a tree. 
 
 CORUS'CATE. v. To glitter, pr. 
 par. coruscating; past, corusca- 
 ted: adj. coruscant : s. coruscation. 
 
 CORVETT'E. s. A small frigate; a 
 sloop of war. 
 
 COSMET'IC. s. A preparation for 
 improving beauty, adj. cosmetic. 
 
 COSMOG'ONY. s. The formation of 
 the world; the creation, s. cos- 
 mogonist. 
 
 COSMOG'RAPHY. s. The science 
 of the general system of the world, 
 s. cosmographer : adj. cosmograph- 
 ical: adv. cosmo graphically. 
 
 COSMOL'OGY. 5. The science of 
 the general svstem of the world. 
 
 COSMOPOLITAN, COSMOPO- 
 LITE, s. A citizen of the world ; 
 one who is at home in everyplace. 
 
 COS'S ACK. s. One of the people in- 
 habiting the Ukraine, under the 
 Russian government. 
 
 COST. s. The price of any thing ; 
 sumptuousness ; luxury, charge, 
 expense, detriment, v. cost; pr. 
 par. costing; past, cost: adj. cost- 
 less, costly • s. costliness. 
 
 COSTAL, adj. Belonging to the 
 ribs. 
 
 COS— COU 
 
 COSTIVE, adj. Bound in body 
 constipated, s. costiveness. 
 
 COSTUME, s. In painting, the dif- 
 ferent customs of times and places, 
 to which a painter must conform, 
 with regard to dress. 
 
 COT. s. A small house ; a cottage ; 
 a small bed. s. cotter. 
 
 COT. s. A little flat boat. 
 
 COTE. s. A sheep-fold. 
 
 COTEMTORARY, CONTEM'PO- 
 RARY. s. Existing at the same 
 time. pi. cotemporaries, contempo- 
 raries. 
 
 COTERIE', s. A friendly or fash- 
 ionable association. 
 
 COTILLON', COTIL'LION. s. A 
 brisk, lively dance, in which eight 
 or more persons are engaged. 
 
 COTTAGE, s. A hut, a cot. s. cot- 
 tager, cotter. 
 
 COTTON, s. The down of the co - 
 ton-tree; cloth made of cotton, a 
 cotton; pr. par. cottoning; pas', 
 cottoned: adj. cottony. 
 
 COUCH, v. To lie down on a place 
 of repose; to lie down in secret, 
 or ambush ; to stoop ; to bend ; to 
 operate in a particular manner 
 upon the eye. pr. par. couching, 
 past, couched: s. couch, coucher. 
 
 COUCH' ANT. adj. Couching, squat 
 ting. 
 
 COUGH, s. An expressed convul- 
 sion of the lungs, v. cough; pr. 
 par. coughing; past, coughed: s 
 cougher. 
 
 COULD, v. The preterit of can. 
 
 COULTER, s. The sharp iron of 
 the plough, which cuts the earth 
 
 COUN'CIL. s. An assembly of per- 
 sons met together in consultation ; 
 act of public deliberation ; the 
 bodv of privy counsellors. 
 
 COUN'SEL. s. Advice, direction, 
 consultation, interchange of opin- 
 ions; those that plead a cause, v. 
 counsel; pr. par. covnseli?ig ; past, 
 coitnseled: s. counsellor. 
 
 COUNT, v. To number, to tell, to 
 reckon, to esteem, to impute, to 
 charge, pr. par. counting; past, 
 ~ 8^ 
 
COU— cou 
 
 counted: s. count: adj. countable, 
 countless. 
 COUNT, s. A title of foreign no- 
 bility ; supposed equivalent to an 
 earl. 
 
 COUNTENANCE, s Form of the 
 face ; patronage, air, look. v. coun- 
 tenance; pr. par. countenancing; 
 past, countenanced: s. countenan 
 cer. 
 
 COUNTER, s. A false piece of mo- 
 ney, used as a means of reckon 
 ing ; the table on which goods are 
 viewed in a shop. 
 
 COUNTER, adj. Contrary, oppo 
 site. 
 
 COUNTERACT, v. To hinder by 
 contrary agency, pr. par. counter 
 acting; past, counteracted: s. coun- 
 teracter, counteraction. 
 
 i COUNTERBALANCE, v. To 
 weigh against, pr. par. conterbal- 
 ancing ; past, counterbalanced: s. 
 counterbalance. 
 
 iJOUNTER-EVIDENCE. s. Testi- 
 mony by which the deposition of 
 some former witness is opposed. 
 
 COUNTERFEIT, v. To forge, to 
 imitate, to copy. pr. par. counter- 
 feiting; past, counterfeited: s. 
 counterfeit, counterfeiter: adj. coun- 
 terfeit. 
 
 COUNTERMAND, v. To repeal a 
 command; to prohibit, pr. par. 
 countermanding; past, zomker 
 manded: s. countermand- 
 
 COUNTERMARCH, v. To march 
 back over the same ground, pr. 
 par. countermarching; past, coun- 
 termarched: s. countermarch. 
 
 COUNTERMINE, s. A well or hole 
 sunk into the ground, from which 
 a gallery or branch runs out under 
 ground, to seek out the enemy's 
 mine ; a stratagem by which any 
 contrivance is defeated, v. coun- 
 termine; pr. par. countermining; 
 past, countermined: s. counter- 
 miner. 
 
 COUNTERMOTION. s. Contrary 
 motion. 
 
 COU— COU 
 
 |COUNTERMO'VEMENT. s. Ccn 
 
 trary movement. 
 COUNTERPANE, s. A coverlet for 
 a bed. 
 
 COUNTERPART, s. The corres- 
 ponding part. 
 COUNTERPETI'TION. s. A peti 
 tion against another petition, v 
 counterpetition ; pr. par. counter 
 petitioning; past, counterpetitioned. 
 COUNTERPLOT, v. To oppose one 
 machination by another, pr. par. 
 counterplotting; past, counter- 
 plotted : s. counterplot. 
 COUNTERPOINT, s. The act of 
 composing harmony ; an opposite 
 point or course. 
 COUNTERPOISE, v. To counter- 
 balance; to act against, with equ il 
 weight, pr. par. counterpoising ; 
 past, counterpoised: s. counterpoint. 
 COUNTERPRESSIVE. s. Opposjt i 
 force. 
 
 COUNTER-REVOLU'TION. s. * 
 revolution succeeding another, a i 
 opposite to it. 
 COUNTERSCARF, COUNTER- 
 SCARP, s. (In fortification.) Tb-it 
 side of the ditch whicn is next tie 
 camp. 
 
 COUNTERSIGN, v. To sign an or- 
 der or patent of a superior, in qual- 
 ity of secretary, to render it more 
 authentic, pr. par. countersigning ; 
 past, countersigned: s. counter* 
 $ign. 
 
 COUNTERTEN'OR. s. A term in 
 music. 
 
 COUNTERVAIL', v. To be equiva- 
 lent to; to have equal force or 
 value, pr. par. countervailing; past, 
 countervailed: s. countervail. 
 COUNTER VIEW. s. Opposition; a 
 posture in which two persons front 
 each other. 
 COUNTERVO'TE. v. To oppose, to 
 outvote, pr. par. counlervotmg , 
 past, countervoted. 
 COUNTERWEIGH', v. To weigh 
 against, pr. par. counterweighing; 
 past, counterweighed. 
 
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cou— ecu 
 
 COUNTERWORK', v. To counter- 
 act, pr. par. counterworking; past, 
 counterworked. 
 
 COUNTESS. 5. The lady of an ear) 
 or count, pi. countesses. 
 
 COUNTING-HOUSE. 5. The room 
 appropriated to the books and ac- 
 counts of a merchant. 
 
 COUNTRY. 5. A tract of land: a 
 region; the place of one's birth ; 
 the native soil. pi. countries. 
 
 COUNTR Y-DANCE. s. A kind of 
 dance. 
 
 COUNTRYMAN, s. One born in 
 the same country ; a rustic, a hus- 
 bandman, pi. countrymen. 
 
 COUNTY, s. A shire; a circuit or 
 portion of a country, under tin- 
 jurisdiction of a sheriff, pi. coun- 
 ties. 
 
 COUP-DE-GRACE'. 5. The stroke 
 which terminated the sufferings of 
 those who had been broken on the 
 wheel. 
 
 COUP-DE-MAIN', s. A military ex- 
 pression, denoting an instanta- 
 neous, unexpected, and generally 
 desperate attack. 
 
 COUP-D'CEIL. 5. The first view of 
 any thing; a slight view of it. 
 
 COUPE'E. s. 'Amotion in dancing. 
 
 COUP'LE. s. A means of joining two 
 things; two, a male and his female; 
 a brace, v. couple; pr. par. coup- 
 ling; past, coupled. 
 
 COUP'LE-BEGGAR. s. One that 
 makes it his business to marry beg- 
 gars to each other. 
 
 COUP'LET. s. Two verses; a pair 
 of rhymes ; a pair. 
 
 COUR'AGE. s. Bravery ; active for- 
 titude; spirit of enterprise, adj. 
 courageous : adv. courageously. 
 
 COU'RiER. s. A messenger sent in 
 haste ; an express. 
 
 COURSE, s. Race : career; passage 
 from place to place ; progress ; 
 ground on which a race is run. v. 
 Course; pr. par. coursing; past, : 
 coursed: s. courser. 
 
 COURT. 6. The place where a nri r f | 
 resides ; a palace ; a hall or chain - 
 
 COU— COV 
 
 ber where justice is administered: 
 open space before a house. a<;j. 
 courilike, courtly, courtliness. 
 
 COURT. t>.Towoo,to solicit, to seek, 
 pr. par. courting; past, cot t.'ed. 
 
 COURTEOUS, adj. Having .iter* 
 fined manners of a court ; polite, 
 adv. courteously : s. Co ' rttousrui; t t 
 
 COURTESAN', COURTEZAN', s. 
 A woman of the town. 
 
 COURTESY. s. Ekgance of man- 
 ners ; civility ; a tenure or title tie- 
 rived from another, pi. courtesies. 
 
 COURT'ESY. s. The feverecca 
 made by women, (pronounc« i 
 curtfse.) pi. courtesies: v. courtesy, 
 pr. par. courtesying; past, cour- 
 tesiea. 
 
 COURT'HAND. s. The hand < r 
 manner of writing used in recoj da 
 and judicial proceedings. 
 
 COURTIER. 5. One that frcquei 9 
 the courts of princes ; one th <t 
 courts the favour of others. 
 
 COURT-MARTIAL. .<?. A court coj 
 sisting of military officers. 
 
 COURTSHIP, s. The solicitation 
 of a woman to marriage. 
 
 COUSTN. 5. Any one collatern"y 
 related more remotely than a 
 brother or sister ; a kinsman. 
 
 COVE. s. A small creek or bay. 
 
 COVE. v. To arch over. pr. pr.r. 
 coring; past, coved. 
 
 COVENANT, s. A contract, a stip- 
 ulation; an agreement on certain 
 terms, v. covenant; pr. p;ir. core- 
 riant ing; past, coueneinted : s. cey- 
 ennnter. 
 
 COVER, v. To overspread; 10 
 overwhelm: to bury; to shelter, to 
 protect, pr. par. covering; past, 
 covered: s. cover, coveri/g, cor- 
 ner. 
 
 COVERLET, s. The outermost of 
 
 the bed-clothes. 
 COVERT, s. A shelter, a hiding 
 
 place, adj. covert: adv. covertly. 
 COVERTURE, s. Shelter, defence: 
 
 in law, the condition of a woman 
 
 during her marriage. 
 
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COV— CRA 
 
 CRA-CRA 
 
 COVET, v. To desire inordinately. 
 
 [ pr. par. coveting; past, coveted: 
 
 !. adj. covetous: adv. covetously: s. 
 
 ] coveter, covetousness. 
 
 > COVEY, s. A brood of partridges ; 
 an old bird and her young ones. 
 
 COVING. 5. A term in building, 
 used of houses, that project over 
 
 j the ground-plot. 
 
 *;COW. s. The female of the bull. 
 
 fCOW. v. To depress with fear. pr. 
 
 1 par. cowing; past, cowed. 
 
 fCOW ARD. s. A poltroon, whose pre- 
 dominant passion is fear. s. cow- 
 ardice.- adj. cowardlike: adj. and 
 adv. cowardly. 
 
 COWER, v. To sink by bendmg the 
 
 I knees ; to stoop, pr. par. cower- 
 
 1 ing; past, cowered. 
 
 COWHERD, s. One who attends 
 cows. 
 
 jcOW-HOUSE. s. A house in which 
 J cows are kept. 
 
 COWL. 5. A monk's hood. adj. 
 cowled. 
 
 COW- POCK. 5. A disorder, derived 
 I from the teats of cows, now called 
 
 the vaccine. 
 COWSLIP, s. A species of prim- 
 1 rose. 
 
 COX'COMB. s. A fop ; a superficial 
 pretender to knowledge or accom- 
 plishments, adj. coxcomical. 
 
 COY. adj. Modest, decent, not ac- 
 cessible, adv. coyly: s. coyness. 
 
 COZ'EN. v. To cheat, to trick, pr. 
 par. cozening ; past, cozened : s. 
 cozenage, cozener. 
 
 (CR AB. s. A crustaceous fish ; a 
 
 j wild, sour apple. 
 
 iCRAB'BED. adj. Peevish, morose, 
 harsh, adv. crabbedly : s. crabbed- 
 
 ■ ness. 
 
 CRACK, s. A narrow breach; the 
 sound of any body bursting ; any I 
 
 ■ sudden and quick sound, v. crack; 
 pr. par. cracking; past, cracked: 
 
 ' s. cracker. 
 
 ! ^RACK'BRAINED. adj. Crazy. 
 
 CRACK'ER. s. A small biscuit ; a 
 squib ; a barbarous wagoner, from 
 the interior of the southern states. 
 CRACK'LE. v. To make slight 
 cracks ; to make small and fre- 
 quent noises, pr. par. crackling; 
 past, crackled: s. crackling. 
 CRA'DLE. s. A movable bed, in 
 which children are rocked ; a sort 
 of frame affixed to a scythe, v. 
 cradle; pr. par. cradling; pa.^t, 
 cradled: s. cradler. 
 CRAFT, s. Manual art; trade: 
 fraud, cunning, adv. craftily: s. 
 craftiness: adj. crafty. 
 CRAFTSMAN, s. An artificer, a 
 
 mechanic. 
 CRAG. 5. A rough, steep rock. adj. 
 cragged, craggy: s. craggedncs;;, 
 cragginess. 
 CRAM. v. To stuff with more thon 
 can conveniently be held; to thrust 
 in by force, pr. par. cramming, 
 past, crammed: s. crammer. 
 CRAM'BO. s. A play at which one 
 gives a word, to which another 
 finds a rhyme. 
 CRAMP, s. A spasm or contraction 
 of the limbs ; a restriction ; a con- 
 finement, v. cramp; pr. par. c?*amp- 
 ing; past, cramped. 
 CRAN'RERRY. s. The whortleberry 
 
 or bilberry, pi. cranberries. 
 CRANCH, CRAUNCH.u. To crush 
 in the mouth, pr. par. crunching; 
 past, crunched. 
 CRANE, s. A bird with a long beak ; 
 an instrument made with ropes, 
 pulleys, and hooks, by which great 
 weights are raised. 
 CRAN'lUM. s. The skull. 
 CRANK, s. The end of an iron axis, 
 turned square down, and again 
 turned square to the first turning 
 down. 
 
 CRAN'NY. s. A chink, a fissure, pi. 
 
 crannies: adj. crannied. 
 CRAPE, s. A thin stuff, loosely 
 woven. 
 
 CRASH, v. To make a loud, com- 
 plicated noise, as of many things 
 falling or breaking at once. pr. 
 
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CRA-CRE 
 
 par. crashing; past, cranked: s, 
 crash, crashing. 
 CRATE. 5. A pannier or wicker 
 basket. 
 
 CRATER, s. A vent, or aperture. 
 
 CRAUNCH, CRANCH. v. To crush 
 in the mouth, pr. par. craunch- 
 ing ; past, craunched. 
 
 CRAVAT', s. A neckcloth; some- 
 thing worn about the neck. 
 
 CRAVE, v. To ask with earnest- 
 ness ; to entreat ; to long. pr. par. 
 craving; past, craved: s. craver. 
 
 CRA'VEN. s. A coward, a recreant, 
 adj. craven. 
 
 CRAW. s. The crop or first stomach 
 of birds. 
 
 CRAWFISH, CRAY'FISH. s. A 
 small crustaceous fish. 
 
 CRAWL, v. To creep, to move as 
 a worm. pr. par. crawling; past, 
 crawled: s. crawler. 
 
 CRAY'ON. s. A kind of pencil, used 
 for drawing. 
 
 CRAZE, v. To break, to crush, to 
 weaken, to impair the intellect, 
 pr. par. crazing; past, crazed: s, 
 craziness: adj. crazy: adv.crazily. 
 
 CREAK, v. To make a harsh, pro- 
 tracted noise, pr. par. creaking; 
 past, creaked. 
 
 CREAM, s. The unctuous or oily 
 part of milk ; the best part of any 
 ■ thing, v. cream; pr. par. cream- 
 ing; past, creamed: adj. creamy. 
 
 CREASE. 5. A mark made by doub- 
 ling any thing, v. crease; pr. par. 
 creasing; past, creased. 
 
 CREATE, v. To form out of noth- 
 ing; to cause to exist; to produce; 
 to cause, pr. par. creating; past, 
 created: s. creation, creator: adj. 
 creative. 
 
 CRE'ATURE. s. A being not self- 
 existent, but created by the Su- 
 preme Power ; an animal, a gen- 
 eral term for man. 
 
 CRE'DENCE. s. Belief, credit, adj. 
 creden t. 
 
 CREDEN'DA. s. Things to be be 
 lieved ; articles of faith. 
 
 CRE-CRE 
 
 CREDENTIAL. 5. That which gives 
 a title to credit ; the warrant upon 
 which belief is claimed, adj. ere 
 
 dential. 
 
 CREDIBLE, adj. Worthy of credit 
 
 s. credibility, pi. credibilities. 
 CREDIT, s. Belief, honour, trust, 
 respectability, allowance, v. cred- 
 it; pr. par. crediting; past, cred- 
 ited: adj. creditable: adv. credit- 
 ably. 
 
 CREDITOR, s. He to whom a debt 
 
 is owed : one who credits. 
 CREDULOUS, adj. Apt to believe 
 unsuspecting, adv. credulously 
 s. credulity, pi. credulities. 
 CREED, s. A form of words, in 
 which articles of religious faith 
 are comprehended. 
 CREEK, s. A prominence or jut in 
 a v/inding coast ; a small port ; a 
 bay, a cove. 
 CREEK, v. To make a harsh noise. 
 
 pr. par. creeking ; past, creeked. 
 CREEP, v. To move as a worm ; to 
 grow along the ground, or on 
 other supports; to move slowly 
 and feebly, pr. par. creeping; past, 
 crept: s. creeper: adv. creepingly. 
 CRE'OLE. 5. A native of the south- 
 ern parts of America and the West 
 Indies, born of white European 
 parents. 
 
 CREPT. Preterit of the v. creep. 
 CREPUS'CULE. s. Twilight, adj. 
 
 crepuscular. 
 CRES'CENT. adj. Increasing, grow- 
 
 injr. s. crescent: adj. crescive. 
 CRESS, s. A species of herb. pi. 
 cresses. 
 
 CREST, s. The plume of feathers 
 on the top of the ancient helmet ; 
 the comb of the cock ; any orna- 
 ment or tuft on the head. v. crest, 
 pr. par. cresting; past, crested, 
 adj. crestless. 
 
 CRESTFALLEN, adj. Dejected, 
 sunk ; dispirited. 
 
 CREVICE, s. A crack, a cleft. 
 
 CREW. s. A company of people 
 associated for any purpose ; the 
 companv of a ship. 
 
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CRI— CRO 
 
 CRO-CRO 
 
 CRIB. s. The rack or manger of a 
 stable. 
 
 CRIB'BAGE. 5. A game of cards. 
 
 CRiCK'ET. s. An insect that squeaks 
 or chirps about ovens and fire- 
 places ; a sport at which the con- 
 tenders drive a ball with sticks. 
 
 CRl'ER. 5 An officer whose busi- 
 ness is to cry or make proclama- 
 tion. 
 
 CRIME, s. An act contrary to right ; 
 an offence ; a great fault. 
 
 CRIMINAL, adj. Partaking of 
 crime; contrary to right, s. crimi- 
 nal., criminality, pi. criminalities: 
 adv. criminally. 
 
 CRIMINATE, v. To accuse, to 
 charge with crime, pr. par. crimi- 
 nating; past, criminated: s. crimi- 
 nation: adj. criminatory. 
 
 CRIMP, v. To curl or crisp the hair, 
 pr. par. crimping-; past, crimped: 
 adj. and s. crimp. 
 
 CRIM'SON. s. Red, in a slight de- 
 gree darkened with blue, v, crim- 
 son; pr. par. crimsoning; past, 
 crimsoned. 
 
 CRINGE, v. To bow, to fawn, to 
 flatter, to contract, pr. par. cring- 
 ing; past, cringed: s. cringer. 
 
 CRIPPLE, s. One that is lame. v. 
 cripple; pr. par. crippling; past, 
 crippled. 
 
 CRi'SIS. s. The height, or turn of 
 
 a disease ; critical time. pi. crises. 
 
 CRISP, adj. Indented, brittle, fria- 
 ble, short, brisk, v. crisp; pr. par. 
 crisping; past, crisped: s. crispness,' 
 
 CRITERION. 5. A mark, a sign. pi. 
 criteria. 
 
 CRIT'IC. s. One who is fond of ex- 
 amining and observing; a censurer. 
 adj. critical: adv. critically. 
 
 CRITICISE, v. To play the critic; 
 to judge, pr. par. criticising; past, 
 criticised: s. criticiser, criticism. 
 
 CRITIQ'UE. s. A critical examina- 
 tion ; critical remarks. 
 
 CROAK, v. To make a hoarse, low 
 noise, like a frog. pr. par. croak- 
 ing; past, croaked: s. croak, croaker. 
 
 CROCK, s. A cup : any vessel made 
 
 of earth, s. crockery. 
 CROCODILE, s. A kind of am 
 
 phibious, voracious animal. 
 CROCUS, s. A kind of flower, pi 
 crocuses. 
 
 CRO'NY. s. An old acquaintance ; a 
 companion of long standing, pi. 
 
 cronies. 
 
 CROOK, s. Any crooked or bent in- 
 strument; a sheep-hook. v. crook; 
 pr. par. crooking; past, crooked. 
 CROOK'ED. adj. Bent, not straight, 
 winding, perverse, adv. crookedly. 
 s. crookedness. 
 CROOK'EN. v. To make crooked, 
 pr. par. crookening; past, crook- 
 ened. 
 
 CROP. 5. The craw of a bird ; the 
 harvest, v. crop ; pr. par. crop- 
 ping; past, cropped. 
 CROPPER, s. A kind of pigeon, 
 
 with a large crop. 
 CRO'SIER. 5. A bishop's staff*. ' 
 CROSS, s. One straight body laid at 
 
 right angles over another. 
 CROSS, adj. Transverse, oblique, 
 adverse, peevish, adv. crossly: s. 
 crossness. 
 CROSS, v. To lay one body, or 
 draw one line athwart another; to 
 pass over; to thwart, pr. par. 
 crossing ; past, crossed. 
 CROSS'-BOW. s. A missive weapon, 
 formed by placing a bow across a 
 stick. 
 
 CROSS'-CUT. v. To cut across, pr. 
 
 par. cross-cutting ; past, cross-cut. 
 CROSS-EXAMINE, v. To try the 
 faith of evidence, by captious 
 questions of the contrary party, 
 pr. par. cross-examining; past, 
 cross-examined: s. cross-examina- 
 tion. 
 
 CROSS'-GRAINED. adj. Having the 
 fibres transverse or irregular ; per- 
 verse. 
 
 CROSS'-LEGGED. adj. Having the 
 
 legs crossed. 
 CROSS-PUR'POSE. s. A conceit of 
 conversation, proposing a diffi» 
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CRO— CRU 
 
 cillty to be solved; a kind of enig- 
 ma or riddle. 
 
 CROSS-QUESTION, v. To cross- 
 examine, pr.par. cross-questioning; 
 past, cro.-.s- questioned. 
 
 CROTCH'ET. s. A term in music. 
 
 CROUCH, v. To stoop low ; to lie 
 close to the ground; to fawn, 
 pr. par. crouching; past, crouch- 
 ed: s. croud cer. 
 
 CROUP, s. A kind of asthma or ca- 
 tarrh, to which children are sub- 
 ject. 
 
 CROW. 5. A kind of bird; a bar of 
 iron, used as a lever; the voice of 
 a cock. 
 
 CROW. v. To utter the noise which 
 a cock makes in gayety or defiance, 
 pr. par. crowing; past, crowed. 
 
 CROW-BAR. s. An iron crow. 
 
 CROWD. 5. A multitude confused- 
 ly pressed together, v. crowd ; pr. 
 par. crowding; past, crowded. 
 
 CROWN. 5. The ornament of the 
 head, which denotes imperial or 
 regal dignity ; a garland; the top ; 
 a piece of money, anciently 
 stamped with a crown, v. crown.- 
 pr. par. crowning; past, crowned ; 
 s. crovmer. 
 
 CRU'CXBLE.** A chymist's melt- 
 ing-pot. 
 
 CRU'CIFY. v. To put to death by 
 nailing the hands and feet to a 
 cross set upright, pr. par. cruci- 
 fying; past, crucified: s. cruci- 
 Jiv, cruciji lion, cruc>fier. 
 
 CRU'CrFORM. adj. Having the 
 form of a cross. 
 
 CRUDE, adj. Unfinished, impure, 
 raw, harsh, unripe, adv. crudely.- 
 s. erwcfenm, crudity, pi. crudities. 
 
 CRU'EL. adj. Inhuman, hard-heart- 
 ed, void of pitv. adv. cruelly: s. 
 cruel Is/, pi. crut/tic:;. 
 
 CRCKT. <v. A vial for vinegar or oil. I 
 with a stopper. 
 
 C Rl 1SE. 5. A sea-adventure; a voy- 
 age in Search of plunder, v. 
 cruise; pr.par. cruising; past, 
 cruised : s. croi^i r. 
 
 CRU— CUB 
 
 | CRUMB, CRUM. s. The soft part 
 of bread ; a small particle or frag- 
 ment of bread. 
 CRUM'BLE. v. To break into small 
 pieces, pr. par. Crumbling; past, 
 crumbled. 
 CRUM', ET. s. A soft cake. 
 CRUM'PLE, V. To draw into wrin- 
 kles: to contract, pr. par. crump- 
 ling; past, crun.yhd: s. crumpling. 
 CRU i 'PER. s. That part of the 
 horseman's furniture that reaches 
 from the saddle to the tail. 
 
 • CRU'RAL. adj. Belongingto the leg, 
 
 • CRUSA'DE. s. An expedition against 
 i:ifidels. s. crusader. 
 
 CRUSH, v. To press between two 
 opposite bodies; to squeeze, pr. 
 par. crushing; past, a-ushtd.- s. 
 crush, crusher. 
 CREST, s. A shell or external coat; 
 the covering of a pie ; the outer 
 hnrd part of bread. 
 CRUSTA'CEOUS. adj. Shelly, v.ith 
 joints; not testaceous: not with 
 one continued, uninterrupted shell. 
 CRUSTILY, adv. Peevishly, sinp- 
 pishlv. s. crustiness: adj. crv ty. 
 CRUSTY, adj. Covered with a 
 crust ; morose, snappish, s. crusti- 
 ness : adj. crusty. 
 CRUTCH, s. A support used by 
 
 cripples, pi. crutches. 
 CRY. v. To speak w ith vehemence ; 
 to call importunately: to proclaim; 
 to weep. pr. par. crying; past, 
 cried : s. cry, pi. cries, crier, cn/er. 
 CRYPTOGRAPHY, v. Thesci. nce 
 of writing secret characters; ci- 
 phers, pi. crystographies, 
 CR V! TOLOGY. *. Enigmatical lan- 
 
 o-noro. i>l. cnpfologies. 
 CRYSTAL. 9. A hard, pellucid, and 
 colourless body. adj. crystal, crys- 
 to f fine. 
 
 CRYSTALLIZE, v. To cause to 
 c<«norp;il in crystals; to form into 
 crystals, pr i r. crystallizing $ 
 oust, ctyst ilHxed: >. crystallization. 
 CUR. 5. The young of a beast, 
 generally of a bear or fox. v. cub; 
 pr. par. cubbing; past, cubbed. 
 
CUB— CUL 
 
 OUBATION. s. The act of lying 
 
 down. adj. cubatory. 
 DXJBE. s. A regular, solid body, 
 
 having six square and equal sides, 
 I and ali its angles right angles. 
 DUBE-ROOT. s. The origin of a 
 
 cubic number ; or a number by the 
 
 multiplication of which into itself, 
 I and again into the product, any 
 
 given number is formed, adj. cu- 
 I bical: adv. cubically : s. cubical- 
 
 (.' 716SS' 
 
 !CU'BIFORM. adj. Of the shape of 
 a cube. 
 
 ,CU'BIT. s. An ancient measure, 
 ) equal to the length of a man's arm 
 i from the elbow to the extrem- 
 I ity of the fingers ; about eighteen 
 \ inches. 
 
 jCUCK'OLD. 5. One that is married 
 ; to an adultress. v. cuckold,- pr. 
 \ par. cuckolding; past, cuckolded: 
 J s. cuckoldom. 
 
 fCUCK'OO. s. A species of bird. 
 'CUCUMBER, s. The name of a 
 plant, and the fruit of that plant. 
 jCUD. s. The food which is deposit 
 ! ed in the first stomach, in order to 
 ' rumination. 
 
 CUD'DLE. v. To lie close, to squat, 
 pr. par. cuddling; past, cuddled. 
 
 ^UDG'EL. s. A stick to strike with, 
 v. cudgel; pr. par. cudgeling; past, 
 cudgeled: s. cudgeler. 
 
 ,CUE. s. The tail or end of any 
 thing, as, the long curl of a wig ; 
 the last words of a speech, which 
 the player who is to answer catch 
 es, and regards as an intimation to 
 begin ; a hint ; an intimation, 
 CUFF. s. A blow with the fist; part 
 of the sleeve, v. cuff; pr. par. 
 
 I cuffing; past, cuffed. 
 
 . CUI'RASS. s. A breastplate, pi. cui- 
 
 I rasses. 
 
 c CUl'RASSIER. s. A soldier who 
 
 1 wears a cuirass. 
 
 ; CULDEE'. s. One of the ancient 
 
 monks in Scotland and Ireland. 
 ■ CU'LINARY. adj. Relating to the 
 
 kitchen, or cookerv. 
 
 H2 V 
 
 CUL— CUP 
 
 CULL. v. To select from others ; to 
 pick out of many. pr. par. culling; 
 past, culled: s. culler. 
 GULLIBILITY, s. Credulity; easi- 
 ness of belief, pi. Gullibilities. 
 CULM. s. A kind of pit-coal. 
 CUL'MlNATE. v. To be vertical; 
 to be in the meridian, pr. par. 
 culminating; past, culminated: s. 
 culmination. 
 CUL'PABLE. adj. Criminal, blama- 
 ble, guilty, s. culpability, pi. cul- 
 pabilities : adv. culpably. 
 CULPRIT, s. A man arraigned be 
 
 fore his judge; one accused. 
 CULTIVATE, v. To forward 01 
 improve the product of the earth, 
 by manual industry, pr. par. culti 
 vating ; past, cultivated : s. cuHi 
 vation, cultivator. 
 CUL'TURE. s. The act of cuitiva- 
 
 ion ; tillage. 
 CUM'BER. v. To encumber, to em- 
 barrass, to entangle, to obstruct, 
 pr. par. cumbering ; past, cumber* 
 ed: s. cumbrance : adj. cumbrous: 
 adv. cumbrously. 
 CU MULATE, v. To heap togethe r ; 
 to accumulate, pr. par. cumulat- 
 ing; past, cumulated : s. cumula- 
 tion: adj. cumulative. 
 CU'NEAL. adj. Relating to a wedge. 
 
 "". cuneated. 
 CU'NIFORM. adj. Having the form 
 
 of a wedge. 
 CUN'NING. adj. Skilful, knowing, 
 artful, sly, designing, s. cunning, 
 cunningness : adv. cunningly. 
 CUP. 5. A small vessel to drink out 
 
 of ; a small hollow vessel. 
 CUP. v. To fix a glass bell or cu- 
 curbite upon the skin, for the pur- 
 pose of drawing the blood by 
 scarification and rarefaction, pr. 
 par. cupping; past, cupped: s. 
 cupper. 
 
 CUPBEARER. 5. An attendant who 
 
 gives wine at a feast. 
 CUP'BOARD. s. A case with shelves, 
 
 in which victuals or earthenware 
 
 are placed. 
 
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CUP— CUR 
 
 CUPIDITY, s. Concupiscence; un- 
 lawful or unreasonable longing, 
 p!. cupidities 
 
 CUVGLA. a. A dome; the hemi- 
 spherical summit of a building. 
 
 CUTREQUS. adj. Coppery; con- 
 sisting of copper. 
 
 CUR. s. A worthless, degenerate 
 dog. adj. currish: adv. currishly.- 
 s. currtshness. 
 
 CU'RATE. s. A clergyman, hired to 
 perform the duties of another ; a 
 parish priest. 
 
 CU'RACY. s. Employment or office 
 of a curate, pi. curacies. 
 
 CU'RATIVE. adj. Relating to the 
 cure of diseases. 
 
 CURATOR, s. One that has the care 
 and superintendence of any thing; 
 a guardian appointed try law. 
 
 CURB. 5. An iron chain, made fast 
 to the upper part of the branches 
 of a bridle, and running over the 
 beard of the horse; restraint; in- 
 hibition, v. curb; pr. par. curbing 
 past, curbed. 
 
 CURii'-STONE. s. A thick kind of 
 stone, placed at the edge of a foot- 
 way. 
 
 I-URD. s. The coagulation of milk: 
 the concretion of the thicker parts 
 of any liquor, v. curd; pr. par. 
 curding; past, curded: ad], curdy. 
 
 CURD'LE. v. To coagulate, to con- 
 crete, pr. par. curdling; past, 
 curdled. 
 
 CURE. s. Remedv, restorative, v. 
 cure; pr. par. curing; past, cured: 
 adj. curable. 
 
 CUR'FEW. s. An evening peal, by 
 which William the Conqueror 
 commanded that every man should 
 cover his fire, and extinguish bis 
 light; so that, in many places, at 
 this day, where a bell is customa- 
 rily rung towards bed-time, it is 
 said to ring curfew. 
 
 CURIO'SO. s. A curious person ; a 
 virtuoso. 
 
 CU'RIGUS. adj. Inquisitive; desir- 
 ous of information : exact; nice; 
 laboured; worthy of examination ;|| 
 
 CUR— CUR 
 
 B. curiosity , pi. curiosities: adv. cu- 
 riously. 
 
 CURL. v. To turn the hair in ring- 
 las; to writhe; to twist, pr. par. 
 curling; past, curled: s. curl, 
 
 ' cvrliness: adj. curly . 
 
 CURLEW, s. A kind of wild fowl 
 
 CURMUDGEON. An avaricious, 
 churlish fellow ; a miser. 
 
 CURRANT. 8 . A small fruit. 
 
 CURRENCY, s. Circulation, gene- 
 ral reception, continuance, pi. cwr- 
 rencies: adj. and s. current: adv. 
 currently. 
 
 CURRICLE, s. A chariot: in mo- 
 dern times, an open chaise with 
 two wheels, drawn by two horses 
 abreast. 
 
 CUR'RY. v. To dress leather; to 
 drub; to rub a horse in order to 
 smooth him. pr. par. currying, 
 past, curried: s. currier. 
 CLR'HY. 5. A word imported from 
 | the East Indies, denoting- a mix- 
 ture of various eatables. 
 CURRYCOMB, s. An iron instru 
 i ment for currying horses. 
 CURSE, v. To wish evil to; to exe- 
 | crate; to devote; to afflict, pr. 
 par. cursing; past, cursed ■. s. curse, 
 cursedness, curser: adv. cursedly. 
 CURSORY, adj. Hasty, quick, in- 
 attentive, adv. cursorily.- s. c?<r- 
 soriness. 
 
 v. To cut off, to cut 
 par. curia; ling: past, 
 s. curiailer, curtaiU 
 
 CURTAIL', 
 short, pr. 
 curtailed: 
 ment. 
 
 CURTAIN, s. A cloth contracted 
 or expanded at pleasure, for the 
 purpose of regulating the admis- 
 sion of light, o*- of displaying or 
 concealing an object, v. curiam! 
 ^ pr. par. curtaining; past curtained* 
 CURTSY, s. S. v Courtesy. 
 CU'RULE. adj. An epithet anplied 
 to the cbrir in which the Roman 
 magistrates s t. 
 CURVE, r. To bend, to erook. pr. 
 par. curving; past, curved: a 
 curve, curvature, curvotion ; adj 
 curvaled; a, curvity, pi. curritiat 
 
CUR— CUT 
 
 CURVET', v. To leap, to bound, to 
 
 frisk, pr. par. curveting; past, 
 
 curveted: s. cur' vet. 
 } CURVILiN'EAR. adj. Consisting 
 
 of a crooked line. 
 I CUSH'iON.s. A pillow for a seat ; a 
 
 soft pad placed upon a chair, v. 
 
 cushion; pr. par. cushioning ; past, 
 t cushioned. 
 
 | CUS'TARD. s. A kind of sweet- 
 meat, made by boiling eggs with 
 
 f milk and sugar. 
 CUSTODY. 6'. Imprisonment, re- 
 straint of liberty, care. pi. custo- 
 dies: adj. custodial. 
 
 I CUSTOM. 5. Habit; habitual prac- 
 
 ] tice; fashion; established man- 
 ner; application from buyers. 
 
 | adj. customary: adv. customarily. 
 
 ] s. customer. 
 
 I CUSTOM-HOUSE, s. The house 
 where the taxes upon goods im- 
 
 ^ ported or exported, are collected. 
 
 | .CUT. v. To penetrate with an edged 
 instrument ; to hew ; to carve ; to 
 separate, pr. par. cutting; past, 
 
 I cut : s. cut, cutter, cutting. 
 
 ! CUTA'NEOUS. adj. Relating to the 
 ski 1 !. 
 
 CUTICLE, s. The first and outer- 
 most covering of the body ; the 
 scarf-skin. 
 
 CUTLASS, s. A broad cutting 
 sword, pi. cutlasses. 
 
 sCUT'LER. 5. One who makes or 
 sells knives, and other edged in- 
 struments, s. cutlery, pi. cutleries. 
 
 \ 
 
 :t)AB. s. A small lump of anything; 
 a blow with something moist or 
 soft. 
 
 DAB'BLE. v. To smear, to daub, to 
 spatter, pr. par. dabbling; past, 
 dabbled: s. dabbler. 
 
 DA CdV'O. s. A term in music, 
 signifying that the first part of the 
 
 CUT— CZA 
 
 CUTLET, s. A steak ; properly, a 
 rib. 
 
 CUTTURSE. 5. A thief. 
 
 CUTTER, s. An agent or instru- 
 ment that cuts; a swift-sailing 
 boat, that cuts the water. 
 
 CUTTLE, s. A kind of fish. 
 
 CY'CLE. 5. A circle; a periodical 
 space of time. 
 
 CY'CLOID. s. A species of geomet- 
 rical curve, adj. cycloidal. 
 
 CYCLOPEDIA, CY'CLOPE'DIA. s. 
 A circle, of knowledge ; a course 
 of the sciences. 
 
 CY'CLOPS. s. A fabled race of men, 
 of gigantic stature, who inhabited 
 the western part of Sicily, and 
 were said to have only one eye, in 
 the middle of the forehead, adj. 
 cuclopean. 
 
 CY'DER. s. See Cider. 
 
 CYG'NET. s. A young swan. 
 
 CYLINDER, s. A body having two 
 flat surfaces, and one circular, 
 adi. cylindrical, cylindric. 
 
 CYL' HYDRO ID. s. A solid body, 
 differing from the cylinder, as 
 having it's bases elliptical, but par- 
 all d and equal. 
 
 CYM'BAL. s. A musical instrument. 
 
 CYN'IC. 5. A follower of Diogenes; 
 a disagreeable, snarling fellow, 
 adj. cynic, cynical. 
 
 CY'FRER. s. See Cipher. 
 
 CYTRESS. s. A kind of tree. pi. 
 cypresses. 
 
 CZAR. s. The title of the emperor 
 of Russia, fern, czarina. 
 
 tune should be repeated at the 
 conclusion. 
 
 DAC'TYLE. s. A poetical foot, con- 
 sisting of one long syllable and 
 two short. 
 
 DAD, DAD'DY. s. A child's way of 
 expression- father, ph daddies. 
 
 DAFT A DLL, DAFFODIL, s. A 
 kind of plant. 
 
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 DAB— DAC 
 
 D 
 
 DAC— DAF 
 
DAG-DAN 
 
 DAG'GER. 5. A short sword, a 
 poignard. 
 
 DAi'LY. adj. Happening every day, 
 or very frequently, adv. daily. 
 
 DAINTY. 5. Something nice or del 
 icate. pi. dainties: s. daintiness 
 adj. dainty: adv. daintily. 
 
 DAI'RY. s. A place where milk is 
 kept. pi. dairies. 
 
 DArRY-MAlD. s. The woman-ser- 
 vant whose business is to manage 
 the milk. 
 
 DAl'SY. s. A spring-flower, pi 
 daisies. 
 
 DALE. s. A low place between 
 
 hills ; a vale ; a valley. 
 DALLY, v. To trifle; to play the 
 
 fool ; to sport ; to delay, pr. par. 
 
 dallying; "past, dallied: s. dallier, 
 
 dalliance. 
 
 DAM. s. The mother; a term used 
 for beasts. 
 
 DAM. v. To confine^ or shut up 
 water by a bank. pr. par. damming; 
 past, dammed: s. dam. 
 
 DAM'AGE. s. Mischief, hurt, detri- 
 ment, v. damage; pr. par. damag- 
 ing; past, damaged: adj. damage- 
 able. 
 
 ,v)AM'ASK. s. Linen or silk invent- 
 ed at Damascus, which, by a vari- 
 ous direction of the threads, ex- 
 hibits flowers or other forms, v. 
 damask; pr. par. damasking; past, 
 damasked. 
 
 DAME. s. A woman of rank; mis- 
 tress of a low family; a term appli- 
 ed to women in general. 
 
 DAMN. v. To condemn, to curse, 
 pr. par. damning; past, damned: 
 s. damnation: adj. damnable, dam- 
 natory . adv. damnably. 
 
 DAMP. adj. Moist; inclining to wet; 
 foggy, s. damp, damper, dampness 
 v. damp; pr. par. damping; past, 
 damped: adj. dampish. 
 
 DAM'SEL. 5. A young gentlewo- 
 man ; a countrv lass. 
 
 DAM'SON. 5. A small black plum. 
 
 DANCE, v. To move in measure, 
 with steps corresponding to the 
 sound of instruments, pr. par.jj 
 
 DAN— DAS 
 
 dancing; past, danced: s. dance, 
 dancer, dancing. 
 
 PANDELTON, s. A species of plant. 
 
 DAN'DLE. v. To shake a child on 
 the knee, or in the hand. pr. par. 
 dandling; past, dartdled: s. dan- 
 dier. 
 
 DANE. 5. A native of Denmark, adj 
 
 Danish. 
 
 DANE'WORT. 5. A species of elder. 
 DAN'GER. s. Risk, hazard, peril. 
 
 adj. dangerous : adv. dangerously. 
 DAAG'LE. v. To hang loose and 
 
 quivering; to hang upon any one. 
 
 pr. par. dangling; past, dangled: 
 
 s. dangler. 
 DARKER, adj. Little and active 
 
 lively, without bulk ; pretty; neat. 
 DAPPLE, v. To mark with various 
 
 colours; to streak, pr. par. dap 
 
 pling; past, dappled: adj. dapjde. 
 DARE. v. To have sufficient cour 
 
 age; to challenge; to defy. pr. par 
 
 daring; past, dared: s. darcr : adj 
 
 daring: adv. daringly: s. daring 
 
 ness. 
 
 DARK. adj. Not light; wanting 
 light ; opaque ; obscure, s. dark, 
 darkness: adv. darkly. 
 
 DARK'EN. v. To make dark; to 
 cloud ; to perplex, pr. par. dark- 
 ening; past, darkened: s. darkener: 
 adj. darkish. 
 
 DAR'LING. s. A favourite; one 
 much beloved, adj. darling. 
 
 DARN. v. To mend holes, by imi- 
 tating the texture of the stuff pr. 
 par. darning; past, darned: s. 
 darn, darner. 
 
 DART. s. A missile weapon, ihrcwn 
 by the hand. v. dart; pr. par. dart- 
 ing; past, darted: s. darter. 
 
 DASH. v. To throw or strike any 
 thing suddenly ; to confound, pr. 
 par. dashing; past, dashed: s. dash, 
 dasher. 
 
 DASTARD. 5. A coward, a pol- 
 troon, adv. dastardly: s. dastard- 
 nets. 
 
 DASTARDISE. v. To intimidate 
 to deject with cowardice, pr. par 
 dasianlising ; oast, dastardtsed. 
 
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DAT— DEA 
 
 \DJ\!TA. s. Truths admitted ; things! 
 given, or premises, as grounds of 
 argument, sing, datum. 
 
 I DATE. s. The time at which a let- 
 ter is written ; the time at which 
 any event happened, v. date; pr. 
 par. dating; past, dated: s. dater. 
 DA I E s. The fruit of the date-tree. 
 
 % DA' Pi Y E. adj. A case in grammar, 
 denoting to whom given. 
 DAUB. v. To smear with something 
 
 I adhesive ; to paint coarsely, pr. 
 
 I par. daubing; past, daubed: s. 
 
 f daub, dauber, daubing. 
 
 .DAUGHTER, s. The female off- 
 spring of a woman ; a woman. 
 
 i adj. daughterly. 
 
 {"DAUNT, v. To discourage, to fright, 
 pr. par. daunting; past, daunted: 
 adj. dauntless: s. dauntlessness. 
 . DAUTHIN. s. The heir-apparent to 
 t the crown of France, fern, dau- 
 ; phiness, pi. dauphinesses. 
 •DAW. s. A kind of crow. 
 DAWD'LER. 5. A trifler, a dallier. 
 PAWN. v. To grow luminous; to 
 j begin to grow light ; to glimmer 
 obscurely, pr. par. dawning; past, 
 dawned: s. dawn, dawning. 
 D\Y. 5. The time between the 
 rising and setting of the sun, caH- 
 ed the artificial day •, the time oc- 
 cupied in a complete revolution 
 of a planet on its axis, calied a 
 natural dav. 
 D A Y'BREAK. 5. The dawn ; the first 
 
 appearance of light. 
 DAY'LIGHT. s. the light of the 
 day. 
 
 DAYTIME, s. The time in which 
 
 there is light. 
 DAZZLE, v. To overpower with 
 light, pr. par. dazzling; past, daz- 
 zled: s. dazzler. 
 ( DEA'CON. 5. One of the lowest of 
 the three orders of the clergy, 
 fem. deaconess: s. deaconry, pi. 
 deaconrie*: s. deaconskip. 
 DEAD. adj. Deprived of life ; inan- 
 imate ; senseless, s. dead, dead- 
 I ness: adj. and adv. deadly 
 '.DEAD'EN. v. To deprive of any 
 
 DEA — DEB 
 
 I kind of force or sensation ; to 
 make vapid or spiritless, pr. par. 
 
 deadening; past, deadened. 
 DEAD-LIFT', s. A lift without any 
 mechanical aid ; hopeless exi- 
 gence. 
 
 DEAD-RECK'ONING. 5. That esti- 
 mation or conjecture which the 
 seamen make of the place where 
 a ship is, by keeping an account 
 of her way. 
 DEAF. adj. Wanting the sense of 
 hearing, v. deafen; pr. par. deaf- 
 ening; past, deafened: adv. deaf- 
 ly: s. deafness. 
 DEAL. s. Quantity ; degree of, more 
 or Jess ; fir-wood, or the wood of 
 the pine. 
 
 DEAL. v. To distribute cards at a 
 game; to traffic; to behave well or 
 ill in any transaction, pr. par. deal- 
 ing; past, dealt: s. dealer, dealing. 
 DEALT. Pret. and past par. of the 
 v. deal. 
 
 DEAN. s. The second dignitary of 
 a diocese ; the name of an officer 
 in some colleges, s. deanery, pi. 
 deaneries. 
 DEAR. adj. Beloved, favourite, dar- 
 ling; not plentiful; high-priced, 
 s. dear, dear ness, deary : adv. 
 dearly. 
 
 DE A R'-BOUGHT. adj. Purchased 
 
 at a high price. 
 DEARTH, s. Scarcity which makes 
 
 food dear ; want ; famine. 
 DEATH, s. The extinction of life ; 
 mortality; destruction, ad}, death- 
 f d, deathless, deathlike. 
 DEATH -BED. s. The bed to which 
 a person is confined by mortal 
 sickness. 
 
 DEATH'S-DOOR'. s. A near ap- 
 proach to death. 
 DEBAR', v. To exclude, to hinder. 
 
 pr. par. debarring; past, debai^red. 
 DEBARB'. v. To deprive of the 
 beard, pr. par. debcrbing; past, 
 debarbed. 
 
 DEBARK', v. To disembark, pr. 
 par. debarking; past, debarked: s. 
 debarkation. 
 
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DEB — DEC 
 D^BA'SE. v. To reduce from a 
 higher to a lower state; to de- 
 pr. par. debasing; past, 
 
 grade. x 
 
 debased: s. debasement, Jebaser. 
 DEBATE, s. A personal dispute; a 
 controversy, v. debate; pr. par. 
 debating; past , debated; s. debater: 
 adj. debatable. 
 DEBAUCH', v. To corrupt; to viti- 
 ate ; to corrupt by intemperance, 
 pr. par. debauching ; past, debauch- 
 ed: s. debauch, debauchee 1 , debauch- 
 er, debauchery, pi. debaucheries. 
 DEBENTURE, s. A writ or note, 
 by which a debt is claimed ; (in 
 commerce) allowance, on export- 
 ation, of a certain part of a duty 
 which had been paid on goods pre- 
 viously imported. 
 DEBIL'ITATE. v. To weaken, to 
 make faint, pr. par. debilitating; 
 past, debilitated: s . debilitation, de- 
 bility, pi. debilities, debilitator. 
 DEB'IT. s. Money due for goods 
 sold on credit ; the debtor side of 
 an account, v. debit; pr. par. debit- 
 ing; past, debited. 
 DEBONAI'R. adj. Elegant, civil. 
 
 well-bred. adv. debonairly. 
 DEBOUCH', v. To march out of a 
 wood, or a narrow pass, in order 
 to meet or retire from an enemy, 
 pr. par. debouching; past, debouch- 
 ed. 
 
 DEBT. s. That which one man ewes! 
 to another, s. debtor. 
 
 DEBUT, s. A French word, de- 
 noting the commencement or 
 opening of a discourse, or of any 
 design ; first appearance before 
 the public, pronounced de-bu'. 
 
 DECADE, s. The sum of ten; a 
 number containing ten. 
 
 DEO A'DE!\ 7 CE. s. Decav, fall. 
 
 DECAGON, s. A plain figure in 
 geometry, having ten sides and 
 nngles. 
 
 DECALOGUE, s. The ten com- 
 mandments. 
 
 DECAL'VATE. v. To make bald, 
 pr. par. decalvating; past, detail 
 rated: s. decalvation. 
 
 DEC— DEC 
 ! DECAMP', v. To shift the camp 
 
 to move off ; to depart, pr. par 
 decamping; past, decamped: s. de 
 campment. 
 DECANT', v. To pour off gently 
 by inclination, pr. par. decanting 
 past, decanted : s. decaniation, dt 
 canter. 
 
 DECAPITATE, v. To behead. pr . 
 par. decapitating; past, decapita- 
 ted: s- decapitation, decapitator. 
 DECAY', v. To decline from a slate 
 of perfection; to fall towards u 
 state of dissolution, pr. par. de- 
 caying; past, decayed: s. decay, 
 decaycr. 
 
 DECEA'SE. 5. Death; departure 
 
 from life. par. adj. deceased. 
 DECEIT'. 5. Fraud, a cheat, strata- 
 gem, artifice, adj. deceitful: adv. 
 deceitfully: s . deceitfv.lness. 
 DECEI'VE. v. To cause one to mis- 
 take ; to delude by stratagem ; to 
 mock. pr. par. deceiving; past, 
 deceived: s. deceiver, deceiving] 
 adj. deceivable. 
 DECEM'BER. s . The last month of 
 the vear. 
 
 DECEM'VIR. s. One of the ten gov 
 
 ernors of Rom«. pi. decemvirf 
 DECEM'VIR ATE. s. The dignity 
 and office of the ten governors of 
 Rome ; any body of ten men. adj 
 decemviral. 
 DE'CENCY. s. Propriety of form: 
 j becoming ceremony; modesty. pK 
 I decencies: adj. decent: adv. de- 
 cently. 
 
 IDECEPTIBLE. adj. Liable to he 
 deceived, s. deceptibiliti/, pi. decep- 
 Hbilities. 
 
 DECEPTION, s. The act or means 
 of deceiving: cheat; fraud, adj. 
 dereptire, decrptory. 
 DECERPT'. adj. Cropped, taken 
 offend j. decerptible.- s. decryption. 
 DECES'SION. s. A departure; goin* 
 away. s 
 DECPBEi v. To fis the event of; to 
 determine, pr. oar. dtdding; past, 
 decided: decider: adj. decidablet 
 adv. decidedly. 
 
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DEC— DEC 
 
 DEC— DED 
 
 T DECIDUOUS, adj. Falling; not per- 
 ennial, s. deciduousness. 
 
 1 DE'CIMAL. adj. numbered by ten ; 
 multiplied by ten ; increasing by 
 
 A ten. adv. decimally. 
 
 ] DE'CIMATE. v. To tithe; to take 
 
 I the tenth, pr. par. decimating; 
 past, decimated : s. decimation, de- 
 
 i cimator. 
 
 I' DECi'PHER. v. To explain that 
 : which is written in ciphers; to 
 I write out; to unravel, pr. par. de- 
 | ciphering; past, deciphered. 
 I DECISION, s. Act of deciding; de- 
 termination, adj. decisive: adv. 
 decisively: s. decisiveness. 
 j DECK. 5. The floor of a ship. 
 |i DECK. v. To cover, to overspread, 
 to dress, to adorn, pr. par. decking; 
 I past, decked. 
 
 ] : DECLAIM', v. To harangue; to 
 jj speak to the passions, pr. par. de- 
 claiming; past, declaimed: s. de- 
 claimer. 
 
 \ DECLAMATION. 5. Act of de- 
 claiming; a discourse addressed to 
 
 | the passions, adj. declamatory. 
 
 \ DECLARATION. 5. A proclama- 
 tion, or affirmation ; (in law) a 
 written statement of the cause of 
 action, adj. declaratory. 
 LECLA'RE. v. To free from obscu- 
 rity; to clear; to make known, pr. 
 par. declaring; past, declared: adv. 
 declaredly. 
 DECLENSION, s. Act of declining; 
 decimation; decay; inflexion of 
 nouns. 
 
 DECLFNE. v. To bend from, to re- 
 fuse, to decay, pr. par. declining; 
 past, declined: s. decline, declina- 
 tion: adj. declinable, declinatory. 
 
 DECLIVITY, s. Inclination, reck- 
 oned downwards, pi. declivities: 
 adj. declivous. 
 
 DECOCT', v. To prepare by boil- 
 ing; to digest by the heat of the 
 stomach, pr. par. decocting; past, 
 decocted: s. decoction: adj. decoct- 
 ible. 
 
 DECOL LATE, v. To cut through 
 the neck ; to behead, pr. par. de- 
 
 collating; past, decollated: s. decol- 
 lation. 
 
 DECOLORATION, s. Absence of 
 colour. 
 
 DECOMPO'SE. v. To decompound, 
 to dissolve, pr. par. decomposing, 
 past, decomposed: s. decomposer ', 
 decomposition. 
 
 DEC'ORAMENT. s. Ornament. 
 
 DECORATE, v. To adorn, to em- 
 bellish, pr. par. decorating ; past, 
 decorated: s. decoration, decorater. 
 
 DECORTICATE, v. To divest of 
 the bark or husk. pr. par. decorti- 
 cating ; past, decorticated: s. de- 
 cortication. 
 
 DECO'RUM. s. Decency, propriety, 
 adj. decorous: adv. decorously. 
 
 i DECOY', v. To lure into a cage ; to 
 entrap, pr. par. decoying; past, 
 decoyed: s. decoy, decoy er. 
 
 DECREA'SE. v. To grow less ; I o 
 diminish, pr. par. decreasin g; pat -i, 
 decreased: s. decrease. 
 
 DECREE', v. To make an edict; U< 
 enact; to resolve, pr. par. deem 
 ing: past, decreed: s. decree. 
 
 DECREMENT, s. Decrease; tli/i 
 quantity lost by decreasing. 
 
 DECREPIT, adj. Wasted and wo? a 
 out with age; infirm, s. decrept- 
 ness, decrepitude. 
 
 DECRETAL, adj. Appertaining 1 o 
 a decree, s. decretal: adj. dec?!* 
 tory. 
 
 DECRUSTATION. s. Act of taking 
 off the crust. 
 
 DECRY', v. To clamour against; to 
 censure, pr. par. decrying; pant, 
 decried: s. decryer. 
 
 DECUPLE, adj. Ten-fold. 
 
 DEDECORATE. v. To strip of or- 
 nament ; to disgrace, pr. par. de- 
 decorating; past, dedecorated : s. 
 dedecoration : adj. dedecorous. 
 
 DEDICATE, v. To devote to some 
 divine power ; to consecrate to 
 sacred uses ; to devote to a par- 
 ticular thing, pr. par. dedicating, 
 past, dedicated: s. dedication, de~ 
 dicatcr: adj. dedicatory. 
 
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DED— DEF 
 
 DEDU'CE. v. To draw in a regular, 
 connected series ; to subtract ; to 
 deduct, pr. par. deducing ; past, 
 deduced: auj. deducible. 
 
 DEDUCT', v. To subtract, to take 
 away, to separate, pr. par. deduct- 
 ing,- past, deducted: s. deduction. 
 
 DEED. s. Written evidence of any 
 legal act; action, whether good 
 or bad; exploit; performance. 
 
 DEEM. r. To judge, to think, to 
 estimate, pr. par. deeming; past, 
 deemed. 
 
 DEEP. adj. Having length down- 
 wards; descending far ; profound, 
 politic; grave, s.deep.- adv. deep-l 
 ly. v. deepen; pr. par. deepening;^ 
 past, deepened. 
 
 DEEP-MOUTHED, adj. Having a 
 hoarse and loud voice. 
 
 DEER. s. A kind of quadruped, pi. 
 deer. 
 
 DE'ESS. 5. A goddess, pi. deesscs. 
 DEFA'CE. v. To destroy, to raze, 
 
 to disfigure, pr. par. defacing; 
 
 past, defaced: s. defacement, de- 
 facer. 
 
 DEFALCATE, v. To cut off, to 
 lop, to abate, to deduct, pr. par. 
 defalcating; past, defalcated: s. de- 
 falcation. 
 DEFALK', v. To cut off, to lop, to 
 abate, to deduct, pr. par. defalkat- 
 ing; past, defalkated. 
 DEFA'ME. v. To make infamous : 
 to censure falsely in public; to 
 calumniate, pr. par. defaming; 
 past, defamed: s. defamation, de- 
 famer: adj. defamatory. 
 DEFAULT', s. Omission of that 
 which we ought to do; crime; 
 failure ; defect, s. defaulter. 
 DEFEASANCE, s. The act of an- 
 nulling or abrogating a contract 
 adj. defeasible. 
 DEFEAT'. .<?. Overthrow: preven- 
 tion, v. defeat; pr. par. defeating; 
 past, defeated. 
 DEFECATE, v. To purge from 
 lees or foulness; to purifv. pr. par. 
 defecating; past, defecated: s. dfie- 
 cation. 
 
 DEF — DEF 
 
 DEFECT', s. Want; absence of 
 j something necessary ; failing ; im 
 ! perfection, adj. defective: adv 
 | defectively: s. defectiveness. 
 DEi EC'TiON. s. A falling away 
 I apostasy ; revolt. 
 DEFEN'CE. 5. Guard, protection, 
 vindication, justification, apology, 
 adj. defenceless, defensible, defen- 
 sive: adv. defencelessly : s. dejence- 
 lessness. 
 
 DEFEND*, v. To stand in defence 
 of; to protect; to vindicate; to 
 uphold, pr. par. defending; past, 
 defended: s. defendant, defender 
 adj. defendable. 
 DEFER', v. To put off, to delay, pr 
 par. deferring; past, deferred 
 s. deferment, deferrer. 
 DEF'ERENCE. s. Regard, respeet. 
 
 complaisance, condescension. 
 DEFi'ANCE. s. A challenge, s. de- 
 I fer. 
 
 DEFi'CIENCY. s. Want ; some- 
 
 I thing less than is necessary ; de- 
 i feet, imperfection, pi. deficiencies. 
 
 I I adj. deficient: adv. deficiently. 
 DE'FiCiT. s. Want, deficiencv. 
 DEFi'LE. v. To make foul or im- 
 pure; to pollute, pr. par. defiling, 
 
 ! past, defiled ; s. defilement, defile* . 
 DEFI'LE. v. To march off in files 
 j pr. par. defiling; past, defiled: s. 
 | defile, a long narrow pass. 
 DEFI'NE. v. To give the definition- 
 ! to explain, pr. par. defining; pnst, 
 
 defined : s.definer: adj. definable. 
 DEFINITE, adj. Certain, limited, 
 bounded, exact, adv. definitely: 
 s. definiteness, definition.- adj. de- 
 finitive.- adv. definitively. 
 DEFLECT', v. To turn aside; to 
 deviate from a true course, pr. 
 par. dfiecting: past, defected: s. 
 deflection^ defieno-e. 
 DETLUOUS. adj. Flowing down- 
 
 DEFLrX',DEFLUX'ION. s. Down- 
 ward flow. 
 DEFORM', v. To disfigure. pr . par. 
 deforming; past, deformed: s 
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DEF— DEJ 
 
 deformation, deformer, deformity, 
 pi. deformities. 
 
 DEFRAUD', v. To cheat, pr. par. 
 defrauding; past, defrauded: s. 
 defrauder. 
 
 DEFRAY', v. To bear the charges, 
 pr. par. defraying; past, defrayed: 
 s. defrayer, defrayment. 
 
 DEFUNCT', adj. Dead, deceased, s. 
 defunct, def unction. 
 
 DEFY', v. To call to combat ; to 
 challenge ; to slight, pr. par. defy- 
 ing; past, defed: s. defiance, de- 
 fer. 
 
 DEGEN'ERATE. v. To fall from the 
 virtue of ancestors ; to become of 
 inferior quality, pr. par. degene- 
 rating ; past, degenerated: s. de- 
 generacy, pi. degeneracies, degen- 
 erateness: adj. degenerate: adv. de- 
 generately. 
 
 DEGLUTITION, s. The act of 
 swallowing. 
 
 DEGRA'DE. v. To put one from his 
 degree ; to deprive him of office, 
 dignity, or t tie. pr. par. degrad- 
 ing; past, degraded: s. degrada- 
 tion: adv. degradingly. 
 
 DEGREE', s. Quality, rank, station; 
 step, measure, rate, collegiate 
 honour. 
 
 DEHOR'TATORY. adj. Dissuasive. 
 DEIFICATION, s. The heathenish 
 
 act of deifying, or making a god. 
 
 s. deifar. 
 
 DE'IFY. v. To make a god of; to 
 adore as a god. pr. par. deifying; 
 past, deified. 
 
 DEIGN, v. To vouchsafe, to grant, 
 to consider worth notice, pr. par. 
 deigning; past, deigned. 
 
 DEIN TEGRATE. v. To take from 
 the whole; to spoil, pr. par. dein- 
 tegrating; past, deintegrated : s. 
 deintegration. 
 
 DE'ISM, s. The opinion of those who 
 only acknowledge one God, with- 
 out the reception of any revealed 
 religion, s. deist: adj. deistical. 
 
 DEITY, s. Divinity; the nature and 
 essence of God. pi. deities. 
 
 DEJECT', v. To cast down, to af- 
 
 DEL — DEL 
 
 | flict. pr. par. dejecting; past, de* 
 jected: s. djectedness, dejecter, de- 
 jection: adv. dejectedly, dtjcctly. 
 
 DELA'CERATE. v. To tear into 
 pieces, pr. par. delacerating ; past, 
 delacerated: s. delaceration. 
 
 •DELACTATION. s. Act of wean- 
 ing from the breast. 
 
 DELAY', v. To defer, to put off, to 
 hinder, to frustrate, to detain, pr. 
 par. delaying; past, delayed: s. 
 delay, delayer. 
 
 DELECTABLE, adj. Pleasing, de- 
 lightful, adv. delectably. 
 
 DEL'EGATE. v. To send upon an 
 embassy; to intrust, pr. par. dele- 
 gating; past, delegated: s. delegate, 
 delegation. 
 
 DELETE, v. To blot out. pr. pr. 
 deleting; past, deleted: s. deletion. 
 adj. deletory. 
 
 DELETERIOUS, adj. Deadly, de- 
 structive. 
 
 DELF, DELFT, s. Earthenware fir^t 
 made at Delft. 
 
 DELIBERATE, v. To think, in or- 
 der to choose; to consider; to 
 hesitate, pr. par. deliberating, 
 past, deliberated: s. deliberation, 
 deliberateness, deliberator : adj. dj- 
 liberate, deliberative: adv. deliber- 
 ately. 
 
 DEL'IBLE. adj. Capable of being 
 destroyed, or effaced. 
 
 DELICACY, s. Daintiness; pleas- 
 antnesstothe taste; softness; neat- 
 ness, pi. delicacies: adj. delicate: adv. 
 delicately: s. delicateness. 
 
 DELI'CIOUS. adj. Sweet, delicate, 
 delightful to the palate, adv. de- 
 liriously: s. deliciousness. 
 
 DELIGHT', v. To please, to con- 
 tent, to afford pleasure, pr. par. 
 delighting; past, delighted : s. de- 
 light, delighter. 
 
 DELIGHTFUL, adj. Full of de- 
 light ; charming, adv. delightfully: 
 s. delightfulness. 
 
 DELIN'EAMENT. s. Painting; re- 
 presentation by delineation. 
 
 DELIN'EATE. v. To make the first 
 draught ; to design ; to sketch, pr. 
 
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DEL— DEM 
 
 par. delineating; past, delineated. 
 s. delineation, delineator. 
 DELINQUENCY, s. A fault, a mis- 
 deed, pi. delinquencies: s. delin- 
 quent. 
 
 DELIQ'UIDATE. v. To melt; to be 
 
 dissolved, pr. par. deliquidaiing ; 
 
 past, deliquidated. 
 DELIRIUM, s. Alienation of mind ; 
 
 dotage, adj. delirious: s. delirious- 
 
 ness. 
 
 DELIVER, v. To set free, to res- 
 cue, to release, to speak, pr. par. 
 delivering; past, delivered: s. de- 
 liverance, deliverer, delivery, pi. 
 deliveries. 
 
 DELL. s. A little dale. 
 
 DELU'DE. v. To beguile, to cheat, to 
 disappoint, pr. par. deluding; past, 
 deluded: s.deluder: adj. deludable. 
 
 DEL'UGE. s. A general inundation; 
 calamitous state of lying entirely 
 under water, v. deluge; pr. par. 
 deluging; past, deluged. 
 
 DELU'SION. s. The act of deluding; 
 state of being deluded; a cheat; 
 guile; deceit, adj. delusive, delu- 
 sory. 
 
 HELVE, v. To dig; to open the 
 ground with a spade, pr. par. delv- 
 tnsr; past, delved: s. delve, delver. 
 
 4>EM'AGOGUE. s. A ringleader of 
 the rabble; a popular and factious 
 orator. 
 
 DEMAND', v. To claim; to ask 
 with authority, pr. par. demand- 
 ing; past, demanded: s. demand, 
 demander, demandant: adj. de- 
 mandable. 
 
 DEMARCATION, s. Division ; sep- 
 aration of territory- 
 
 DEMEAN', v. To behave ; to lessen, 
 to debase, pr. par. demeaning;] 
 past, demeaned: s. demeanour. 
 
 DEMENTATE. v. To deprive of 
 reason ; to make mad. pr. par. de-l 
 mentating; past, dementated: s. ^ 
 dement (tt ion. 
 
 DEMERIT, s. The opposite to mer- 
 it ; want of merit. 
 
 DEME'SNE. s. That part of an estate! ] 
 which is occupied by the lord/ 
 
 DEM—DEM 
 
 . ] himself; the improved land around 
 
 a mansion. 
 - DEMI. s. Half; one of two equal 
 parts. 
 
 DEMIGOD, s. In the heathen mv- 
 ! thology, signifies the partaking of 
 the divine nature ; half a god. 
 DEMI'SE. v. To grant at one's death; 
 ; to grant by will. pr. par. demising, 
 past, demised. 
 DEMI'SE. s. Death, decease. Used 
 only in relation to a crowned head, 
 or to the crown itself. 
 DEMOCRACY, s. Sovereign power 
 lodged in the collective body of 
 the people, pi. democracies: s. 
 democrat: adj. democratic, demo- 
 cratical : adv. democratically. 
 DEMOLISH, v. To throw down; 
 to raze; to destroy, pr. par. de- 
 molishing; past, demolished: s.de- 
 molisher. 
 
 DEMOLITION, s. The act of de- 
 molishing; destruction. 
 DE'MON. 5. A spirit; generally an 
 ev.il spirit, a devil, s. demoniac: 
 adj. demoniac, demoniacal. 
 DEMONOL'ATRY. s. The worship 
 
 of the devil. 
 DEMONSTRATE, v. To prove with 
 the highest degree of certaintv. 
 pr. par. demonstrating ; past, de- 
 monstrated: s. demonstration, de- 
 monstrator: adj. demonstrable, de- 
 monstrative : adv. demonstratively. 
 DEMORALIZE, v. To destroy mor 
 als and moral feeling, pr. par. de- 
 moralizing; past, demoralized : si 
 demoralization, demoralizer. 
 DEMUR', v. To delay a process in 
 law, by formal objections; to hes 
 itate. pr. par. demurring; past 
 demurred: s. demur, demurrer. 
 DEMU'RE. adj. Sober, decent, grave. 
 
 adv. demurely: s. demureness. 
 DEMURRAGE ». An allowance 
 made by freighters, to owners of 
 ships, for their stay in a port be- 
 yond the time appointed. 
 
 DEMY'. .?. A term relating to th# 
 size of paper. 
 
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DEN— DEN 
 
 DEN. 5. A cavern or hollow under 
 ground; the cave of a wild beast. 
 
 DENATIONALIZE, v. To take away 
 national rights, pr. par. denation- 
 alizing; past, denationalized. 
 
 DENDROLOGY, s. The natural 
 history of trees, pi. dendrologies. 
 
 DENIZEN, s. A freeman ; an alien 
 invested with the rights of a cit- 
 izen, s. denization. 
 
 DENOMINATE, v. To name. pr. 
 par. denominating; past, denomi- 
 nated: s. denomination, denomina- 
 tor: adj. denominative. 
 
 DENOTE, v. To mark ; to be a sign 
 of; to betoken, pr. par. denoting 
 past, denoted: s. denotement: adj. 
 denotative. 
 
 DENOTEMENT, s. The discovery 
 of the plot of a drama, or of any 
 other work of the imagination 
 
 DENOU'NCE. v. To threaten by 
 proclamation, pr. par. denouncing; 
 past, denounced: s. denouncer. 
 
 DENSE, adj. Close, compact, ap 
 proaching to solidity, s. density, 
 pi. densities. 
 
 LENT. s. A mark caused by a stroke 
 or blow. adj. dented. 
 
 DENTAL, adj. Belonging to the 
 teeth. 
 
 DENTICULATED, adj. Set with 
 small teeth, or prominences re- 
 sembling the teeth of a saw. 
 
 DENTIFRICE, s. A powder made to 
 clean the teeth. 
 
 DENTIST, s. One who professes 
 to heal the diseases of the teeth ; 
 one who dresses or who draws 
 * teeth. 
 
 DENU'DATE. v. To divest, to strip, 
 pr. par. denudating ; past, denu- 
 dated: s. denudation. 
 
 DENU'DE. v. To strip ; to make na- 
 ked, pr. par. denuding; past, de- 
 nuded. 
 
 DENUNCIATION. 5. The act of 
 
 denouncing, s. denunciator. 
 DENY', v. To contradict, to refuse, 
 
 to disown, to renounce, pr. par. 
 
 denying; past, denied: s. denial, 
 
 denier: adj. deniable. 
 
 DEO— DEP 
 
 DEOBSTRUCT'. v. To clear from 
 obstruction, pr. par. deobstrucU 
 ing; past, deobstructed: s. deob- 
 struction. 
 
 DE'ODAND. s. A thing given or for- 
 feited to God, in case of any mis- 
 fortune, by which a human being 
 comes to a violent end, without 
 the fault of any reasonable crea- 
 ture. 
 
 DEON'ERATE. v. To unload, pr. 
 par. deonerating; past, deonerated. 
 
 DEPART', v. To go away from a 
 place ; to quit ; to leave, pr. par. 
 departing; past, departed: s. de- 
 parture. 
 
 DEPARTMENT. 5. Separate allot- 
 ment ; province or business as- 
 signed to a particular person, adj. 
 departmental. 
 
 DEPEND', v. To hang from ; to be 
 in a state of dependence, pr. par. 
 depending; past, depended: s. de- 
 pendence, dependency, pi. depen 
 dencies: adj. and s. dependent: s. 
 
 DEPICT', v. To paint, to portray, 
 to describe, pr. par. depicting, 
 past, depicted :.s. depicter. 
 DEPICTURE, v. To represent in 
 colours, pr. par. depicturing; past, 
 depictured. 
 DE'PILATE. v. To pull off hair, 
 pr. par. depilating; past, depilated: 
 s. depilation: adj. depilatory. 
 DEPLETION, s. Act of emptying; 
 
 state of being empty. 
 DEPLO'RE. v. To lament, to be- 
 wail, to mourn, pr. par. deploring, 
 past, deplored: adj. deplorable. 
 adv. deplorably: s. deplorer, de- 
 plorableness. 
 DEPLOY', v. To display; a column 
 of troops is deployed, when the 
 divisions spread wide, or open 
 out. pr. par. deploying; past, de- 
 ployed. 
 
 DEPLU'ME. v. To strip of its feath- 
 ers. pr. par. depluming; past, de- 
 plumed: s. deplumation. 
 DEPONENT, s. One that deposes 
 |j his testimony; an evidence; a 
 
DEP— DEP 
 
 witness ; (in grammar) such verbs 
 as have no active voice are called 
 deponents, adj. deponent. 
 
 DEPOPULATE. * To unpeople 
 to lay waste, pr. par. depopulating 
 past, depopulated: s. depopulation 
 depopulator. 
 
 DEPORT', v. To carry away; to 
 doraean, to behave, pr. par. de 
 porting; past, deported. 
 
 DEPORTATION, s. Transports 
 tion ; act of carrying beyond sea 
 
 DEPORTMENT, s. Conduct, de 
 meanour. 
 
 DEi'O'SE. v. To degrade from a 
 throne ; to testify, pr. par. depos 
 ing; past, deposed: s. deposer, de 
 position. 
 
 DEPOSIT, v. To lay up; to lodge 
 in any place, pr. par. depositing 
 past, deposited: s. deposit, deposit 
 ary, depository, pi. depositaries, 
 depositories. 
 
 DEPOSITION, s. The act of depos 
 ing; written evidence. 
 
 DE'POT. s. A place in which stores 
 are deposited, for the use of an 
 army, pronounced, de'po. 
 
 DEPRA'VE. v. To vitiate, to corrupt 
 to contaminate, pr. par. deprav 
 ing; past, depraved: s. deprava 
 tion, depravemeni, depraver, de 
 pravedaess, depravity, pi. depravi 
 ties: adv. depravedly. 
 
 DE'PRECATE. v. To beg off; to 
 avert by prayer, pr. par. deprecat- 
 ing; past, deprecated: s. depreca 
 tion, deprecator: adj. deprecative 
 deprecatory. 
 
 DEPRE'CIATE. v. To bring down 
 to a lower price ; to fall in value ; 
 to undervalue, pr. par. depreciat- 
 ing: past, depreciated: s. depre- 
 ciation. 
 
 DE' PREDATE, v. To rob, to pil- 
 lage, to spoil, pr. par. depredat- 
 ing; past, depredated: s. depre- 
 dation, depredator. 
 
 DEPRESS', v. To press or thrust 
 down: to bumble: to deject, pr 
 par. depressing; past, depressed: | 
 
 DEP-DES 
 
 depression, depressor: adj. depres 
 
 DEPRl'VE. v. To bereave of a 
 thing ; to hinder, pr. par. depriv- 
 ing; past, deprived: s. deprivation, 
 depriver: adj. deprioable. 
 DEPTH, s. Deepness; deep place, 
 
 abstruseness, profundity. 
 DEPUL'SION. s. A driving or thrust- 
 
 ing away. adj. depulsory. 
 DEPUTE, v. To send with a spe- 
 cial commission, pr. par. deput- 
 ing; past, deputed: s. deputation. 
 DE'PUTY. s. A person deputed by 
 another; a subordinate officer, pi. 
 deputies. 
 
 DERANGE', v. To turn out of the 
 proper course ; to disorder, pr. 
 par. deranging; past, deranged: 
 s. derangement. 
 DERELICTION, s. The act of for- 
 saking or leaving. 
 DERI'DE. v. To laugh at, to mock, 
 pr. par. deriding; past, derided: 
 s. derider : adv. deridingly. 
 DERIS'ION. s. Act of deriding ; con- 
 tempt, scorn, adj. derisive, deriso- 
 ry: adv. derisively. 
 DERI VE, v. To deduce from its 
 original; to descend from; to ie- 
 ceiye by transmission, pr. par. 
 deriving; past, derived: s. derwo> 
 tion, deriver : adj. derivable, deriva- 
 tive: adv. derivatively. 
 DE'ROGATE. v. To do an act so 
 far contrary to a law or custom, ns 
 to diminish its former extent ; to 
 detract ; to degenerate, pr. par. 
 derogating; past, derogated- s. 
 derogation: adj. derogative, dero- 
 gatory: adv. derogatorily. 
 DER'VIS. s. A Turkish priest or 
 
 monk. pi. dtrvises. 
 DESCANT', v. To sing in parts: to 
 discourse at large, pr. par. descant- 
 ing: past, descanted : s. descanier. 
 DESCEND', v. To go downwards; 
 to sink ; to fall, in~order of inheri- 
 tance, to a successor, pr. par. de- 
 scending; past, descended: s. de- 
 t c end antf daceni; udj. de.<m)kni. 
 
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DES— DES 
 
 DESCENDIBLE, adj. Such as may 
 be descended ; transmissible by in- 
 heritance, s. descendibility, pi. de- 
 scendibilities. 
 
 DESCEN'SION. s. Act of descend- 
 ing, adj. descensive. 
 
 DESCRI'BE. v. To delineate, to 
 mark out, to characterize, pr. par. 
 describing; past, described: s. de- 
 scriber. 
 
 DESCRIPTION, s. Act of describ- 
 ing; a sentence or passage in 
 which any thing is described, adj. 
 descriptive. 
 
 DESCRY', v. To give notice of any 
 thing suddenly discovered 5 to spy 
 out at a distance ; to detect, pr. 
 par. descrying; past, descried: s. 
 descrier. 
 
 PE'SECRATE. v. To divert from 
 the purpose to which any thing 
 was originally consecrated, pr. 
 par. desecrating; past, desecrated: 
 s. desecration. 
 
 DESERT', v. To forsake, to aban- 
 don, to leave, pr. par. deserting; 
 past, deserted: s. deserter, desertion. 
 
 DES'ERT. s. A wilderness, solitude, 
 adj. desert. 
 
 DESK'RVE. v. To merit; to be 
 worthy of reward, pr. par. deserv- 
 ing; past, deserved: s. deserver : 
 adv. deservedly, deservingly. 
 
 DESICCATE, v. To dry up; to ex- 
 haust of moisture, pr. par. desiccat- 
 ing; past, desiccated: s. desicca- 
 tion: adj. desiccative. 
 
 DESIDERATUM, s. Something 
 which inquiry has not yet been able 
 to ascertain, or discover; some- 
 thing desired, pi. desiderata. 
 
 DESIGN', v. To purpose, to intend, 
 to plan. pr. par. designing; past, 
 designed: s. design, designer: adj. 
 designable: adv. designedly. 
 
 DE' SIGN ATE. v. To point out, to 
 distinguish, pr. par. designating; 
 past, "designated: s. designation : 
 adj. designative. 
 
 DESl'RE. s. Wish; eagerness to ob- 
 tain or enjoy, v. desire ; pr. par. 
 desiring; past, desired: s. desirer: 
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 DES — DES 
 
 adj. desirable, desirous: adv. desir- 
 ously. 
 
 DESIST', v. To cease from; to 
 stop. pr. par. desisting; past, de- 
 sisted. 
 
 DESK. s. An inclining table, for the 
 use of writers or readers. 
 
 DE'SOLATE. v. To deprive of in- 
 habitants; to lay waste, pr. par. 
 desolating; past, desolated: s. de- 
 solation, desolater : adj. desolate: 
 adv. desolately. 
 
 DESPAI'R. s. Hopelessness, de- 
 spondence, v. despair; pr. par. 
 despairing ; past, despaired: adj. 
 despairable: s. despairer : adv. de- 
 spairingly. 
 
 DESPATCH', v. To send away 
 hastily; to put to death; to per- 
 form quickly, pr. par. despatching , 
 past, despatched: s. despatch, de- 
 spatches 
 
 DESPERA'DO. 5. One who is des- 
 perate, without fear of danger, 
 pi. desperadoes. 
 
 DE'SPERATE. adj. Without hope; 
 irretrievable, mad, furious, adv. 
 desperately : s. desperation. 
 
 DE'SPICABLE. adj. Contemptible, 
 vile, worthless, s. despicableness: 
 adv. despicably. 
 
 DESPI'SE. v. To scorn, to contemn, 
 pr. par. despising; past, despised, 
 s. despiser : adj. despisable. 
 
 DESPI'TE. s. Malice, anger, malig 
 nity, defiance, adj. despiteful: adv, 
 despitefully : s. despitefulness. 
 
 DESPOIL', v. To rob, to deprive, to 
 strip, pr. par. despoiling; past, 
 despoiled : s. despoiler, despoliation. 
 
 DESPOND', v. To despair, to lose 
 hope. pr. par. desponding ; past, 
 desponded: s. despondency, pi. de- 
 spondencies, desponder: adj. de- 
 spondent: adv. despondingly. 
 
 DES'POT. s. An absolute prince ; 
 one that governs with unlimited 
 authority, adj. despotic, despotical: 
 adv. despotically : s. despotism. 
 
 DESSERT', DESERT, s. The fruit 
 or sweetmeats set on the table af» 
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DES-DET 
 
 ter the meat. French pronuncia- 
 tion, dessa'ir. 
 
 DESTINATION, s. The purpose 
 for which any thing is appointed ; 
 the ultimate design. 
 
 DESTINE, v. To doom unalterably; 
 to devote, pr. par. destining; past, 
 destined : s. destiny, pi. destinies. 
 
 DESTITUTE, adj. Forsaken, aban- 
 doned, abject, s. destitution. 
 
 DESTROY', v. To overturn; to ruin; 
 to lay waste ; to kill. pr. par. de- 
 stroying; past, destroyed: s. de- 
 stroyer. 
 
 DESTRUCTION, s. Actof destroy- 
 ing; state of being destroyed, adj. 
 destructible: s. destructibility, pi. 
 dcstructibilities. 
 
 DESTRUCTIVE, adj. Having the 
 quality of destroying; wasteful, 
 adv. destructively : s. destructive, 
 ness. 
 
 DESUDATION. i. A profuse and 
 inordinate sweating. 
 
 DE'SUETUDE. s. Cessation to be 
 accustomed ; discontinuance of 
 practice or habit. 
 
 DESULTORY, adj. Roving from 
 thing to thing; unsettled; waver- 
 ing, s. desultoriness. 
 
 DETACH', v. To separate, to dis- 
 engage, to part from. pr. par. de- 
 tacking; past, detached : s. detach- 
 ment. 
 
 DETAIL', v. To relate particularly, 
 to display minutely, pr. par. de-\ 
 tailing; past, detailed: s. detail, 
 detailer. 
 
 DETAIN.' v. To keep that which 
 belongs to another; to withhold;! 
 to keep back. pr. par. detaining;] 
 past, detained s. detainer. 
 
 DETECT', v. To discover ; to find 
 out any crime or artifice, pr. par. 
 detecting: past, detected I: s. detect- 
 or, detection. 
 
 DETENTION, s. The act of detain- 
 ing. 
 
 DETER', v. To discourage by ter- 
 ror, pr par. deterring; past, de- 
 terrcd. \\ 
 
 DET — DEU 
 
 DETERGE', v. To cleanse, pr. par. 
 deterging; past, deterged: adj. and 
 s. detergent. 
 DETE RIORATE, v. To impair, to 
 make worse, pr. par. deteriorating; 
 past, deteriorated: s. deterioration. 
 DETERMINATE, adj. Settled, def- 
 inite; established; certain, adj. 
 determinable: adv. determinately : 
 s. determination. 
 DETERMINE, v. To fix, to settle, to 
 conclude, to form a resolution, pr. 
 par. determining; past, determined. 
 DETER'SION. s. The act ol cleans- 
 ing, adj. detersive. 
 DETEST', v. To hate, to abhor, 
 pr. par. detesting; past, detet ted ; s. 
 detestation, detester: adj. detesta- 
 ble: adv. detestably. 
 DETHRO'NE. v. To divest of re- 
 gality; to depose, pr. par. dethron- 
 ing; past, dethroned: s. dethrone- 
 ment, dethroner. 
 DETONATE, v. To make a noise 
 like thunder, pr. par. detonating, 
 past, detonated s. detonation. 
 DETORT. v. To wrest from the 
 original import, meaning, or de- 
 sign, pr. par. detorting ; past, de- 
 torted: s. detortion. 
 DETOU'R. s. A turning: a way about, 
 v. detour; pr. par. detour ing ; past, 
 detoured. 
 
 DETRACT', v. To derogate: to 
 take away, by envy, any thing 
 from the reputation of another, pr. 
 par. detracting; past, detracted : s. 
 detraction, detractor: adj. detrac- 
 tions, detractive, detractory. 
 DETRIMENT, s. Loss, damage, 
 
 mischief, adj. detrimerJal. 
 DETRITION, s. The act of wear- 
 in cr awav. 
 DETRU'DE. v. To thrust down, to 
 force into a lower place, pr. par. 
 detruding; past, detruded: s. de- 
 1 fusion. 
 
 DETRUVCATE. v. To lop, to cut. 
 pr. par. detruncating : past, de- 
 truncated: s. delruncation. 
 DEUCE. % Two: a word used for 
 a card or die with two snots. 
 
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DEU— DEV 
 
 DEUTERON'OMY. s. The second 
 book of the law ; the fifth book of 
 Moses. 
 
 DEVASTATE, v. To lay waste, 
 pr. par. devastating; past, devas- 
 tated: s. devastation, devastator. 
 
 DEVEL'OP. v. To disengage, to dis- 
 entangle, pr. par. developing; past, 
 developed: s. development. 
 
 DEVEST', DIVEST', v. To deprive 
 of clothes, to strip, to annul, pr. 
 par. devesting; past, devested. 
 
 DEVEX'IVY. s. Incurvation down- 
 wards, declivity, pi. devexities. 
 
 DE VIATE, v. To wander from the 
 right or common way ; to err ; to 
 sin. pr. par. deviating; past, de- 
 viated: s. deviation. 
 
 DEVl'CE. 5. A contrivance ; a strat- 
 agem ; a design ; the emblem on 
 a shield, adj. deviceful: adv. de- 
 vice/ ally. 
 
 DEVIL, s. The prince of hell. adj. 
 devilish: adv. devilishly: s. devu- 
 ishness. 
 
 DE'VIOUS. adj. Out of the common 
 track; wandering; roving, adv. 
 deviously. 
 
 DEVi'SE. v. To contrive, to invent, 
 to plan; to grant by will. pr. par. 
 devising; past, devised: adj. de- 
 visable: s. devise, deviser. 
 
 DEVISEE', s. He to whom something 
 is bequeathed by will. 
 
 DE VOCA TION, s. A calling away ; 
 a seduction. 
 
 DEVOID', adj. Empty, vacant, void. 
 
 DEVOI'R. s. Act of civility or obse- 
 quiousness. 
 
 DEVOLVE', v. To roll down ; to 
 fall in succession, into new hands, 
 pr. par. devolving ; past, devolved. 
 
 DEVOLUTION, s. The act of roll- 
 ing down. 
 
 DEVOTE, v. To dedicate, to con- 
 secrate, to appropriate by vow. 
 pr. par. devoting; past, devoted: s. 
 devotedness, devotee', devoter. 
 
 DEVOTION, s. Act of devoting; 
 the state of being consecrated or 
 dedicated ; prayer, adj. devotional. 
 
 DEV— DIA 
 
 DEVOUR', v. To eat up ravenously ; 
 to destroy or consume with rapid- 
 ity and violence, pr. par. devour- 
 ing ; past, devoured: s. devourer : 
 adv. devouringly. 
 
 DEVOUT', adj. Pious, religious, s. 
 devoutness : adv. devoutly. 
 
 DEW. v. The moisture on the 
 ground, adj. dewy. 
 
 DEWBERRY, s. A species of fruit, 
 resembling the blackberry. pL 
 dewberries. 
 
 DEWLAP, s. The flesh that hangs 
 down from the throats of oxen. 
 
 DEXTER. 5. The right ; not the 
 left : a term used in heraldry, adj. 
 dextral. 
 
 DEXTERITY, s. Readiness of 
 limbs; activity; readiness of con- 
 trivance, pi. dexterities: adj. dex- 
 trous : adv. dexirously. 
 
 DEY. s. The title of the supreme 
 governor of Algiers, Tunis, and 
 Tripoli. 
 
 DIABOLICAL, DIABOL'IC. adj. 
 Devilish; partaking of the quali- 
 ties of the devil; impious: atro- 
 cious, adv. diabolically : s. diabol- 
 ■ icalness. 
 
 DI'ADEM. s. A tiara ; an ensign of 
 royalty bound about the head of 
 eastern monarchs ; a crown, adj. 
 diademed. 
 
 DIvE'RESlS. s. The separation or 
 disjunction of syllables ; the mark 
 ( •• ) of that separation, pi. dicere- 
 
 Dl AGONAL, adj. Reaching from 
 one angle to another, so as to di- 
 vide a parallelogram into equal 
 parts, adv. diagonally. 
 
 DFAGF ; M. s. A delineation of a 
 geometrical figure. 
 
 Dl'AL. s. A plate marked with lines, 
 where a hand or shadow show* 
 the hour. s. dialisi, dialing 
 
 Di'ALECT. s. The subdivision 01 * 
 language; style; manner of ex- 
 pression ; language. 
 
 DIALECTICS, s. Logic; the art of 
 reasoning, adj. dialectic : s. dialed- 
 tician. 
 
 103. 
 
DIA — DIC 
 
 BI'ALOGUE. s. A conference; I 
 con versation between two or more 
 adj. dialogistic. 
 
 PIA'METER. 5. A right line which 
 divides the area of a circle into 
 two equal parts. 
 
 PUMETR1CAL. adj. Describing a 
 diameter ; crossing in the manner 
 .of a diameter ; and hence denot- 
 ing division or opposition, adv 
 diametrically. 
 
 PI'AMOND. s. The most valuable 
 and the hardest of all gems ; pro- 
 nounced di'mund: adj. diamonded. 
 
 DIAPA'SON. s. A cord which in- 
 cludes all tones ; an octave. 
 
 DI'APER. s. Linen cloth, woven in 
 flowers and other figures; the 
 finest species of figured linen after 
 damask. 
 
 Di'APHRAGM. s. The midriff, which 
 divides the upper cavity of the 
 body from the lower; any division 
 or partition which divides a hollow 
 body. 
 
 PIARRHCET'IC. adj. Solutive, pur 
 gative. 
 
 Pi'ARY. s. An account of the trans- 
 actions and observations of every 
 day; a journal, pi. diaries: s 
 diarist. 
 
 Dl'ASTOLE. s. A figure in rhetoric, 
 by which a short syllable is made 
 long; the dilation of the heart. 
 PI'ASTYLE. 5. A sort of edifice, 
 where the pillars stand at so great 
 a distance from one another, that 
 three diameters of their thickness 
 are allowed for intercolumniation 
 
 pl'A TRIBE . s. A disputation, or 
 continued discourse. 
 
 pIB'BLE. s. A small spade ; a point- 
 ed instrument, with which gar- 
 deners make holes for planting, v 
 dibble; pr. par. dibbling; past, 
 dibbled. 
 
 DICE. s. The plural of die. 
 
 DICTATE, v. To deliver to ano 
 ther with authority; to declare 
 with confidence, pr. par. dictating; 
 past, dictated: s. dictate, dictation., 
 
 PICTATOR. s. A magistrate ap-| 
 
 DIC— DIF 
 
 pointed in time of exigence and 
 danger, and invested with abso- 
 lute authority ; one who dictates, 
 adj. dictatorial, adv. dictatorially.- 
 s. dictatorship. 
 DICTION, s. Style, language, ex- 
 pression. 
 
 DICTIONARY, s. A book contain- 
 ing the words of any language, in 
 alphabetical order, with explana- 
 tions of their meaning; a lexicon, 
 a vocabulary, pi. dictionaries. 
 
 DID. v. The preterit of do.- second 
 person, didst. 
 
 DIDACTIC, adj. Preceptive; giv- 
 
 ing precepts. 
 DEDUCTION, s. Separation, by 
 withdrawing one part from the 
 other. 
 
 DIE. v. To lose life, to expire, pr. 
 
 par. dying; past, died. 
 DIE. s. A small cube, marked on its 
 faces with numbers from one to 
 six, which gamesters throw in plav. 
 pi. dice. 
 
 DIE. 5. The stamp used in coinage, 
 pi. dies. 
 
 Dl'ET. s. Food, provisions, victuals, 
 v. diet; pr. par. dieting; past, 
 dieted. 
 
 Dl'ET. s. An assembly of princes 
 
 DIFFER, v. To be distinguished 
 from; tocontend: tobeofa con- 
 trary opinion, pr. par. differing, 
 past, differed: s. difference: adj. 
 different: s. differently. 
 DIFFICULT, adj. Hard, not easy, 
 not facile, troublesome, vexatious, 
 adv. difficultly: s. difficulty, pi. 
 difficulties. 
 DIFFIDENCE, s. Distrust; want of 
 confidence; doubt, adj. diffident: 
 adv. diffidently. 
 DIFFLU'ENCE, DIFFLU'FNCY. s. 
 The quality of falling awnv on all 
 sides; the effect of fluidity, pi 
 diffiluences, diffuencies : adj. dif 
 fluent. 
 
 DjFFRANCH'ISEMENT. s. The 
 
 act of taking away privileges. 
 DJFFU'SE. r. To pour out upon a 
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DIF-DIL 
 
 DIL— DIN 
 
 plane, so that the liquor may run 
 every way ; to spread ; to scatter, 
 pr. par. diffusing; past, diffused: 
 adj. diffuse, diffusive: adv. diffuse- 
 ly: s. diffuseness, diffuser, diffu- 
 sion. 
 
 DIFFU'SIBLE. adj. Capable of being 
 diffused, s. diffusibility, pi. diffu- 
 sibilities. 
 
 DIG. v. To pierce with a spade ; to 
 work with a spade, pr. par. dig- 
 ging; past, dug: s. digger. 
 
 DIGEST', v. To distribute into va- 
 rious classes; to arrange method- 
 ically ; to concoct in the stomach, 
 pr. par. digesting; past, digested: 
 s. di'gest, digestion, digester: adj. 
 digestible, digestive. 
 
 DI'GiT. s. Three-fourths of an inch. 
 
 DIG'NIFY. v. To advance, to pre- 
 fer, to exalt, to honour, pr. par. 
 dignifying ; past, dignified: s. 
 dignity, pi. dignities, dignijication. 
 
 DIGNITARY, s. A clergyman ad- 
 vanced to some rank above that 
 of a parochial priest, pi. dignita- 
 
 DIGRESS'. v. To turn aside out of 
 the road; to deviate ; to speak of 
 something incidental, pr. par. di- 
 gressing; past, digressed: s. di- 
 gression: adj. digressional, digres- 
 sive: adv. digressively . 
 
 DIKE, DYKE. s. A channel to re- 
 ceive water; a mound to hinder 
 inundations, v. dike; pr. par. 
 diking; past, diked. 
 
 DILA'CERATE. v. To tear, to rend, 
 pr. par. dilacerating ; past, dilace- 
 rated: s. dilaceration. 
 
 DILAPIDATE, v. To go to ruin ; 
 to fall by decay, pr. par. dilapi- 
 dating; past, dilapidated: s. dilap- 
 idation, dilapidator. 
 
 DILATE, v. To extend, to spread 
 out, to enlarge, pr. par. dilating; 
 past, dilated: s. dilation, dilator. 
 
 DIL' A TORY. adj. Tardy; slow; 
 given to procrastination, adv. dil- 
 atorily: s. dilatoriness. 
 
 DILEM'MA. s. An argument equally 
 conclusive by contrary supposi- 
 
 tions; a difficult or doubtful 
 choice. 
 
 DILETTANTE, s. One who de- 
 lights in cultivating or promoting 
 science. 
 
 DILIGENT, adj. Constant in ap- 
 plication; assiduous, s. diligence : 
 adv. diligently. 
 
 DILU'CID. adj. Clear, not opaque, 
 v. dilucidate; pr. par. dilucidating ; 
 past, dilucidated: s. dilucidation. 
 
 DILU'ENT. adj. Having the power 
 to thin and attenuate other matter. 
 
 DILUTE, v. To make thin, to make 
 weak. pr. par. diluting; past, di- 
 luted : s. diluter, dilution. 
 
 DILU'VIAN. adj. Relating to the 
 deluge. 
 
 DILU'VIATE. v. To run as a flood, 
 pr. par. diluviating; past, diluvi- 
 ated. 
 
 DIM. adj. Not having a quick sight; 
 obscure, v. dim; pr. par. dimming; 
 past, dimmed: adv. dimly : s. dim- 
 ness. 
 
 DIME. 5. A silver coin of the United 
 
 States, of the value of ten cents. 
 DIMENSION, s. Space contained in 
 
 any thing; bulk; extent, adj. di- 
 
 mensionless. 
 DIMIN'ISH. v. To make less, to 
 
 impair, to lessen, pr. par. dimin- 
 ishing: past, diminished. 
 DIMIN'UTIVE. adj. Small, little. 
 
 s. diminution: adv. diminutively: 
 
 s. diminutiveness. 
 DIMIS'SION. s. Leave to depart. 
 
 adj. dimissOry. 
 DIM'ITY. s. A kind of fustian, or 
 
 cloth of cotton, pi. dimities. 
 DIM'PLE. s. A little hole, as in the 
 
 cheek, v. dimple; pr. par. dim- 
 pling; past, dimpled. 
 DIN. s. A loud noise; a violen t and 
 
 continued sound, v. din; p~ par. 
 
 dinning; past, dinned. 
 DINE. v. To eat. dinner, pr. par. 
 
 dining; past, dined: s. diner. 
 DING. v. To dash with violence. 
 
 pr. par. dinscing; past, dinged. 
 DING'LE. 5. A hollow between hills ; 
 
 a dale. 
 
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DIN— DIR 
 
 DIN'GY. adj. Dark brown; dun; 
 
 dirty, s. dinginess. 
 PIN'NER. s. The chief meal; the 
 
 meal eaten about the middle of 
 
 the day. 
 
 DINT, s. A blow, a stroke, violence, 
 force, v. dint; pr. par. dinting; 
 past, dinted. 
 
 DIO'CESAN, DIOCE'SAN. s. A bish- 
 op as he stands related to his own 
 clergy or flock. 
 
 PI'OCESE, DI'OCESS. 5. The cir- 
 cuit of a bishop's jurisdiction. 
 
 PIOPTR1C. adj. Affording a medi- 
 um for the sight; assisting the 
 sight in the view of distant ob- 
 jects, s. dioptric. 
 
 PIP. v. To immerge; to put into 
 any liquor; to moisten, pr. par. 
 dipping; past, dipped: s. dip, dip- 
 per. 
 
 DIPET'ALOUS. adj. Having two 
 
 flower-leaves. 
 DIPHTHONG, s. A coalition of 
 
 two vowels, to form one sound 
 
 as in vain, leaf, Caesar. 
 DIPLO'MA. s. A letter or writing 
 
 conferring some privilege, adj 
 
 diplomatic. 
 DIPLO'MACY. 5. A body of envoys 
 
 or ambassadors, pi. diplomacies-: 
 
 adj. diplomatic adv. diplomatically. 
 DIP'TOTE. s. A noun consisting 
 
 only of two cases. 
 DIRE, DIR'EFUL. adj. Dreadful, 
 
 dismal, mournful, s. direfulness. 
 DIRECT', adj. Straight, not crook- 
 ed, not oblique; (in astronomy) 
 
 not retrograde; plain, express. 
 
 adv. directly. 
 DIRECT', v. To regulate, to adjust, 
 
 to order, to command, pr. par. 
 
 directing; past, directed: s. dircct- 
 
 cr, direction, directness, director. 
 
 adj. directive. 
 DIRECTORY, s. A book containing 
 
 directions: an executive council. 
 
 pi. directories : adj. directorial. 
 DIRGE, s. A mournful ditty ; a 
 
 song of lamentation. 
 
 DIR— DIS 
 DIRK. s. A kind of dagger, used in 
 the Highlands of Scotland, v. dirk; 
 pr. par. dirking; past, dirked. 
 DIRT. s. Excrement, mud, filth, 
 mire. v. dirty; pr. par. dirtying ; 
 past, dirtied: adj. dirty.- adv. dir- 
 tily: s. dirtiness. 
 DIRUPTION. 5. Bursting or break- 
 ing. 
 
 DISABILITY, s. Want of power: 
 weakness; legal impediment, pk 
 disabilities. 
 
 DISA'BLE. v. To deprive of force; 
 to weaken; to impair, pr. par. dis- 
 abling; past, disabled. 
 
 DISABU'SE. v. To set free from a 
 mistake ; to set right, pr. par. dis- 
 abusing; past, disabused. 
 
 DISADVANTAGE, s. Loss; injury 
 to interest, v. disadvantage; pr. 
 par. disadvantaging ; past, disad- 
 vantaged: adj. disadvantageous : 
 adv. disadvantageous^: s. dis- 
 advantageousness. 
 
 DISAFFECT'ED. adj. Not disposed 
 to zeal or affection ; disloyal, adv. 
 disaffiectedly : s. disaffectedness, dis- 
 affection. 
 
 DISAFFIRM', v. To contradict, pr. 
 
 I par. disaffirming; past, disaffirmed: 
 s. disaffirmance. 
 
 DISAGREE', v. To differ; to be in 
 a state of opposition, pr. par. dis- 
 agreeing; past, disagreed: s. dis? 
 agreement. 
 
 DISAGREE'ABLE. adj. Contrary, 
 unsuitable, unpleasing, offensive, 
 s. disagreeableness .- adv. disagree- 
 ably. 
 
 DISALLOW, v. To deny authority; 
 to consider unlawful; to censure, 
 pr. par. disallowing; past, disal- 
 lowed: s. disallowance.- adj. dis- 
 allowahle. 
 
 DISAPPAR'EL. v. To disrobe, pr. 
 par. disappartling ; past, disap- 
 pareled. 
 
 DISAPPEAR v. Tohe lost to view: 
 to vanish out of sight, pr. par. dis- 
 appearing : pn st , disappeared: s. 
 disappearance, disappearin or 
 
 DISAPPOINT', ix To defeat of ex - 
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DIS— tKS 
 
 DIS— DIS 
 
 pectation ; to deprive or bereave 
 of any thing, pr. par. disappoint- 
 ing,- past, disappointed: s. dis- 
 appointment. 
 
 DISAPPROVE, v. To dislike, to 
 censure, pr. par. disapproving; 
 past, disapproved: s. disapproba- 
 tion^ disapproval. 
 
 DISARM', v. To spoil or divest of 
 arms. pr. par. disarming; past, 
 disarmed: s. disarmer. 
 
 DISARKANGE'. v. To disorder, to 
 unsettle, pr. par. disarranging; past, 
 disarranged: s. disarrangement. 
 
 DISARRAY', v. To undress, to dis- 
 comfit, to overthrow, pr. par. dis- 
 arraying; past, disarrayed. 
 
 DISASTER, s. The blast or stroke 
 ; of an unfavourable planet; mis- 
 fortune; grief, adj. disastrous: adv. 
 disastrously : s. disastrousness. 
 
 DISA VOUCH', v. To retract pro- 
 fession; to disown, pr. par. disa- 
 vouching; past, dhavouched. 
 'DISAVOW, v. To disown, to deny 
 knowledge of. pr. par. disavowing; 
 past, disavowed: s. disavowal, dis- 
 avowment. 
 
 DISBAND', v. To dismiss from mili- 
 tary service ; to break up an army, 
 pr. par. disbanding; past, dis- 
 banded. 
 
 DISBELIEVE', v. Not to believe, 
 pr. par. disbelieving; past, disbe- 
 lieved: s. disbelief, disbeliever. 
 
 DISBURDEN, DISBUR'THEN. v. 
 To ease of a burden; to unload, pr. 
 par. disburdening; past, disbur- 
 dened. 
 
 DISBURSE', v. To spend or lay out 
 money, pr. par. disbursing; past, 
 disbursed: s. disburser, disburse- 
 ment. 
 
 DISCARD', v. To throw out of the 
 hand such cards as are useless; to 
 dismiss from service or employ- 
 ment, pr. par. discarding; past, 
 dismrded. 
 
 DISCERN', v. Tode scry, to see. pr. 
 par. discerning; past, discerned A 
 s. discemer, discernment: adj. dts-J 
 cernable: adv. discerningly. 
 
 DISCHARGE', v. To disburden, to 
 exonerate, to unload, todisembark, 
 to dismiss, pr. par. discharging; 
 past, discharged: s. discharge, dis- 
 charger. 
 
 DISC1TLE. s. A scholar ; one who 
 professes to receive instruction 
 from another. 
 
 DISCIPLINE, s. Education, instruc- 
 tion, rule of government; military 
 regulation, v. discipline; pr. par. 
 disciplining; past, disciplined: s. 
 disciplinarian: adj. disciplinary. 
 
 DISCLAIM', v. To disown; to deny 
 any knowledge of ; to renounce, 
 pr. par. disclaiming; past, dis- 
 claimed: s. disclaimer. 
 
 DISCLO'SE. v. To uncover, to open, 
 to reveal, pr. par. disclosing; past> 
 disclosed: s. discloser, disclosure. 
 
 DISCOL'OUR. v. To change fron* 
 the natural hue ; to stain, pr. par-« 
 discolouring; past, discoloured: b* 
 discoloration. 
 
 DISCOM'FIT. v. To defeat, to con- 
 quer, to vanquish, pr. par. discom- 
 fiting; past, discomfited: s. dis- 
 comfiture. 
 
 DISCOM'FORT. s. Uneasiness, sor- 
 row, melancholy, v. discomfort; 
 pr. par. discomforting ; past, dis- 
 comforted. 
 
 DISCOMPO'SE. v. To disorder, Ur 
 unsettle, to offend, to fret, to vexv 
 pr. par. discomposing; past, dis- 
 composed: s. discomposure. 
 
 DISCONCERT', v. To unsettle the 
 mind, to discompose, to defeat a 
 machination, pr. par. disconcert- 
 ing; past, disconcerted. 
 
 DISCONNECT'. <y: To break the 
 ties. pr. par. disconnecting; past, 
 disconnected' : s. disconnection. 
 
 DISCONSOLATE, adj. Void of 
 comfort; hopeless; sorrowful, adv. 
 disconsolately: s. disconsolatcness, 
 disconsolation. 
 
 DISCONTENT'. 5. Want of content; 
 uneasiness, v. discontent; pr. par,. 
 discontenting; past, discontented « 
 adj. discontented: adv. discontent* 
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DIS— DIS 
 
 edly: s. discontentedness^ discon- 
 tentment. 
 
 DISCONTINUE, v. To lose the co- 
 hesion of parts ; to lose an estab- 
 lished custom or right, pr. par. 
 
 discontinuing ; past, discontinued: 
 s. discontinuance, discontinuation, 
 distontinuer. 
 
 DISCONTINUITY, s. Disunity of 
 parts, pi. discontinuities: adj. dis- 
 continuous. 
 
 DIS'CORD. s. Disagreement, oppo- 
 sition, mutual anger, a combina- 
 tion of disagreeing sounds, s. dis- 
 cordance, discordancy, pi. discord- 
 ancies : adj. discordant: adv. dis- 
 cordantly. 
 
 DISCOUNT, s. The sum refunded 
 in a bargain ; an allowance made 
 on a bill, or any other debt, not 
 yet due, in order to receive money 
 for the same. v. discount; pr. par. 
 discounting ; past, discounted. 
 
 DISCOUNTENANCE, v. To dis- 
 courage by cold treatment; to 
 abash, pr. par. discountenancing ; 
 past, discountenanced: s. discoun- 
 tenances-. 
 
 DISCOUR'AGE. v. To depress, to 
 deprive of confidence, to deter, 
 pr. par. discouraging; past, dis- 
 couraged: s. discourager, discour- 
 agement. 
 
 DISCOURSE', s. Conversation; mu- 
 tual intercourse of language : 
 speech ; a treatise ; a dissertation, 
 v. discourse; pr. par. discoursing; 
 past, discoursed: s. discourser: 
 adj. discoursive. 
 
 DISCOURTEOUS, adj. Uncivil, un- 
 complaisant. adv. discourteously. 
 
 DISCOVER, v. To show, to dis- 
 close, to make visible, to detect, 
 pr. par. discovering; past, discov- 
 ered: s. discovery, pi. discoveries, 
 discoverer: adj. discoverable. 
 
 DISCREDIT. s. Ignominy, reproach,, 
 disgrace, want of trust, v. dis- 
 credit; pr. par. discrediting; past, 1 
 discredited: adj. discreditable. 
 
 DIS— DIS ^ 
 
 iDISCRE'ET. adj. Prudent, circum 
 spect, cautious, modest v adv.du 
 creetly: s. discreetness. 
 
 DISCREPANCY, s. Difference, con 
 trariety. pi. discrepancies: adj 
 discrepant. 
 
 DISCRETION, s. Prudence - know 
 ledge to govern or direct one'3 
 self; wise management, adj. dis- 
 cretional. 
 
 DISCRE'TIVE. adj. Separate, dis 
 tinct. 
 
 DISCRIMINATE, v. To distinguish 
 by certain tokens ; to select ; to 
 separate; to sever, pr. par. dis- 
 criminating; past, discriminated; 
 s. discrimination, discriminator. 
 adv. discriminate^ : adj. discrimi 
 native. 
 
 DISCUR'SIVE. adj. Moving here 
 and there ; roving ; desultory. ar*v 
 discursively: s. discursiveness. 
 
 DISCUR'SORY. adj. Argument'*, 
 rational. 
 
 DIS'CUS. s. A quoit; a heavy pit ce 
 of iron, thrown in the anch nt 
 sports. 
 
 DISCUSS', v. To examine, to ch at 
 by disquisition, pr. par. discussing, 
 past, discussed: s. discussion, ais- 
 cusser. 
 
 DISCU'TIENT. s. A medicine that 
 has the power to repel or drive 
 back the matter of tumours in the 
 blood. 
 
 DISDAIN', v. To scorn, to think 
 unworthy, pr. par. disdaining ; 
 past, disdained: s. disdain, dis- 
 dainfulness: adj. disdainful : adv. 
 disdainfully. 
 
 DISEASE', s. Distemper, malady, 
 uneasiness, adj. diseased. 
 
 DISEMBARK', v. To carry to land; 
 to go ou shore, pr. par. disembark- 
 ing ; past, disembarked : s. disem- 
 barkation. 
 
 DISEMBAR'RASS. v. To free from 
 embarrassment, pr. par. disembar- 
 rassing ; past, disembarrassed ; & 
 disembarrassment. 
 
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DIS— DIS 
 
 DISEMBAY'. v. To clear from the 
 bay. pr. par. disembuying; past, 
 disembayed. 
 DISEMBO'DF. v. To free from the 
 body; to discharge from military 
 incorporation, pr. par. disembody- 
 ing; pu st, disembodied. 
 
 • DISEMBOGUE', v. To pour out at 
 the mouth of a river ; to vent; to 
 
 ! eject, pr. par. disemboguing ; pastj 
 disembogued. 
 
 DISEMBOWEL, v. To take out the! 
 bowels, pr. par. disemboweling; 
 past, disemboweled. 
 
 DISENCUM'BER. v. To discharge 
 from encumbrances; to disbur- 
 then. pr. par. disencumbring; past, 
 
 I disencumbred : s. disencumbrance. 
 
 DISENGAGE', v. To disentangle; 
 to clear from impediments or dif- 
 ficulties ; to separate, pr. par. dis- 
 
 J engaging; past, disengaged: s. dis- 
 
 j engagement. 
 
 |D1SENN0;BLE. v. To deprive of 
 that which ennobles, pr. par. dis- 
 ennobling, past, disennobled. 
 iDI SENT A N'G LE. v. To set free 
 I from impediments; to disengage; 
 to separate, pr. par. disentangling ;\ 
 past, disentangled: s. disentangle- 
 ment. 
 
 DISENTHRAL', v. To set free; to 
 
 , restore to liberty, pr. par. disen- 
 thralling; past, disenthralled: s. 
 disenthralment 
 
 DiSENTHRO'NE. v. To depose 
 from sovereignty, pr. par. disen- 
 throning; pasi,disenihroned. 
 
 D1SESTEEM'. s. Slight regard. 
 
 DISESTIMA'TION. s. Disrespect, 
 disesteem. 
 
 DISFAVOUR, s. Discountenance, 
 unpropitious regard, v. disfavour; 
 pr. par. disfavouring ; past, disfa- 
 voured: s. disfavour er. 
 
 DISFIG'URE. v. To change to a 
 worse form ; to deform ; to man- 
 gle, pr. par. di figuring; past, dis-, 
 figured: s. disfiguration. 
 
 DISFRANCHISE, v. To deprive of! 
 privileges or immunities, pr. par. 1 
 
 DIS— DIS 
 
 disfranchising; past, disfranchis- 
 ed: s. disfranchisement. 
 
 DISGORGE', v. To discharge by 
 the mouth, pr. par. disgorging ; 
 past, disgorged: s. disgorgement. 
 
 DLSGRA'CE. s. State of being out 
 of favour; dishonour; cause of 
 shame, v. disgrace; pr. par. dis- 
 graci?ig;. past, disgraced: adj.dis- 
 graceful: adv. disgracefully: s. 
 disgracer, disgracefulncss. 
 
 DISGUl'SE. v. To conceal by an 
 unusual dress ; to hide by a coun- 
 terfeit appearance, pr. par. dis- 
 guising; past, disguised: s. dis- 
 guise, disguisement, disguiser. 
 
 DISGUST', s. Aversion of the pal- 
 ate to any thing; ill-humour; 
 malevolence, v. disgust; pr. par. 
 disgusting; past, disgusted: adv.- 
 disgustingly. 
 
 DISH. s. A broad, wide vessel, hi 
 which food is served up at the ta- 
 ble, pi. dishes: v. dish; pr. pan 
 dishing ; past, dished. 
 
 DISHABILLE'. 5. Undress, loose 
 dress. 
 
 DISHEARTEN, v. To disrc6urage, 
 to deject, to terrify, to depress, 
 pr. par. disheartening; past, dis- 
 heartened. 
 
 DISHERIT, v. To cuC off from 
 hereditary succession, to debar 
 from an inheritance, pr. par. dis- 
 heriting; past, disherited: s. dis- 
 heritance. 
 
 DISHERISON. 5. The act of de- 
 barring from inheritance; dis- 
 heriting. 
 
 DISHEVEL, v. To spread the hair 
 disorderly, pr. par. disheveling; 
 past, disheveled. 
 
 DISHON'EST. adj. Void of probity ; 
 faithless; wicked; fraudulent, adv. 
 dishonestly: s. dishonvsty, pi. dis- 
 honesties. 
 
 DISHONOUR, s. Reproach, dis- 
 grace, ignominy, v. dishonour ; pr. 
 par. dishonouring; • past, dishon- 
 oured: adj. dishonourable: adv, 
 dishonourably.- s. dishonourer. 
 
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DIS— DIS 
 
 DISINCARCERATE, v. To set at 
 liberty ; to free from prison, pr. 
 par. disincarcerating ; past, disin- 
 carcerated. 
 
 DISiNCLi'NE. v. To produce dis- 
 like to. pr. par. disinclining; past, 
 disinclined: s. disinclination. 
 
 DISINGEN'UOUS.orf;.Unfair; mean- 
 ly artful; cunning; illiberal, adv. dis- 
 ingenuously: s. disingenuousness. 
 
 DISINHERIT, v. To cut off from 
 an hereditary right ; to deprive of 
 an inheritance, pr. par. disinherit- 
 ing ; past, disinherited. 
 
 DISINTER', v. To unbury ; to take, 
 as out of the grave, pr. par. dis- 
 interring; past, disinterred: s. dis* 
 interment. 
 
 DISINTERESTED, adj. Superior 
 to regard of private advantage; 
 without any concern in an affair, 
 adv. disinterestedly: s. disinterest- 
 edness. 
 
 DISJOIN', v. To separate; to part 
 from each other; to sunder, pr. 
 par. disjoining; past, disjoined. 
 
 DISJOINT', v. To put out of joint; 
 to break into pieces, pr. par. dis- 
 jointing; past, disjointed: adv. 
 disjointly. 
 
 DISJUNCT', adj. Disjoined, sepa- 
 rate, s. disjunction: adj. and s. 
 disjunctive : adv. disjunctly. 
 
 JxSK. s. The face of the sun, or of 
 any planet, as it appears to the 
 eye ; a quoit. 
 
 DISLI'KE. v. To disapprove, to re- 
 gard without affection, pr. par. 
 disliking; past, disliked: s. dis- 
 like, disliker. 
 
 DISLI'KEN. v. To make unlike, pr. 
 par. dislikening; nast, dislikened. 
 
 DIS'LOCATE. v. To put out of the 
 proper place ; to put out of joint ; 
 to disjoint, pr. par. dislocating; 
 past, dislocated: s. dislocation. 
 
 DISLODGE', v. To remove from a 
 place; to remove from a habita- 
 tion, pr. par. dislodging; past, dis- 
 lodged. 
 
 DISl -OVAL. adj. Not true to alle- 
 giance; faithless; dishonest, adv. 
 
 DIS— DIS 
 
 disloyally: s. disloyalty, pi. dis 
 
 loyalties. 
 
 DIS'MAL. adj. Sorrowful, dire, hor- 
 rid, melancholy, adv. dismally: s. 
 dismalness. 
 
 DISMANTLE, v. To deprive of a 
 dress ; to strip ; to denude, pr. par. 
 dismantling ; past, dismantled. 
 
 DISMASK'. v. To divest of a mask, 
 pr. par. dismasking; past, dis- 
 masked. 
 
 DISMAY', v. To terrify, to discour- 
 age, to depress, to deject, pr. par. 
 dismaying; past, dismayed: s. dis- 
 may. 
 
 DISMEM'BER. v. To divide mem- 
 ber from member ; to cut into 
 pieces, pr.par. dismembering; past, 
 dismembered: s. dismemberment. 
 
 DISMISS', v. To send away, tod s 
 card, to divest of an office, pr 
 par. dismissing; past, dismissed: 
 s. dismissal, dismission: adj. 
 missive. 
 
 DISMOUNT', v. To throw off a 
 horse ; to alight from a horse ; to 
 throw from any elevation or place 
 of honour, pr. par. dismounting ; 
 past, dismounted. 
 
 DISOBE'DIENCE. s. Violation of 
 lawful command or prohibition : 
 breach of duty due to superiors, 
 adj. disobedient: adv. disobediently. 
 
 DISOBEY', v. To break commands, 
 or transgress prohibitions, pr. par. 
 disobeying; past, disobeyed. 
 
 DISOBLIGA'TION. s. Act of dis- 
 obliging, adj. disobligatory. 
 
 DISOBLI'GE. v. To refuse an act 
 of convenience; to offend, pr. par. 
 disobliging; past, disobliged: s. 
 disobl/ger, disobligingness : adv. 
 disobligingly. 
 
 DISORDER, s. Want of regubr 
 disposition; irregularity; confu- 
 sion; tumult, v. disorder; pr.par. 
 disordering : past, disordered: adv. 
 disorderly. 
 
 DISORGANIZE, v. To break into 
 pieces: to destroy the order of. 
 pr. par. disorganizing: past, disor- 
 ganized: s. disorganization. 
 
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DIS— DIS 
 
 DISOWN', v. To deny, to renounce. 
 
 pr. par. disowning; past, disowned. 
 DISPAR'AGE. v. To match une- 
 qually; to treat with contempt, 
 pr. par. disparaging; past, dispar- 
 ' aged: s. disparagement, disparager: 
 
 adv. disparagingly. 
 DISPARITY. 5. Inequality; differ- 
 , ence in rank or excellence, pi. 
 j disparities. 
 
 DISPART', v. To divide, to separate. 
 
 pr. par. disparting; past, dispart- 
 I ed. 
 
 DISPASSIONATE, adj. Cool, calm, 
 impartial, adv. dispassionately. 
 
 DISPATCH', v. See Despatch. 
 
 •DISPEL', v. To drive, by scattering; 
 
 |i to dissipate, pr. par. dispelling; 
 past, dispelled: s. dispeller. 
 
 DISPENSARY. 5. The place where 
 medicines are dispensed, pi. dis- 
 pensaries. 
 
 •DISPENSATOR. s. One employed 
 
 I in dealing out any thing, a distrib- 
 uter. 
 
 DISPENSE', v. To deal out, to dis- 
 ; tribute, to excuse, pr. par. dis- 
 \ pensing; past, dispensed: s. dis- 
 penser, dispensation: adj. dispen- 
 ' sative, dispensable: adv. dispensa- 
 tively. 
 
 DISPEO'PLE. v. To depopulate, to 
 
 1 empty of people, pr. par. dispeo- 
 pling; past, dispeopled. 
 
 DISPERSE', v. To scatter, to dissi- 
 pate, to distribute, pr. par. dis- 
 persing ; past, dispersed : adv. dis- 
 persedly: s. dispersedness^ disperser, 
 dispersion: adj. dispersive. 
 
 DISPIRIT, v. To discourage, to de- 
 ject, to depress, pr. par. dispirit- 
 ing; past, dispirited. 
 
 DISPLA'CE. v. To put out of place ; 
 to disorder, pr. par. displacing; 
 past, displaced. 
 
 1 DISPLANT'. v. To remove a plant ; 
 to drive a people from their resi- 
 dence, pr. par. displanting; past, 
 
 1 displanted: s. displantation. 
 
 1 DISPLAY', v. To spread wide; to 
 exhibit to the sight or mind; to 
 
 DIS-D1S 
 
 open. pr. par. displaying; past, 
 displayed: s. display, displayer. 
 
 DISPLEASE, v. To otfend, to make 
 angry, to make sad. pr. par. dis- 
 pleasing; past, displeased: s. dis- 
 pleasingness. 
 
 DISPLEASURE, s. Uneasiness; 
 pain received; offence; anger; 
 indignation. 
 
 DISPLUME, v. To strip of feathers 
 pr. par. displuming; past, dis- 
 plumed. 
 
 DISPORT', v. To divert, pr. par. 
 disporting; past, disported. 
 
 DISPOSE, v. To give, to place, to 
 bestow, to frame the mind, to ap- 
 propriate, pr. par. disposing; past, 
 disposed: s. disposal, disposer: adj. 
 disposable. 
 
 DISPOSITION. 5. Act of disposing; 
 order; distribution; method; tem- 
 per of mind. 
 
 DISPOSSESS', v. To put out of pos- 
 session; to deprive of. pr. par. 
 dispossessing; past, dispossessed; 
 s. dispossession. 
 
 DISPRAISE, s. Blame, censure, 
 dishonour, v. dispraise; pr. par. 
 dispraising; past, dispraised: s. 
 dispraiser: adj. dispraisable : adv. 
 dispraisingly. 
 
 DISPROFTT. s. Loss, damage, de- 
 triment, v. disprojit; pr. par. dis- 
 prqfiting; past, disprohted. 
 
 DISPROOF', s. Confutation. 
 
 DISPROPORTION, s. Want of sym- 
 metry; disparity, v. disproportion; 
 pr. par. disprop or Honing ; past, 
 disproportioned: adj. dispropor- 
 tional, disproportionate : adv. dis- 
 proportionate, disproportionately : 
 s. disp roportiona leness. 
 
 DISPRO'VE. v. To confute an as- 
 sertion ; to disapprove ; to disal- 
 low, pr. par. disproving; past, 
 disproved: s. disprover. 
 
 DISPUTE, v. To contend bv argu- 
 ment; to debate, pr. par. disput- 
 ing; past, disputed: s. dicpute, 
 disputer, disputant: adj. disputa- 
 ble. 
 
 Ill 
 
DIS— DIS 
 
 DISPUTATION, s. Act of disputing; I 
 argumentation, adj. disputatious, 
 disputative. 
 
 DISQUALIFY, v. To make unfit; 
 to disable by some natural or le- 
 gal impediment, pr. par. disquali- 
 fying; past, disqualified: s. dis- 
 qualification. 
 
 DiSQUI'ET. s. Uneasiness, rest- 
 lessness, vexation, anxiety, v. dis- 
 quiet; pr. par. disquieting; past, 
 disquiptsd: s. disquieter, disquie- 
 tude. 
 
 DISREGARD', s. Slight notice, ne- 
 glect, contempt, v. disregard; 
 pr. par. disregarding ; past, dis- 
 regarded: s. disregarder : adj. dis- 
 regardful: adv. disregardfully. 
 
 DISRELISH, s. Bad taste; dislike 
 of the palate, v. disrelish ; pr. par. 
 disrelishing; past, disrelished. 
 
 DISREPUTE, s. Ill character; dis- 
 honour; want of reputation, s. 
 disreputation: adj. disreputable. 
 
 DISRESPECT', s. Incivility; want 
 of reverence, v. disrespect ; pr. par. 
 disrespecting; past, disrespected: 
 adj. disrespectful : adv. disrespect- 
 fully. 
 
 PISRO'BE. v. To undress, to un- 
 cover, to strip, pr. par. disrobing; 
 past, disrobed: s. disrober. 
 
 DISRUPTION, s. The act of break- 
 ing asunder ; breach ; rent. 
 
 DISSATISFACTION. 5. The state 
 of being dissatisfied; discontent, 
 adj. dissatisfatory. 
 
 DISSATISFY, v. To discontent, to 
 displease, pr par. dissatisfying; 
 past, dissatisfied. 
 
 DISSECT', v. To cut into pieces ; 
 to divide and examine minutely, 
 pr. par. dissecting; past, dissected : 
 s. dissection, dissector. 
 
 DISSEIZE', v. To dispossess of a 
 freehold; to deprive, pr. par. dis- 
 seizing f past, disseized: s. disseizin, 
 disseizor. 
 
 DISSEMBLE, v. To hide under a 
 false appearance; to pretend that 
 not to be, which is so. pr. par. j 
 dissembling; past, dissembled: 8. J 
 
 DIS — DIS 
 
 dissemblance, dissembler: adv. dis* 
 suablingly. 
 
 DISSEMINATE, v. To scatter as 
 seed; to sow; to spread every 
 way. pr. par. disseminating; past, 
 disseminated: s. dissemination, dis? 
 seininator. 
 
 DISSENT', v. To disagree in opinion ; 
 to differ, pr. par. dissenting; past, 
 dissented: s. dissent. 
 
 DISSEN'SION. 5. Act of dissenting; 
 disagreement ; strife, adj. disten- 
 tions. 
 
 DISSENTANEOUS, adj. Disagree- 
 able,contrary. adv. dissentaneously. 
 
 DISSENT'ER. s. One that disagrees 
 from an opinion; one who refuses 
 the communion of the English 
 church, adj. dissentient. 
 
 DISSERT', v. To discourse, to dis- 
 pute, pr. par. disserting; past, dis- 
 serted: s. dissertation y dissertator. 
 
 DISSERVE', v. To do injury to; to 
 hurt. pr. par. disserving; past, 
 disserved: s. disservice: adj. disr 
 serviceable. 
 
 DISSEVER, v. To part in two ; to 
 divide, pr. par. dissevering ; past, 
 dissevered: s. disseverance. 
 
 DISSIMTLAR. adj. Unlike, hetero- 
 geneous, s. dissimilarity, pi. dis- 
 
 DISSimL'ITUDE. 5. Unlikeness, 
 
 want of resemblance. 
 DISSIMULATION, s. The act of 
 
 dissembling; hvpocrisy. 
 DISSIPATE, v. To scatter every 
 
 way; to disperse ; to live intem- 
 
 perately. pr. par. dissipating ,-past, 
 
 dissipated : s. dissipation. 
 DISSOCIATE, v. To separate, to 
 
 disunite, pr. par. dissociating ; 
 
 past, dissociated : s. dissociatio/i. 
 DISSOL UBLE, adj. Capable of be- 
 in? dissolved, s. dissolubility, pi. 
 
 dissolubilities. 
 DIS'SOLUTE. adj. Loose, wanton, 
 
 unrestrained, adv. dissolutely: 8. 
 
 dissoluteness. 
 DISSOLUTION, 9. The art of dis- 
 
 solving; destruction, by the sepq, 
 
 ration pf parts; death. 
 
 til 
 
DIS— DIS 
 
 DISSOLVE', v. To melt, to liquefy, 
 to break, pr. par. dissolving; past, 
 dissolved: s. dissolver: adj. dissolv- 
 able, dissolvent. 
 
 DIS'SONANCE, DIS'SONANCY. s. 
 A mixture of harsh, unpleasing, 
 unharmonious sounds, pi. of dis- 
 sonancy, dissonancies : adj. dis- 
 sonant 
 
 DISSUADE', v. To dehort, to divert 
 
 by reason or importunity, pr. par. 
 
 dissuading; past, dissuaded. 
 DISSUA'SIVE. adj. Dehortatory; 
 
 tending to dissuade, s. dissuader, 
 
 dissuasion. 
 DISSYLLA'BIC. adj. Consisting of 
 
 two syllables. 
 DIS'SYLLABLE. s. A word of two 
 
 syllables. 
 
 DISTAFF, s. The staff from which 
 the material is drawn, in spinning. 
 
 DISTANCE, s. Space, considered 
 barely in length, between any two 
 places ; contrariety ; opposition 
 respect, v. distance; pr. par. dis- 
 tancing; past, distanced : adj. dis- 
 tant: adv. distantly. 
 
 r/STASTE'. s. Aversion of the pal- 
 ate; disrelish; dislike, adj. dis- 
 tasteful. 
 
 DTSTEM'PER. s. A disproportionate 
 mixture of parts ; a disease ; a dis- 
 order; a term used, when colours 
 are worked up with something be- 
 sides mere water or oil. v. dis- 
 temper; pr. par. distempering; past, 
 distempered: s. distemper once, dis- 
 temper ature. 
 
 DISTEND', v. To stretch out in 
 ' breadth, pr. par. distending; past, 
 distended. 
 
 DISTENTION, s. The act of dis- 
 tending; breadth, adj. distent. 
 
 DISTICH, s. A couplet, a couple of 
 lines. 
 
 DISTIL', v. To drop; to fall by 
 drops ; to flow gently and silently, 
 pr. par. distilling; past, distilled .- 
 s. distillation, distiller.- adj. distil- 
 lable, 
 
 K2 
 
 DIS — DIS 
 
 DISTIL'LERY. s. The place where 
 any thing is -distilled, pi. distille- 
 ries. 
 
 DISTINCT', adj. Different, separate, 
 clear, specified, adv. distinctly. 
 
 DISTINCTION, s. The act of dis- 
 tinguishing; difference; discrim- 
 ination ; honourable note of supe- 
 riority, adj. distinctive: adv. dis- 
 tinctively.- s. distinctiveness. 
 
 DISTINGUISH, v. To note by the 
 diversity of things ; to separate by 
 some mark of honour or prefer- 
 ence ; to judge; to make known 
 or eminent, pr. par. distinguish- 
 ing; past, distinguished: adj. dis- 
 tinguishable: s. distinguisher. 
 
 DISTORT'. * To writhe; to twist; 
 to deform by irregular motions; 
 to wrest from the true meaning, 
 pr. par. distorting; past, distorted: 
 s. distortion. 
 
 DISTRACT', v. To pull different 
 ways at once ; to divide, to per- 
 plex, to derange, pr. par. distract- 
 ing; past, distracted: adv. dis- 
 tractedly: s. distracttdness, dis- 
 traction. 
 
 DISTRAIN', v. To seize; to lay 
 hold on, as an indemnification for 
 debt. pr. par. distraining; past, 
 distrained: s. distrainer. 
 
 DISTRESS', s. The act of making 
 a legal seizure; calamity; misery; 
 misfortune, v. distress; pr. par. 
 distressing; past, distressed: adj.. 
 distressful: adv. distressfully. 
 
 DISTRIBUTE, v. To divide amongst 
 more than two ; to deal out. pr. 
 par. distributing; past, distributed ; 
 s. distributer, distribution: adj. 
 distributive: adv. distribuiively. 
 
 DISTRICT, s. The circuit or terri- 
 tory within which a man may be 
 compelled to appearance ; prov- 
 ince, region. 
 
 DISTRUST', v. To regard with dif- 
 fidence ; not to trust, pr. par. dis- 
 trusting; past, distrusted: s. dis- 
 trust, distrustf ulness : adj . distrust* 
 ful,distrustless: adv. distrustfully* 
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DIS—DIV 
 
 DISTURB', v. To put into irregu- 
 lar motions; to perplex; to dis- 
 quiet, pr. par. disturbing; past, 
 disturbed: s. disturbance, disturber. 
 
 DISU'NION. s. Separation, disjunc- 
 tion, breach of concord. 
 
 DISUNITE, v. To separate, to di- 
 vide, to fall asunder, pr. par. dis- 
 uniting; past, disunited: s. dis- 
 uniter. 
 
 DISU'SE. s. Cessation of use ; de- 
 suetude, v. disuse; pr. par. dis- 
 using; past, disused: s. disusage. 
 
 DITCH, s. A trench cut in the 
 ground, usually between fields ; 
 any long, narrow receptacle of 
 water, pi. ditches: v. ditch; pr. par. 
 ditching; past, ditched: g. ditcher. 
 
 DITHYRAM'BIC. adj. Wild, en- 
 thusiastic. 
 
 DITTANY. $. An herfr 
 
 DITTO. 5. A word in the accounts 
 of tradesmen, signifying "the 
 same." 
 
 DITTY, s. A poem to be sung ; a 
 song. pi. ditties. 
 
 DIURETIC, adj. Having the pow- 
 er to provoke urine. 
 
 DIUR'NAL. adj. Relating to the day; 
 daily; quotidian, adv. diurnatty: 
 S. diurnalist. 
 
 DIVAN', s. The council of the ori- 
 ental princes. 
 
 DIVE. v. To sink voluntarily under 
 water; to go deep into any ques- 
 tion, doctrine, or science, pr. par 
 diving; past, dived: s. diver. 
 
 DIVERGE', v. To tend various ways 
 from one point, pr. par. diverging; 
 past, diverged: s. divergence: adj. 
 divergent. 
 
 PI'VERS. adj. Several^ sundry. 
 
 DIVERSE', adj. Different from an- 
 other; various; multiform, adv. 
 diversely. 
 
 DIVERSIFY, v. To make different: 
 to vary ; to variegate, pr. par. di- 
 versifying; past, diversijied: s. 
 diversification. 
 
 DIVERSION, s. The act of furnihg 
 any thing off from its course ; 
 
 DIV— D1V 
 
 sport ; something that unbends the 
 mind by turning it from care. 
 DIVERSITY, i, Difference, dis- 
 similitude, variety, variegation, pi. 
 
 diversities. 
 
 DIVERT', v. to turn off from any 
 direction ; to withdraw the mind 
 from ; to please, pr. par. diverting; 
 past, diverted: s. diverter. 
 
 DIVERT1SEMENT. s. Diversion, 
 delight, pleasure, a musical com- 
 position. 
 
 DIVEST', v. To strip, to make na- 
 ked, pr. par. divesting; past, di 
 vested. 
 
 DIVl'DE. v. To separate ; to part 
 one whole into different pieces ; to 
 give in shares, pr. par. dividing, 
 past, divided: s. divider: adv. di 
 videdly: adj. dividual. 
 
 DIVIDEND, s. The number to be 
 
 j divided ; a share ; the part allotted 
 
 I in division. 
 
 DIVI'NE. adj. Partaking of the na- 
 I ture of God ; excellent in a sur 
 I preme. degree. 
 
 DIVi'NE. s. A minister of the Gos- 
 j pel: a priest; a clergyman; atheo- 
 ' logian. 
 
 DIVi'NE. v. Toforetel; to utter 
 I prognostication, pr. par. divining, 
 past, divined: adv. divinely: s. di- 
 I viiie/iejs, diviner, divination: adj. 
 I divinatory. 
 
 DIVIN'iTY. 5. Participation of the 
 
 nature and excellence of God; 
 | deity; godhead; God, the Deii\. 
 
 pi. die hut its. 
 DIVISION, s. The act of dividing; 
 
 partition; distinction; disunion. 
 
 adj. divisible: s. divisor. 
 DIVORCE'. S. The legal separation 
 
 of husband and wife. v. divorce; 
 
 pr. par. divorcing ; past, divorced: 
 
 s. divorcer. 
 DIVULGE', v. To publish ; to reveal 
 
 to the world, pr. par. divulgi?ig; 
 
 past, divulged: s. divulger. 
 DIVUL'SION. s. Plucking away; 
 
 laceration, adj. divulsive. 
 
 in 
 
DIZ— DOG 
 
 DIZ'ZY. adj. Giddy, vertiginous, 
 whirling, v. dizzy,- pr. par. dizzy- 
 ing; past, dizzied: s. dizziness. 
 
 PO. v. To act or behave in any man- 
 ner, well or ill ; to make an end ; 
 to conclude, pr. par. doing,- past, 
 done: s. doer. 
 
 DOAT. v. See Dote. 
 
 DO'CILE. adj. Teachable; easily 
 instructed, s. docility, pi. docilities. 
 
 DOCK. 5. A species of weed. 
 
 DOCK. s. A place where water is 
 let in or out at pleasure, where 
 ships are built, or laid up. 
 
 DOCK. v. To cut olF a tail, to cut 
 any thing short, pr. par. docking ; 
 past, docked. 
 
 DOCK'ET. s. A direction tied upon 
 goods; a summary of a larger 
 writing; a list of cases in court. 
 
 DOCK'- YARD. s. A place or yard 
 where ships are built, and naval 
 stores deposited. 
 
 DOCTOR, s. One that has taken the 
 highest degree in the faculties of 
 divinity, law, physic, or music ; a 
 physician, v. doctor; pr. par. doc- 
 toring; past, doctored: s. fern, doc- 
 torcss. 
 
 DOCTRINE, s. The principles or 
 positions of any sect or master, 
 adji doctrinal: adv. doctrinally. 
 
 DOC'UMENT. s. Precept, instruc- 
 tion, direction ; a written evidence, 
 a record, adj. documental, docu- 
 mentary. * 
 
 PQDGE. v. To uj?e craft; to shift 
 place, rs another approaches, pr. 
 par. dodging; past, dodged: s. 
 dodger. 
 
 DOE. s. A female deer ; the female 
 
 of a buck. 
 DOES. v. The third person from do, 
 
 synonympus with doth. 
 DOG. s. A well known domestic 
 
 animal, v. dogging; past, dogged. 
 DOG'DAYS. 5. The days in which the 
 
 dog-star rises and sets with the sun. 
 DOGE. s. The title of the chief 
 
 rmgHrate of Venice and Genoa. 
 pOG'GED. adj. Sullen, sour, morose. 
 
 adv. doggedly: s. doggedness. 
 
 DOG— DOM 
 
 DOGGER, s. A small ship, with 
 
 one mast. 
 DOG'GREL. adj. Loosed from the 
 
 measures or rules of regular por 
 
 etry ; vile, despicable, s. doggrel. 
 DOG'-KENNEL. s. A little hut or 
 
 house for dogs. 
 DOG'MA. s. Established principle ; 
 
 doctrinal notion, adj. dogmatic, 
 
 dogmatical: adv. dogmatically: s. 
 
 dogmatism, dogmatist. 
 DOGMATIZE, v. To assert posi- 
 tively, pr. par. dogmatizing; past, 
 
 dogmatized: s. dogmatizer. 
 DOI'LY. 5. A species of woollen 
 
 stuff; the name of a small napkin 
 
 placed on Our tables, after dinner. 
 
 pi. doilies. 
 DOINGS, s. Things done; events; 
 
 transactions ; feats, actions. 
 DOIT. s. A small piece of money. 
 DOLE. v. To deal, to distribute, pr. 
 
 par. doling; past, doled: s. dole. 
 DOLEFUL, adj. Sorrowful, dismal, 
 
 melancholy, adv. dolefully: s 
 
 dole fulness. 
 DOLL. s. A contraction of Dorothy . 
 
 a little girPs puppet or baby. 
 DOL'LAR. s. A silver coin of differ 
 
 ent value; equal to four shillings 
 
 and six-pence, British. 
 DOLORIF'IC. adj. Causing grief ot 
 
 pain. 
 
 DO'LOROUS. adj. Sorrowful, dole 
 fill, dismal, adv. dolorously. 
 
 DOLTHIN. s. A kind of fish. 
 
 DOLT. s. A heavy, stupid fellow, 
 a blockhead, adj. doltish: s. dolt- 
 ishness. 
 
 DOMAIN', s. Dominion, empire, 
 
 possession, estate. 
 DOME. s. A building, a house, a fab- 
 ric, a cupola. 
 DOMES'DAY. s. See Doomsday. 
 DOMESTIC, adj. Belonging to the 
 
 house; private; not foreign, s. 
 
 domestic: v. domesticate; pr. par. 
 
 domesticating ; past, domesticated : 
 
 adv. domestically. 
 DOMICILE, s. A house; place of 
 
 residence, adj. domiciliary. 
 
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DOM— DOR 
 
 DOMICILIATE. V. To render do- 
 mestic, pr. par. domiciliating; past, 
 domiciliated. 
 
 DOMINATE, v. To predominate: 
 to govern, pr. par. dominating; 
 past, dominated: adj. dominant: 
 s. domination, dominator. 
 
 DOMINEER', v. To rule with inso- 
 lence ; to blaster, pr. par. domi- 
 neering; past, domineered. 
 
 DOM1N' ICAL. adj. Noting the Lord's 
 day, or Sunday. 
 
 DOMIN'ICAN. s. One of the orders 
 of St. Dominick. 
 
 DOMINION, s. Sovereign authority; 
 unlimited power; territory; re- 
 gion. 
 
 DOM'INO. s. A kind of hood, worn 
 by canons of cathedral churches 
 in Italy ; a masquerade garment. 
 
 DON. s. The Spanish title for a gen- 
 tleman. 
 
 DONATION, s. The act of giving 
 any thing; the thing given, s. 
 donative. 
 
 DONE. The past par. of the v. to do. 
 DO'NOR. s. A giver, a bestower. 
 DOOM. v. To judge ; to condemn 
 
 to any punishment ; to destine. 
 
 pr. par. dooming; past, doomed: 
 
 s. doom. 
 
 DOOMS'DAY. s. The day of final 
 and universal judgment. 
 
 DOOMS'DAY-BOOK. s. A book 
 made by order of William the Con- 
 queror, in which the estates of the 
 kingdom were registered. 
 
 DOOR. s. The gate of a house ; en- 
 trance, portal, passage. 
 
 DOQ'UET. s. See Docket. 
 
 DOR'IC. adj. A species of ancient 
 music ; an order of architecture. 
 
 DORMANT, adj. Sleeping; in a 
 sleeping posture; private; con- 
 cealed. 
 
 DOR'MITIVE. s. A soporific medi- 
 cine ; an opiate. 
 
 DOR'MITORY. s. A place to sleep 
 in. pi. dormitories. 
 
 DOR'MOUSE. s. A small animal 
 which passes a large part of the 
 winter in 6lcep. 
 
 DOR— DOU 
 
 DOR'SAL. adj. Belonging to the 
 back. 
 
 DOSE. s. So much of any medicine 
 as is taken at one time. v. dose, 
 pr. par. dosing; past, dosed. 
 
 DOST. v. The second person of do. 
 
 DOT. s. A small point or spot, made 
 to mark any place in a writing, 
 usually a period, v. dot; pr. par. 
 dotting ; past, dotted. 
 
 DOTATION, s. The act of giving 
 a dowry or portion. 
 
 DOTE. v. To have the intellect im- 
 paired by age or passion; to be 
 delirious ; to be in love to extrem- 
 ity, pr. par. doting; past, doted: 
 adv. dotingly ■ s. dotage, dotard. 
 
 DOTH. v. The third person of do. 
 
 DOUANEE'R. s. An officer of cus- 
 toms. 
 
 DOUB'LE. adj. Two of a sort; one 
 corresponding to the other ; ia 
 pairs; twice as much; deceitfu . 
 v. double ; pr. par. doubling ; pasl , 
 doubled: s. double: adv. doubly. 
 
 DOUB'LE-DEALER. s. A deceitfu\ 
 subtle, insidious fellow. 
 
 DQUBLE-EjXTEjY'DRE. s. ;v 
 double signification of a sentence 
 or expression. 
 
 DOUB'LET. s. The inner garment 
 of a man; the waistcoat; two; a 
 pair. 
 
 DOUBLOON', DOUBLON'. 5. A 
 Spanish coin, of the value of two 
 pistoles. 
 
 DOUBT, v. To question; to be in 
 uncertainty; to fear; to suspect ; 
 to hesitate, pr. par. doubting; past, 
 doubted : s. doubt, doubter. 
 
 DOUBT'FUL. adj. Dubious: not 
 settled in opinion ; ambiguous, 
 hazardous, adv. doubtfully: s 
 doubtfulness: adv. doubtingly y 
 doubtless, doubtlessly. 
 
 DOUCEUR'. 5. A lure; a coaxing 
 temptation : a bribe. 
 
 DOUGH, s. The paste of bread, or 
 of pics, vet unbaked. 
 
 DOUGHTY, adj. Brave, noble, il- 
 lustrious, eminent: — it is now selr 
 dom used, except ironically. 
 
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DOU— DOZ 
 
 DOUSE, DOWSE, v. To put over 
 head suddenly in the water, pr. 
 par. dousing; past, doused. 
 
 DOVE. s. A wild pigeon. 
 
 DOVE'COT. s. A small building in 
 which pigeons are bred and kept. 
 
 DOVE'TAIL. s. A form of joining 
 two bodies together, where that 
 which is inserted has the form of 
 a wedge reversed, and therefore 
 cannot fail out. adj. dovetailed. 
 
 DOW'ABLE. adj. Capable of being 
 dowered. 
 
 DOWAGER, s. A widow with a join- 
 ture ; the title given to ladies who 
 survive their husbands. 
 
 POW'DY. s. An awkward, ill dress- 
 ed, inelegant woman, pi. dowdies: 
 adj. dowdy. 
 
 DOWER, DOWRY, s. That which 
 the wife brings to her husband 
 in marriage ; that which a widow 
 possesses, pi. of dowry, dowries. 
 
 DOWLAS, s. A coarse kind of linen. 
 
 POWN. 5. Soft feathers; soft wool, 
 or tender hair; the soft fibres of 
 plants which wing the seeds; a 
 large, open plain, properly a flat 
 on the top' of a hill. adj. downy. 
 
 POWN. prep. Along a descent ; 
 from a higher place to a lower, 
 adv. down. 
 
 DOWN'CAST. adj. Bent down ; di- 
 rected to the ground. 
 
 pOWN'FAL. s. Ruin, calamity, 
 adj. downf alien. 
 
 DOWNHEARTED, adj. Dejected. 
 
 POWN'RTGHT. adj. Plain, open, 
 apparent, undisguised, unceremo- 
 monious. adv. downrightly. 
 
 DO WN'SITTfNG. s. Rest, repose. 
 
 DOWN'WARDS. adv. Towards the 
 centre; from a higher situation 
 to a lower, adj. downward. 
 
 DOWRY, s. See Dower. 
 
 DOWSE, v. See Douse. 
 
 DOXOL'OGY. s. A form of giving 
 glory to God. pi. doxologies: adj. 
 doxological. 
 
 DOX'Y. 5. A loose wendi. pi. doxies. 
 
 DOZE. v. To slumber i to sleep 
 
 DOZ— DRA 
 
 lightly, pr. par. dozing,- past, 
 
 dozed: s. doze, doziness. 
 DOZEN, s. The number of twelve. 
 DRAB. s. A strumpet; a slut; a 
 
 colour. 
 
 DRACHM, DRAM. s. An old 
 Greek coin; the eighth part of 
 an ounce. 
 
 DRAFT, s. A corrupt spelling from 
 draught. 
 
 DRAFT, s. A check drawn for 
 money; a requisition for part of 
 an army. v. draft,- pr. par. draft- 
 ing; past, drafted. 
 
 DRAG. v. To pull along the ground 
 by main force ; to pull roughly and 
 forcibly, pr. par. dragging; past, 
 dragged: s. drag. 
 
 DRAG'GLE. v. To make dirty by 
 dragging on the ground, pr. par. 
 draggling; past, draggled. 
 
 DRAG'OMAN. s. An Asiatic inter 
 preter. 
 
 DRAG'ON. s. A kind of winged ser- 
 pent, perhaps imaginary. 
 
 DRAGOON', s. A soldier that serves 
 on horseback, v. dragoon; pr. par. 
 dragooning; past, dragooned. 
 
 DRAIN, v. To draw off gradually ; 
 to empty by drawing gradually 
 away. pr. par. draining; past, 
 drained: s. drain: adj. drainable. 
 
 DRAKE, s. The male of a duck. 
 
 DRAM. s. Such a quantity of dis- 
 tilled spirits as is usually drunk 
 at once. 
 
 DRA'MA. s. A poem accommodated 
 to action ; a poem in which the 
 action is not related, but repre- 
 sented, adj. dramatic, dramatical: 
 adv. dramatically: s. dramatist. 
 
 DRA'MATIZE. v. To form into a 
 drama, pr. par. dramatizing; past, 
 dramatized: s. dramatizer. 
 
 DRANK. Preterit of the v. drink. 
 
 DRA'PER. s . One who sells cloth. 
 
 DRATERY. s. Cloth-work; the 
 dress of a picture or statue, pi, 
 draperies. 
 
 DRAUGHT, DRAFT, v. To draw 
 out ; to call forth, pr. par. d?-aughU 
 ingi past, draughted. 
 
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DRA— DRE 
 DRAW. v. To pull along ; to pull 
 
 forcibly; to pluck; to practise 
 
 the art of delineation, pr. par. 
 
 drawing; past, drawn: s. draw, 
 
 drawing, drawer. 
 DRAWBACK, s. Money paid back 
 
 for ready payment, or any other 
 
 reason; reduction. 
 DRAWBRIDGE, s. A bridge made 
 
 to be lifted up, to hinder or admit 
 
 communication at pleasure. 
 DRAWINGROOM. 5. The room in 
 
 which company assembles. 
 DRAWL, v. To utter any thing in 
 
 a slow manner, pr. par. drawling; 
 
 past, drawled: s. drawl. 
 DRAWN, part. Collected, pulled, 
 
 equal, open. 
 DRAW-WELL. s. A deep well, 
 
 from which water is drawn with 
 
 a bucket. 
 DRAY. s. A sort of cart. 
 DRAY'MAN. s. One that attends a 
 
 dray. 
 
 DREAD, s. Fear, terror, habitual 
 fear, awe. v. dread ; pr. par. dread- 
 ing; past, dreaded: adj. dread: s. 
 dreader. 
 
 DREAD'FUL. adj. Terrible, fright- 
 ful, awful, adv. dreadfully: s. dread- 
 fulness : adj. dreadless: s. dread- 
 lessness. 
 
 DREAM, s. A phantasm of sleep; 
 an idle fancy ; a wild conceit, v. 
 dream; pr. par. dreaming; past, 
 dreamed, dreamt: s. dreamer. 
 
 DREAR, DREAR' Y. adj. Mournful, 
 sorrowful, dismal, adv. drearily : 
 s. dreariness. 
 
 DREDGE, s. A kind of net. v. dredge; 
 pr. par. dredging; past, dredged: 
 s. dredger. 
 
 DREGS, s. The sediment of liquors ; 
 the lees ; the grounds, dross, re- 
 fuse. 
 
 DRENCH, v. To wash, to soak, to 
 
 steep, to physic by violence, pr. 
 
 par. drenching; past, drenched : s. 
 
 drench, drencher. 
 DRESS, v. To clothe, to adorn, to j 
 
 embellish ; to prepare victuals for ! 
 
 the table, pr. par. dressing; past, ] 
 
 DRI— DRO 
 
 dressed: s. dress, dresser, dressing, 
 adj. dressy. 
 
 DREW. Pret. of the v. to draw. 
 
 DRIB'BLE. v. To fall in drops ; to 
 fall weakly and slowly, pr. par. 
 dribbling; past, dribbled. 
 
 DRIFT, s. Force impellent; im- 
 pulse, course ; a storm ; a deep 
 body of snow. v. drift; pr. par. 
 drifting; past, drifted. 
 
 DRIFT'WOOD. s. Wood carried by 
 a flood. 
 
 DRILL, v. To pierce any thing with 
 a drill ; to perforate ; to bore ; to 
 teach the military exercise, pr. 
 par. drilling; past, drilled: s. drill. 
 
 DRIL'LING. s. A kind of strong, 
 twilled linen, worn by soldiers at 
 the drill. 
 
 DRINK, v. To swallow liquors ; to 
 suck up ; to absorb, pr. par. drink- 
 ing; past, drunk: s. drink, drinker: 
 adj. drinkable. 
 
 DRIP. v. To fall in drops, pr. par. 
 dripping; past, dripped : s. drip. 
 
 DRIPPING-PAN. 5. A pan in which 
 the fat of roast meat is caught. 
 
 DRIVE, v. To produce motion by 
 violence ; to force along by im- 
 petuous pressure; to chase, to 
 hunt, to expel, pr. par. driving , 
 past, driven: s. driver. 
 
 DRIVEL, v. To let the spittle fall 
 in drops, like a child, an idiot, or 
 a dotard; to be weak or foolish, 
 pr. par. driveling; past, driveled: 
 s. driveler. 
 
 DRIZ'ZLE. v. To shed in small, 
 slow drops, as winter rains, pr. par. 
 drizzling; past, drizzled: s. driz- 
 zle: adj. drizzly. 
 
 DROLL, s: One whose business is to 
 raise mirth by petty tricks ; a jest- 
 er, a buffoon, adj. droll: s. drol- 
 lery, pi. drolleries. 
 
 DROM'EDARY. s. A sort of camel, 
 pi. dromedaries. 
 
 DRONE, s. The bee which makes 
 no honey ; the hum, or instrument 
 of humming; an idler, x. drone, 
 pr. par. droni?ig; past, droned. 
 adj. dronish. 
 
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DRO — DRU 
 
 DROOP, v. To languish with sor- 
 row ; to faint ; to grow weak. pr. 
 par. drooping; past, drooped. 
 
 DROP. s. A globule of moisture ; an 
 ornament hanging in the ear. v. 
 drop; pr. par. dropping; past, 
 dropped. 
 
 DROPSY. 5. A collection of water 
 in the body. pi. dropsies: adj. 
 dropsical, dropsied. 
 DROSS, s. The recrement or de- 
 spumation of metals ; rust, refuse, 
 adj. drossy: s. drossiness. 
 DROUGHT. s< Dry weather, want 
 
 of rain, thirst, s. droughtiness. 
 DROVE. The preterit of the v. drive. 
 DROVE, s. A body or number of 
 
 cattle, s. drover. 
 DROWN, v. To suffocate in water; 
 to deluge, pr. par. drowning; past, ' 
 drowned: s. dr owner. 
 DROWSY, adj. Sleepy, heavy, lazy. 
 
 adv . drowsily : s. drowsiness. 
 D RUB. v. To thresh, to beat, to bang. 
 
 pr. par. drubbing; past, drubbed. 
 DRUDGE, v. To labour in mean 
 offices ; to work hard ; to slave, 
 pr. par. drudging; past, drudged: 
 s. drudge, drudge r, drudgery, pi. 
 drudgeries: adv. drudgingly. 
 DRUDG'ING-BOX. s. The box out 
 
 of which flour is sprinkled. 
 DRUG. s. An ingredient used in 
 physic ; a medicinal simple, v. 
 drug; pr. par. drugging; past, 
 drugged: s. druggist. 
 DRUG'GET. 5. A slight kind of 
 
 woollen stuff. 
 DRU'ID. s. One of the priests and! 
 philosophers of the ancient Brit- 
 ons and Gauls, adj. druidical; s. 
 druidism. 
 DRUM. s. An instrument of military 
 music ; the tympanum of the ear. 
 v. drum ; pr. par. drumming; past, 
 drummed: s. drummer. 
 DRUM'FISH. s. The name of a fish. 
 DRUM-MA' J OR. s. The chief drum- 
 mer of a regiment. 
 DRUM'-STICK. s. A stick with 
 which si drum is beaten. 
 
 DRU— DUC 
 DRUNK, adj. Intoxicated with strong 
 liquor; inebriated, adj. drunken: 
 adv. drunkenly: s. drunkenness, 
 drunkard. 
 DRY. adj. Arid, not wet, not moist, 
 plain, hard, severe, adv. drily: 
 s. dryness. 
 DRY. v. To free from moisture ; to 
 exhale moisture; to drain, pr. par. 
 drying; past, dried: s. dryer. 
 DRY'AD. 5. A wood-nymph. 
 DRY'NURSE. s. A woman who 
 brings up and feeds a child with- 
 out the breast, v. drynurse; pr. 
 par. drynursiiig; past,^ drynursed. 
 DRY'SALT^R. s. A dealer in salted 
 or dried meats, sauces, oils, pic- 
 kles, drugs, and various other 
 articles. 
 
 DRY' SHOD. adj. Without wet feet. 
 DUAL. adj. Expressing the number 
 
 two. s. duality. 
 DUB. v. To make a man a knight ; 
 to confer any kind of dignity or 
 new character, pr. par. dubbing ; 
 past, dubbed: s. dub. 
 DUBIOUS, adj. Doubtful, uncer- 
 tain, not plain, adv. dubiously: 
 s. dubiousness. 
 DU'BIT ABLE. adj. Doubtful, uncer- 
 tain, s. dubitancy, dubitation. 
 DU'CAL. adj. Pertaining to a duke. 
 DUCAT. 5. A coin struck by dukes; 
 in silver, worth four shillings and 
 six-pence ; in gold, nine shillings 
 and six-pence. 
 DUCH'ESS. s. The wife of a duke; 
 a female who presides over a 
 dutchv. pi. duchesses. 
 DUCH'Y. 5. See Dutchy. 
 DUCK. s. A species of water-fowl. 
 DUCK. v. To dive under water, a3 
 a duck ; to put under water, pr. 
 par. ducking; past, ducked: s. 
 ducker. 
 
 DUCK'ING-STOOL. s. A chair in 
 which scolds are tied, and put 
 under water. 
 DUCK'LING. s. A young duck. 
 DUCT. s. Guidance, direction ; a 
 passage through which any thing 
 is conducted. 
 
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DUC — DUN 
 
 DUCTILE, adj. Easy to be drawn 
 out into length ; flexible ; pliable, 
 s. ductility, pi. ductilities. 
 
 DUDG'EON. s. A small dagger; sul- 
 lenness, malignity. 
 
 DUE. adj. Owed; that which any 
 one has a right to demand ; prop- 
 er, fit. s. due : adv. duly. 
 
 DU'EL. 5. A combat between two. 
 s. dueling; duelist. 
 
 DUEN'NA. s. An old woman, kept 
 to guard a younger. 
 
 DU'ET. s. An air for two perform 
 ers. 
 
 DUG. s. A pap, a nipple. 
 DUG. The pret. and past par. of the 
 v. dig. 
 
 DUKE. s. One of the highest order 
 of nobility. 
 
 DUKE'DOM. s. The seigniory or 
 possession of a duke. 
 
 DUL'CET. adj. Sweet, luscious, har- 
 monious. 
 
 DUL'CIFY. v. To sweeten, pr. par. 
 
 dulcifying ; past, dulcified: s. dul- 
 
 cification. 
 DUL'CIMER. 5. A kind of musical 
 
 instrument. 
 DULL. adj. Stupid, doltish, blunt, 
 
 obtuse, melancholy, adv. dully : s. 
 
 dulness. 
 
 DU'LY. adv. Properly, fitly, regular- 
 ly, exactly. 
 
 DUMB. adj. Mute; incapable of 
 speech; silent, adv. dumbly: s. 
 dumbness. 
 
 DUM'PLING. s. A sort of pudding. 
 
 DUMPS, s. In a state of sorrow, mel- 
 ancholy, or sadness, adj. dumpish: 
 adv. dumpishly: s. dumjrishness. 
 
 DUN. adj. A colour partaking of 
 brown and black ; dark, gloomy. 
 
 DUN. s. A clamorous, importunate 
 creditor; an importunate demand 
 for money, v. dun; pr. par. dun- 
 ning; past, dunned: s. duuner. 
 
 DUN. 5. An eminence, a mound. 
 
 DUNCE. 5. A dolt ; one who is slow 
 in learning. 
 
 DUNG. s. The excrement of animals, 
 v. dung; pr. par. dunging; past. 
 dungecl. 
 
 DUN— DUT 
 DUN'GEON. s. A close prison. 
 DUODE'CIMO. s. A book is said to- 
 be in duodecimo, when a sheet is 
 
 folded into twelve parts. 
 DUPE. s. A credulous man; a man 
 
 easily tricked, v. dupe; pr. par. 
 
 duping; past, duped: s. duper. 
 DU'PLICATE. v. To double, pr. par. 
 
 duplicating; past, duplicated: s.' 
 
 duplication. 
 DU'PLICATE. adj. Duplicate pro- 
 
 portion is the proportion of 
 
 squares. 
 
 DU'PLICATE. 5. Another, corres- 
 
 pondent to the first ; a second 
 
 thing of the same kind. 
 DUPLFC1TY. s. Doubleness, deceit, 
 
 pi. duplicities. 
 DU'RABLE. adj. Lasting, s. dura 
 
 bility, pi. durabilities : adv. dura 
 
 bly. 
 
 DU'RANCE. s. Imprisonment, en- 
 durance, duration. 
 
 DURA'TION. s. Power of continu- 
 ance ; length of continuance. 
 
 DURESSE'. 5. Imprisonment, con- 
 straint. 
 
 DU'RING. prep. For the time of the 
 continuance of ; while any thing 
 
 DURST. Preterit of the v. dare. 
 
 DUSK, adj. Tending to darkness; 
 dark-coloured, adv. duskily : s. 
 duskiness: adj. duskish, dusky. 
 
 DUST. s. Earth or other matter re- 
 duced to small particles, v. dust ; 
 pr. par. dusting; past, dusted .« s. 
 duster, dustiness: adj. dusty. 
 
 DUST'MAN. s. One whose employ- 
 ment is to carry away the dust. pi. 
 dustmen, 
 
 DUTCH, s. The people of Holland; 
 the Dutch language. 
 
 DUTCH'ESS. s. See Duchess. 
 
 DUTCH'V s. A territory which 
 gives title to a duke. pi. dutchies. 
 
 DUTIFUL, adj. Obedient ; submis- 
 sive to natural or legal superiors, 
 adv. dutifully : s. di/fifulness. 
 
 DU'TY. s. That to which a man is 
 by anv natural or legal obligation 
 boi:nd. pi. duties: adj. dutem/s. 
 
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DUU — DWE 
 
 tfUUM'VIRATE. s. A government 
 or jurisdiction among the Romans, 
 exercised by two. 
 
 DWARF, s. A man below the com- 
 mon size of men ; any animal or 
 plant below its natural bulk. adj. 
 dwarfish: s. dwarfishness. 
 
 DWELL, v. To remain, to inhabit ; 
 to live in a place, pr. par. dwelling; 
 past, dwelt; s. dweller, dwelling. 
 
 DWEL'LING-HOUSE. s. The house 
 in which a person lives. 
 
 DWI— DYS 
 
 DWIN'DLE. v. To shrink ; to lote 
 bulk ; to grow little, pr. par. dwin- 
 dling; past, dwindled. 
 
 DYE. v. To tinge, to colour, to 
 stain, pr. par. dying; past, dyed. 
 s. dyer, dying. 
 
 DY'NASTY. s. Government, sove- 
 reignty ; a race or family of rulers. 
 
 1 pi. dynasties. 
 
 DYS'ENTERY. s. A looseness of. 
 
 the bowels, pi. dysenteries. 
 DYSPEP'SY. s. A difficulty of diges 
 
 tion. pi. dyspepsies. 
 
 EAC— EAR 
 
 E 
 
 EACH. pron. Either of two; every 
 one of any number. 
 
 EA'GER. adj. Struck with desire: 
 ardently wishing, adv. eagerly: s. 
 eagerness. 
 
 EA'GLE. s. A bird of prey; the 
 standard of the ancient Romans ; 
 a gold coin of the United States, 
 of the value of ten dollars. 
 
 EAG'LET. s. A'young eagle. 
 
 EAR. s. The whole organ of hear- 
 ing; that part of the ear which 
 stands prominent ; a spike of corn. 
 
 EARL. s. A title of nobility, next 
 in rank below a marquis, s. earl- 
 dom. 
 
 EAR'LY. adj. Soon, with respect to 
 something else. adv. early.- s. ear- 
 liness. 
 
 EARN. v. To gain as the reward or 
 wages of labour, or any perform- 
 ance; to obtain, pr. par. earning ; 
 past, earned: s. earner, earning. 
 
 EARNEST, adj. Ardent in any af- 
 fection; zealous, importunate, s. 
 earnest, earnestness: adv. earnestly. 
 
 EARTH, s. The element distinct 
 from air, fire, or water; the world ; 
 soil ; terrene matter, v. earth ; pr. 
 par. earthing; past, earthed: adj. 
 earthen : adv. earthly. 
 
 EARTH'QUAKE. s. Tremor or con- 
 vulsion of the earth. 
 
 EAR-EBR 
 
 EAR'- WIG. s. A sheath-winged in- 
 sect, imagined to creep into the 
 ear. 
 
 EASE. s. Quiet; rest; undisturb?d 
 tranquillity; facility, v. ease; pr. 
 par. easing; past, eased: s. eau 
 ment, easiness: adv. easily: ach. 
 easy. 
 
 EA'SEL. s. The frame on which 
 
 painters strain their canvas. 
 EAST. s. The quarter where tlie 
 sun rises, opposite to the wes t. 
 adv. easterly.- adj. eastern, ea^U 
 ward. 
 
 EASTER, s. The day on whi,,h 
 the Christian church commemcr- 
 ates our Saviour's resurrection. 
 EAT. v. To devour with the mouth; 
 to corrode, pr. par. eating; paat, 
 eat, eaten : adj. eatable, s. eater. 
 EAVES, s. The edges of the roof 
 
 which overhang the house. 
 EAVES'-DROPPER. s. A n insidious 
 
 listener, s. eaves-dropping. 
 EBB. s. The reflux of the tide to- 
 wards the sea; decline, decay, v. 
 ebb; pr. par. ebbing; past, ebbed. 
 EB'ONY. s. A kind of black wood. 
 
 pi. ebonies. 
 EBRFETY. s. Drunkenness, pi. 
 ebrieties. 
 
 EBRIOS'ITY. s. Habitual drunken, 
 ness. pi. ebriosities. 
 
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EBU — EDD 
 
 EBULLITION, s. The act of boil- 
 ing up with heat ; any intestine 
 motion, adj. ebullient. 
 
 ECCEN'TRIC. adj. Deviating from 
 the centre ; not terminating in the 
 same point; irregular; anoma- 
 lous, s. eccentricity, pi. eccentrici- 
 ties. 
 
 ECCLESIASTIC, s. A person dedi- 
 cated to the ministries of religion, 
 adj. ecclesiastical. 
 
 ECH'O. s. The return or repercus- 
 sion of sound, v. echo; pr. par 
 echoing; past, echoed. 
 
 ECHOM'ETER. s. (In music;)— a 
 kind of scale, serving to measure 
 the duration of sounds. 
 
 ECCLAIRCIS'SEMEJYT. s. Ex- 
 planation ; the act of clearing up 
 an affair. 
 
 E'CLAT. s. Spendour, show, lustre 
 pronounced e'klaw. 
 
 ECLECTIC, adj. Selecting. 
 
 ECLIPSE', s. An obscuration of the 
 luminaries of heaven; darkness, 
 obscuration, v. eclipse; pr. par. 
 eclipsing; past, eclipsed. 
 
 ECLIPTIC, s. A great circle of the 
 sphere, supposed to be drawn 
 through the middle of the zodiac, 
 adj. ecliptic. 
 
 ECLOGUE, s. A pastoral poem. 
 
 ECON'OMIES. s. Things which ap- 
 ply to the management of house- 
 hold affairs. 
 
 JCCON'OMY. s. The management of 
 a family; frugality; regulation : 
 system of matter, pi. economies 
 v. economize; pr. par. economiz 
 ing; past, economized : adj. eco 
 nomical: adv. economically: s.econ 
 omist. 
 
 EC'STACY. s. Any passion by 
 which the thoughts are absorbed, 
 and in which the mind is fcr a 
 time lost ; rapture, pi. ecstacies : 
 adj. ecstatic. 
 
 EDA'CITY. s. Voracity, greediness 
 pi. edacities. 
 
 ED'DY. s. The water that runs con 
 trary to the main stream, pi. ed-\ 
 
 EDE-EFF 
 dies: t. eddy; pr. par. eddying , 
 past, eddied. 
 E'DEN. 5. Paradise. 
 EDGE. s. The thin or cutting part 
 of a blade; brink, extremity, keen- 
 ness, v. edge; pr. par. edging; past, 
 edged: s. edging: adj. edgeless. 
 EDGE'WISE, EDGEWAYS, adv. 
 With the edge put into any par- 
 ticular direction. 
 EDIBLE, adj. Fit to be eaten. 
 EDICT, s. A proclamation, com- 
 mand, or prohibition ; a law pro 
 mulgated. 
 EDIFICATION, s. Instruction, im 
 
 provement. adj. edificatory. 
 EDIFICE, s. A fabric, a building 
 
 a structure. 
 EDIFY, v. To instruct, to improve. 
 
 pr. par. edifying ; past, edified. 
 E'DILE. 5. The title of a magistrate 
 
 in ancient Rome. 
 EDIT. v. To revise or prepare a 
 work for publication, pr. par. 
 editing; past, edited. 
 EDITION, s. Publication of any 
 thing, particularly of a book ; the 
 number of copies of any book, 
 printed with the same types. 
 EDITOR, s. He that revises or pre- 
 pares any literary work for pub- 
 lication, adj. editorial: adv. edito- 
 rially : s. editorship. 
 EDUCATE, v. To bring up ; to in- 
 struct youth, pr. par. educating; 
 past, educated: s. education, edu- 
 cator. 
 
 EDU'CE. v. To bring out, to ex- 
 tract, pr. par. educing; past, 
 educed: s. eduction. 
 EEK. v. To supply any deficiency : 
 to make larger, by the addition of 
 another piece, pr. par. eeking, 
 past, eeked. 
 EEL. s. A serpentine, slimy fish, 
 
 that lurks in the mud. 
 EF'FABLE. adj. Expressive, utter- 
 able. 
 
 EFFA'CE. 9. To destroy any thing 
 painted or carved; to destroy 
 pr. par. effacing; past, effaced. 
 
 1 2Z 
 
EFF— EFF 
 EFFECT, s. That which is pro 
 duced by an operating cause ; con^ 
 sequence; event, v. effect; pr. 
 par. effecting; past, effected: adj. 
 ejffechble, effective, effectual: s. ef- 
 fectless, effector: adv. effectually. 
 EFFECTUATE, v. To bring to 
 pass; to fulfil, pr. par. effectuat- 
 ing; past, effectuated. 
 EFFEMINATE, adj. Womanish, 
 voluptuous, tender, s. effeminacy, 
 pi. effeminacies: v. effeminate; 
 ?r. par. effeminating; past, effemi 
 nated: adv. effeminately: s. effemi 
 nateness, effemination. 
 EFFERVESCE', v. To generate heat 
 by intestine motion, pr. par. effer- 
 vescing; past, effervesced: s. effer- 
 vescence. 
 
 EFFE'TE. adj. Barren; worn out 
 \Vith age. 
 
 EFFICACY, s. Power to produce 
 effects ; production of the conse- 
 quence intended, pi. efficacies. 
 adj. efficacious: adv. efficaciously. 
 
 EFFICIENCY, s. The act of pro- 
 ducing effects ; agency, pi. efficien- 
 cies: adj. and s. efficient: adv. 
 efficiently. 
 
 EF'FIGY. s. Resemblance; image, 
 in painting or sculpture, pi. eff 
 
 EFFLORESCENCE, EFFLORES'- 
 CENCY. s. Production of flowers; 
 excrescences in the form of flow- 
 ers ; (in physic) the breaking out 
 of some humours in the skin. pi. 
 efflorescences, efftorescencies : adj. 
 efflorescent. 
 
 EFFLUENCE, s. That which issues 
 from some other* principle, adi 
 effluent. J 
 
 EFFLU'VIA. s. Those small parti^ 
 cles which are continually flying 
 off from bodies. 
 
 EFFLUX, EFFLUXION, s. The 
 act of flowing out ; effusion ; ema 
 nation ; that which flows out. 
 
 EF'FORT. s. Struggle, strain, vehe- 
 ment action, laborious endeavour. 
 
 EFFRONTERY, s. Impudence, 
 shamelessness. pi. effronteries. 
 
 EFF— ELA 
 EFFULGE'. v. To send forth lustre 
 or effulgence, pr. par. effulging, 
 past, effulged: s. effulge nee adi. 
 effulgent. 
 EFFU'SION. s. The act of pouring 
 out ; waste ; bounteous donation, 
 adj. effusive. 
 EGG. s. That which is laid by feath- 
 ered and some other animals, from 
 which their young is produced. 
 EG LANTINE, s. A species of rose : 
 
 sweet-briar. 
 E'GOTISM. s. Too frequent mention 
 of a man's self. s. egotist: adj. ego- 
 tistical: adv. egotistically. 
 EGRE'GIOUS. ^'.Remarkable, ex- 
 traordinary, eminently bad. adv. 
 egregiously: s. egregiousness. 
 E'GRESS. s. The power or act of 
 going out of any place; departure. 
 EGRES'SIQN. s. The act of going 
 out. 6 5 
 
 EIGHT, adj. Twice four. a.d\. eighth : 
 adv. eighthly. 
 
 EIGHT'EEN. adj. Twice nine. adj. 
 
 eighteenth. 
 
 EIGHTY, adj. £ight times ten. 
 
 adj. eightieth. 
 EPTHER. pron. Whichsoever of the 
 
 two; each; both. conj. either. 
 EJACULATE, v. To throw, to 
 shoot, to dart out. pr. par. ejacu- 
 lating; past, ejaculated: s. ejacu- 
 lation: adj. ejaculatory. 
 EJECT', v. To throw out ; to cast 
 forth ; to expel, pr. par. ejecting, 
 past, ejected: s. ejection. 
 EJECT'MENT. s. A legal writ, by 
 which any inhabitant of a house, 
 or tenant of an estate, is command- 
 ed to depart. 
 EKE. v. To increase, to supply, to 
 fill up deficiencies, pr. par. eking; 
 past, eked. 
 
 ELABORATE, v. To produce with 
 labour ; to heighten and improve 
 by successive endeavours or oper- 
 ations, pr. par. elaborating ; past, 
 elaborated: adj. elaborate: s. elab- 
 orateness, elaboration. 
 
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ELA— ELE 
 
 ELAPSE', v. To pass away ; to glide 
 away. pr. par. elapsing; past, 
 elapsed. 
 
 ELAS'TIC. adj. Having the power 
 of returning to the form, from 
 which it is distorted or withheld ; 
 springy, s. elasticity, pi. elastici- 
 ties. 
 
 ELA'TE. adj. Flushed with success ; 
 haughty, v. elate; pr. par. elating 
 past, elated: s. elation. 
 
 EL'BO W. s. The next joint or cur- 
 vature of the arm below the shoul- 
 der ; any flexure, or angle, v. el 
 bow; pr. par. elbowing; past, el- 
 bowed. 
 
 EL'DER. adj. Surpassing another in 
 years, adv. elderly. 
 
 EL'DER. s. The name of a tree. 
 
 ELDEST, s. The oldest; having the 
 right of primogeniture. 
 
 ELECT', v. To choose for any office 
 or use. pr. par. electing; past, elect- 
 ed: adj. elect, elective: s. election 
 elector: adj. electoral 
 
 ELECTARY, ELECTUARY, s. A 
 form of medicine made of con- 
 serves and powders, of the con- 
 sistence of honey, pi. electaries, 
 electuaries. 
 
 ELECTIONEER', v. To be active 
 previous to an election, pr. par. 
 electioneering; past, electioneered] 
 
 ELECTORATE, s. The territory of 
 an elector. 
 
 ELECTRESS. s. The wife or widow 
 of an elector, pi. electresses. 
 
 ELECTRIC, ELECTRICAL, adj. 
 Attractive without magnetism; 
 attractive by a peculiar propertv, 
 supposed once to belong chiefly to 
 amber. 
 
 ELECTRI'CITY. s. The name of an 
 
 unknown natural power, which 
 
 produces a great variety of pecu- 
 liar and surprising phenomena, pi. 
 
 electricities .- s. electrician. 
 ELECTRIFY, v. To render electric; ELI'SION. s. The act of cutting off; 
 
 to communicate electricity, pr. separation of parts. 
 
 par. elect r if w ng,« past, electrified. .ELITE, adj. A military word, de- 
 PLECTROM'ETER. s. An instru- ; noting the flower or chosen part 
 
 ment for measuring the quantity, | of an army. 
 
 V24 
 
 ELE— ELI 
 
 and determining the quality, of 
 electricity, in any electrified body. 
 ELECTUARY, ELECTARY. s. A 
 form of medicine made of con- 
 serves and powders, of the con* 
 sistence of honey, pi. electuaries t 
 electaries. 
 ELEEMOS' YNARY. adj. Living up- 
 on alms; depending upon charity; 
 given in charity. 
 EL'EGANT. adj. Nice ; accurate in 
 discerning; pleasing by minuter 
 beauties, adv. elegantly: s. ele- 
 gance. 
 
 EL'EGY. s. A mournful song; a fu- 
 neral song. pi. elegies: adj. elegiac^ 
 elegiacal: s. eligiast. 
 EL'EMENT. s. The first or consti- 
 tuent principle of any thing ; the 
 proper habitation or sphere of 
 any thing ; an ingredient, adj. ele* 
 mental, elementary. 
 EL'EPHANT. s. The largest of 
 
 quadrupeds, adj. elephantine. 
 EL'EVATE. v. To raise, to exalt, to 
 dignify, pr. par. elevating; past, 
 elevated : s. elevation, elevator. 
 ELE'VE. s. Literally, a scholar or 
 disciple; one who has studied 
 under a particular master; one 
 brought up, or protected by an^ 
 other. 
 
 ELEVEN, adj. Ten and one. adj. 
 
 eleventh. 
 
 ELF. s. A wandering spirit, sup- 
 posed to be seen in wild, unfre* 
 quented places ; a fairy, pi. elves f 
 adj. elfish. 
 ELF-LOCK, s. Hair twisted by elves; 
 
 a common superstition. 
 ELI'CIT. v. To strike out ; to fetch 
 out by labour or art. pr. par. elicit* 
 ing; past,' elicited .• s. elicitation. 
 EL'IGIBLE. adj. Fit to be chosen; 
 preferable; desirable, s. eligibility, 
 pi- eligibilities. 
 
ELI — EMA 
 
 ELiX'IR. s. A kind of medicine 
 made by strong infusion; the ex- 
 tract or quintessence of any thing. 
 
 ELK. s. A large and stately animal 
 of the stag kind. 
 
 ELL. s. A measure containing, in 
 England, a yard and a quarter. 
 
 ELLIFSIS. s. A figure of rhetoric, 
 by which something is left out; 
 in geometry, an oval figure, gen- 
 erated from the section of a cone, 
 pi. ellipse s» 
 
 ELLIPTIC, ELLIPTICAL, adj. 
 Having the form of an ellipsis; 
 oval. adv. elliptically. 
 
 ELM. s. The name of a tree. 
 
 ELOCUTION, s. The power of flu- 
 ent speech ; eloquence ; beauty 
 of words, adj. elocutive. 
 
 ELON'GATE. v. To lengthen; to 
 draw out ; to put further off. pr. 
 par. elongating-; past, elongated .< 
 s. elongation. 
 
 ELO'PE. v. To run away ; to break 
 loose, pr. par. eloping; past, 
 eloped: s. elopement. 
 
 EL'OQUENCE. s. The power of 
 speaking with fluency and ele- 
 gance; oratory, adj. eloquent A 
 adv. eloquently. 
 
 ELSE. pron. Other; one besides, 
 adv. else. 
 
 ELSEWHE'RE. adv. In any other 
 places ; in some other place. 
 
 ELU'CIDATE. v. To explain, to 
 clear, to make plain, pr. par. elu- 
 cidating; past, elucidated: s. elu- 
 cidation, elucidator : adj. elucida- 
 tive. 
 
 pLU'DE. v. To escape by stratagem ; 
 to avoid by artifice, pr. par. elud- 
 ing; past, eluded: adj. eludible. 
 
 ELU'SION. s. The act of eluding ; 
 artifice, adj. elusive, elusory: s. 
 cluso7~iness. 
 
 ELY'SIUM. s. The place assigned 
 by the heathens to happy souls ; 
 any place exquisitely pleasant, 
 adj. elysian. 
 
 £MA'CIATE. v. To waste ; to de- 
 prive of flesh, pr. par. emaciating; 
 past, emaciated I: s. emaciation. 
 
 EMA-EMJ3 
 
 lEMAC'ULATE. v- To make clean < 
 to take out spots, pr. par. emac- 
 ulating; past, emaculated: s. emac- 
 ulation: adj. emapulate. 
 
 EM'ANATE. v. To issue or flow 
 from. pr. par. emanating; past, 
 emanated: s. emanation: adj. ema- 
 native. 
 
 EMANCIPATE, v. To set free from 
 servitude, pr. par. emancipating; 
 past, emancipated: s. emancipa- 
 tion, emancipator. 
 
 EMAS'CULATE. v. To vitiate by 
 unmanly softness ; to effeminate, 
 pr. par. emasculating ; past, emas- 
 culated. 
 
 EMBALM', v. To impregnate a body 
 with aromatics, that it may resist 
 putrefaction, pr. par. embalming; 
 past, embalmed: s. embalmer. 
 
 EMBAR'GO. s. A prohibition to 
 pass ; a stop put to trade, pi. em- 
 bargoes: v. embargo; pr. par. em- 
 bargoing ; past, embargoed. 
 
 EMBARK', v. To put on shipboard; 
 to go on shipboard ; to engage an- 
 other in any affair, pr. par. embark- 
 ing; past, embarked: s. embarka- 
 tion. 
 
 EMBARRASS, v. To perplex, to 
 entangle, pr. par. embarrassing ; 
 past, embarrassed: s. embarrass- 
 ment. 
 
 EMBASSADOR, AMBAS'SADOR. 
 5. One sent on a public message, 
 adj. emhassadorial, ambassadorial. 
 
 EMBAS'SADRESS, AMBASSA- 
 DRESS, s. A woman sent on a 
 public message, pi. embassadresses, 
 amb assadresses. 
 
 EM'BASSY. s. A public message, 
 pi. embassies. 
 
 EMBATTLE, v. To arrange in or- 
 der or array of battle, pr. par. em- 
 battling; past, embattled. 
 
 EMBED'DED. adj. Sunk in another 
 substance. 
 
 EMBEL'LISH. v. To adorn, tobeau< 
 tify. pr. par. embellishing; past, 
 embellished : s. embellishment. 
 
 EM'BERS. s. Hot cinders ; ashes not 
 yet extinguished. 
 
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EMB— EMB 
 
 EMBEZ'ZLE. v. To appropriate by 
 breach of trust, pr. par. embez- 
 zling; past, embezzled: s. embez- 
 zlement, embezzler. 
 
 EMBLA'ZON. v. To adorn with 
 figures of heraldry; to deck ir 
 glaring colours, pr. par. emblazon 
 ing; past, emblazoned: s. embla- 
 zoner, emblazonry, pi. emblazon- 
 ries. 
 
 EM'BLEM. s. Inlay; enamel; an 
 allusive picture ; a typical desig- 
 nation, adj. emblematic, emblemat- 
 ical: adv. emblematically. 
 
 EMBOD'Y. v. See Imbody. 
 
 EMBOSS', v. To form with protu 
 berances ; to engrave with relief 
 or rising work ; to cover, pr. par, 
 embossing; past, embossed: s. em- 
 bossment. 
 
 EMBOWEL, v. To eviscerate; to 
 deprive of the entrails, pr. par. 
 emboweling; past, emboweled: s. 
 emboweler. 
 
 EMBOWER, v. To lodge, to build, 
 to bower, pr. par. embowering; 
 past, embowered. 
 
 EMBRA'CE. v. To hold fondly in 
 the arms ; to squeeze in kindness; 
 to include ; to seize, pr. par. em- 
 bracing; past, embraced: s. em- 
 bracement, embracer. 
 
 EMBRASURE', s. An aperture in a 
 wall, through which a cannon is 
 pointed; battlement. 
 
 HM'BROCATE. v. To rub any part 
 diseased with medicinal liquors, 
 pr. par. embrocating; past, embro- 
 cated: s. embrocation. 
 
 EMBROI'DER. v. To border with 
 ornaments; to decorate with fig- 
 ured work. pr. par. embroidering;' 
 past, embroidered : s. embroiderer,^ 
 embroidery, pi. embroideries. 
 
 EMBROiL'. v. To disturb, to con- 
 fuse, to distract, pr. par. embroil- 
 ing; past, embroiled: s. embroilment 
 
 EM KBIT/, v. See Imbrue. 
 
 EM'BRYO. s. The offspring vet un-| 
 finished in the womb ; the state 
 of any thing not fit for production, 
 pi. imbryoes. 
 
 EME-EMP 
 
 EMEND*, v. To amend, to correct, 
 pr. par. emending; past, emended: 
 adj. emendable: s. emendation^ 
 emendator: adj. emendatory. 
 EM'ERALD. s. A green, precious 
 stone. 
 
 EMERGE', v. To rise out of any 
 thing in which it is covered ; to 
 rise into view. pr. par. emerging ; 
 past, emerged. 
 EMERGENCE, EMERGENCY, s. 
 Any sudden occasion ; uneipect- 
 ed casualty, pi. emergences, emer- 
 gencies. 
 
 EMER'SION. s. The act of rising out 
 of any fluid; the time when a star, 
 having been obscured by its ap- 
 proach to the sun, appears again. 
 EM'ERY. s. An iron ore, useful in 
 cleaning and polishing steel, pi 
 emeries. 
 
 EMETIC, adj. Having the quality 
 of provoking vomits, adv. emeti- 
 calhj : s. emetic. 
 EMIGRATE, v. To remove from 
 one place to another, pr. par. emi- 
 grating; past, emigrated: s. emi- 
 gra nt, era ig ra tion. 
 EM'INENT. adj. High, lofty, exalt- 
 ed, conspicuous, adv. eminently; 
 s. eminence. 
 E'MIR. s. A title of dignity among 
 
 the Turks and Persians. 
 EMISSARY, s. One sent on a pri- 
 vate message; a spy; a secret 
 agent, pi. emissaries : adj. emis- 
 sary. 
 
 EMIS'SION. s. The act of emitting, 
 
 adj. emissive. 
 EMIT', v. To send forth: to let go? 
 to dart. pr. par. emitting; past, 
 em it ted. 
 
 EM'MET. s. An ant, a pismire. 
 EMOL'LIEXT. adj. Softening, sup- 
 pling. 
 
 EMOLUMENT, s. Profit, advan- 
 tage, adi. cm^h.tmcntal. 
 EMOTION, s. Disturbance of mind; 
 
 vehemence o f 'pission. 
 EMPA'LE, IMPA LE, v. To fence 
 with a pale ; to fortify ; to put to 
 death bv spitting on a stake fixed 
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EMP— EMP 
 
 EMP — ENC 
 
 upright, pr. par. empaling; past, 
 empaled; s. empaUment. 
 
 EMPAN'NEL. v. To put on the pan- 
 nel ; to summon to serve on a ju- 
 ry, pr. par. empanneling ; past, 
 empanneled. 
 
 EMPARLANCE, IMPARLANCE. 
 s. A desire or petition, in court, 
 of a day to consider what is best 
 to do. 
 
 EMPEROR, s. A monarch, of title 
 and dignity superior to a king. 
 
 EM'PHASIS. s. A remarkable stress 
 laid upon a word or sentence; 
 particular force impressed by style 
 or pronunciation, pi. emphases: v. 
 emphasize; pr. par. emphasizing; 
 past, emphasized. 
 
 EMPHATIC, EMPHATIC AL. adj. 
 With emphasis ; forcible, strong, 
 striking, adv. emphatically. 
 
 EM'PIRE. s. Imperial power; su- 
 preme dominion ; command over 
 any thing; dominions of an em- 
 peror. 
 
 EMPIRIC, s. An experimenter, a 
 quack, adj. empiric, empirical: 
 adv. empirically : s. empiricism. 
 
 EMPLOY', v. To busy; to keep at 
 work ; to exercise ; to use as an 
 instrument, pr. par. employing; 
 past, employed: s. employer, em- 
 ployment. 
 
 EMPO'RIUM. s. A place of mer- 
 chandise; a mart, a commercial 
 city. 
 
 IMPOVERISH, IMPOVERISH, v. 
 To make poor ; to reduce to indi- 
 gence, pr. par. empoverishing; 
 past, empoverished: s. empoverisher, 
 empoverishment. 
 
 EMPOWER, v. To authorize; to 
 commission ; to give power ; to 
 enable, pr. par. empowering; past, 
 empowered. 
 
 EM'PRESS. s. The wife of an em- 
 peror ; a female invested with im- 
 perial dignitv. pi. empresses. 
 
 EMPTY, adj. Void, not full, evac- 
 uated, unsatisfactory, v. empty: 
 pr. par. emptying; past, emptied: 
 s. emptier, emptiness. 
 
 EMPUR'PLE, IMPURTLE. v. To 
 make of a purple colour, pr. par. 
 empurpling; past, empurpled. 
 
 EMPY'REAN. s. The highest heav- 
 en, where the pure element of fire 
 is supposed to subsist, adj. empy- 
 real. 
 
 EM'ULATE. v. To rival ; to propose 
 as one to be equalled or excelled ; 
 to imitate, pr. par. emulating; past, 
 emulated: s. emulation, emulator; 
 adj. emulative. 
 
 EMULGE'. v. To milk out. pr. par. 
 emulging; past, emulged: adj. 
 emu I gent. 
 
 EM'ULOUS. adj. Rivaling; en- 
 gaged in competition; desirous 
 of superiority. 
 
 ENA'BLE. v. To make able ; to em- 
 power, pr. par. enabling; past, 
 enabled. 
 
 ENACT, v. To establish by law; 
 to decree, pr. par. enacting; past, 
 enacted : s. enactor. 
 
 ENAM'EL. v. To inlay; to varie- 
 gate with colours, properly with 
 colours fixed by fire. pr. par. en- 
 ameling; past, enameled: s. enam- 
 el, enamel er. 
 
 ENAM'OUR. v. To inflame with 
 love; to make fond. pr. par. en- 
 amouring; past, enamoured. 
 
 ENCAMP', v. To pitch tents; to sit 
 down for a time in a march, pr. 
 par. encamping; past, encamped 
 s. encampment. 
 
 ENCHAIN', v. To fasten with a 
 chain ; to hold in chains ; to bind, 
 pr. par. enchaining; past, enchain- 
 ed. 
 
 ENCHANT, v. To subdue by charms 
 or spells; to delight in a high de- 
 gree, pr. par. enchanting; past, 
 enchanted: s. enchanter, enchant- 
 ment: adv. enchantingly. 
 
 ENCHANTRESS, s. A sorceress; 
 a woman whose beantv and ex- 
 cellencies give irresistible influ- 
 ence, pi. enchantresses. 
 
 ENCHA'SE. v. To infix ; to enclose 
 in any body, so as to be held fast, 
 
ENC— END 
 
 but not concealed; to engrave 
 pr.par. enchasing; past, enchased 
 
 ENClR'CLE. v. To surround, to en- 
 viron, to enclose in a ring. pr. par 
 encircling,- past, encircled. 
 
 ENCLITIC, s. A particle which 
 throws back the accent upon the 
 foregoing syllable. 
 
 ENCLOSE, INCLOSE, v. To part 
 from things or grounds common, 
 by a fence ; to environ ; to encir- 
 cle, pr. par. enclosing; past, en- 
 closed: s. encloser, enclosure. 
 
 ENCOMIAST, s. A panegyrist; a 
 proclaimer of praise, adj. encomi- 
 astic, encomiastical. 
 
 ENCOMIUM, s. Panegyric, praise, 
 eulogy. 
 
 ENCOM'PASS. v. To enclose, to 
 encircle, to surround, pr. par. en- 
 compassing; past, encompassed; s. 
 encompassment. 
 
 ftJYCORE. adv. In French, signi- 
 fies again ; once more. v. encore; 
 pr. par. encoring; past, encored. 
 
 ENCOUNTER, v. To engage, to 
 fight, to come together by chance, 
 pr. par. encountering; past, en- 
 countered: s. encounter, encoun- 
 ierer. 
 
 ENCOUR'AGE. v. To animate; to 
 incite; to embolden, pr. par..m- 
 couraging; past, encouraged: s. 
 encouragement, encourager : adv. 
 encouragingly. 
 ENCRlM'SONED. adj. Having a 
 
 crimson colour. 
 ENCROACH', 1NCROACH'. v. To 
 make invasions upon the right of 
 another; to pass bounds, pr. par. 
 encroaching; past, encroached: s 
 encroacher, encroachment: adv 
 encroar.hingly. 
 ENC YCLOPE'DI A, C YCLOPE'DIA 
 s. The circle of sciences; the 
 round of learning, adj. encyclope- 
 dian.- s. encyclopedist. 
 END. s. The extremity of the length 
 of any thinff, materially extended ; 
 ultimate state; final doom, pur- 
 pose, intention, v. end; pr. par. 1 
 c/iding; past, ended. 
 
 END— ENE 
 ENDAN'GER. v. To put into haz, 
 ard; to bring into peril, pr. par. 
 
 endangering; past, endangered. 
 ENDEAR', v. To make dear ; to make 
 beloved, pr. par. endearing; past, 
 endeared: s. endearment. 
 ENDEAVOUR, s. Labour directed 
 to some certain end. v. endeavour; 
 pr. par. endeavouring; past, en- 
 deavoured: s. endeavourer. 
 ENDEMIC, ENDEM'ICAL. adj. Pe- 
 culiar to a country; used in re- 
 spect to any disease proceeding 
 from some cause peculiar to the 
 country where it reigns. 
 EN'DIVE. 5. A species of plant. 
 END'LESS. adj. Having no end; 
 being without conclusion or termi- 
 nation, adv. endlessly: s. endless- 
 ness. 
 
 ENDORSE', v. To register on the 
 back of a writing; to superscribe; 
 to write on the back of a bill of 
 exchange, pr. par. endorsing; past, 
 endorsed: s. endorsement, endorser. 
 ENDOW, v. To enrich with a por- 
 tion ; to supply with anv external 
 goods, pr. par. endowing; past, 
 endowed: s. endowment. 
 ENDU'E. v. To supply with mental 
 excellencies ; to invest with other 
 powers and advantages than tho: ^ 
 of the mind. pr. par. enduing; 
 past, endued. 
 ENDURE, v. To bear, to sustain, 
 to support, to bear with patience, 
 pr. par. enduring; past, endured: 
 s. endurance, endurtr : adj. endur- 
 able. 
 
 END' WISE, END'WAYS. adv. 
 
 Erectly, rprightlv, on end. 
 EN'EMY. s. A public foe; a private 
 
 opponent, pi. enemies. 
 EN'ERGY. 5. Pow er not exerted in 
 action: force; vigour, pi. ener- 
 gies: adj. energetic: adv. energeti- 
 cally. 
 
 EN'ERGIZE. v. To give energy; to 
 excite action, pr. par. energizing; 
 past, energized: s. energize?: 
 |; ENERVATE, r. To weaken, to de- 
 prive of force, pr. par. tney-vating; 
 
EN"F — ENG 
 
 past, enervated: adj. enervate: s. 
 enervater, enervation. 
 ENFEE'BLE. v. To weaken, to en- 
 ervate. pr. par. enfeebling; past, 
 enfeebled. 
 
 ENFILA'DE. v. To pierce in a right 
 line. pr. par. enf lading; past, enfi- 
 laded. 
 
 ENFORCE', v. To strengthen ; to 
 put in act by violence; to urge 
 with energy ; to compel, pr. par. 
 enforcing; past, enforced: s. en- 
 forcement, enforcer. 
 
 ENFRANCHISE, v. To admit to the 
 privileges of a freeman ; to set free 
 from slavery ; to denizen, pr. par. 
 enfranchising ; past, enfranchised : 
 s. enfranchisement, enfranchiser. 
 
 ENGAGE', v. To make liable for a 
 debt to a creditor; to embark in 
 an affair ; to contract, pr. par. en- 
 gaging; past, engaged: s. engage- 
 ment, engager: adv. engagingly. 
 
 ENGEN'DER. v. To produce, to 
 form, to cause, pr. par. engender- 
 * n g"» past, engendered: s. engen- 
 dered 
 
 EN'GINE. s. Any mechanical com- 
 plication, in which various move- 
 ments and parts concur to one ef- 
 fect. 
 
 ENGINE'ER. s. An officer in an ar- 
 my or fortified place, whose bu- 
 siness is to contrive and inspect 
 attacks, defences, and works; one 
 who constructs canals, docks, and 
 harbours ; one who takes care of 
 an engine. 
 ENG'LISH. adj. Relating to England. 
 ENGRAFT', v. To fix deeply; to 
 attach, pr. par. engrafting; past, 
 engrafted. 
 ENGRA'VE. v. To picture by inci- 
 sions in any matter, pr. par. en- 
 graving; past, engraved: s. en- 
 graver, engravery, engraving. 
 ENGROSS', v. To thicken; to seize 
 the whole of any thing; to pur- 
 chase any commodity, for the sake 
 of selling it at a high price ; to 
 copy in a large hand. pr. par. en-\ 
 
 ENH— ENO 
 
 I grossing; past, engrossed: s. en- 
 grosser, engrossment. 
 ENHANCE', v. To advance; to 
 raise in esteem, pr. par. enhanc* 
 ing; past, enhanced: s. enhance- 
 ment, enhancer, 
 ENIG'MA. s. A riddle ; an obscure 
 question ; a position expressed in 
 remote and ambiguous terms, adj. 
 enigmatic, enigmatical: adv. enig- 
 matically: s. enigmatist. 
 ENJOIN', v. To direct, to order, to 
 prescribe, pr. par. enjoining; past, 
 enjoined: s. enjoiner, enjoinment. 
 ENJ OY'. v. To feel or perceive with 
 pleasure; to be pleased with ; to 
 obtain possession of. pr. par. en- 
 joying ; past, enjoyed: s. enjoyer, 
 enjoyment: adj. enjoyable. 
 ENKIN'DLE. v. To set on fire; to 
 inflame, pr. par. enkindling; past, 
 enkindled. 
 ENLARGE', v. To make greater in 
 quantity or appearance; to in- 
 crease in magnitude; to extend, 
 pr. par. enlarging; past, enlarged: 
 s. enlargement, enlarger. 
 ENLIGHT'EN. v. To illuminate; to 
 supply with light, pr. par. enlight- 
 ening; past, enlightened: s. en- 
 tightener. 
 ENLIST', INLIST'. v. To enrol or 
 register ; to become a soldier, pr. 
 par. enlisting; past, enlisted: s. 
 enlistment. 
 ENLI'VEN. v. To make quick, to 
 animate, pr. par. enlivening; past, 
 enlivened: s. enlivener, enlivening. 
 EN'MIT Y. s. Unfriendly disposition ; 
 malevolence; aversion, pi. enmi- 
 ties. 
 
 ENNO'BLE. v. To raise from com- 
 monalty to nobility; to dignify; to 
 exalt, pr. par. ennobling; past, en- 
 nobled: s. ennoblement. 
 EN'NUI. s. Weariness, fastidious- 
 ness, disgust. 
 ENOR'MITY. s. Deviation from 
 rule; irregularity; depravity; atro* 
 cious crime, pi. enormities : adj, 
 enormous : ad v. enormmcsly. 
 
ENO — ENT 
 
 ENOUGH', s. Something sufficient 
 in greatness or excellence, adv. 
 enough. 
 
 ENQUl'RE. v. To ask about; to 
 seek out. pr. par. enquiring; past, 
 enquired ; s. enquiry, pi. enquiries, 
 enquirer. 
 
 ENRAGE', v. To irritate ; to make 
 furious, pr. par. enraging; past, 
 enraged. 
 
 ENRAPTURE, v. To transport 
 with pleasure; to delight highly, 
 pr. par. enrapturing ; past, enrap- 
 tured. 
 
 ENRICH', v. To make wealthy; to 
 fertilize, pr. par. enriching; past, 
 enriched: s. enrichment: 
 
 ENROBE, v. To dress, to clothe, 
 pr. par. enrobing; past, enrobed. 
 
 ENROL', v. To insert in a roll, or 
 register; to record, pr. par. en- 
 rolling; past, enrolled: s. enr oi- 
 ler, enrolment. 
 
 E-NSANG'UINE. v. To smear with 
 gore; to suffuse with blood, pr. 
 par. ensanguining; past, ensan- 
 guined. 
 
 ENSCONCE', v. To cover, as with 
 a fort ; to secure, pr. par. esconc- 
 ing ; past, ensconced. 
 
 BNSHRI'NE. v. To enclose in a 
 chest or cabinet ; to preserve as 
 athing sacred, pr. par. enshrining; 
 past, enshrined. 
 
 EN'SIGN. 5. The flag or standard 
 of a regiment; badge, or mark of 
 distinction; the officer who car- 
 ries the flag. s. ensigncy, pi. en- 
 signcies. 
 
 ENSLA'VE. v. To reduce to servi- 
 tude ; to deprive of liberty, pr. 
 par. enslaving; past, enslaved: s. 
 enslavement, enslaver. 
 
 ENSNA'RE. v. See Insnare. 
 
 ENSUE, v. To follow, pr. par. en- 
 suing; past, ensued. 
 
 ENTAB'LATURE. s. The archi- 
 trave, frieze, and cornice, of a pil- 
 lar. 
 
 ENTAIL'. 5. The estate entailed or 
 Bettled, with regard to the rule of | 
 
 ENT— ENT 
 
 its descent, v. entail; pr. par, en> 
 ' tailing; past, entailed. - 
 
 EN J AVGLE. v. To in wrap or in 
 snare with something not easily 
 extricable ; to embarrass, pr. par. 
 entangling; past, entangled: 's 
 entanglement, entangler. 
 
 EN'TER. v. To go or come into 
 any place; to initiate in a busi- 
 ness, method, or society, pr. par. 
 entering; past, entered: s. enter- 
 ing. 
 
 ENTERLA'CE. v. To intermix, to 
 interweave, pr. par. enterlacing; 
 past, enterlaced. 
 
 ENTEROL'OGY. s. The anatomi- 
 cal account of the bowels and 
 other internal parts, pi. enterolo- 
 gies. 
 
 EN'TERPRIZE. s. An undertaking 
 of hazard ; an arduous attempt, v. 
 enterprise ; pr. par. enterprizing , 
 past, enterprized: s. enterpriser. 
 
 ENTERTAIN', v. To converse with ; 
 to talk with ; to receive hospita- 
 bly; to amuse; to reserve in the 
 mind. pr. par. entertaining; past, 
 entertained: s. entertainment, en- 
 tertainer : adv. entertainingly. 
 
 ENTHRAL', v. See Inthral. 
 
 ENTHRONE, v. To place on a re- 
 gal seat; to invest with sovereign 
 authority, pr. par. enthroning; 
 past, enthroned. 
 
 ENTHU'SIASM. s. A vain belief 
 of private revelation ; a vain con- 
 fidence of divine favour ; heat of 
 imagination ; elevation of fancy, 
 s. enthusiast: adj. enthusiastic, en- 
 thusiast ical: adv. enthusiastically. 
 
 ENTI CE, v. To allure, to draw by 
 blandishments or hopes, pr. par. 
 enticing: past, enticed: s. entice- 
 ment, enticer: adv. enticingly. 
 
 ENTI RE, adj. Whole, undivided, 
 complete in all its parts, adv. en- 
 tirehi: s. entireness. 
 
 ENTI TLE, v. To grace or dignify 
 with a title or honourable appel- 
 lation : to distinguish bv a name, 
 pr. par. entitling;; past, entitled. 
 
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ENT— ENV 
 
 ENTITY. 5. Something which really 
 is ; a real being, pi. entities. 
 
 ENTOMB', v. To put into a tomb ; 
 to bury. pr. par. entombing; past, 
 entombed: s. entombment. 
 
 ENTOMOL'OG Y. s. That part of 
 natural history which treats of 
 insects, pi. entomologies: s. ento- 
 mologist. 
 
 ENTRAILS, s. The intestines, the 
 bowels. 
 
 ENTRANCE, s. The power of en- 
 tering into a place; the act of 
 entering ; avenue. 
 
 ENTRA'NCE. v. To put into a trance; 
 to put in an ecstacy. pr. par. en- 
 j trancing ; past, entranced. 
 
 ENTRAP', v. To ensnare; to catch 
 in a trap ; to entangle, pr. par. 
 entrapping; past, entrapped. 
 ' ENTREAT', v. To petition, to so- 
 licit, to importune, pr. par. entreat- 
 ing; past, entreated: adj. entr eat- 
 able : s. entr eater, entreaty, pi. en- 
 
 ENTREPOT. s. A magazine, a 
 warehouse, pronounced on'-tre-po. 
 
 | ENTRY, s. The passage by which 
 any one enters a house ; ingress ; 
 the act of registering or setting 
 down in writing; the act of en- 
 tering, pi. entries. 
 
 1 ENTWI'NE. v. See Intwine. 
 ENT WIST', v. To wreath around, 
 or together, pr. par. entwisting; 
 past, entwisted. 
 
 j ENU'MERATE. v. To reckon sin- 
 gly, pr. par. enumerating; past, 
 enumerated: s. enumeration; adj. 
 enumerative. 
 ENUNCIATION. 5. Declaration; 
 
 ! pubMc attestation; intelligence, 
 adj. enunciative: adv. enunciative- 
 ly. 
 
 ENVEL'OP. v. To inwrap, to cover, 
 to hide, to surround, pr. par. en- 
 veloping; past, enveloped: s. en- 
 velope, envelopment. 
 
 ENVEN'OM. v. To taint with poi- 
 son; to poison; to enrage, pr. 
 par. envenoming ; past, envenomed. 
 
 ENVI'RON. v. To surround, to en- 
 
 ENV— EFI 
 
 compass, to besiege, pr. par. en> 
 vironing; past, environed. 
 EN'VIRONS. s. The neighbourhood 
 or neighbouring places in the 
 country. 
 
 EN'VOY. 5. A public minister sent 
 from one power to another; a 
 messenger. 
 EN'VY. v. To hate another for ex- 
 cellence, happiness, or success; to 
 grudge, pr. par. envying; past, 
 envied: s. envy, pi. envies, envier: 
 adj . enviable. 
 ENWRAP', v. See Inwrap. 
 EO'LIAN. adj. Denoting one of the 
 five dialects of the Greek tongue; 
 also, a particular kind of verse ; 
 and in music, one of the modes of 
 the ancients. 
 E'PACT. s. A number, whereby we 
 note the excess of the common 
 solar year above the lunar; and 
 thereby may find out the age of 
 the moon, every year. 
 EPA ULE'MENT. s. In fortification, 
 a side-work, made either of earth 
 thrown up, of bags of earth, ga- 
 bions, or of fascines and earth. 
 EP'AULET. s. An ornament for the 
 shoulder. 
 
 EPHEM'ERON. 5. An insect that is 
 said to live only one day. pi. 
 ephemera: adj. ephemeral. 
 EPHEMERTDES. s. Astronomical 
 tables, showing the present state 
 of the heavens, for every day at 
 noon. 
 
 EPHEM'ERIS. s. A journal; an ac- 
 count of daily transactions ; an ac- 
 count of the daily motions and sit 
 uations of the planets, pi. ephem- 
 eres. 
 
 EPHE'SIAN. 5. One of those in Eph- 
 esus, to whom St. Paul addressed 
 an epistle. 
 E'PHOD. s. A sort of ornament, 
 
 worn by the Hebrew priests. 
 EP'IC. 5. Narrative; comprising nar- 
 rations : not acted, but rehearsed. 
 EPICURE, s. A follower of Epic- 
 urus; a man given wholly to lux- 
 ury, adj. epicurean: s. epicurism. 
 
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EPI— EPI 
 
 EPIDEMIC, EPIDEMICAL, adj. 
 Relating to a disease which falls 
 at once upon great numbers of 
 people, as a plague; generally 
 prevailing; affecting great num- 
 bers, s. epidemic. 
 
 EPIGE'UM. s. That part of the or- 
 bit, in which any planet comes 
 nearest to the earth. 
 
 EPIGLOTTIS, s. The thin move- 
 able cartilage, in form of a little 
 tongue, which covers the aperture 
 of the windpipe. 
 
 EPIGRAM, s. A short poem, ter- 
 minating in a point, adj. epigram- 
 matic, epigrammatical ; s. epigram- 
 matist. 
 
 EPIGRAPH, s. A title, an inscrip- 
 tion. 
 
 EPILEPSY, s. A convulsion, or 
 convulsive motion of the whole 
 body, or of some of its parts, with 
 a loss of sense, pi. epilepsies: adj. 
 epileptic, epileptical. 
 
 EPILOGUE, s. The poem or speech 
 at the end of a play. adj. epilogistic. 
 
 EPIPH'ANY. s. A church festival, 
 celebrated on the twelfth day after 
 Christmas. 
 
 EPIS'COPACY. s. The government 
 of bishops, pi. episcopacies. 
 
 EPIS'COPAL. adj. Belonging to a 
 bishop ; vested in a bishop, s. and 
 adj. episcopalian: adv. episcopally. 
 
 EPISODE, s. An incidental narra- 
 tive, or digression in a poem, sep- 
 arable from the main subject, yet 
 rising naturally from it. adj. epi- 
 sodic, episodical. 
 
 EPISTLE, s. A letter, adj. episto- 
 lary. 
 
 EPITAPH, s. An inscription on a 
 tomb. 
 
 EPITHALA'MIUM. s. A nuptial 
 song; a compliment upon mar- 
 riage. 
 
 EPITHET, s. An adjective de- 
 noting any quality, good or bad. 
 
 EPIT'OME. s. Abridgment; com- 
 pendious abstract, v. epitomise; 
 pr. par. epitomising ; past, epito- 
 mised: s. epitomiser, epiiomist. 
 
 EPO— EQU 
 
 EPOCH, EPOCHA. 5. The time at 
 which a new computation is be- 
 gun; the time from which dates 
 are numbered. 
 
 EPULARY. adj. Belonging to feasts 
 or banquets. 
 
 EQUABLE, adj. Equal to itself; 
 even; uniform, adv. equably: s. 
 equability, pi. equabilities. 
 
 E'QUAL. adj. Like another in bulk, 
 or any quality that admits com- 
 parison; adequate to any purpose; 
 even ; uniform, s. equal: v. equal; 
 pr. par. equaling; past, equaled: 
 s. equality, pi. equalities: adv. 
 equally. 
 
 E'QUALISE. v. To make even ; to 
 be equal to. pr. par. equalising; 
 past, equalised: s. equalisation. 
 
 EQUANIMITY, s. Evenness of 
 mind; neither elated nor depress- 
 ed, pi. equanimities. 
 
 EQUATION, s. The investigation 
 of a mean proportion, collected 
 from the extremities of excess and 
 defect, to be applied to the whole. 
 
 EQUATOR, s. A great circle, the 
 poles of which are the poles of 
 the world: it divides the globe 
 into two equal parts, the northern 
 and southern hemispheres, adj. 
 equatorial. 
 
 EQUER'Y, EQUER'RY. s. A grand 
 lodge or stable for horses ; an of- 
 ficer who has the care of horses, 
 pi. equeries, equerries. 
 
 EQUESTRIAN, adj. Being on horse- 
 back; skilled in horsemanship; 
 belonging to the second rank in 
 Rome. s. equestrian. 
 
 EQUIDISTANCE, s. Equal distance 
 
 or remoteness, adj. equidistant: 
 
 adv. equidistantly. 
 EQUILATERAL, adj. Having all 
 
 sides equal. 
 EQUILI'BRATE. v. To balance 
 
 equally, pr. par. equilibrating ; 
 
 past, equilibrated : s. equilibration^ 
 
 equilibrity, pi. equilibrities. 
 EQUILIBRIUM, s. Equipoise 
 
 equality of weight. 
 
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EQU— ERA 
 
 E'QUINOX. s. Equinoxes are the 
 precise times at which the sun 
 enters into the first point of Aries 
 and Libra ; for then, moving ex- 
 actly under the equinoctial, he 
 makes our days and nights equal. 
 adj. equinoctial. 
 EQUIP*, v. To furnish accoutre- 
 I ments for a horseman; to fit a 
 ship for sea; to furnish; to accou- 
 tre, pr. par. equiping ; past, equip- 
 I ed.- s. equipment. 
 I £Q'UIPAGE. s. Furniture for a 
 horseman; carriage of state; ve- 
 hicle; attendance; retinue, adj. 
 equipaged. 
 ' E'QUIPOISE. s. Equality of weight; 
 equilibration. 
 EQUIPONDERATE, v. To weigh 
 equal to any thing, pr. par. equi- 
 ponderating; past, equiponderated: 
 s. equiponderance : adj. equipon- 
 derant : adv. equiponderantly. 
 EQ'UITY. s. Justice, right, hones- 
 ty, impartiality, pi. equities, adj. 
 equitable: adv. equitably: s. equi- 
 tableness. 
 
 ! EQUIVALENCE, s. Equality of 
 power or worth, adj. and s. equiva- 
 lent: adv. equivalently. 
 EQUIVOCAL, adj. Of doubtful 
 signification; meaning different 
 things ; uncertain ; doubtful, adv. 
 equivocally : s. equivocalness. 
 EQUIVOCATE, v. To use words 
 of double meaning; to use ambig- 
 uous expressions, pr. par. equivo- 
 ! eating; past, equivocated : s. equiv- 
 ocation, equivocator. 
 EQ'UIVOKE, EQ'UIVOQUE. s. 
 1 Equivocation; double meaning; 
 an expression where a word has 
 at once different meanings. 
 E'RA. s. The whole time since any 
 particular date or epoch : epoch is 
 the commencement of an era. 
 ERA'DIATE. v. To shoot like a 
 ray. pr. par. eradiating ; past, era- 
 diated: s. eradiation. 
 ERADICATE, v. To pull up by 
 the root; completely to destroy, 
 pr.. par. eradicating; past, eradi- 
 M 
 
 ERA-ERU 
 
 I cated: s. eradication : adj. eradi- 
 I calive. 
 
 ,ERA'SE. v. To destroy, to exscind, 
 to expunge, pr. par. erasing; past, 
 erased: s. erasement, erasure. 
 jERE adv. Before, sooner than. prep. 
 I ere. 
 
 ERECT', v. To place perpendicular- 
 ly to the horizon; to raise; to 
 build, pr. par. erecting; past, 
 erected : s. erection, erectness, erect' 
 or: adj. erect, erective. 
 ERELONG', adv. Before a longtime 
 
 had elapsed. 
 ER'EMITE. s. One who lives in a 
 wilderness; a hermit, adj. eremi- 
 tical. 
 
 ERENOW, adv. before this time. 
 ER'MINE. s. An animal which fur- 
 nishes a valuable fur. adj. ermined. 
 ERR. v. To wander; to miss the 
 right way; to stray, to mistake, 
 pr. par. erring; past, erred: aoj. 
 errable. 
 
 ER'RAND. s. A message; some- 
 thing to be told or done by a me a- 
 
 senger. 
 
 ER'RANT. adj. Wandering, roving, 
 rambling; vile. s. errantry , pi. er 
 rantries. 
 
 ERRA'TA. s. The faults of the 
 printer, inserted in the beginning 
 or end of a book. sing, erratum. 
 ERRA'TIC. adj. Wandering, un- 
 certain, keeping no certain order, 
 adv. erratically: s. erration. 
 ER'ROR. s. Mistake; involuntary 
 deviation from truth; a blunder ; 
 sin. adj. erroneous: adv. errone- 
 ously: s. erroneousness. 
 ERSE, EARSE. s. The language of 
 
 the Highlands of Scotland. 
 ERST. adv. At first; in the begin- 
 ning; once; formerly. 
 ERUBES'CENCE, ERUBES'CEN 
 CY. s. The act of growing red ; 
 redness, pi. erubuscencies, erubes- 
 cences : adj. erubescent. 
 ERUCT'. v. To break wind from 
 the stomach, pr. par. eructing; 
 past, eructed. 
 
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ERU— ESP 
 
 ESP— EST 
 
 ERUCTATE, v. To vomit forth, 
 pr. par. eructating; past, eruc- 
 tated: s. eructation. 
 
 £RUDI'TE. adj. Learned, s. erudi- 
 tion. 
 
 ERUPTION, s. The act of bursting 
 forth ; burst, adj. eruptive. 
 
 ERYSIPELAS, s. A disease which 
 affects the skin with a shining 
 pale red, or citron colour. 
 
 ESCALA'DE. s. The act of scaling 
 the walls of a fortification. 
 
 ESCAL'OP. s. A shellfish, the shell 
 of which is regularly indented : 
 indenture, pronounced skol'-lup. 
 
 ESCA'PE. v. To obtain exemption 
 from ; to obtain security from ; to 
 fly ; to avoid, pr. par. escaping ; 
 past, escaped: s. escape, escaper. 
 
 ESCHALOT', s. A species of plant, 
 pronounced shal-lot'. 
 
 ESCHEAT', s. Any lands, or other 
 profits, that fall to a lord within 
 his manor by forfeiture, or by his 
 tenant dying without an heir. v. 
 escheat; pr. par. escheating ; past, 
 escheated: adj. escheatable: s. es- 
 cheator. 
 
 ESCHEW, v. To fly, to avoid, to 
 shun. pr. par. escliewing; past, es- 
 chewed. 
 
 ES'CORT. s. Convoy; guard from 
 
 place to place, v. escort'; pr. par. 
 
 escorting; past, escorted. 
 ESCRITOI'RE. s. A box with all the 
 
 implements necessary for writing. 
 ESCUAGE'. s. Service of the shield ; 
 
 a species of tenure, by which lands 
 
 were anciently held. 
 ESCULA'PIAN. adj. Medical. 
 ES'CULENT. adj. Proper for food; 
 
 eatable. 
 
 ESCUTCH'EON. s. The shield of 
 a family ; the ensigns armorial. 
 
 ESPALIER, s. A tree planted and 
 cut so as to join others, v. es-\ 
 palier; pr. par. espaliering ; past,! 
 espaliered. 
 
 ESPECIAL, adj. Principal, chief, 
 adv. especially. 
 
 ESPIONAGE, s. The act of pro-' 
 curing and givirg intelligence. 
 
 ESPLANADE, s. The empty space 
 between the glacis of a citadel 
 and the first houses of the town • 
 a grass-plot. 
 
 ESPOU'SE. v. To contract or betroth 
 to another; to marry; to wed, to 
 embrace, pr. par. espousing; past, 
 espoused: s. espousal, espouser. 
 
 ESPY', v. To see things at a dis- 
 tance; to discover a thing intend- 
 ed to be hidden ; to see unexpect- 
 edly, pr. par. espying ; past, espied. 
 
 ESQUIRE'. 5. The armour-bearer or 
 attendant on a knight ; a title of 
 dignity, next in degree below a 
 knight, v. esquire; pr. par. esquir* 
 ing ; past, esquired. 
 
 ESSAY', v. To attempt, to trv, to 
 endeavour, pr. par. essaying; past, 
 essayed: s. essayer. 
 
 ES'SAY. 5. Attempt; endeavour; an 
 irregular indigested piece; a trod, 
 s. essayist. 
 
 ES'SENCE. s. The nature of any he- 
 ing; formal existence; the chi<'f 
 properties or virtues of any simple 
 or composition, collected into a 
 narrow compass; perfume: odou 
 
 ESSENTIAL, adj. Partaking of the 
 essence ; necessary to the consti- 
 tution or existence of any thing- : 
 important in the highest degree ; 
 principal, s. essential, essentiahfy, 
 pi. essentialities: adv. essentially. 
 
 ESTAB'LISH. v. To settle firmly; 
 to fix unalterably; to ratify, to 
 found, pr. par. establishing: pn±t, 
 established: s. establisher, establish- 
 ment. 
 
 ESTATE, s. Condition of life; cir- 
 cumstances in general; rank, prop- 
 erty, adj. estaled. 
 
 ESTEJEM*. v. To set a value, wheth- 
 er high or low, upon any thing; 
 to rate high, to think, pr. par. es- 
 teeming ; past, esteemed : s. esteem, 
 esteemer. 
 
 ESTIMABLE, adj. Valuable; worth 
 a large price; worth} of f£T*em< 
 1S4 
 
EST— EUD 
 
 EUL — EVE 
 
 ESTIMATE, v. To rate ; to adjust 
 the value of ; to judge of any thing 
 by its proportion to something 
 else. pr. par. estimating' ; past, es- 
 timated: s. estimate, estimation, es- 
 timator : adj. estimative. 
 
 ESTRANGE', v. To keep at a dis- 
 tance; to withdraw; to alienate, 
 pr. par. estranging ; past, estrang- 
 ed: s. estrangement. 
 
 ESTUARY, s. An arm of the sea; 
 the mouth of a lake or river, in 
 which the tide reciprocates; a 
 frith, pi. estuaries. 
 
 ETCH. v. To engrave in a particu- 
 lar manner, by means of nitric 
 acid; to sketch, pr. par. etching,' 
 past, etched: s. etcher, etching. 
 'ETERNAL, adj. Without beginning 
 or end ; endless ; perpetual, adv. 
 eternally : s. eternalist, eternity. 
 
 LTER'NALIZE. v. To make eter- 
 nal, pr.par. eternalizing; past,e£er- 
 nalized. 
 
 IwTHER. 5. An element more fine 
 and subtile than air; the matter 
 of the highest regions above; a 
 volatile distilled spirit, adj. ethe- 
 real. 
 
 liiTR'IC, ETHICAL, adj. Moral, 
 delivering precepts of morality. 
 
 BTH'ICS. s. The doctrine of moral- 
 ity; a system of morality. 
 
 ETH'NIC, ETH'NICAL. adj. Hea- 
 then, pagan, s. ethnicism. 
 
 ETIQUETTE, s. Ceremony. 
 
 ETYMOL'OGY. s. The descent or 
 derivation of a word from its ori- 
 ginal; the deduction of formations 
 from the radical word. pi. etymol- 
 ogies: adj. etymological : adv. ety- 
 mologically : s. etymologist. 
 
 ET'YMON. s. Origin ; primitive 
 word. 
 
 EU'CHARIST. s. The act of giving 
 thanks ; the sacrament of the 
 Lord's supper, adj. eucharistic, 
 euchanstical. 
 
 EUDIOM'ETER. s. An instrument 
 to determine the salubrity of the 
 
 EU'LOGIZE. v. To commend, to 
 praise, pr. par. eulogizing; past, 
 eulogized. 
 
 EU'LOGY, EULO'GIUM. s. Praise, 
 encomium, panegyric, pi. eulogies, 
 eulogiums. 
 EU'NUCH. 5. One that is castrated. 
 EU'PHONY. s. An agreeable sound; 
 the contrary to harshness, pi. eu- 
 phonies : adj. euphonical. 
 EUROPE'AN. adj. Belonging to 
 Europe. 
 
 EVACUATE, v. To make empty; 
 to quit ; to void. pr. par. evacu- 
 ating; past, evacuated: s. evacua- 
 tion, evacuator: adj. evacuative. 
 EVA'DE. v. To elude ; to escape by 
 artifice or stratagem, pr. par. 
 evading; past, evaded: s. evader. 
 EVANES'CENCE. s. Disappearance; 
 end of appearance, adj. evanes- 
 
 EVAN'GELIST. s. A writer of the 
 history of our Lord Jesus, s. evan- 
 gelism: adj. evangelic, evangelical: 
 adv. evangelically. 
 EVAN'GELIZE. v. To instruct in 
 the gospel, or law of Jesus, pr. 
 par. evangelizing; past, evange- 
 lized. 
 
 EVAPORATE." v. To fly away in 
 vapours or fumes; to waste insen- 
 sibly, as a volatile spirit, pr. par. 
 evaporating; past, evaporated: adj. 
 evaporable: s. evaporation. 
 EVA'SION. s. Act of evading; ex- 
 cuse; subterfuge; sophistry, adj. 
 evasive: adv. evasively. 
 EVE, E'VEN. s. The close of the 
 day; the vigil or fast to be observ- 
 ed before a holiday. 
 E'VEN. adj. Level ; not rugged : not 
 unequal; uniform; capable of being 
 divided into two equal parts, v. 
 even; pr. par. evening; past, even- 
 ed : adv. evenly: s. evenness. 
 E'VEN. adv. A word of strong as 
 sertion ; verily ; notwithstanding ; 
 likewise. 
 
 E'VEN-HANDED. aaj. Impartial, 
 equitable. 
 
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EVE— EVI 
 
 EVI— EXA 
 
 E VENING. s. The close of the day ; 
 
 the beginning of night. 
 E VENT', s. An incident ; any thing 
 
 that happens, good or bad; the 
 
 consequence of an action, adj. 
 
 eventful. 
 
 E'VENTIDE. s. The time of even- 
 ing. 
 
 EVENTUAL, adj. Happening in 
 consequence of any thing ; conse- 
 quential, adv. eventually. 
 
 EVENTUATE, v. To happen; to 
 result, pr. par. eventuating; past, 
 eventuated. 
 
 EVER. adv. At any time; at all 
 times; always; without end; eter- 
 nally. 
 
 EVERGREEN. adj. Verdant 
 throughout the year. s. evergreen. 
 
 EVERLASTING, adj. Enduring 
 without end; perpetual; immor- 
 tal, adv. everlastingly : s. everlast- 
 ingness. 
 
 EVERMO'RE. adv. Always, eter- 
 nally. 
 
 EVER'SION. s. Act of everting; 
 overthrow. 
 
 I VERT', v. • To destroy, to over- 
 throw, pr. par. everting; past, 
 everted. 
 
 EVERY, adj. Each one of all. 
 
 E VERY-DAY. adj. Common; oc- 
 curring on any day. 
 
 EVES'DROP. v. To skulk about a 
 house, in the night, to listen, pr. 
 par. evesdropping ; past, evesdrop- 
 ped: s. evesdropper. 
 
 EVICT', v. To dispossess by a ju- 
 dicial course ; to take away by sen- 
 tence of law; to prove, pr. par. 
 evicting-; past, evicted: s. eviction. 
 
 EVIDENCE, s. The state of being 
 evident ; clearness ; indubitable 
 certainty; testimony; witness, v. 
 evidence; pr. par. evidencing; past, 
 evidenced: adj. evident: adv. evi- 
 dently. 
 
 E'VIL." adj. Hnving bad qualities; 
 
 not good ; wicked ; corrupt, s. 
 
 evil : adv. evilly. 
 EVIL-DO'ER. s. A malefactor ; one 
 
 that commits crimes. 
 
 EVIL-EY'ED. adj. Having a malig- 
 nant look. 
 
 E'VIL-FAVOURED. adj. Ill coun- 
 tenanced ; not having a good as- 
 pect. 
 
 E'VILMINDED. adj. Malicious, mis- 
 chievous, malignant. 
 
 EVINCE', v. To prove, to show, to 
 manifest, pr. par. evincing; past, 
 evinced. 
 
 EVIS'CERATE. v. To embowel, to 
 draw, to deprive of the entrails, 
 pr. par. eviscerating; past, evisce- 
 rated. 
 
 EVITABLE. adj. Avoidable; that 
 may be escaped or shunned, s. 
 
 evitation. 
 
 EVOCATE. v. To call forth, pr. 
 
 par. evocating; past, evocaied: s. 
 
 evocation. 
 EVCKE. v. To call forth, pr. par. 
 
 evoking; past, evoked. 
 EVOLA'TION. s. The act of flying 
 
 away. 
 
 EVOL'VE. v. To unfold, to disen- 
 tangle, pr. par. evolving; past, 
 evolved. 
 
 EVUL'SION. s. The act of plucking 
 out. 
 
 EWE. s. The female sheep. 
 
 EWER. s. A vessel in which water 
 is brought, for washing the hands. 
 
 EXACT', adj. Nice; not deviating 
 from rule ; methodical ; careful, 
 adv. exactly: s. exactitude, exact- 
 ness. 
 
 EXACT', v. To require authorita- 
 tively ; to enjoin ; to extort, pr. 
 par. exacting; past, exacted: s. 
 exaction, exacter, exactor. 
 
 EXAGGERATE, v. To heap upon; 
 to accumulate ; to heighten by 
 representation, pr. par. exagge- 
 rating; past, exaggerated : s. ex- 
 aggeration, exagga ator : adj. ex- 
 aggeratory. 
 
 EXALT', v. To raise on high: to 
 elevate to power, wealth, or dig- 
 nity, pr. par. exalting ; past, ex- 
 alted: s. exaltation, exaliidntas, 
 exalter. 
 
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EXA— EXC 
 
 EXAMINE, v. To try a person ac 
 cased or suspected, by interroga 
 tories; to question, to scrutinize 
 to try by experiment, or observa 
 tion; to search into. pr. par. ex 
 amining; past, examined: s. ex- 
 aminant, examination, examiner: 
 adj. examinable. 
 
 EXAM'PLE. s. Copy or pattern 
 that which is proposed to be imi 
 tated; precedent; instance; mat 
 ter of illustration. 
 
 EXANIMATE, v. To deprive of 
 life; to dishearten; to weaken, 
 pr. par. exanimating ; past, exan- 
 imnted : s. exanimation. 
 
 EX'ARCH. s. A viceroy, s. exarchate. 
 
 £X AS' PER ATE. v. To provoke, to 
 enrage, pr. par. exasperating-; past, 
 exasperated: s. exasperator, exas- 
 peration. 
 
 EXCAVATE, v. To hollow; to 
 cut out. pr. par. excavating ; past, 
 excavated : s. excavation, excavator. 
 
 EXCEED', v. To go beyond; to 
 outgo ; to excel, pr. par. exceed- 
 ing; past, exceeded: s. exceeding- 
 nejs, exceeder.- adv. exceedingly. 
 
 EXCEL', v. To surpass, to exceed, 
 pr. par. excelling; past, excelled. 
 
 EXCELLENCE, EX'CELLENCY. 
 s. The state of abounding in any 
 good quality ; dignitv ; ° purity ; 
 go>dness; a title of honour, pi. 
 excellences, excellencies: adj. excel- 
 lent : adv. excellently. 
 
 EXCEPT', v. To leave out; to ob- 
 ject ; to exclude. 
 
 EXCEPT', prep. Exclusively of ; un- 
 less. 
 
 EXCEPTION, s. Act of excepting; 
 thing excepted; objection, adj. 
 exceptionable. 
 
 EXCER'PT. 5. Something gleaned ; 
 something selected, s. excerption, 
 ercerptor. 
 
 EXCESS'. 5. More than enough ; su- 
 perfluity; intemperance, pi. ex- 
 cesses: adj. excessive: adv. exces- 
 sively: s. excessiveness. 
 
 EXCHANG'S. v. To give or quit 
 one thing for the sake of gaining 
 M 2 
 
 EXC— EXC 
 
 another; to give and take recip? 
 rocally. pr. par. exchanging ; past, 
 exchanged: s. exchange, exchang- 
 er : adj. exchangeable. 
 EXCHEQUER, s. The court into 
 which are brought all the reven- 
 ues belonging to the crown of 
 England ; and in which all causes 
 touching the revenues of the 
 crown are tried. 
 EXCIND'. v. To cut off. pr. par. 
 excinding; past, excinded: s. ex- 
 cision. 
 
 EXCI'SE. 5. A species of tax. v. ex- 
 cise; pr. par. excising; past, ex- 
 cised: adj. excisable: s. exciseman, 
 pi. excisemen. 
 EXClS'ION. 5. Act of cutting off; 
 
 destruction; ruin. 
 EXCl'TE. v. To rouse, to animate, 
 to stir up, to encourage, pr. par. 
 exciting ; past, excited : s. excite- 
 ment, exciter: adj. excitable: s. 
 excitability, pi. excitabilities. 
 EXCLAIM', v. To cry out with ve- 
 hemence; to make an outcry, pr. 
 par. exclaiming; past, exclaimed. 
 s. exclamation, exel aimer : adj. ex 
 cl amatory. 
 EXCLU'DE. v. To shut out; to hin 
 der from entrance or admission ; 
 to debar ; to prohibit, pr. par. ex- 
 cluding; past, excluded. 
 EXCLU'SION. s. Act of excluding, 
 adj. exclusive: adv. exclusively: s. 
 e rclusionist. 
 EXCOMMU'NICATE. v. To eject 
 from the communion of the 
 church, by an ecclesiastical cen- 
 sure, pr. par. excommunicating ; 
 past, excommunicated: adj. excom- 
 municable: s. excommunicate, ex- 
 communication. 
 EXCO'RIATE. v. To flay; to strip 
 off the skin. pr. par. excoriating ; 
 past, excoriated: s. excoriation. 
 EXCORTICA'TION. s. Act of strip- 
 ping off the bark. 
 EX'CREMENT. s. That which is 
 discharged from the natural pas- 
 sages of the body. adj. excremen- 
 tal, excrementitious. 
 
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EXC— EXE 
 
 EXCRES'CENCE, EXCRES'CEN- 1 
 CY. s. Something growing out of 
 another, without use, and contra- 
 ry to the common order of pro- 
 duction, pi. excrescences, excrescen- 
 cies : adj. excrescent. 
 EXCRETION, s. Separation of ani- 
 mal substance; ejecting something 
 out of the body. adj. excretive. 
 EXCRU'CIATE. v. To torture, to 
 torment, pr. par. excruciating; 
 past, excruciated: s. excruciation. 
 EXCULTATE. v. To clear from 
 the imputation of a fault, pr. par. 
 exculpating; past, exculpated: s. 
 exculpation: adj. exculpatory. 
 EXCUR'SION. s. The act of deviat- 
 ing from the stated or settled 
 path; a ramble; a digression, adj 
 excursive: adv. excursively: s. ex- 
 cursiveness. 
 EXCU'SE. v. To extenuate by apolo- 
 gy ; to remit ; to disengage from an 
 obligation, pr. par. excusing; past, 
 excused: adj. excusable, excusato- 
 ry, excuseless : s. excuse, excuser. 
 KX'ECRABLE. adj. Hateful, detest- 
 able, accursed, adv. execrably. 
 KX'ECRAT-E. v. To curse, to im- 
 precate ill upon. pr. par. execrat- 
 ing; past, execrated : s. execration : 
 adj. execratory. 
 EXECUTE, v. To put in act ; to 
 perform; to practise; to put to 
 death, pr. par. executing; past, 
 executed: s. execution, executor. 
 EXECUTIONER, s. He that puts 
 in act, or executes ; he that in- 
 flicts capital punishment. The 
 last is the only sense in which this 
 word is now properly used. 
 EXEC'UTI VE. adj. Having the qual- 
 ity of executing or performing; 
 active, s. executive: adj. executory. 
 EXECUTOR, s. He that is intrusted 
 to perform the will of a testator, 
 s. executorship. 
 EXECUTRIX, s. A woman intrust- 
 ed to perform the will of a testa- 
 tor, pi. executrixes. 
 EXEMTLAR. s. A pattern ; an ex- 
 ample to be imitated. 
 
 EXE— EXH 
 
 EXEM'PLARY. adj. Such as may 
 deserve to be proposed to imita- 
 tion; such as may give warning 
 to others, adv. exemplarily. 
 EXEMTLIFY. v. To illustrate by 
 example ; to transcribe ; to copy, 
 pr. par. exemplifying ; past, exem- 
 plified : s. exemplijitr, exemplifica- 
 tion. 
 
 EXEMPT', v. To privilege, to grant 
 immunity from, pr.par. exempting; 
 past, exempted: adj. exempt, exempt- 
 ible : s. exemption. 
 EX'EQUTES. s. Funeral rites; the 
 ceremony of burial ; the proces- 
 sion of burial, (without a singular.) 
 EX'ERCISE. s. Labour of the body; 
 labour, considered as conducive to 
 health; use; practice; employ- 
 ment, v. exercise; pr. par. tmr- 
 cising ; past, exercised: s. exerciser. 
 EXERClTATiON. s. Exercise,prac- 
 tice use. 
 
 EXER'GLE. s. That part of a medal 
 which belongs not to the general 
 device or subject of it, but which 
 contains, in a corner of it, or un- 
 der a line or figure, the name of 
 the author, or some collateral cir- 
 cumstance. 
 EXERT', v. To use with an effort ; 
 to perform ; to enforce, to push 
 to an effort, pr. par. exerting; past, 
 exerted: s. exertion. 
 EXFO'LIATE. v. To shell off, or 
 separate ; as a corrupt bone from 
 the sound part. pr. par. exfoliating; 
 past, exfoliated: s. exfoliation.- adj. 
 exfoliative. 
 [EXHALE, v. To send or draw out 
 in vapours ; to draw out. pr. par. 
 exhaling; past, exhaled: s. exha 
 lation, exhalemmt: adj. exhaluble, 
 EXHAUST', v. To drain ; to dimin- 
 ish ; to draw till nothing is left, 
 pr. par. exhausting; past, exhaust- 
 ed: s. exhauster, exhaustion: adj. 
 exhaustible, exhaustless. 
 EXHIBIT, v. To offer to view or 
 use ; to offer or propose in a for- 
 mal manner ; to displav. pr. par. 
 il exhibiting ; past, exhibited * s. e» 
 
EXH — EXO 
 hibit, exhibiter, exhibition, exhi- 
 bitioner: adj. exhibitive, exhibi- 
 tory: adv. exhibitively. 
 
 EXHIL'ARATE. v. To make cheer- 
 ful; to cheer ; to fill with mirth ; 
 to enliven, pr. par. exhilarating ; 
 
 ^ past, exhilarated: s. exhilaration. 
 
 EXHORT', v. To incite, by words, 
 to any good action, pr. par. ex- 
 horting f past, exhorted : s. exhort- 
 ation, exhorter: adj. exhortative, 
 exhoriatory. 
 
 EXHUMATION, s. The act of un- 
 burying, or removing out of the 
 grave. 
 
 EXIGENCE, EX'IGENCY. s. De- 
 mand, want, need. pi. exigences, 
 exigencies. 
 
 EXMLE. 5. Banishment ; state of be- 
 ing banished ; the person banish- 
 ed, v. exile f pr. par. exiling; past, 
 exiled, s. exilement. 
 
 EXIST', v. To be ; to have a being, 
 pr. par. existing; past, existed: s. 
 existence: adj. existent 
 
 JTX'IT. s. Recess ; departure ; act 
 of quitting the theatre of life. 
 
 EX'ODUS. s. Departure; journey i 
 from a place: The second book| 
 of Moses is so called, because it I 
 describes the journey of the Israel- 
 ites from Egypt. 
 
 EXONERATE, v. To unload, to 
 disburthen. pr. par. exonerating; 
 past, exonerated: s. exoneration: 
 adj. exonerative. 
 
 EX'ORABLE. adj. To be moved bv 
 entreaty. 
 
 EXORBITANCE, EXORBITAN- 
 CY, s. The act of going out of 
 the track prescribed; enormity; 
 gross deviation from rule or right, 
 pi. exorbitances, exorbitanci.es : adj. 
 exorbitant : adv. exorbitantly. 
 
 EXORCISE, v. To abjure by somen 
 holy name; to drive away spirits 
 by certain forms of abjuration; to 
 purify from the influence of malig- 
 nant spirits, by religious ceremo- ] 
 nies. pr. par. exorcising; past, ex- 
 orcised g. exorciser, exorcism, ex- 
 orcist. 
 
 EXO— EXP 
 
 ■ EXOR'DIUM. s. A formal preface ; 
 the proemial part of a composition, 
 adj. exordial. 
 
 ■ EXOTIC, adj. Foreign; not pro- 
 duced in our own country, s. exotic. 
 
 ■ EXPAND', v. To spread; to lay open 
 as a net or sheet ; to dilate ; to 
 spread out every way. pr. par. ex- 
 panding; past, expanded. 
 
 EXPANSE', s. A body widely ex- 
 tended, without inequalities ; im- 
 mense space. 
 EXPANSION, s. Act of expanding; 
 state of being expanded in to aw ider 
 surface or greater space ; extent ; 
 pure space, as distinct from exten- 
 sion in solid matter, adj. expansi- 
 ble, expansive : s. expansibility, pi. 
 expansibilities. 
 EXPATIATE, v. To range at large; 
 to enlarge upon in language, pr. 
 par. expatiating; past, expatiated: 
 s. expatiator. 
 EXPATRIATE, v. To banish from 
 one's native country ; to quit one's 
 country, pr. par. expatriating; past, 
 | expatriated: s. expatriation. 
 EXPECT', v. To have a previous 
 apprehension of either good or 
 evil; to wait for; to attend the 
 coming, pr. par. expecting; past, 
 expected: s. expectation, expecter, 
 expectancy, expectant: adj. expect- 
 ant. 
 
 EXPECTORATE. * To eject from 
 the breast, pr. par. expecLoratmg; 
 past, expectorated: s. expectoration, 
 expectorant: adj. expectorative. 
 EXPEDIENT, adj. Proper, fit, con- 
 venient, suitable, quick, expedi- 
 tious, s. expedience, expediency^ pi. 
 expediences, expediencies, expedient: 
 adv. expediently. 
 
 EXPEDITE, v. To facilitate; to free 
 from impediment; to hasten; to 
 despatch, pr. ^.expediting; past, 
 expedited: adv. expeditely. 
 EXPEDITION, s. Haste, speed, ac- 
 tivity ; a march or voyj ge, witn 
 martial intentions, adj. exped.4*- 
 ous: adv. expeditiously. 
 
 m 
 
EXP— EXP 
 
 EXPEL', v. To drive out ; to force 
 away; to eject; to banish, pr. par. 
 expelling; past, expelled: s. ex- 
 pe'ller. 
 
 EXPEND', v. To lay out, to spend, 
 pr. par. expending; past, expend- 
 ed: s. expenditure. 
 
 EXPENSIVE, adj. Given to expense 
 extravagant ; costly, adv. expen- 
 sively: s. expensiveness. 
 
 EXPERIENCE, s. Practice; fre- 
 quent trial ; knowledge gained by 
 practice, v. experience; pr. par. 
 experiencing; past, experienced 
 s. experiencer. 
 
 EXPERIMENT, s. Trial of any 
 thing; something done in order to 
 discover an uncertain or unknown 
 effect, adj. experimental: adv. ex- 
 perimentally: s. experimenter, ex- 
 perimentalist. 
 
 EXPERT', adj. Skilful, intelligent, 
 ready, dextrous; skilful by prac- 
 tice or experience, adv. expertly : 
 s. expertness. 
 
 EX'PIATE. v. To annul the guilt of 
 a crime, by subsequent acts of pie- 
 ty ; to atone for ; to make repara- 
 tion for. pr. par. expiating; past, 
 expiated: s. expiation: adj. expia 
 ble, expiatory. 
 
 EXPI'RE. v. To breathe out ; to ex- 
 hale; to conclude; to die. pr. par. 
 expiring; past, expired: s. expira- 
 tion. 
 
 EXPLAIN', v. To expound, to illus- 
 trate, to clear, pr. par. explaining ; 
 past, explained: s. explainer, ex- 
 planation: adj. explainable, explan 
 atory. 
 
 EXPLETIVE. .<?. Something used 
 only to take up room. adj. exple- 
 tory. 
 
 EXPLICATION, s. The act of 
 opening, unfolding, or expanding; 
 interpretation ; explanation, adj. 
 explicable, explicatory: s. explica- 
 tor. 
 
 EXPLI'CIT. adj. Unfolded, plain, 
 clear; not merely implied, adv. 
 fxipliciily: s. explici'ness. 
 
 EXP-EXP 
 
 EXPLODE, v. To drive out disgrace- 
 fully, with some noise of con- 
 tempt ; to drive out with noise and 
 violence, pr. par. exploding; past, 
 exploded: s. exploder, explosion 
 adj. explosive. 
 EXPLOSION, s. Act of exploding 
 noise produced by exploding. acfj. 
 explosive. 
 
 EXPLOIT', s. A design accomplish- 
 ed ; an achievement ; a successful 
 attempt. 
 
 EXPLO'RE. v. To try, to search into, 
 to examine by trial, pr. par. ex- 
 ploring; past, explored : s. explo- 
 ration, explorator, explorement: 
 adj. exploratory. 
 EXPORT', v. To carry or send out 
 of a countrv, in the way of traffic, 
 pr. par. exporting ; past, exported: 
 s. export, exportation, exporter: 
 adj. exportable. 
 EXPO'SE. v. To lay open ; to make 
 liable : to put in the power of ; to 
 make bare ; to put in danger, pr. 
 par. exposing; past, exposed: s. 
 exposer, exposition, exposure. 
 EXPOSITOR, s. Explainer, ex- 
 pounder, interpreter, adj. exposi- 
 tory. 
 
 EXPOSTULATE, v. To canvass 
 with another; to altercate ; to de- 
 bate, without open rupture, pr. par. 
 expostulating; past, expostulated 
 s. expostulation, expostulator : adj. 
 expostula tonj. 
 EXPOUND', v. To explain, to clear, 
 to interpret, to examine, to lav 
 open. pr. par. expounding; past, 
 expounded: s. expounder. 
 GX PRESS', v. To represent bv anv 
 of the imitative arts, as poetrv, 
 sculpture, or painting: to exhibit 
 by language; to utter ; to declare; 
 to squeeze out. pr. par. express- 
 ing; past, expressed: s. and adj. 
 expi-ess : adj. expressible: adv. ex- 
 pressly. 
 
 EXPRESS', adj. Copied, resembling, 
 exactly like ; plain ; in direct 
 terms ; on purpose. 
 
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EXP— EXT 
 
 EXT— EXT 
 
 EXPRESS', s. A messenger sent on || EXTE'RIOR. adj. Outward, exter- 
 
 purpose ; a message sent. 
 EXPRESSION, s. The act or power 
 of representing any thing; the 
 Form or mode of language in which 
 any thoughts are uttered; a phrase; 
 the act of squeezing or forcing out 
 any thing by a press, adj. expres- 
 sive: adv. expressively: s. expres- 
 siveness. 
 
 EXPULSION, s. The act of expel- 
 ling; the state of being expelled.! 
 adj. expulsive. 
 
 EXPUNGE', v. To blot out, to rub 
 out, to efface, to annihilate, pr. 
 par. expunging; past, expunged. 
 
 EXPURGATE, v. To expunge, to 
 purge away. pr. par. expurgating;\ 
 past, expurgated: s. expurgation, 
 expurgator: adj. expurgatory. 
 
 EX'QUISITE. adj. Far-sought, ex- 
 cellent, consummate, adv. exqui- 
 sitely: s. exquisiteness. 
 
 EXTANT', adj. Standing out to 
 view; standing above the rest; 
 public. 
 
 EXTAT'IC, ECSTATIC, adj. Rap- 
 turous. 
 
 EX'TASY, EC'STACY. s. Rapture, 
 pi. extasies, ecstacies. 
 
 EXTEM'PORE. adv. Without pre- 
 meditation; suddenly; readily. I 
 adj. extemporaneous , extemporary •! 
 adv. extemporally. 
 
 nal, not intrinsic, s. exterior: adv. 
 exteriorly. 
 EXTERMINATE, v. To drive away; 
 to abolish ; to destroy, pr. par. 
 exterminating ; past, exterminated : 
 s. extermination, exterminator: adj. 
 exterminatory. 
 EXTERNAL, adj. Outward; not 
 proceeding from itself ; having the 
 outward appearance, adv. exter- 
 nally. 
 
 EXTINCT'. adj. Extinguished, 
 quenched, put out, abolished, s. 
 extinction. 
 
 EXTINGUISH, v. To put out, to 
 quench, to suppress, to destroy, 
 to obscure, pr. par. extinguishing ; 
 past, extinguished: s. extinguisher ', 
 extinguishment: adj. extinguish- 
 able. 
 
 EXTIRPATE, v. To root out, to 
 eradicate, totally to destroy, pr. 
 par. extirpating; past, extirpated 
 s. extirpation, extirpator: adj. ex- 
 tirpable. 
 
 EXTOL', v. To praise, to magnify, 
 to laud, to celebrate, pr. par. ex- 
 tolling ; past, extolled : s. extoller. 
 EXTORT', v. To draw by force; to 
 force away ; to wrest ; to gain bv 
 violence or ougression. pr. par. ex- 
 torting; pa^extorted: s. extorter, 
 extortion, extortioner. 
 
 EXTEND', v. To stretch out in any jEX'TRA. A word often used in 
 
 direction; to amplify; to expand; 
 to enlarge ; to reach to any dis- 
 
 composition, meaning over and 
 above, extraordinary, beyond. 
 
 tance. pr. par. extending; past, EXTRACT', v. To draw out; to 
 
 finKTfin fieri . a 4>v<tf>m lion* DfTt>v% ea/vw oi\- , .... ' 
 
 extended: s. extender, extension, ex- 
 tent. 
 
 draw by chemical operation ; to 
 select and abstract from a larger 
 EXTEN'SION. s. Act of extending;! treatise, pr. par. extracting; past, 
 state of being extended, adj. ex-, extracted: s. ex'tract, extraction, 
 tenrive: s. extensiveness : adv. ex- extractor. 
 
 tensively. j, EXTRAJUDICIAL, adj. Out of the 
 
 EXTENSIBLE. acfy'.Capable of being j regular courne of legal procedure, 
 extended, s. extensibility, pi. cxten~\ adv. extrajudicially. 
 sibUities. mEXTRAMUN'DANE. adj. Bevond 
 
 EXTEN'UATE. v. To lessen; toil the verge of the material world, 
 make small in bulk. pr. par. ex- EXTRA'NEOUS. adj. Not belonging 
 tenuating; past, extenuated: s. I to anything; foreign; of differ- 
 extenuation. || ent substance ; not intrinsic. 
 
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EXT— EXU 
 
 EXU— EYR 
 
 EXTRAORDINARY, adj. Different 
 from common order and method : 
 not ordinary; eminent; remark- 
 able: pronounced, extror-di-nary : 
 adv. extraordinarily. 
 
 EXTRAPAROCH'IAL. adj. Not 
 comprehended within any parish. 
 
 EXTRA'VAGANT. adj. Wandering 
 out of his bounds; roving beyond 
 just limits or prescribed methods: 
 irregular ; wasteful ; prodigal, adv. 
 extravagantly : s. extravagance. 
 
 PXTRAV'ASATED. adj. Forced 
 put of the proper containing ves- 
 sels, s. extravasation. 
 
 EXTRE'ME. adj. Greatest, utmost, 
 last ; that beyond which there is 
 nothing, s. extreme adv. extreme- 
 ly : s. extremity, pi. extremities. 
 
 EXTRICATE, v. To disembarrass; 
 to set free any one in a state of 
 perplexity; to disentangle, pr. par. 
 extricating; past, extricated: s. ex- 
 trication: adj. extricable. 
 
 EXTRIN'SIC. adj. External, out- 
 ward, not intimately belonging, 
 adv. extrinsically. 
 
 EXTRU'DE. v. To thrust off, to 
 drive off. pr. par. extruding; past, 
 extruded. 
 
 EXTRU'SIO^^^t of extruding. 
 
 EXU'BEFfl^T. adj. Growing with 
 superfluous shoots ; overabun- 
 dant ; luxuriant, s. exuberance, ex- 
 uberancy, pi. exuberances, exuber- 
 ancies : adv. exuberantly. 
 
 EXU'DE. v. To sweat ; to issue by 
 sweat, pr. par. exuding; past, ex- 
 uded: s. exudation. 
 
 i EXULT', v. To rejoice above meas- 
 ure; to triumph, pr. par. earulting; 
 past, exulted: s. exultation: adj. 
 exultant. 
 
 EXU'VI.E. s. Cast skins; cast 
 shells ; whatever is shed by ani- 
 mals. 
 
 EY'AS. s. A young hawk. pi. eyases. 
 EYE. s. The organ of vision; sight; 
 
 look ; a small catch into which a 
 
 hook goes. v. eye; pr. par. eying, 
 
 past, eyed : s. eyer. 
 EYE'BA LL. s. The apple of the eye ; 
 
 the pupil. 
 EYE BROW. s. The hairy arch over 
 
 the eve. 
 
 EYE'GLASS. 5. A glass to assist the 
 sight, pi. eyeglasses. 
 
 EYELASH. *. The line of hair that 
 edges the evelid. pi. eyelashes. 
 
 EYE'LET. s. A hole through which 
 light may enter; any small perfo- 
 ration, for a face to go through. 
 
 EYELID, s. The membrane that 
 shuts over the eve. 
 
 EYE'SERVANT. s. A servant that 
 works only while watched, s. eye- 
 service. 
 
 EYE'SIGHT. 5. Sight of the eve. 
 
 EYE'SORE. 5. Something offensive 
 to the sight. 
 
 EYE'TOOTH. s. The tooth on the 
 upper jaw, next on each side to 
 
 ! the grinders; the fang. 
 
 EYE'WTTNESS. s. An ocular evi- 
 dence ; one who gives testimony 
 to facts seen with his own eyes, 
 pi. eyewitnesses. 
 
 EY'RY. s. The place where birds 
 of prey build their nests, andhatch. 
 
 ! pi. eyries. 
 
 F 
 
 FAB — FAB FAB-FAB 
 
 FA'BLE. .9. A feigned story, intend-j 
 ed to enforce some moral precept ; 
 a fiction in general, adj. fabled It 
 s. fabulist. 
 
 FABRICATE, v. To build, to con- 
 struct, to forge, to devise falsely. [ 
 
 pr. par. fabricating ; past, fabri- 
 ca led : s. fabric, fabric at ion, Jab ri- 
 cator. 
 
 FABULOUS, adj. Feigned, full of 
 fables, s. fabulosity, p\. fabulosi- 
 ties, fabulot/sness* adv. fabulously 
 142 
 
FAC— FAG 
 
 FACA'DE. s. Front, pronounced 
 
 ja-sad', or fa-sade'. 
 FACE. s. The visage; countenance; 
 
 surface of any thing; appearance. 
 
 V, face; pr. par. facing; past, 
 faced. 
 
 FACETIOUS, adj. Gay, cheerful, 
 lively, witty, adv. facetiously.- s. 
 facetiousness. 
 
 FACILITATE, v. To make easy 
 to free from difficulty, pr. ^r. fa- 
 cilitating ; past, facilitated: s. fa- 
 cility, pi facilities. 
 
 FACSIMILE, s. An exact copy. 
 
 F ACT. s. A thing done ; an effect 
 produced; reality. 
 
 F ACTION, s. A party in a state ; 
 tumult; discord, s. factionary, pi. 
 factionaries, factionist : adj. fac- 
 tious: adv. factiously : s. factious- 
 ness. 
 
 I FACTITIOUS, adj. Made bv art ; 
 in opposition to what is made by 
 nature. 
 
 : FACTOR, s. An agent for another; 
 one who transacts business for an- 
 other; (in arithmetic) the multi- 
 plicator and multiplicand, s. fac- 
 torage. 
 
 FACTORY, s. A house or district 
 inhabited by traders in a distant 
 country ; a place where any thing 
 is made. pi. factories. 
 
 FACTOTUM, s. A servant emplov- 
 ed alike in all kinds of business; 
 one who can do every thing. I 
 
 FACULTY. 5. The power of doing' 
 any thing; ability : faculty, in a 
 university, denotes the masters 
 arid professors of the several sci- 
 ences, pi. faculties. 
 
 FADE. v. To disappear instantane- 
 ously; to die away gradually ; to 
 vanish, pr. pit. fading; past, fa 
 ded, 
 
 TAG. v. To grow weary, to faint 
 
 with weariness, pr. par. fagging; 
 
 past, fagged: s.fag. 
 ^AG-END 7 . 5. The end of a web of 
 
 cloth ; the refuse or meaner part 
 
 of any thing. 
 
 FAG— FAL 
 
 FAG'OT. s. A bundle of sticks bound 
 
 ton-ether, for the fire. 
 FAIL. v. To desert, to disappoint, 
 to neglect, to decay, pr. par. jail- 
 ing ; past, jailed: s. failure. 
 FAIN. adj. Glad, merry, fond, 
 
 forced, a&y. fain. 
 FAINT, v. To decay ; to sink mo- 
 tionless and senseless, pr. par. 
 fainting; past, fainted: adj. faint, 
 jamtish : adv. faintly : s.faintish- 
 ness, faintness. 
 FAINT-HEART'ED. adj. Cowardly, 
 timorous, adv ■. faint-heartedly : s. 
 faint-heartedness. 
 FAIR. adj. Beautiful, clear, pure, 
 favourable, equal, adv. fairly: s. 
 fairness. 
 
 FAIR. s . An annual or stated meet- 
 ing of buyers and sellers, s. fair- 
 ing, v 
 
 FAIR'-SPOKEN. adj. Bland and civif 
 
 in language and address. 
 FA FRY. s. A kind of fabled being> 
 supposed to appear in meadows, 
 and reward cleanliness in houses ; 
 an elf. pi. fairies: adj. faints 
 FAI'SIBLE. adj. See Feasible; 
 FAITH, s. Fidelity, honour, vera= 
 city, belief, adj. faithful faithless : 
 adv. faithfully.- s . faithfulness,- 
 faithlessness. 
 FALCHION, s. A short, crooked 
 
 sword ; a scimetaf. 
 FAL'CON. s. A hawk trained for 
 sport; a sort of cannon, s. falcon- 
 er, falconry, pi falconries. 
 FALCONET, s. A sort of cannon. 
 FALL. v. To drop from a higher 
 place; to decrease; to diminish 
 in value, pr. par. falling; past, 
 fallen: s.fall. 
 FALL. 5. In the United States, sig- 
 nifies autumn. 
 FAL'LACY. s. Sophism, loo-ical ar- 
 tifice, pi. fallacies: adj. fallacious : 
 s. fallaciousness: adv. fallaciously. 
 FAL'LlBLE. adj. Liable to error; 
 such as may be deceived, adv. 
 faUibly: s fallibility, p].fdlibilities. 
 FALLING-SICK'NESS. s. The epi- 
 lepsy. 
 
 143 
 
FAL — FAN 
 
 FAL'LOW. adj. Pale red, or yel- 
 low; unsown; unoccupied, v. fal- 
 low; pr. par. fallowing; past, fal- 
 lowed. 
 
 FALSE, adj. Treacherous, perfidi- 
 ous, counterfeit, adv. false, false- 
 ly: s. falsehood, falseness, falsity, 
 pi. falsities. 
 
 FALSEHEARTED, adj. Treacher- 
 ous, perfidious, deceitful, s. false- 
 hearledness. 
 
 FALSETTO, s. A musical term ; a 
 feigned voice. 
 
 FAL'SIFY. v. To counterfeit, to 
 forge, to confute, pr. par. falsi- 
 fying; past, falsified: s. falsifica- 
 tion, falsifier : adj. falsifiable. 
 
 FAL'TER. v. To hesitate, to waver, 
 to fail. pr. par. faltering; past, 
 faltered: adv.falteringly. 
 
 FAME. s. Celebrity, renown, re- 
 port, adj. famed, fameless. 
 
 FAMILIAR, adj. Domestic; relat- 
 ing to a family; atfable; uncere- 
 monious; free. s. familiarity, pi. 
 familiarities: adv. familiarly: v. 
 familiarize; pr. par. familiarizing; 
 past, familiarized. 
 
 FAMILY, s. Those who live in the 
 same house; a race; a genealogy, 
 pi. families. 
 
 FAM'INE. s. A scarcity of food; 
 dearth. 
 
 FAM'ISH. v. To kill with hunger ; 
 to starve, pr par. famishing; past, 
 famished. 
 
 FA'MOUS. adj. Renowned, cele- 
 brated, much spoken of. adv. fa- 
 mously: s. famosity, pl.fimosities, 
 famousness. 
 
 FAN. s. An instrument used by la- 
 dies to move the air and cool them- 
 selves ; any thing by which the 
 air is moved, v. fan; pr. par.yan- 
 ning; past, fanned. 
 
 FANAT'IC. s. An enthusiast; a 
 man mad with wild notions of re- 
 ligion, adj. fanatic, fanntical : adv. 
 fanatically : s. fanaticism. 
 
 FAN'CY. 5. Imagination, laste, idea, 
 inclination, caprice, pi. fancies: 
 x. fancy; pr. par. fancying ; past, 
 
 FAN — FAR 
 
 fancied: adj. fanciful: adv. fail' 
 cifully : s. fancifulness. 
 
 FANDANG'O. s. A kind of very 
 lively dance, pi. fandangoes. 
 
 FANE. s. A temple ; a place con- 
 secrated to religion. 
 
 FANFARONA'DE. s. A bluster ; a 
 tumour of fictitious dignity. 
 
 FANG. s. The long tusks of a boar 
 or other animal; the nails, the 
 talons, adyfanged. 
 
 FAN'TASM. s. See Phantasm. 
 
 FANTASTIC, FANTASTICAL. 
 adj. Irrational ; subsisting only in 
 the imagination ; unreal, adv. fan- 
 tastically, fantastickly. 
 
 FANTASY, s. Fancy, imagination, 
 idea, humour, pi. fantasies. 
 
 FA'QUIR. s. A sort of dervise, trav- 
 elling about and collecting alms. 
 
 FAR. adv. To great extent in length ; 
 remotely, adj. far: s. fairness. 
 
 FARCE, s. A short dramatic repre- 
 sentation, written without regu- 
 larity, and filled with wild and lu- 
 dicrous conceits, adj. farcical: 
 adv. farcically. 
 
 FAR'C Y. s. The leprosy of horses, 
 pi. farcies. 
 
 FAR'DEL. s. A bundle, a little pack. 
 
 FARE. v. Togo, to pass, to happen, 
 to feed, to eat. pr. par. faring; 
 past, fared : s. fare. 
 
 FAR'-FETCHED. adj. Brought from 
 places remote ; elaborately strain 
 ed. 
 
 FAREWELL', int. The parting com- 
 pliment ; adieu, s. farewell. 
 
 FARINA'CEOUS. adj. Mealy; tast- 
 ing like meal. 
 
 FARM. s. Ground let to a tenant ; 
 a portion of land tilled by a tenant 
 or the owner, v. farm; pr. par. 
 farming: past, fin-med : adj. farm- 
 able : s. fanner. 
 
 FARRA'GO. s. A mass formed con- 
 fusedly of several ingredients, pi. 
 farragocs. 
 
 FAR'RIER. s. A shoer of horses; 
 one who professes the medicine 
 of hordes, s. farriery. 
 
 144 
 
FAR— FAT 
 
 FARROW. ft A litter of pigs. 
 farrow; pr. par. farrowing ; past, 
 farrowed. 
 
 FARTHER, adv. At a greater dis- 
 tance ; beyond, sup. farthest. 
 
 FARTHERMO'RE. adv. Resides ; 
 over and above ; likewise. 
 
 FARTHING, s. The fourth of a 
 penny. 
 
 FARTHINGALE, s. A hoop; cir- 
 cles of whalebone, used to spread 
 the petticoat to a wide circum- 
 ference. 
 
 FAS'CES. s. Rods anciently car- 
 ried before the Roman consuls, 
 as a mark of their authority. 
 FAS'CINATE. v. To bewitch, to en 
 chant, pr. par. fascinating' ; past, 
 I fascinated: s. fascination. 
 FAS'CINE. S . A fagot. 
 FASH'ION. s. Form; make or cut 
 of clothes; manner; custom, v. 
 fashion ; pr. pax. fashioning ; past, 
 I fashioned: adj. fashionable: s. 
 I fishionableness: adv. fashionably 
 
 s. fashionist. 
 ■ FAST. ad/'. Firm, immovable, strong 
 speedy, adv. fast, fastly: s. fast- 
 ness. 
 
 FAST. v. To abstain from food ; to 
 mortify the body, by religious ab- 
 stinence, pr. par. fasting; past, 
 ! fasted: s. fast, faster. 
 FASTEN, v. To make fast ; to make 
 I firm; to cement; to fix itself. 
 pronounced./fts'-w. pr. par. fasten- 
 ing ; past, fastened: s. fastener. 
 FASTIDIOUS. adj. Disdainful, 
 squeamish, insolently nice, adv 
 fastidiously: s. fastidiousness. 
 FAT. adj. Full-fed, plump, fleshy. 
 
 s. fat fatness, fatner, fattener. 
 (FATALISM, s. The doctrine that 
 all things happen by necessity, s. 
 fatalist, fatality, pi." fatalities. 
 FATE. s. Destiny; an eternal series 
 . of successive causes ; death, adj. 
 
 fated, fatal > adv. fatally. 
 FATHER, s. The male parent; the 
 head of a family ; the first ances- 
 , tor. v. father; pr. par. fathering 
 N 
 
 FAT— FEA 
 
 pastfathered: adj fatherly father* 
 less. 
 
 FATHOM, s. A measure of length, 
 containing six feet. v. fathom; 
 pr. par. fathoming ; past, fathom- 
 ed: s. fat homer: adj. fathomless. 
 FATIGUE', s. Weariness, lassitude, 
 labour, toil. v. fatigue; pr. par. 
 fatiguing ; past, fatigued. 
 FAT'lGABLE. adj. Easily wearied; 
 
 susceptible of weariness. 
 FATTEN. *. To make fat. pr. par. 
 fattening ; pa st, fattened : s. fat- 
 tener: adj. fattish. » " 
 FATUOUS, adj. Stupid, foolish, im- 
 potent. 
 
 FATU'ITY. s. Foolishness, weak- 
 ness of mind. pi. fatuities. 
 FAU'CET. s. The pipe inserted into 
 a vessel to give vent to the liquoi y 
 and stopped up by a peg or spigot, 
 FAULT, s. Offence, slight crime, 
 defect, v. fault; pr. par. faulting; 
 past, faulted: s. faultiness, fault* 
 lessness: adj. faulty, faultless t 
 adv. faultily. 
 FAUN. s. A sort of inferior heathen 
 deity, pretended to inhabit the 
 woods. 
 
 FA'VOUR. v. To support ; to regard 
 with kindness; to countenance; 
 to conduce to. pr. par .favouring; 
 past, favoured: s. favour, favour- 
 er: s. and ad.], favourite: s. fa- 
 vouritism. 
 FAVOURABLE, adj. Kind, propi- 
 tious, conducive to; concurrent, 
 adv. favourably: s. favourable- 
 ness. 
 
 FAWN. s. A young deer, v.faicn; 
 
 pr. par. fawning ; past, faivned. 
 FAWN. v. To court by frisking be- 
 fore one ; to court by any means, 
 pr. par. fawning; past, fawned: 
 s. fawn, fawner : adv. fawningly. 
 FAY. s. A fairy; an elf ; faith. 
 FE'ALTY. s. Duty due to a supe- 
 rior lord ; loyalty, pi. fealties. 
 FEAR. s. Dread, terror, awe, anxi- 
 ety, v. fear; pr. par. fearing? 
 past, feared: adj. fearful, fear' 
 145 
 
FEA— FEE 
 
 less: adv. fearfully, fearlessly ; s. 
 fearfulness, fearlessness. 
 FEA'SIBLE. adj. Practicable; pos- 
 sible to be effected, adv. feasibly : 
 s. feasibility, pi. feasibilities, feasi- 
 bleness. 
 
 FEAST, s. An anniversary day of 
 rejoicing; an entertainment ofthe 
 table ; somathmg delicious to the 
 palate, v. feast; pr. par. feasting; 
 past, feasted s. f easier. 
 
 FEAT. s. Act, deed, action, ex- 
 ploit. 
 
 FEATH'ER. 5. The plume of a bird; 
 
 an ornament, v. feather; pr. par. 
 
 feathering; past, feathered: adj. 
 
 featherless, feathery. 
 FEA'TURE. s. Any lineament or 
 
 single pnrt of the face. 
 FEB'RIFUGE. adj. Having the pow- 
 er to cure fevers, s. febrifuge. 
 FEB' KILE. adj. Constituting a fever; 
 
 proceeding from a fever. adj. feb- 
 
 rifc. 
 
 FEB'RUARY. s. The name of the 
 
 second month in the year. 
 FECULENCE, FECTJLENCY. s. 
 
 Muddiness; quality of abounding 
 
 with lees or sediments ; dregs, pi. 
 
 feculences, feculencies: adj feculent. 
 FF/CUND. adj. Fruitful, prolific, v. 
 
 fecundify; pr. par. fecundifying ; 
 
 past, fecundified: s. fecundity, pi. 
 
 fecundities. 
 
 FED. Preterit and past par. of to feed. 
 FED'ERAL. adj. Relating to a league 
 
 or contract, adj. federate, federa- 
 tive : s. federation. 
 FED'ERALIST. s. One of a politi- 
 cal party in the United States, op- 
 posed to those called democrats. 
 
 FEE. s. Reward, recompense, v. 
 fee; pr. par. feeing; pa?t,/kd. 
 
 FEE'BLE. adj. Weak, debilitated, 
 sicklv, infirm, s. feebleness : adv. 
 feebly. 
 
 FEE'BLE-Ml NDED. adj. Weak of 
 mind; defective in resolution. 
 
 FEED. v. To sunpl v with food : to 
 furnish; to nourish, pr. par./m?- 
 7^0*; past.^'f .• s. feeder. 
 
 FEEL, v. To have perception of 
 
 FEE — FEL 
 
 1 things by the touch ; to be affect- 
 ed by; to perceive mentally, pr. 
 par. feeling; past, felt: s. fed % 
 feeler, feeling: adj. feeling: adv. 
 feelingly. 
 FEET. s. The plural of foot, adj 
 feetless. 
 
 FEIGN, v. To invent, to dissemble 
 to conceal, pr. p^r. feigning; past 
 feigned: s. feignedness, f eigne** 
 adv. feignedly. 
 
 FEINT, s. A raise appearance; & 
 mock assault, adj. feint. 
 
 FELICITATE, v. Tomakehappr, 
 to congratulate, pr. par. felic 
 tating ; past, felicitated s. felic - 
 tation, felicity, pi. Jelicities: ad, 
 felicitous: &dx. felicitously. 
 
 FE'LINE. adj. Like a cat ; pertain • 
 ing to a cat. 
 
 FELL. adj. Cruel, barbarous, inhu- 
 man. 
 
 FELL. v. To knock down, to hou 
 down. pr. par. fellTfig; past,/ti'- 
 ed: s. feller. 
 FELL. The preterit of to fall 
 FELLIF'LUOUS. adj. Flowing wit! 
 gall. 
 
 FEL'LOE. s. The circumference oi 
 a wheel ; a portion of the rim >! 
 a wheel. 
 
 FEL'LOW. s. A companion; an at 
 sociate ; equal ; one of a pair. . 
 fellow; pr. par. fellowing; paU 
 fellowed. 
 
 FELLOW-COM'MONER. s. Om 
 who has the same right of commoi . 
 a commoner at the universities i • 
 England, of the highest order, wh 
 dines with the fellows. 
 
 FELLOW-FEELTNG. s. Sympathy 
 joint interest. 
 
 FELLOWSHIP, s. Companionship 
 consort, society. 
 
 FEL'ON. s. One who has committr i 
 a great crime : a whitlow, adj. ft r 
 oniovs: adv. feloniously : s.felonit, 
 p\.fclon : es. 
 
 FELT. Pret. and past par. ofthe J 
 
 i fieL 
 
 FELT. 5. Cloth made of wool, unit* d 
 j without weaving; a hide or ski*. 
 
 146 
 
FEL — FER 
 
 FELUCCA, s. A small open boat, 
 
 with six oars. 
 FE'MALE. s. One of the sex which 
 
 FER— FIB 
 
 produces young, adj. female. 
 FEMININE, adj. Of the female 
 
 sex ; soft, tender, delicate, v. fern 
 
 inize ; pr. par. feminizing ; past 
 
 feminized. 
 FEM'ORAL. adj. Belonging to the 
 ^ thigh. 
 
 FEN. 5. A marsh; low and moist 
 ground; a moor, a bog. adj. fenny. 
 ; FENCE, s. Guard, security, defence, 
 enclosure, v. fence; pr. par. fenc- 
 ing; past, fenced: adj. fenceless, 
 fencibk: s. fencer. 
 VEND, v. To keep off; to shut out. 
 pr. par. fending ; past, fended: s. 
 fender. 
 
 FENESTRAS adj. Belonging to 
 windows. 
 
 i; FENNEL, s. A plant of strong 
 \ seent. • 
 
 I I EO'DAL. adj. Held from another; 
 belonging to a feod or tenure, s. 
 feodality, pl.feodalities;feodatary, 
 pi . feodataries : adj . feodatory. 
 
 ! F ERMENT'. v. To exalt or rarefy 
 by intestine motion of parts, pr. 
 par. fermenting ; past , fermented : 
 s.fer'ment, fermentation : &d). fer- 
 mentable, fer mental, fermentative. 
 F>ERN. s. A species of plant, adj. 
 ferny. 
 
 ! FERO'CIOUS. adj. Savage, fierce, 
 ravenous, rapacious, adv. fero- 
 ciously: s. ferociousness, ferocity, 
 pi. ferocities. 
 FER RET, s. A kind of rat, with 
 red eyes, used to catch rabbits ; a 
 kind of narrow woollen tape, v 
 ferret; pr. par. ferreting; past 
 ferreted: s.ferreter. 
 FERRU'GINOUS. adj. Partaking of 
 I particles and qualities of iron. 
 FER'RULC. s. An iron ring put 
 round any thing, to keep it from 
 cracking. 
 FER'RY. v. To carry over in a boat, 
 pr. par. ferrying; past, ferried ; s. 
 fw'y, pi. ferries, ferriage. 
 
 FERTILE, adj. Fruitful, abundant, 
 plenteous, s. fertileness, fertility, 
 pi. fertilities : v. fertilize; pr. par. 
 fertilizing; past, fertilized. 
 FER'ULA. s. An instrument of cor- 
 rection, with which young scholars 
 are beaten on the hand. v. ferule; 
 pr. par. feruling; past, feruled. 
 FER'VENCY. s. Heat of mind, ar- 
 dour, eagerness, zeal. pi. ferven- 
 cies.- adj. fervent : adv. fervently. 
 FER' VI D. adj. Hot, burning, boil- 
 ing, vehement, s.fervidity, pl.fer- 
 vidities, fervidness, fervour. 
 FESTAL, adj. Belonging or relating 
 
 to a feast. 
 FESTIVAL, s. Time of feast, an- 
 niversary-day of civil or religious 
 joy. adj. festival, festive: s. festiv- 
 ity •> pl- festivities. 
 FESTOON', s. An ornament in the 
 form of a wreath, adj. festooned. 
 FETCH, v. To go and bring; to 
 derive, pr. par. fetching; past, 
 fetched: s. fetch, fetcher. 
 FETID, adj. Stinking; rancid; hav- 
 ing a strong and offensive smell, 
 s. fetidness. 
 FET'LOCK. s. A tuft of hair, that 
 grows behind the pastern joint of 
 horses. 
 
 FETTER, s. Commonly used in the 
 plural. Chains for the feet. v. fet- 
 ter; pr. par. fettering; past, fet- 
 tered. 
 
 FEU'-DE-JOIE. s. A firing of guns 
 
 on any joyful occasion. 
 FEUD. s. Quarrel, contention, op- 
 position ; a conditional allotment 
 of land. adj. feudal: a. feudalism, 
 feudatary, pl. feudataries. 
 FE'VER. s. A disease in which the 
 body is violently heated, and the 
 pulse quickened, or in which heat 
 and cold prevail by turns, adj. fe- 
 verish: s. feverishness. 
 FEW. adj. Not in a great number 
 
 s. fewness. 
 FI'AT. s. An order, a decree. 
 FIB. s. A lie, a falsehood, v. fib 
 pr. par. Jibbing; past, Jibbed: s 
 fibber. 
 
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FIB— FIE 
 
 FI'BRE. s. A small thread or string 5 
 the first constituent part of flow- 
 ers, adj. fibrous. 
 
 FICK'LE. adj. Changeable, incon- 
 stant, irresolute, s. fickleness: adv. 
 fickly. 
 
 FICTION, s. The act of feigning or 
 inventing; a falsehood. 
 
 FICTITIOUS, adj. Counterfeit, 
 false, feigned, imaginary, adv.yic- 
 titiously : s. fictitiousness. 
 
 FID'DLE. s. A stringed musical in- 
 strument; a violin, v. fiddle; pr. 
 par. fiddling; past, fiddled: s. fid- 
 dler. 
 
 FIDDLESTICK* s. The bow which 
 a fiddler draws over the strings of 
 a fiddle. 
 
 FID'DLESTRING. s. The string of 
 a fiddle^ 
 
 FIDEL'ITY. s. Honesty, veracity, 
 faithful adherence, fidelities. 
 
 FIDG'ET. v. To move nimbly, and 
 irregularly, pr. par. fidgeting; 
 past, fidgeted : s. fidget, fidgeter : 
 adj. fidgety. 
 
 FIDU'CIAL. adj. Confident, un- 
 doubting. adv. fiducially : adj.^- 
 duciary: s. fiduciary, pi. fiduci- 
 aries. 
 
 FIE. int. A word of blame or indig- 
 nation. 
 
 FIEF. s. A fee, a manor, a posses- 
 sion held by some tenure of a 
 superior. 
 
 FIELD, s. A cultivated tract of 
 ground; ground not inclosed, the 
 open country. 
 
 FIELD'FARE. s. A bird. 
 
 FIELD'MARSHAL. s. Commander 
 of an army in a field; the officer 
 of highest military rank in Eng- 
 land. 
 
 FIELD'OFFICER. s. An officer 
 whose command in the field ex- 
 tends to a whole regiment. 
 
 FIELD'PIECE. s. A T lall cannon 
 used in battle, but not in sieges. 
 
 FIEND, s. An enemy; the great en- 
 emy of mankind, adj. fiendlike. 
 
 FIERCE, adj. Savage, ravenous, vi- j 
 
 FIE— FIL 
 
 olent, angry, adv. fiercely: s. fierce* 
 ness. 
 
 Fl'ERY. adj. Consisting of fire; ve- 
 hement, ardent, passionate, s. 
 fieriness. 
 FIFE. s. A pipe blown to the drum. 
 
 s.fifer. 
 
 FIFTEEN, adj. Five and ten, ordi 
 
 nal. adj. fifteenth. 
 FIFTH, adj. The ordinal of five. 
 
 adv. fifthly. 
 FIFTY, adj. Five tens. pi. fifties : 
 
 adj. fiftieth. 
 FIG. s. A tree that bears figs ; the 
 
 fruit of the fig-tree. 
 FIGHT, v. To contend in battle ; 
 
 to combat ; to contend, pr. par. 
 fighting; past, fought, s. fight, 
 fighter-. 
 
 FIG'MENT. 5. An invention; a fic- 
 tion ; the idea feigned. 
 
 FIGTJRATIVE. adj. Representing 
 something else; typical; repre- 
 sentative ; not literal, adv. figu- 
 ratively. 
 
 FIG'URE. s. The form of any thing, 
 as terminated by the outline ; 
 shape ; form ; a statue ; type. v. 
 figure ; pr. par. figuring ; past, 
 figured. 
 
 FIL'AMENT. s. A slender thread ; 
 a body slender and long, like a 
 thread. 
 
 FIL'BERT. 5. A fine hazel-nut, with 
 a thin shell. 
 
 FILCH, v. To steal, to pilfer, pr 
 par. filching; past, filched: s. filch 
 er : adv. filchingly. 
 
 FILE. s. A thread ; a line on which 
 papers are strung, to keep them 
 in order; a line of soldiers, ranged 
 one behind another; a kind of in- 
 strument, v. file; pr. par. filing; 
 past, filed: s. filer, filing. 
 
 FILIAL, adj. Pertaining to or be- 
 fitting a son or daughter, s. filia- 
 tion. 
 
 FIL'IGREE-WORK. s. Work curi. 
 ously wrought ; a kind of wire* 
 ■uork. 
 
 143 
 
FIL— FIN 
 
 FILL. v. To store till no more can 
 be admitted ; to satisfy, pr. par 
 filling; past,filled: s. fill, filler. 
 fc'IL'LET. 5. A band tied round the 
 head or other part; the fleshy 
 part of the thigh, applied com- 
 monly to veal. v. fillet; pr. par. 
 filleting; past, filleted. 
 ZIL'LIBEG. s. A little plaid; a dress, 
 reaching only to the knees, worn 
 in the Highlands of Scotland, in- 
 stead of breeches. 
 /IL'LIP. v. To strike with the nail 
 of the finger, by a sudden spring 
 or motion, pr. par. filliping; past 
 filliped: s. fillip. 
 j FILLY, s. A young mare. pi. fillies 
 I FILM. s. A thin pellicle or skin 
 
 ad}, filmy. 
 I'lL'TER. v. To strain, to percolate. 
 , pr. par. filtering; past, filtered: s. 
 filter. 
 
 IjflLTH. s. Dirt, nastiness. adv. filth- 
 
 | ily : s.filthiness : ad], filthy. 
 f IL'TR ATE. v. To strain, to per- 
 colate, to filter, pr. par. filtrating ; 
 
 j past, filtrated: s. filtration. 
 
 FIN. s. The wing of a fish ; the limb 
 by which he balances his body, 
 and moves in the water, adj. fin- 
 ned, finny, finless, finlike. 
 
 Fl'NAL. adj. Ultimate, conclusive, 
 decisive, mortal, adv. finally. 
 
 FINANCE', s. Revenue, income,, 
 profit, adj. financial: s. financier.} 
 
 FIND. v. To obtain by searching or' 
 seeking ; to meet with ; to detect ; j 
 to supply, &c. pr. par. finding ; I 
 past, found: s. finder. 
 
 f FINE. adj. Not coarse, pure, refin- 
 
 j ed, clear, nice. s. fine, fineness : v. 
 
 [ fine; pr. par. fining; past, fined: 
 adv. finely. 
 
 PINE. s. A penaltv ; a mulct. 
 
 ?INE'DRAW. v. To sew up a rent 
 
 - with so much nicety that it is not 
 
 ■ perceived, pr. par. finedravnng; 
 past, finedrawn: s.finedrawer. 
 
 Jl'NEBY. s . Show, splendour of 
 
 ■ appearance, pi. fineries. 
 ^INE'SPOKEN. adj. Using a num 
 
 ber of fine phrases. 
 
 N 2 
 
 FIN— FIR 
 
 FINE'SPUN. adj. Ingeniously con- 
 trived; artfully invented. 
 FINESSE'. 5. Artifice, stratagem. 
 FLVGER. s. The flexible member 
 of the hand, by which men catch 
 and hold. v. finger; pr. par. finger- 
 ing; past, fingered : s.jingering. 
 FIN'GER-BOARD. s. The board at 
 the neck of a fiddle, guitar, or lute, 
 where the fingers operate on the 
 strings. 
 
 FINICAL, adj. Nice, foppish, adv. 
 
 finically : s. finicalness. 
 FINISH, v. To complete, to make 
 perfect, to end. pr. par. finishing ; 
 past, finished: s. finish, finisher, 
 finishing. 
 FI'NITE. adj. Limited, bounded, 
 
 terminated, s. finiteness, finitude. 
 FIR. s. The tree of which deal-boards 
 
 are made. 
 FIRE. s. The igneous element; 
 flame; any thing burning, v. fire; 
 pr. par. firing; past, fired: s. firing. 
 FIRE'-ARMS. s. Arms which owe 
 
 their efficacy to fire; guns. 
 FIRE'BRAND. s. A piece of wood 
 
 kindled; an incendiarv. 
 FIRE'-ENGINE. s. A machine for 
 
 extinguishing accidental fires. 
 FIRE'LOCK. s. A soldier's gun; a 
 gun discharged by striking steel 
 with flint. 
 FIRE'MAN. s. One who is employed 
 
 to extinguish burning houses. 
 FIRE'- PLUG. s. A stopple which, 
 in the streets of London, covers 
 a cock that conveys water for the 
 fire-engines. 
 FIRE'-SHOVEL. s. The instrument 
 with which coals are thrown upon 
 a fire. 
 
 FIRE'SIDE. s. The hearth, the chim- 
 ney. 
 
 FIRE'- WOOD. s. Wood to burn; fuel. 
 FIRE'- WORK. s. Shows of fire ; py- 
 
 rotechnical performances. 
 FIR'KIN. s. A vessel containing 
 
 nine gallons. 
 FIRM. adj. Strong, hard, constant 
 steady, s. firm, firmness : adv. 
 firmly. 
 
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FIR— FIV 
 
 FIV— FLA 
 
 FIRMAMENT, s. The sky, the' 
 heavens. 
 
 FIR'JVIAN. s. A grant or license giv- 
 en by Asiatic potentates. 
 
 FIRST, adj. The ordinal of one; 
 earliest in time ; great ; excellent. 
 adv. first: s. firstling. 
 
 FIRST'-FRUITS. s. What the sea- 
 son earliest produces or matures ; 
 the first profits of any thing. 
 
 FIRST'-RATE. adj. A term adopt- 
 ed from a ship of the first rate or 
 size, for pre-eminent. 
 
 FIS'CAL. adj. Belonging to the 
 public treasury. 
 
 FISH. s. An animal that inhabits the 
 water, v. fish,- pr. par. fishing; 
 past, fished : s. fisher, fishing, fish- 
 ery, pi. fisheries : adj. fishy. 
 
 FISH'ERMAN. s. One whose em- 
 ployment is to catch fish. 
 
 FISH'-HOOK. s. A hook to catch fish. 
 
 FISH'-KETTLE. s. A caldron, made 
 long, that fish may be boiled in it 
 without bending. 
 
 FISHMONGER, s. A deaUrin fish. 
 
 FJS'SILE. adj. Having the grain in 
 a certain direction, so as to becleft. 
 
 FIS'SURE. s. A cleft; a narrow 
 chasm, where a breach has been 
 made. 
 
 FIST. s. The hand clenched, with 
 the fingers doubled down. 
 
 FISTICUFFS, s. Battle with the 
 fists ; blows with the fist. 
 
 FIS'TULA. s. A sinuous ulcer, cal- 
 lous within, adj. fistular, fistu- 
 lous: v.fistulate; pr. par. fistulat- 
 ing; past, fist ulated. 
 
 FIT. s. A paroxysm or exacerba- 
 tion of any intermittent distemper; 
 interval ; disorder, ad], fitful. 
 
 FIT. v. To accommodate to any 
 thing; to furnish; to become, pr. 
 par. fitting; past, fitted: adj. fit: 
 adv. fitly, fittingly: s. fitness, fitter. 
 
 FIVE. adj. Four and one. 
 
 FIVE'BARRED. adj. Having five 
 bars ; usually applied to gates. 
 
 FIVE'FOLD. adj. Having five dis- 
 tinctions; composed of five ma- 
 terials. 
 
 ;FIX. v. To make fast; to settle; to 
 pierce, pr. par. fixing ; past,fixed: 
 s. fixation, fixedness, fixity, pi. fix- 
 ities, fixture: adv. fixedly. 
 FIZ. v. To emit a slight and tran- 
 sient noise, pr. par. fizzing ; past, 
 fizzed: s.fiz. 
 FIZ GIG, s. A kind of dart or har- 
 poon, with which seamen strike 
 fish ; a kind of fire-work, which 
 boys make up in paper, and ex- 
 plode. 
 
 FLAB'BY. adj. Soft, not firm. 
 FLACCID, adj. Weak, limber, lax. 
 
 s.fiaccidity, pX.flaccidities. 
 FLAG. V. To hang loose, without 
 stiffness or tension ; to grow fee- 
 ble, pr. par. flagging; past, flag- 
 ged: s. flag, jlagginess: adj. flaggy, 
 FLA'GEOLET. s. A kind of musical 
 
 instrument. 
 FLAG'-OFFICER. s. A commander 
 
 of a squadron. 
 FLAG'-SHIP. s. The ship in which 
 
 the commander of a fleet sails. 
 FLA'GELLATE. v. To whip or 
 scourge, pr. par. flagellating ; past, 
 flagellated : s. flagellation. 
 FLAGITIOUS, adj. Wicked, vil- 
 lanous, atrocious, b, flagitious* 
 ?iess. 
 
 jFLAG'ON. s. A vessel of drink, with 
 
 a narrow mouth. 
 I FLA'GRANT. adj. Ardent, burning, 
 ! eager, notorious, adv. flagrantly : 
 j s. flagrcniee, flagrancy. 
 IFLAG'-STAFF. V The staff on 
 ! which a flag is fixed, 
 i FLAIL, s. The instrument by which 
 | grain is beaten out of the ear. 
 FLAKE, s. Any thing that appears 
 I loosely held together, like a flock 
 | of wool : a stratum; layer, v.flakc: 
 pr. par. flaking ; past, flaked: adj. 
 flaky. 
 
 FLAM. s. A freak, a whim, a fancv. 
 ! FLAM BEAU. * A lighted torch. 
 ] pi. flambeaux. 
 
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FLA — FLA 
 
 FLAME, s. Light emitted from fire ; 
 fire. v. flame; pr. par. flaming ; 
 past, flamed : adv. flaming ly: adj. 
 flamy. 
 
 FLA/MEN. s. A priest ; one that 
 officiates in solemn offices, adj. 
 flaminical. 
 
 FLAMMABLE, adj. Capable of 
 being set on fire, s.flammability, 
 pi. flammabilities ; s.flammation : 
 adj. flammeous. 
 
 FLAMIN'GO. s. The name of a bird, 
 common in many parts of Ameri- 
 ca, pi. flamingoes. 
 
 FLANK, s. That part of the side of 
 a quadruped near the hinder thigh; 
 the side of an army or fleet, v. 
 flank; pr. par. flanking; past, 
 flanked: s. flanker. 
 
 FLAN'NEL. s. A soft, nappy stuff, 
 of wool. 
 
 FLAP. s. Any thing that hangs 
 broad and loose; a disease in 
 horses, v. flap ; pr. par. flapping; 
 past, flapped: s. flapper. 
 
 FLARE, v. To glitter with transient 
 lustre; to glitter offensively, pr. 
 par. flaring; past, flared. 
 
 FLASH, s. A sudden, quick, transi- 
 tory blaze, pi- flashes: v. flash; 
 pr. par. flashing; past, flashed: s. 
 flasher: ad). flashy: adv. flashily, 
 
 FLASK, s. A bottle, a vessel. 
 
 FLAT. adj. Horizontally level; 
 smooth; not elevated; tasteless; 
 insipid, s. flat, flatness : adv. flat- 
 ly : v. flatten; pr. par. flattening; 
 past, flattened: adj. flaltish. 
 
 FLATTER, v. To soothe with 
 praises ; to raise false hopes, pr. 
 par . flattering ; past, flattered: s. 
 flatterer, flattery, pi. flatteries: adv. 
 flatteringly. 
 
 FLAT'ULENT. adj. Turgid with 
 air ; windy ; empty, s. flatulency, 
 pl.flatulenci.es. 
 
 FLAUNT, v. To make a fluttering 
 show in apparel ; to carry a pert 
 or saucy appearance, pr. par. 
 flaunting; past, flaunted: s flaunt. 
 
 FLA'VOUPu s. Power of pleasing 
 
 FLA— FLE 
 
 the taste ; odour, fragrance, adj 
 flavoured. 
 
 FLAW. s. A crack or breach; a 
 fault, defect, v. flaw; pr. par. 
 flawing; past, flawed: ad), flaw- 
 less, flawy. 
 
 FLAX. s. The plant of which linen 
 thread is made. adj. flaxen. 
 
 FLAY. v. To strip off the skin. pr. 
 par. flaying; past, flayed: s. flay- 
 er. 
 
 FLEA* s. A small red insect, adj. 
 
 fleabitten. 
 FLECKER, v. To spot; to mark 
 
 with strokes or touches, pr. par. 
 fleckering; past, fleckered. 
 FLECTION, s. The act or power 
 
 of bending. 
 FLED. Preterit and past par. of 
 
 the \.flee. 
 FLEDGE, v. To furnish with wings; 
 
 to supply with feathers, pr. par. 
 fledging; past, fledged. 
 FLEE. v. To run from danger ; to 
 
 have recourse to shelter, pr. par. 
 fleeing; past, fled. 
 FLEECE, s. As much wool as is 
 
 shorn from one sheep, s. fleecer: 
 
 adj. fleecy. 
 FLEECE, v. To clip the fleece of a 
 
 sheep ; to plunder, as a sheep is 
 
 stripped of his wool. pr. par 
 
 fleecing ; past , fleeced. 
 FLEET, adj. Swift of pace; quick 
 
 nimble, adj. Jleeting: s. fleetness 
 
 adv. fleetly. 
 FLEET, s. A company of ships ; a 
 
 navy. 
 
 FLEMING, s. A native or inhabit- 
 ant of the Low Countries, adj. 
 Flemish. 
 
 FLESH, s. The body, distinguished 
 from the soul ; animal food ; car- 
 nality, v. flesh; pr. par. fleshing; 
 past, fleshed: s. fleshiness: adj. 
 fleshless, fleshly, fleshy. 
 
 FLESH'MEAT. s. Animal food; the 
 flesh of animals prepared for food. 
 
 FLEUR de Lis. s. A kind of lily, call- 
 ed the iris; the emblem of France. 
 
 FLEW. The preterit of the v. fly. 
 
 FLEXIBLE, adj. Possible to be bent; 
 
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FLE— FLO 
 
 pliant, complying, ductile. s.flex-i 
 ibility, pi. flexibilities, Jiexibleness : 
 adj. flexile. 
 
 FLEXION, s. The act of bending ; 
 a double, ady flexuous : s flexure. 
 
 I'LICK'ER. v. To flutter ; to fluc- 
 tuate ; to move with uncertain and 
 hasty motion, pr. par. flickering ; 
 past, flickered. 
 
 iTJ'ER. s. One that runs away; a 
 fugitive ; a part of a machine. 
 
 FLIGHT, s. The act of flying or 
 running from danger ; a flock of 
 birds flying together ; a volley ; 
 the space passed by flying, adj. 
 flighty : s . flightiness. 
 
 FLIM'SY. adj. Weak, feeble, mean, 
 spiritless, s.flimsiness. 
 
 FLINCH, v. To shrink from any 
 suffering or undertaking ; to fail, 
 pr. par. flinching ; past, flinched: 
 s.flincher. 
 
 **LING. v. To cast from the hand : ! 
 to throw ; to cast with violence, 
 pr. par. flinging; past, flung: s. 
 fling, jtinger. 
 
 FLINT. 5. A semi-pellucid stone; 
 any thing eminently or proverbi- 
 ally hard, flinty: s.flintiness. 
 
 FLINT-HEARTED, adj. Having a 
 hard heart ; cruel. 
 
 FLIP. s. A liquor much used in ships, 
 made by mixing beer with spirits j 
 and sugar. 
 
 FLIPPANT, adj. Nimble, moveable, 
 pert, petulant, adv ■. flippantly : s. 
 flippancy, pi. flippancies. 
 
 FLIRT, v. To throw any thing with 
 a quick, elastic motion ; to be un- 
 steady and fluttering; to coquet, 
 pr. par. flirting ; past, flirted : s. 
 flirt, flirtation. 
 
 /LIT. v. To fly away, to remove, 
 to flutter, pr. par. flitting ; past, 
 flitted: s. flitting. 
 
 FLOAT, v. To swim on the surface, 
 pr. par. floating; past, floated: s. 
 floater. 
 
 FLOCK, s. A company; usually a 
 company of birds or beasts, v. 
 flock; pr. par. flocking; past,: 
 flocked. 
 
 FLO- FLO 
 
 FLOG. v. To lash, to whip. pr. par. 
 flogging; past, flogged : s. flog 
 ger. 
 
 FLOOD. 5. A body of water; the 
 sea; a deluge, v. flood; pr. par. 
 flooding; past, flooded. 
 FLOOD'G ATE. s. A gate or shutter, 
 by which a water-course is closed 
 or opened. 
 FLOOR, s. The bottom of a room ; 
 a story ; a flight of rooms, v. 
 floor; pr. par. flooring; past, 
 floored: s. flooring. 
 FLO'RAL. adj. Relating to Flora, or 
 
 to flowers, s. florist 
 FLORENTINE, s. A native of Flor- 
 ence. 
 
 FLO'RID. adj. Productive of flow- 
 ers ; bright in colour; embellished. 
 s.floridness: adv. floridly. 
 
 FLORIN, s. A coin, first made by 
 the Florentines. 
 
 FLOTIL'LA. s. Any number of 
 small vessels. 
 
 FLOUNCE, v. To move with 
 weight and tumult ; to deck wi1 h 
 flounces, pr. par. flouncing ; past, 
 flounced : s. flounce. 
 
 FLOUNCE. 5. Something sewed to 
 a garment, and hanging loose, so 
 as to swell and shake. 
 
 FLOUN'DER. v. To struggle with 
 violent and irregular motions, pr. 
 par. floundering ; past, floundered: 
 s. flounder. 
 
 FLOUN'DER. s. A species of flat 
 fish, called fluke. 
 
 FLOUR. 5. The edible part of corn ; 
 the meal. v. flour; pr. par. flour- 
 ing; past, floured. 
 
 FLOUR ISH, v. To be in a prosper- 
 ous state; to boast, pr. par. flour- 
 ishing; past, flourished: b. /lour- 
 ish, flourisher: adv. flourishingly. 
 
 FLOUT, v. To mock, to insult, pr 
 par. flouting; past, flouted.- s. 
 flout Jlouter : adv. floutingly. 
 
 FLOW. v. To run or spread as 
 water; to run; to glide smoothly ; 
 to abound, pr. par. flawing : past, 
 flowed: s. flow : adwflowinirly. 
 
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FLO— FLU 
 
 FLOWER, s. The part of a plant 
 which contains the seeds; an or- 
 nament; the prime. \. flower ; pr. 
 par. flowering; past , flowered: adj. 
 flowery. 
 
 FLOWN. The past par. of the v. to 
 
 FLUCTUATE, v. To float back- 
 ward and forward ; to be irreso- 
 lute, pr. par. fluctuating; past, 
 fluctuated: s. fluctuation : ^.fluc- 
 tuant. 
 
 FLUE. s> A small pipe or chimney, 
 
 to convey air or smoke. 
 FLU ENT, adj. Liquid, flowing, in 
 motion, copious, voluble, adv. 
 fluently: s. fluency, pi. fluencies. 
 FLUID, adj. Having parts easily 
 separable : not solid, s. fluidity, 
 pi. fluidities. 
 FLUKE, s. A kind of flat fish, call- 
 ed also flounder; the broad part 
 of an anchor, which takes hold of 
 the ground. 
 FLUM'MERY. s. A kind of food, 
 made by the coagulation of wheat, 
 flour, or oatmeal. 
 FLUNG. Pret. and past par. of the 
 
 v. to fling. 
 FLUR'RY. s. A gust or storm of 
 wind; hurry; a violent commo- 
 tion, pi. flurries: v. flurry; pr. 
 par. flurrying ; past, flurried. 
 FLUSH, v. To flow with violence ; 
 to come in haste ; to glow in the 
 skin. pr. par. flushing; past, 
 flushed: adj. and s. flush. 
 FLUSTER, v. To confound, to hur- 
 ry, pr. par. flustering ; past, flus- 
 tered: s. fluster. 
 FLUTE. 5. A musical pipe ; a chan- 
 nel or furrow in a pillar, v. flute; 
 pr. par. fluting ; past, fluted. 
 FLUTTER, v. To take short flights, 
 with great agitation of the wings ; 
 to move irregularly, pr. par. flut- 
 tering; \\ast,flMttered i s. flutter. 
 FLUVIAT'IC. adj. Belonging to 
 rivers. 
 
 FLUX. s. The act of flowing ; pas- 
 sage, concourse, confluence, v. 
 flux; pr. par. fluxing; past, flux- 
 
 FLU— FOI 
 
 ed: s. fluxation, fluxion, fluxibili- 
 ty, pi. fluxibilities : adj. fluxible. 
 
 FLUXIONS, s. The arithmetic or 
 analysis of infinitely small, varia- 
 ble quantities, s.fluxionist. 
 
 FLY. v. To move through the air 
 with wings ; to move with rapid- 
 ity, to run awsfy. p*. par. flying; 
 past, flown: s.fly, pi. flies, flyer. 
 
 FLY'-BITTEN. adj. Stained by the 
 bites of flies. 
 
 FLY'BLOW. s. The egg of a fly. v. 
 flyblow ; pr. par. fllyblowing ; past, 
 flyblown. 
 
 FOAL. 5. The offspring of a mare ; 
 or other beast of burthen, v. foal ; 
 pr. par. foaling; past, foaled. 
 
 FOAM. s. The white substance 
 which agitation or fermentation 
 gathers on the top of liquors; 
 froth, spume, x.foam; pr. par. 
 foaming; ipast,foamed: adj. foamy: 
 adv. foamingly. 
 
 FOB. s. A small pocket. 
 
 FOB. v. To cheat, to trick, to de- 
 fraud, pr. par. fobbing ; past, fob- 
 bed. 
 
 FO'CUS. s. The point of conver- 
 gence or concourse, where the 
 rays meet and cross the axis af- 
 ter their refraction. Latin \A.foci; 
 English pi. focuses. 
 
 FOD'DER. s. Dry food, stored up for 
 cattle against winter, v. fodder; 
 pr. par. foddering ; past, foddered : 
 s fodderer. 
 
 FOE. s. An enemy in war ; a per- 
 secutor ; an opponent ; an ill- 
 wisher, adj. foelike: s.foeman. 
 
 FOE'TUS. s. The child in the womb, 
 after it is perfectly formed; but 
 before, it is called embryo. 
 
 FOG. s. A thick mist; a moist, 
 dense vapour, near the surface of 
 the land or water, adv. foggily : 
 s.fogginess: adj. foggy. 
 
 FOI'BLE. s. A weak side ; a blind 
 side ; a failing. 
 
 FOIL. v. To put to the worst ; to 
 defeat; to puzzle, pr. par. foiling ; 
 past, foiled: s»/oi7, f oiler: adj. 
 foilable. 
 
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FOI— FOO 
 
 FOO — FOR 
 
 IOIST. v. To insert by forgery; to jFOOL'HARDY. adj. Daring with- 
 
 falsify ; to impose, pr. par. foist- 
 ing; past, foisted : sfoister. 
 I'OLD. s. The ground in which 
 sheep are confined; a limit, a 
 boundary; a double, v. fold; pr. 
 par. folding; pa^st, folded: s folder. 
 rO'LIAGE. s. Leaves; tufts of 
 leaves, v. foliate ; pr. par. foliat- 
 ing; past, foliated: s. foliation. 
 Jf CLIO, s. A leaf or page of a book ; 
 a large book, of which the pages 
 are formed by a sheet of paper 
 once doubled. 
 fOLK. s. People; in familiar lan- 
 guage, nations, mankind. 
 f^OL'LOW. v. To go after ; to pur- 
 sue as an enemy; to chase; to 
 accompany ; to imitate ; to obey, 
 pr. par. following; past, followed 
 s. follower. 
 /OL'LY. s. Weakness of intellect ; 
 criminal weakness ; depravity of 
 mind. pi. follies, 
 h OMENT'. v. To cherish with heat; 
 to bathe with warm lotions; to 
 encourage, pr. par. fomenting; 
 past, fomented: s. fomentation, 
 fomenter. 
 t OND. adj. Foolishly tender ; inju- 
 diciously indulgent; loving, adv. 
 fondly: s. fondness. 
 A'OND'LE. v. To treat with great 
 indulgence; to caress, pr. par. 
 fondling; past, fondled: s. fondle?*, 
 fondling. 
 fONT. s. A stone vessel, in which 
 j the water for holy baptism is con- 
 tained in the church; an assort- 
 ment of letters and accents. 
 FOOD. s. Victuals; any thing that 
 
 nourishes. ad).foodless. 
 FOOL. s. One to whom nature has 
 denied reason; an idiot; a buf- 
 foon, v. fool; pr. par. fooling; past, 
 fooled: s. foolery, pi. fooleries, 
 foolishness: adj. foolish : adv. fool- 
 ishly. 
 
 FOOL. s. A liquid made of goose- 
 berries, scalded and pounded and 
 used with cream. 
 
 out judgment; madly adventur- 
 ous, s. foolhardiness. 
 FOOLS'CAP. s. A term denoting 
 
 the size of a sheet of paper. 
 FOOT. s. The part upon which we 
 stand ; the support of any thing; 
 the base; infantry; a measure 
 containing twelve inches, v. foot ; 
 pr. par. Jooting ; past, footed: s. 
 footing: adj. footless. 
 FOOT'BALL. 5. A ball commonly 
 
 made of a blown bladder. 
 FOOT'BOY. s. A low menial ; an 
 
 attendant in livery. 
 FOOT'MAN. s. A menial servant 
 
 in livery, pi. footmen. 
 FOOTTACE. s. A pace no faster 
 
 than a slow walk. 
 FOOTTAD. s. A highway -man that 
 
 robs on foot. 
 FOOT'PATH. s. A narrow wav, 
 which will not admit horses or 
 carriages. 
 FOOTTOST. s. A post or messen 
 
 ger that travels on foot. 
 FOOT-SOLDIER, s. A soldier that 
 
 marches and fights on foot. 
 FOOT'STEP. 5. Trace, track; im 
 
 pression left by the foot. 
 FOOT'STOOL. s. A stool for the 
 feet. 
 
 FOP. s. A simpleton, a coxcomb, a 
 pretender, s. f opting, foppery, pi. 
 fopperies, foppishness : adj. fop- 
 pish : adv. fopp ish ly. 
 FOR. prep. Because of ; with re- 
 spect to; in the place of, in search 
 of, &c. 
 
 FOR' AGE. v. To wander in search 
 of provisions, pr. par. foraging; 
 past, foraged: s, forage, forager. 
 FORBEAR', v. To cease from anv 
 thing; to intermit; to pause: to 
 delay ; to abstain, pr. par.forlna/- 
 ing ; past, fcrbortie : s. forbear- 
 ance, forbearer. 
 FORBID', v. To prohibit, to inter- 
 dict, to oppose, to hinder, pr. par. 
 forbidding ; past, forbidden: 8, 
 forbiddance, forbidder. 
 
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FOR — FOR 
 
 FORCE, s. Strength, vigour, might, 
 violence, armament, v. force; pr 
 par. forcing; past, forced: adv 
 forcedly, forcefully, forcibly: s 
 forcer, forcibleness : adj . forceless 
 forcible. 
 
 FORCE'MEAT. s. A term of cook 
 ery. 
 
 FOR'CEPS. s. A pair of tongs; a 
 surgical instrument, pi. forcepses. 
 
 FORD. s. A shallow part of a river, 
 where it may be passed without 
 swimming, v. ford ; pr. par. ford- 
 ing; past, forded: adj. fordable 
 
 FORE. adj. Anterior; not behind. 
 
 FOREADVFSE. v. To counsel early 
 pr. par. foreadvising ; past, fore 
 advised. 
 
 FOREARM', v. To provide for at- 
 tack or resistance, before the time 
 of need. pr. par.ybrairmmgv past, 
 forearmed. 
 
 FOREBO'DE. v. To prognosticate, 
 to foretell, pr. par. foreboding ; 
 pa.st,foreboded : s. foreboder,fore- 
 bodement. 
 
 FORECAST', v. To scheme; to 
 plan before execution, pr. par. 
 forecasting; past, forecasted: s. 
 fore' cast, forecaster. 
 
 FORE'CASTLE. s. In a ship, that 
 part where the foremast stands. 
 
 FORECLOSE', v. To shut up, to 
 preclude, to prevent, pr. ^^.fore- 
 closing; past, foreclosed : s. fore- 
 closure. 
 
 FORE'DECK. s. That part of the 
 deck which is near the bow of a 
 ship. 
 
 FOREDETER'MINE. v. To decree 
 beforehand, pr. par. foredeter min- 
 ing ; past , predetermined. 
 
 FOREDOOM', v. To predestinate, 
 pr. par. foredooming ; past, fore- 
 doomed. 
 
 FOREEND. s. The anterior part. 
 
 FORE'FATHER. s. Ancestor; one 
 who, in any degree of ascending 
 genealogv, precedes another. 
 
 FORE'FINGER. s. The finger next 
 to the thumb. 
 
 FOR— FOR 
 
 FORE FOOT, s. The anterior foo« 
 
 of a quadruped, pi, forefeet. 
 FOREGO', v. To quit, to give up, 
 to resign, pr. par. foregoing; past, 
 foregone: s.foregoer. 
 FORE'GROUND. s. The part of the 
 field or expanse of a picture which 
 seems to lie before the figures. 
 FORE'HAND. 5. The part of a hors, ? 
 
 which is before the rider. 
 FORE'HEAD. s. That part of the 
 face which reaches from the eye* 
 upward to the hair. 
 FOR'EIGN. adj. Not of this country, 
 not domestic, alien, extraneous, s. 
 foreigner, foreignness. 
 FOREJUDGE', v. To judge before 
 hand ; to be prepossessed, pr. par 
 forejudging; past, forejudged: s. 
 forejudgment. 
 FOREKNOW, v. To have prescience 
 of; to foresee, pr. p&Y.foreknoi* 
 ing; past, foreknown: adj. fort* 
 knowable: s. foreknower^ fori 
 knowledge. 
 FORE'LAND. s. A promontory, a 
 
 headland, a cape. 
 FORE'LOCK. s. The hair that growi 
 
 from the forepart of the head. 
 FORE'MAN. s. The first or chief 
 
 person, pi foremen. 
 FORE'MAST. s. The first mast o'/ 
 
 a ship towards the head. 
 FORE'MOST. adj. First in place: 
 
 first in dignity. 
 FORENOON', s.. The time of tlm 
 
 day before twelve o'clock. 
 FOREN'SIC. adj. Belonging to court* 
 
 of judicature. 
 FOREORDAIN', v. To predestinate, 
 to predetermine, to preordain, pr. 
 par. foreordaining ; past, foreot 
 dained : s. foreordination. 
 FORETART. s. The part first if 
 time ; the part anterior in place. 
 FORERUN', v. To precede; tohav, 
 the start of. pr. par. forerunning , 
 past , forerun * s. forerunner. 
 FORE'SAIL. s. The sail of the foie* 
 mast. 
 
 FORES AY', v. To predict, to proph 
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FOR— FOR 
 
 esy, to foretell. pr. par. for esaying; 
 
 past, foresaid. 
 FORESEE', v. To see beforehand ; 
 
 to provide for. pr. par, foreseeing ; 
 
 past, foreseen: s.foreseer. 
 FORESHORTEN, v. To shorten 
 
 figures, in order to show those be- 
 
 nind. pr. par. foreshortening; past, 
 
 foreshortened. 
 FORESHOW, v. To predict; to 
 
 discover before it happens, pr. 
 
 par. foreshowing; past, foreshown. 
 FORE'SIGHT. s. Prescience, prog- 
 nostication, foreknowledge. 
 FOREST, s. A wild, uncultivated 
 
 tract of ground, interspersed with 
 
 wood. s. forester. 
 FORE'STAFF. s. An instrument 
 
 used at sea for taking the altitudes 
 
 of heavenly bodies. 
 FORESTALL', v. To anticipate; to 
 
 take up beforehand ; to hinder by 
 
 pre-occupation or prevention, pr. 
 
 par. forestalling ; past, forestalled: 
 
 s. forestaller. 
 FORETASTE, s. Anticipation of. 
 
 s. for et aster. 
 FORETELL', v. To predict, to 
 
 prophesy, to foretoken, pr. par. 
 
 foretelling; past, foretold : s.fore- 
 
 FORE'THOUGHT. s. Prescience, 
 
 anticipation, provident care. 
 FORETO'KEN. s. Prevenient sign ; 
 
 prognostic, v. foretoken ; pr. par. 
 
 foretokening ; past, foretokened. 
 FORE'TOOTH. s. The tooth in the 
 
 anterior part of the mouth; the 
 
 incisor. 
 
 FORE' WARN. v. To admonish be- 
 forehand ; to inform previously of 
 any future event, pr. par. fore- 
 warning ; past, forewarned. 
 
 FORFEIT, s. Something lost by the 
 commission of a crime ; a fine, a 
 mulct, v. forfeit; pr. par. forfeit- 
 ing ; past, forfeited: ad), forfeit- 
 able: s. forfeiter, forfeiture. 
 
 FORGA'VE. Preterit of forgive. 
 
 FORGE, s. The place where iron is 
 beaten into form. v. forge ; pr. 
 
 FOR— FOR 
 
 par. forging; past, forged: s. 
 forger, forgery, pi . forgeries. 
 FORGERY, s. The crime of falsi- 
 fication; smith's work. pi. forge- 
 ries. 
 
 FORGET', v. To lose memory of; 
 not to attend ; to neglect, pr. par. 
 forgetting; past, forgot, forgotten: 
 adj. forgetful: s. forge fulness, 
 for getter : adv. forgetting ly. 
 
 FORGIVE', v. To pardon, not to 
 punish, to remit, pr. par. forgiv- 
 ing ; past, forgiven : adj . forgiv- 
 able : s. forgiveness, for giver. 
 
 FORGOT', FORGOTTEN. Past 
 par. of the v. forget. 
 
 FORK. s. An instrument divided at 
 the end into two or more points 
 or prongs, v. fork; pr. par. fork- 
 ing; past, forked: adv. forkedly. 
 s.forkedness, forkiness: adj. for- 
 ky. 
 
 FORLORN'. adj. Deserted, destitute, 
 forsaken, wretched, solitary, s. 
 
 forlorn. 
 
 FORLORN-HOPE', s. The soldier* 
 who are sent first to enter a breac n , 
 and are therefore doomed or ex- 
 pected to perish. 
 
 FORM. 5. The external appearance 
 of any thing; representation, 
 shape, ceremony ; a long seat. v. 
 form; pr. par. ' forming ; past, 
 formed: s. formation, former 
 adj. formless. 
 
 FOrt'MAL. adj. Ceremonious, sol 
 emn, precise, regular, external, s 
 formalist, formality, pi. fonnali 
 ties: adv. formally. 
 
 FORMER, adj. Before another ii 
 time ; mentioned before another . 
 past, adv.fonncrly. 
 
 FORMIDABLE. adj. Terrible, 
 dreadful, tremendous, terrific, s 
 formidableness: adv. formidably. 
 
 FORM'ULA. 5. A prescribed form 
 or order, s. formulary, pi. formu- 
 laries. 
 
 FORNICATION, ». Concubinage, 
 or commerce with an unmarried 
 woman, e. fornicator, fornicatress. 
 
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FOR— FOR 
 
 FORSA'KE. v. To leave in resent- 
 ment or dislike ; to leave, to de- 
 sert, pr. par. forsaking ; past, for- 
 saken: s.forsaker. 
 
 FORSOOTH', adv. In truth, certain- 
 ly, very well. 
 
 FORSWEAR', v. To renounce upon 
 oathj to deny upon oath; to per- 
 jure; to swear falsely, pr. par. 
 forswearing, past, forsworn.- s. 
 for swearer. 
 
 FORT. s. A fortified house ; a cas- 
 tle ; a strong side. adj. forted. 
 
 FORTE, adv. A term in music; 
 loudly, with strength. 
 
 FORTH, adv. Forward ; onward in 
 time; abroad. 
 
 FORTHCOMING, adj. Ready to 
 appear, not absconding. 
 
 FORTHWITH', adv. Immediately; 
 without delay ; at once. 
 
 FORTIETH, adj. The fourth tenth, 
 next after the thirty-ninth. 
 
 FORTIFY, v. To strengthen against 
 attacks, by walls or works; to 
 confirm, to encourage, pr. par. 
 fortifying; past, fortified: adj. 
 fortifiable: s. fortification, forti- 
 fier. 
 
 FORTITUDE, s. Courage*, bravery, 
 strength. 
 
 FORT NIGHT, s. The space of two 
 weeks. 
 
 FORTRESS. 5. A strong hold; a 
 fortified place, pi. fortresses. 
 
 FORTUITOUS, adj. Accidental, 
 casual, adv. fortuitously: s. for- 
 tuitousness, fortuity, pi. fortuities. 
 
 FORTUNE. s. The power' supposed 
 to distribute the lots of life accord- 
 ing to her own humour ; the good 
 or ill that befals man ; success ; 
 estate; possessions, adj. fortunate: 
 ad v. fortunately : s. fortunateness. 
 
 FORTUNE-HUNTER, s. A man 
 whose employment is to enquire 
 after women with great portions, 
 to enrich himself by marrying one 
 of them. 
 
 FORTY, adj. Four times ten. pi. 
 forties. 
 
 FO'RUM. s. The market-place in 
 O 
 
 FOR— FOU 
 
 1 Rome; the common place where 
 courts are kept. 
 
 FORWARD, adv. Towards; to a 
 part or place before; onward, 
 progressively, adj. forward. 
 
 FOR' WARD. v. To hasten; to ac- 
 celerate in growth or improve- 
 ment ; to patronise ; to advance, 
 pr. par. forwarding; past, for- 
 warded: s. forwarder, forwardness: 
 adv. forwardly. 
 
 FOR'WARDS. adv. Straight before ; 
 progressively ; not backwards. 
 
 FOSS. s. A ditch, a moat, ^[.fosses. 
 
 FOS'SIL. adj. That may be dug out 
 of the earth, s. fossil, fossilist. 
 
 FOSTER, v. To nurse, to feed, to 
 support, to cherish, to encourage, 
 pr. par. fostering ; past, fostered . 
 s. fosterage, fosterer. 
 
 FOSTER-BROTHER, s. One nu b- 
 ed by a mother, at %he same tin' e 
 with her own child ; the child < F 
 that mother, in relation to tl* 
 other. 
 
 FOSTER-CHILD, s. A child min- 
 ed by a woman not the mothe), 
 or bred by a man not the fathei. 
 pi. foster-children. 
 
 FOSTER-FATHER, s. One w}it> 
 gives food in the place of a fath( {. 
 
 FOSTER MOTHER, s. A nurse. 
 
 FOUGHT. Pret. and past par. < >f 
 the v. fight. 
 
 FOUL. adj. Not clean, filthy, impui e, 
 polluted, wicked, v. foul; pr. psr. 
 fouling; past, fouled : adv. foully: 
 s. foulness. 
 
 FOUL'FACED. adj. Having an ugly 
 or hateful visage. 
 
 FOUL'MOUTHED. adj. Scurrilous; 
 habituated to the use of opprobri- 
 ous terms or epithets. 
 
 FOUL'SPOKEN. adj. Contumelious, 
 slanderous. 
 
 FOUND. Pret. and past par. of find. 
 
 FOUND, v. To lay the basis of any 
 building; to build; to establish, 
 pr. par. founding; past, founded : 
 s. foundation, founder, foundress. 
 
 FOUND, v. To form by melting and 
 pouring into moulds ; to cast. pr. 
 
tOV — FRA 
 
 par. founding; past, founded: s. f 
 founder, foundery, founder ies. 
 
 FOUND'ER. v. To cause such a sore- 
 ness and tenderness in a horse's 
 foot, that he is unable to set it to 
 the ground; to sink to the bot- 
 tom; to fail. pr. par. foundering; 
 past, foundered. 
 
 FOUND'LING. s. A child exposed 
 to chance ; a child found without 
 any parent or owner. 
 
 FOUNT, FOUNTAIN, s. A well, a 
 spring, a jet, a spout of water ; a 
 set or quantity of characters or 
 letters. 
 
 FOUR. adj. Twice two. adj. fourth: 
 adv. fourthly. 
 
 FOUR'-FOLD. adj. Four times over. 
 
 FOUR'FOOTED. adj. Quadruped; 
 having four feet. 
 
 FOUR'SCORE.ad/. Four times twen- 
 ty; eighty. 
 
 TOURTEEN. adj. Four and ten ; 
 twice seven, ordinal adj. four- 
 teenth. 
 
 FOUR'WHEELED. adj. Running 
 upon four wheels. 
 
 FOWL. s. A winged animal ; a bird, 
 v. fowl; pr. par. fowling; past, 
 fowled: s". fowler. 
 
 FOWL'ING-PIECE. s. A gun for the 
 shooting 6f birds. 
 
 FOX. s. A wild animal of the canine 
 species, pi foxes. 
 
 FOX'GLOVE. s. A species of plant. 
 
 FOXTAIL. 5. A species of plant. 
 
 FRACTION, s. The act of breaking; 
 the state of being broken ; a bro- 
 ken part of an integral, adj. frac- 
 tional. 
 
 FRACTURE, s. Breach; separation 
 of continuous parts, v. fracture; 
 pr. par. fracturing; past, frac- 
 tured. 
 
 FRA'GILE. adj. Brittle; easily snap- 
 ped or broken ; weak. s. fragility, 
 pi. fragilities. 
 
 FRAGMENT, s. A part broken from 
 the whole; an imperfect piece, 
 adj. fragmentary. 
 
 FRA'GRANT. adj. Odorous; sweet 
 of smell adv . fragrantly : s.fra- 
 
 FRA— FRA 
 
 grance, fragrancy, pi. fragrab- 
 
 cies. 
 
 FRAIL, adj. Weak ; easily decaying ; 
 
 easily destroyed, s. frailness, 
 frailty, pi. frailties. 
 FRAIL, s. A basket made of rushes. 
 FRAME, v. To form or fabricate, by 
 
 orderly construction; to make; 
 
 to compose ; to regulate, pr. par. 
 
 framing; past, framed : s.frame % 
 
 framer, framing. 
 FRAN'CHISE. s. Exemption frorr 
 
 any onerous duty ; privilege, im- 
 munity, s.franchisement. 
 FRANCIS CAN, adj. Relating to the 
 
 order of St. Francis. 
 FRANGIBLE, adj. Fragile, brittle, 
 
 easily broken. 
 FRANK, adj. Liberal, generous, m 
 
 genuous, sincere, adv. frankly 
 
 s. frankness. 
 FRANK, s. A privileged letttt 
 
 which pays no postage, v.fran \ 
 
 pr. par. franking ; past, franku I 
 FRANKINCENSE, s. A species m 
 
 aromatic drug. 
 FRANK'LIN. s. A freeholder of cc'i 
 
 siderable property. 
 FRANKPLEDGE, s. A pledge * 
 
 suretv'for freemen. 
 FRANTIC, adj. Mad ; deprived i 
 
 understanding by violent madnei , ; 
 
 outrageous, adv. frantically : , 
 
 franticness. 
 FRATER'NAL. adj. Brotherly, per 
 
 taining to brothers, adv. f rater 
 
 nally: s. fraternity, pi. frater 
 
 nities. 
 
 FRATERNIZE, v. To agree an 
 brothers; to enter into brother- 
 hood, pr. par. fraternizing ; past 
 fraternized : s. fraternization. 
 
 FRATRICIDE, s. The murder of/ 
 brother ; one who kills a brothel 
 
 FRAUD, s. Deceit, cheat, artific* 
 adj. fraud ful : adv. fraudfvlly. 
 
 FRAUD'ULENCE. s. Deceitfulnesa 
 trickishness, proneness to artifice 
 Y>\.fraudule/icies: ad], fraudulent i 
 adv. fraudulently. 
 
 FRAUGHT, adj. Laden, charged, 
 filled, stored. 
 
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FRA — F$E 
 
 $ RAY. s. A battle, a fight, a duel, a 
 combat. 
 
 FRAY, v. To rub, to wear. pr. par. 
 
 fraying; past, fray ed. 
 FREAK, s. A sudden fancy; a hu- 
 mour; a whim. adj. freakish: adv. 
 freakishly : s. freakishness. 
 F RECK'LE. s. A spot raised in the 
 skin, by nature or the sun. adj. 
 freckled, freckly ; s. freckledness. 
 f 'RECK'LEFACED. adj. Having the 
 
 face full of freckles. 
 FREE. adj. At liberty, not enslaved, 
 unrestrained, uncompelled. v. free; 
 pr. par. freeing ; past, freed: adv. 
 freely : s. freeness, freer. 
 FREEBOOTER, s. A robber, a plun- 
 derer, a pillager, s. freebooting. 
 FREE'BORN. adj. Not a slave; in- 
 heriting liberty. 
 FTIEED'M AN. s. A slave manumitted. 
 
 pi. freedmen. 
 IREE'DOM. s. Liberty; exemption 
 
 from servitude; independence. 
 ¥ REE'HEARTED. adj. Liberal, un- 
 restrained. 
 J REE' HOLD. s. That land or tene- 
 ment which a man holds, in fee, 
 fee-tail, or for term of life. s. 
 freeholder. 
 1 REE'MAN. s. One not a slave ; not 
 a vassal ; one partaking of rights, 
 privileges, or immunities, pl./ree- 
 rnen. 
 
 ; REEMA'SON. s. One of a certain 
 
 secret order. 
 If REE'MINDED. adj. Unperplexed; 
 
 without a load of care. 
 FREE'SCHOOL. s. A school in 
 
 which learning is given without 
 
 pay. 
 
 FREE'SPOKEN. adj. Accustomed to 
 
 speak without reserve. 
 FREE'STONE. s. A kind of soft 
 
 stone. 
 
 FREETHINKER, s. One who be- 
 lieves in accordance with his own 
 .judgment ; one not bigoted. 
 
 FREEWILL', s. The power ot di- 
 recting our own actions ; volunta- 
 riness. 
 
 F3RE— FRI 
 FREEZE, v. To congeal ; to be con- 
 gealed with cold, pr par. freezing ; 
 past, frozen. 
 FREIGHT, v. To load a ship or ves- 
 sel^with g-oods for transportation, 
 pr. par. freighting; past, freight- 
 ed : s. freight, freighter. 
 FRENCH, adj. Belonging to France. 
 
 adj. Frenchlike. 
 FRENCHIFY, v. To infect with the 
 manners of France, pr. par. french- 
 tfy in g f past, frenchifed. 
 FREN'ZY. s. Madness, distraction 
 of mind. p\. frenzies: ad], frenzied. 
 FRE'QUENT. adj. Often done, often 
 seen, often occurring, s. frequen- 
 cy •> pl- frequencies: adv. frequently. 
 FREQUENT, v. To visit often; to 
 be much in any place, pr. par.fre- 
 quenting; past, frequented: adj. 
 frequentable : s. frequenter. 
 FREQUENTATIVE, adj. A gram- 
 matical term, applied to verbs 
 signifying the frequent repetition 
 of an action. 
 FRES'CO. 5. Coolness, shade, duski- 
 ness ; a kind of painting, -pl. fres- 
 coes. 
 
 FRESH, adj. Cool ; not salt ; new, 
 recent, florid, v. freshen; pr. par. 
 freshening; past, freshened: adv. 
 freshly : s. freshness. 
 FRESH'ET. s. A flood of water. 
 FRESH'MAN. s. A novice; one in 
 the rudiments of any knowledge. 
 s. freshmanship. 
 FRET. v. To wear away by rub- 
 bing; to vex. pr. par. fretting , 
 past, fretted : s. fret, fretter, fret- 
 fulness : adj. fretful: adv. fret- 
 fully. 
 
 FRF ABLE. adj. Easily crumbled; 
 easily reduced to powder, s. fri- 
 ability, pl. friabilities. 
 FRI'AR. s. A brother of some reli- 
 gious order, s. friary, pl. friaries. 
 FRICASEE'. 5. A dish made by cut- 
 ting chickens or other small things 
 into pieces, and dressing them with 
 strong sauce, v.fricasee; pr. par, 
 fricaseeing; past, fricaseed. 
 
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FRI — FRI 
 
 FRICTION, s. The act of rubbing 
 
 two bodies together. 
 FRIDAY, s. The sixth day of the 
 
 week. 
 
 FRIEND, s. One joined to another 
 in mutual benevolence and inti- 
 macy; one propitious', ady friend- 
 less, friendlike, friendly s s. friend- 
 liness, friendship • ad V . friendly. 
 
 FRIEZE, s. A coarse, warm cloth, 
 adj . friezed. 
 
 FRIEZE, FRIZE. s. A large flat 
 member which separates the arch- 
 itrave from the cornice. 
 
 FRIG' ATE. s. A ship of war, next 
 in size to a vessel of the line. 
 
 FRIGHT, s. A sudden terror, v. 
 frighten; pr. par. frightening; 
 past, frightened : adj . frightful : 
 adv. frightfully : s. Rightfulness. 
 
 FRFGID. adj. Cold; wanting warmth; 
 dull. s. frigidity, pi. frigidities, 
 frigidness : adv. frigidly. 
 
 FRIGORIF'IC. adj. Causing cold. 
 
 i RILL. s. A sort of ruffle, v. frill; 
 pr. par. frilling ; past, frilled. 
 
 I RINGE. s. Ornamental appendage, 
 added to a dress or to furniture, 
 v. fringe ; pr. par. fringing; past,' 
 fringed : adj . fringy. 
 
 FRIPPERY, s. Old clothes, cast 
 dresses, trumpery, trifles. frip- 
 peries. 
 
 FRISEU'R. s. A hair-dresser. 
 
 FRISK, v. To leap, to skip. pr. par. 
 frisking; past, frisked: s. frisk, 
 frisker, f riskiness: adj. friskful, 
 frisky. 
 
 FRITH, s. A narrow part of the sea, 
 where the water, being confined, 
 is rough. 
 
 FRITTER, s. A small piece cut to 
 
 be fried; a fragment, v. fritter; 
 
 pr. par. frittering ; past, frittered. 
 FRIVOLOUS, adj. Slight, trifling; 
 
 of no moment, adv. frivolously : 
 
 s. frivolity, pi. frivolities. 
 FRIZZ, v. To curl, to crisp, pr. par. 
 
 frizzing; past, friz zed. 
 FRIZZLE, v. To form into short 
 
 curls, pr. nar. frizzling: past v /Wc- 
 
 zled : s. frizzle, frizzier. 
 
 FRO— FRU 
 
 FRO. adv. Backward, regressively. 
 FROCK, s. A dress, a coat ; a kind 
 
 of gown for children. 
 FROG. s. A small amphibious ani- 
 
 ntil, with four feet. 
 FROL'IC. s. A wild prank ; a flight 
 
 of whim and levity, v. frolic; pr. 
 
 par. frolicking; past, frolicked: 
 
 adj. frolicksome : s. frolicksome- 
 
 ness : adv . frolicksomely. 
 FROM. A preposition, 
 j FRONDIF'EROUS. adj. Bearing 
 
 leaves. 
 
 FRONT, s. The face; the van. v 
 front; pr. par. fronting; past, 
 fronted: s. frontal, frontlet: adj. 
 frontless. 
 
 FRONTIER, s. The marches, tha 
 limit, the utmost verge of any ter 
 ritory. adj. frontier. 
 
 FRONTINIAC. s. A kind of rich 
 wine. 
 
 FRONTISPIECE, s. That part of 
 any building, or other body, that 
 directly meets the eye. 
 
 FROST, s. The last effect of cold; 
 the power of congelation, adj. 
 frosted, frosty : adv. frostily : s. 
 frostiness. 
 
 FROSTBITTEN, adj. Nipped or 
 withered by frost. 
 
 FROSTWORK, s. Work in which 
 the substance is laid on with in- 
 equalities, like the dew congealed 
 upon shrubs. 
 
 FROTH, s. Spume, foam. v. froth; 
 pr. par. frothing ; past, frothed : 
 adv. frothily: s. frothiness: adj. 
 frothy. 
 
 FRO' WARD. adj. Peevish,ungovern- 
 
 able, angry, didv.frowardly: s.fro- 
 
 wardness. 
 FROWN, v. To express displeasure 
 
 bvcontracting the face to wrinkles; 
 
 to look stern, pr. par. frowning ; 
 
 past, frow ned : s. frown, frowncr. 
 
 adv. fro\vnins;ly. 
 FRO'ZEN. adj. Congealed with cold 
 
 void of heat. 
 FRUCTIFY, v. To make fruitful ; 
 
 to fertilize, pr. par. fructifying j 
 
 past, fmct if ed: adj. fructiferous, 
 160 
 
FRU — FUL 
 
 fi~uctuous : s. fructification, fruc- 
 tuation. 
 
 FRU'GAL. adj. Thrifty, sparing, 
 parsimonious. frugality, ^{.fru- 
 galities: adv. frugally. 
 
 IRUIT. s. The product of a tree 
 or plant; production, s. fruitage, 
 fruiterer, fruitery, pi. fruiteries; 
 fruitfulness: adj. fruitful: adv. 
 fruitfully. 
 
 JRUI'TION. s. Enjoyment, posses- 
 sion. 
 
 FRUITLESS, adj. Barren of fruit ; 
 vain, idle, unprofitable, adv. fruit- 
 lessly : s. fruitlessness. 
 
 FRUMP, v. To mock, to insult, pr. 
 par. frumping ; past, frumped : s. 
 frump. 
 
 FRUSTRATE, v. To defeat, to 
 
 disappoint, pr. par. frustrating; 
 
 past, frustrated : s. frustration ; 
 
 adj. frustrative, frustratory. 
 t'RY. v. To dress food in a pan on 
 
 the fire. pr. par. frying; past, 
 
 fried: s.fry, p\. fries. 
 i'UD'DLE. v. To make slightly 
 
 drunk, pr. par. fuddling; past, 
 
 fuddled. 
 
 1VDGE. int. An expression of the 
 
 utmost contempt. 
 IrV'EL. s. The matter or aliment of 
 
 fire. 
 
 fi UGA'CIOUS. adj. Volatile, s. fu- 
 gaciousness, fugacity, pi. fugaci- 
 ties. 
 
 fU'GITIVE. adj. Not tenable, un- 
 steady, volatile, flying, running 
 from danger, s. fugitive, fugitive- 
 ness. 
 
 FUL'CRUM. s. the prop of a lever. 
 
 FULFIL', v. To answer any pur- 
 pose or design; to complete, pr. 
 prir. fulfilling; past, fulfilled: s. 
 fulfiller, fulfilment. 
 
 FUL'GENT. adj. Shining, dazzling, 
 exquisitely bright, s.fulgency, pi. 
 fulgencies ; f algidity, pi. fulgidi- 
 
 P ULIGINOUS, adj. Sooty, smoky. 
 FULL. adj. Replete; having no 
 
 space void; large, s. full, fulness: 
 
 adv. full, fully. 
 
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 FUL — FUN 
 
 FULL. v. To cleanse cloth from its 
 oil or grease, pr. par. fulling • 
 past, fulled : s.f ullage, fuller, ful- 
 lery, pi. fulleries. 
 
 FULL'-BLOWN. adj. Spread to the 
 utmost extent, as a perfect blos- 
 som. 
 
 FULL-BOT'TOMED. adj. Having a 
 
 large bottom. 
 FULL'-DRESSED. adj. Dressed in 
 
 form. 
 
 FULL-FED', adj. Sated, fat. 
 FULL-GROWN', adj. Completely 
 grown. 
 
 FUL'LING-MILL. 5. A mill for 
 cleansing cloth. 
 
 FUL'MINATE. v. To thunder; to 
 make a loud noise, pr. par. ful- 
 minating; past, fulminated : s.ful- 
 mination : adj . fulminant, fulmin- 
 atory. 
 
 FUL'SOME. adj. Nauseous, offen? 
 sive, gross, adv.fulsomely: s.ful- 
 someness. 
 
 FUM BLE, v. To attempt any thing 
 awkwardly, pr. par. fumbling; 
 past, fumbled: s.fumbler: adv. 
 fumblingly. 
 
 FUME. s. Smoke, vapour, v. fume; 
 pr. par. fuming; past, fumed: adj. 
 fumid,fumous,fumy : s.fumidity, 
 pl.fumidities : a.dv.fumingly. 
 
 FU'MIGATE. v. To smoke; toper- 
 fume by smoke or vapour, pr. par. 
 fumigating; past, fumigated: s. 
 fumigation. 
 
 FUN. s. Sport, merriment, adj. fun- 
 ny: adv. funnily. 
 
 FUNCTION, s. Discharge, perform- 
 ance, employment, office, s. func- 
 tionary, pi. functionaries. 
 
 FUND. s. Stock, capital; that by 
 which any expense is supported, 
 v. fund; pr. par. funding; past, 
 funded. 
 
 FUND'AMENT. s. Foundation ; the 
 back part of the body. adj. and s. 
 fundamental : adv. fundamentally. 
 
 FU'NERAL. 5. Burial, interment, ob- 
 sequies, adj. funeral, funereal. 
 
 FUNG'OUS. adj. Excrescent, spon- 
 gy, s.fungosity, pi. fungosities. 
 
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FUN — FUR 
 
 FUNG'US. s. A mushroom. I 
 FUN'NEL. s. A sort of pipe, through 
 which liquors are poured into ves- 
 sels. 
 
 FUR. s. Skin with soft hair ; soft 
 hair of beasts, v. fur; pr. par. 
 furiing; past, furred : s. furrier : 
 adj. furry. 
 
 FURBELOW, s. A kind of trim- 
 ming, v. furbelow; pr. par. fur- 
 belowing ; past, furbelowed. 
 
 FUR'JBISH. v. To burnish, to pol- 
 ish, pr. par. furbishing; past, fur- 
 bished: s.furbisher: adj. furbish- 
 able. 
 
 FU'RIOUS. adj. Mad, raging, vio- 
 lent ; impetuously agitated, adv. 
 furiously: s.furiousness. 
 
 FURL. v. To draw up ; to contract, 
 pr. par. furling ; past, furled. 
 
 FURLONG, s. A measure of length, 
 f UR'LOUGH. s. A temporary dis- 
 mission from military service. 
 
 ^UR'NACE. s. An enclosed fire- 
 place. 
 
 ^ UR'NISH. v. To supply with what 
 is necessary; to give, to supply, 
 to equip, pr. par. furnishing; 
 past, furnished: s. furnisher. 
 
 FURNITURE, s. Movables ; goods 
 put into a house for use or orna- 
 ment; appendages. 
 
 FURRIER, s. A dealer in furs. 
 
 1 UR'RO W. s. A small trench, made 
 by the plough for the reception of 
 seed ; any long trench or hollow, 
 v. furrow ; pr. par. furrowing ; 
 past, furrowed. 
 
 FURTHER, adj. At a greater dis- 
 tance ; beyond this. adv. further, 
 furthest: s. furtherance, fur- 
 therer. 
 
 FUR- FY 
 
 ] FUR'THER. v. To put onward; to 
 forward; to promote, pr. par. 
 furthering ; past, furthered. 
 FURTHERMORE, adv. Moreover, 
 
 besides. 
 
 FUR'TIVE. adj. Stolen; gotten by 
 theft, adv. furtively: s. furtive- 
 ness. 
 
 FU'RY. s. Madness, rage, passion of 
 anger, enthusiasm, pi. furies: 
 adj. fury like. 
 FURZE, s. A kind of prickly bush, 
 sometimes called a whin. adj. fur- 
 zy. 
 
 FUSE. v. To melt; to put into fu 
 sion ; to liquefy by heat. pr. par 
 fusing; past, fused: s. fusion 
 fusibility, pi. fusibilities : adj. fu- 
 sible. 
 
 FUSEE', s. The cylinder around 
 which is wound the cord or chain 
 of a clock or watch; a firelock. 
 FUSILEER'. 5. A soldier armed with 
 I a fusil ; a musketeer. 
 FUSS. s. A tumult, a bustle. 
 FUSTIAN. 5. A kind of cloth. 
 
 FUSTIC. 5. A sort of wood used in 
 dying. 
 
 FURTIGATION, s. An ancient cus 
 
 torn of punishing with a cudgel. 
 FUSTY, adj. Ill-smelling, mouldy. 
 
 s. fustiness. 
 FUTILE, adj. Talkative, loqua- 
 cious, trifling, worthless, s. futil- 
 ity, pi. futilities. 
 FUTURE, adj. That which will be 
 hereafter ; that which is to come, 
 s. future, futurity , pi. futurities. 
 FY. interj. A word of blame and 
 disapprobation. 
 
 GAB— GAB 
 
 GAB'BLE. v. To make an inarticu- 
 late noise; to prate loudlv with- 
 out meaning, pr. par. gabbling; 
 past, gabbled: s. gabble, gabbler. 
 
 GAB'ERDINE. 5. A coarse frock; 
 any mean dress. 
 
 G 
 
 GAB-GAD 
 
 GA'BLE. s. The triangular part of 
 the end of a house, from the cor- 
 nice to the top of the roof. 
 
 GAD. v. To ramble about without 
 any settled purpose, pr. par. gad- 
 
 162 
 
GAD— GAL 
 
 ding; past, gadded: s. gadder: 
 adv. gaddingly. 
 
 GADTLY. s. A fly that stings cat- 
 tle, pi. gadflies. 
 
 GAE'LIC, GAL'IC. s. A dialect of 
 the Celtic tongue. 
 
 GAFF. s. A harpoon or large hook. 
 
 GAG. v. To stop the mouth, to pre- 
 vent speaking, pr. par. gagging; 
 past, gagged: s. gag, gagger. 
 
 GAGE. s. A pledge, a pawn, a mea- 
 sure. 
 
 GA'IETY. s. See Gayety. 
 
 GAIN. 5. Profit, advantage, interest, 
 v. gain; pr. par. gaining; past, 
 gained: adj. gainable, gainful, 
 gainless: adv. gainfully : s. gainer, 
 gainfulness. 
 
 GAIN SAY, v. To contradict, to op- 
 pose, pr. par. gainsaying; past, 
 gainsaid : s. gainsayer. 
 
 GAIT. s. A way, march, walk, pro- 
 gress, adj. gaited. 
 
 GAFFERS, s. A kind of spatter- 
 dashes. 
 
 fjA/LA. 5. Any show or festivity. 
 
 G ALA'TIANS. s. Persons descend- 
 ed from the Gauls. 
 
 ^AL'AXY. s. The milky way. pi. 
 galaxies. 
 
 GALE. s. A wind not tempestuous, 
 yet stronger than a breeze. 
 
 GAL'EATED. adj. Covered as with 
 a helmet. 
 
 GALILE'AN. s. A native or inhabit- 
 ant of Galilee. 
 
 GALL. s. The bile ; . an animal juice 
 remarkable for its supposed bit- 
 terness ; a slight hurt by fretting 
 off the skin. v. gall; pr. par. gall- 
 ing ; past, galled. 
 
 GAL'LANT. adj. Gay, well-dressed, 
 showy, splendid, magnificent, adv. 
 gallantly : s. gallantness. 
 
 GALLANT', v. To pay attention to 
 ladies, pr. par. gallanting; past, 
 gallanted: s. gallant, gallantry, 
 pi. gallantries : adj. gallant. 
 
 CrALLEON'. s. A large ship, with 
 four or five decks. 
 
 GAL — GAM 
 
 GAL'LERY. s. A kind of walk along 
 the floor of a house •, a part of the 
 theatre, pi. galleries. 
 
 GAL'LEY. s. A vessel driven by 
 oars. 
 
 GAL'LIC, GAL'LICAN. adj. French. 
 
 s. gallicism. 
 GALLIGAS'KINS. s. Large open 
 
 hose. 
 
 GALLIMAU'FRY. s. Any inconsis- 
 tent or ridiculous medley, pi. gal- 
 
 GALLINA'CEOUS. adj. Denoting 
 birds of the pheasant kind. 
 
 GAL'LIOT. s. A little galley, built 
 very slight, and fit for the chase. 
 
 GAL'LIPOT. s. A pot used for med- 
 icines. 
 
 GAL'LON. s. A liquid measure, con- 
 taining four quarts. 
 
 GALLOON', s. A kind of lace. 
 
 GALLOP. v. t To ride very fast. pr. 
 par. galloping ; past, galloped : s. 
 gallop, galloper. 
 
 GALLOWAY, s. A kind of small 
 horse. 
 
 GAL'LOWS. s. A beam laid over 
 two posts, on which malefactors 
 are hano-ed. 
 
 GALOCHE'. s. A kind of shoe Worn 
 over another, to keep out the wet. 
 
 GAL'VANISM. 5. The action of me- 
 tallic substances, v ; galvanize ; pr. 
 par. galvanizing; past, galvanized: 
 ad j . galvanic : s. galvanometer. 
 
 GAM BLE, v. To play extravagant- 
 ly for money, pr. par. gambling, 
 past, gambled: s. gambler. 
 
 GAMBO'GE. 5. A concreted vege 
 table juice, of a bright yellow co- 
 lour. 
 
 GAM'BOL. v. To dance, to skip, to 
 
 frisk, pr. par. gamboling; past, 
 
 gamboled: s. gambol. 
 GAME. s. Sport of any kind; jest. 
 
 v. game ; pr. par. gaming ; past, 
 
 gamed : s. gamester. 
 GAME' KEEPER, s. A person who 
 
 takes care of game. 
 GAM'MON. s. the buttock of a hog, 
 
 salted and dried; a play with dice. 
 
GAM — GAR 
 
 OAM'UT. s. The scale of musical 
 notes. 
 
 GAN'DER. s. The male of a goose 
 UAAG. s. A troop, a company, j 
 
 tribe. *' 
 GANG'RENE. s. A mortification, a 
 
 n r^wi\? angrenous > Serened. 
 GANG WAY. s. A thoroughfare or 
 passage. 
 
 GANTLET, s. A military punish- 
 ment, in which the criminal, run- 
 ning between the ranks, receives 
 a lash from each man. 
 
 GAOL, JAIL. s. A prison, a place 
 of confinement, s. gaoler. 
 
 GAP. s. An opening, a breach, an 
 avenue. 
 
 GAPE. v. To open the mouth wide • 
 to yawn. pr. par. gaping; past 
 ^ gaped: s. gaper. 
 
 GARB. s. Dress, clothes, habit, ex- 
 terior appearance. 
 
 GARB AGE, s. The bowels, the offal. 
 
 GAR'BLE. v. To sift and cleanse 
 sprees ; to separate the good from 
 the bad. pr. par. garbling; past 
 garbled: s. gar bier. 
 
 GARDEN, s. A piece of ground, 
 enclosed and planted with herbs 
 or fruits, v. garden; pr. par. gar- 
 dening; past, gardened: s. gar 
 dmer, gardening. 
 
 GARG'LE. v. To wash the throat 
 with some liquor not suffered fm- 
 rnediately to descend, pr. par 
 
 j-j J ' Snow y> g aud Y, splen- 
 
 did, glaring, adv. garishly: s. gar- 
 ishness. 
 
 GAR'LAND. s. A wreath of branch- 
 es or flowers. 
 
 GAR'LIC s. A species of plant. 
 
 GAR'MENT. s. Any thing by which 
 the bodv is covered; clothes, dress 
 
 GAR'NER. s. A store-house, v. gar- 
 ner; pr. par. garnering; past, 
 garnered. 
 
 GAR'NET. 5. A gem, a precious 
 stone. 
 
 GAR'NISH. v. To decorate, to em-' 
 belhsh. pr. par. garnishing; past,) 
 
 GAR— GAU 
 
 I garnished: s. garnish, garnisher. 
 
 garnishment. 
 jGAR'NITURE. s. Furniture, orna- 
 ment. 
 
 [GAR'RET. s. A room on the highest 
 
 floor of a house, adj. garreted. 
 GARRETEE'R. * One who lives in 
 a garret. 
 
 GAR'RISON. s. Soldiery placed in 
 a fortified town or castle to defend 
 it-; the town itself, v. garrison , 
 pr. par. garrisoning; past, garri- 
 soned. ° 
 GARTION. s. A miserable horse, of 
 
 little power. 
 GARRU'LITY. s. Loquacity, talka- 
 tiveness, pi. garrulities: adi.^ar- 
 rulous. 
 
 GARTER. s . A string or riband, 
 by which the stocking is held upon 
 the leg. v. garter; pr. par. gar- 
 tering; past, gartered. 
 PARTH. 5 . The bulk of the body 
 measured by the girdle ; an enclo- 
 sure. 
 
 GAS. s. A spirit not capable of be- 
 ing congealed, pi. gasses. 
 GASOMETER, s. An instrument 
 
 for measuring or containing gas 
 GASCONA DE? s. A boast, a bLa- 
 do. v. gasconade; pr. par. gas- 
 conading; past, gasconaded. 
 GASH. v. To cut into small pieces ; 
 to cut deeply, pr. par. gashing] 
 past, gashed : s. gash. 
 GASP. v. To open the mouth wide: 
 to catch the breath with labour, 
 pr. par. gasping; past, gasped: s. 
 gasp. 
 
 GAS'TRIC. adj. Belonging to the 
 stomach. 
 
 GATE. s. A large door, an avenue. 
 
 s. gat err ay. 
 GATH'ER. v. To collect; to bring 
 into one place; to elean. pr. par. 
 gathering; past, gathered: s. ga- 
 ther, gatherer, gathering. 
 ( GAU'DY. adj. Showv, splendid, 
 I pompous, adv. gaudily.- s. gaudi- 
 ness. 
 
 GAUGE, v. To measure the capa- 
 city of a vessel in which liquors 
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GAU— GEN 
 
 are contained; to measure with 
 regard to any proportion, pr. par. 
 gauging; past, gauged: s. gauge, 
 gauger. 
 
 GAUNT, adj. Thin, slender, lean. 
 
 adv. gauntly. 
 GAUNTLET, s. An iron glove, 
 
 used for defence and thrown 
 
 I down in challenges. 
 
 GAUZE, s. A kind of thin, transpa- 
 rent silk. 
 
 I I GAVE. The preterit of the v. to give. 
 GA'VELKIND. s. A custom, where- 
 by the lands of the father are 
 equally divided, at his death, 
 amongst all his sons. 
 
 GAVOT. s. A kind of dance. 
 { GAWK. s. A cuckoo, a foolish fel- 
 low, s. gawky, pi. gawkies: adj. 
 I gawky. 
 
 GAY. adj. Airy, cheerful, merry, 
 fine, showy, s. gayety, pi. gaye- 
 < ties : adv. gayly. 
 
 GAZE. v. To look intently and ear- 
 nestly, pr. par. gazing; past, 
 gazed: s. gaze, gazer. 
 , GAZETTE, s. A news-paper ; a pa- 
 per of public intelligence, v. ga- 
 zette; pr. par. gazetting; past, 
 gazetted: s. gazetteer. 
 
 GEAR. s. Furniture, accoutrements, 
 dress ; the traces by which horses 
 or oxen draw. 
 
 GEE. s. A word used to horses. 
 
 GEESE, s. The plural of goose. 
 
 GELATINOUS, adj. Formed into a 
 jelly, viscous. 
 
 GEL'ID. adj. Extremely cold. s. 
 gelidity, pi. gelidities. 
 
 GEM. s. A jewel, a precious stone, 
 v. gem; pr. par. gemming; past, 
 gemmed: adj. gemmeous, gemmy. 
 
 GEMINI, s. the twins; the third 
 sign in the zodiac. 
 
 GEN'DER. s. A kind, a sort, a sex. 
 
 GEN'DER. v. To beget, to produce.. 
 pr. par. gendering; past, gender- 
 ed. 
 
 GENEAL'OGY. s. History of the 
 succession of families, pi. gene- 
 alogies: adj. genealogical: s. gen- 
 ' ealogist. 
 
 GEN— GEN 
 
 GEN'ERAL. adj. Comprehending 
 many species or individuals ; not 
 special ; not particular ; exten- 
 sive, common, s. general, general' 
 ity, pi. generalities, generalness : 
 adv. generally. 
 
 GEN'ERAL. 5. One who commands 
 an armv. s. generalship. 
 
 GENERALIS SIMO, s. The supreme 
 commander. 
 
 GEN'ERALIZE. v. To reduce to a 
 genus, pr. par. generalizing; past, 
 generalized: s. generalization. 
 
 GEN'ERATE. v. To beget, to prop- 
 agate, to produce to life. pr. par. 
 generating; past, generated: s. 
 generation, generator: adj. gene- 
 rant, generative. 
 
 GENERIC, adj. That which com- 
 prehends the genus, or distin- 
 guishes from another genus, adv. 
 generically. 
 
 GEN'EROUS. adj. Not of mean 
 birth ; liberal, munificent, strong, 
 vigorous, adv. generously : s. gen- 
 erosity, pi. generosities. 
 
 GEN'ESIS. 5. Generation ; the first 
 book of Moses. 
 
 GENET A. s. A spirit distilled from 
 the j.uniper-berry. 
 
 GEN'EVOIS. s. People of Geneva. 
 
 GE'NIAL. adj. That which contrib- 
 utes to propagation ; natural, na- 
 tive, adv. genially. 
 
 GENITIVE, adj. the name of the 
 second case in grammar. 
 
 GE'NIUS. s. The protecting or rul- 
 ing power of men, places, or 
 things, pi. genii: — mental power 
 or faculties ; a man endowed with 
 superior faculties, pi. geniuses. 
 
 GENOE'SE. s. The people of Genoa 
 in Italy. 
 
 GENTEEL', adj. Polite, elegant in 
 behaviour, civil, adv. genteelly: s. 
 genteelness, gentility, pi. gentili- 
 ties. 
 
 GEN'TIAN. s. A kind of medicinal 
 plant. 
 
 GEN'TILE. adj. Belonging to a na- 
 tion. 
 
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GEN— GEO 
 
 <? ENTILE, s. One of an uncove- 
 nanted nation ; one who knows 
 not the true God. adj. gentile: s. 
 gentilism. 
 HENTLE. adj. Well born, soft, 
 bland, mild, tame. adv. gently: s. 
 gentleness. 
 GENTLEMAN. 5. A man of birth ; 
 a man raised above the vulgar by 
 his character or post. pi. gentle- 
 men : adj. gentlemanlike, gentle- 
 manly : s. gentlemanliness. 
 GENTLEWOMAN, s. A woman of 
 birth above the vulgar; a woman 
 well descended, pi. gentlewomen: 
 adj. gentlewomanlike. 
 GENTOO'. s. An aboriginal inhabit- 
 ant of Hindostan. 
 GEN' TRY. 5. Class of people above 
 
 the vulgar, pi. gentries. 
 GENUFLECTION, s. The act of 
 bending the knee ; adoration ex- 
 pressed by bending the knee. 
 CrEN'UINE. adj. Not spurious ; real, 
 natural, true. adv. genuinely .• s. 
 genuineness. 
 ffE'NUS. s. A class of beings or 
 things, comprehending under it 
 many species, pi. genera. 
 GEOCENTRIC, adj. Applied to a 
 planet or orb having the earth for 
 its centre, or the same centre with 
 the earth. 
 IjEOG'RAPHY. s. A description of 
 the earth, pi. geographies: s. ge- 
 ographer: adj. geographical: adv. 
 geographically. 
 ^EOL'OGY. s. The doctrine of the 
 formation and composition of the 
 earth, pi. geologies: s. geologer. 
 GEOM'ETRY. s. The science of 
 quantity, extension, or magnitude, 
 abstractedly considered, pi. geom- 
 etries: adj. geometral, geometrical, 
 geometric: adv. geometrically: s. 
 geometrician: v. geometrize; pr. 
 par. geometrizing; past, geome- 
 trized. 
 
 GEOR'GIC. s. A part of the science 
 of husbandry, put into a pleasing 
 dress, and set off by all the beau- 
 
 GEO— GIB 
 
 ties and embellishments of poetry,. 
 
 adj. georgic, georgical. 
 GEORGIUM Sl'DLS. s. One of the 
 planets. 
 
 GERA'NIUM. s. A kind of plant. 
 
 GERM. s. A sprout or shoot ; that 
 part which grows and spreads, 
 adj. germinant: v. germinate; pr. 
 par. germinating; past, germina- 
 ted: s. germination. 
 
 GER'UND. s. A kind of verba] 
 noun. 
 
 GESTATION, s. The act of carry 
 iner the young before birth. 
 
 GESTICULATE, v. To play antic 
 tricks; to show postures, pr. par. 
 gesticulating; past, gesticvlated: 
 s. gesticulation, gesticulator : adj. 
 gesticulatory. 
 
 GESTURE, s. Action or posture ex- 
 pressive of sentiment ; movement 
 of the body. 
 
 GET. v. To procure, to obtain, to 
 have possession of. pr. par. get- 
 ting; past, got, gotten: s. getter. 
 
 GEWGAW, s. A showy trifle; a 
 toy, a bauble. 
 
 GHAST'LY. adj. Like a ghost; pale, 
 dismal, horrible, s. ghastliness. 
 
 GHER KIN, s. A small pickled cu- 
 cumber. 
 
 GHOST, s. The soul of man ; a 
 spirit appearing after death, adj. 
 ghostlike, ghostly: s. ghostliness. 
 
 GI'ANT. s. A man of a size above the 
 ordinary rate of men. adj. giant- 
 like, gigantic. 
 
 GI'ANTESS. s. A woman of uncom- 
 mon size. pi. giantesses. 
 
 GIB'BER. v. To speak inarticulate- 
 lv. pr. par. gibbering; past, gib 
 bered: s. gibberish. 
 
 GIB'BET. s. A gallows ; .the post on 
 which malefactors are hanged, v. 
 gibbet; pr. par. gibbeting; past, 
 gibbeted. 
 
 GIB'BOUS. adj. Convex, protube- 
 rant, s. gibbosity, pi. gibbosities, 
 gibbousness. 
 
 GIBE. v. To sneer; to join censo- 
 riousness with contempt, pr. par. 
 
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GIB— G1R 
 
 gibing; past, gibed: s.gibe, giber: 
 adv. gibingly. 
 GIB'LETS. s. The parts of a goose 
 which are cut off before it is cook- 
 ed. 
 
 GID'DY. adj. Vertiginous; rotary, 
 
 whirling, inconstant, unsteady, s. 
 
 giddiness: adv. giddily. 
 GIFT. 5. A thing given or bestowed; 
 
 offering, v. gift; pr. par. gifting; 
 
 past, gifted: s. giftedness. 
 GIG. s. A light vehicle, with two 
 
 wheels. 
 
 GIGANTIC, adj. Suitable to a giant; 
 
 big ; very large. 
 GIG'GLE. v. To laugh idly, to titter. 
 
 pr. par. giggling; past, giggled: 
 
 s. giggle, giggler. 
 GIG'OT. s. The hip joint ; a slice. 
 GILD. v. To overlay with gold. pr. 
 
 par. gilding; past, gilded, gilt 
 
 gilder, gilding. 
 0 ILL. s. The apertures at each side 
 
 of a fish's head ; a measure of 
 
 liquids, containing the fourth part 
 
 of a pint. 
 C ILL YFLOWER. s. A kind of plant. 
 G ILT. Pret. and past par. of the v. 
 
 to gild. 
 
 G IM'CRACK. s. A slight or trivial 
 
 mechanism. 
 GIM'LEJ. s. A borer, with a screw 
 
 at its point. 
 GIMP. s. A kind of silk twist or lace. 
 GIN. s. A trap, a snare ; a machine 
 
 for cleaning cotton, v. gin; pr. 
 
 par. ginning; past, ginned. 
 GIN. s. A kind of ardent spirits, 
 
 properly called Geneva. 
 GIN'GERBREAD. s. A kind of sweet 
 
 bread, or cake. 
 GING'LE, JING'LE. v. To make a 
 
 sharp, clattering noise, pr. par. 
 
 gingling; past, gingled: s. gineje. 
 GIN'SENG. s. A kind of aromatic 
 
 root. 
 
 GIFSY. s. A vagabond who pre- 
 tends to foretell futurity ; a wan- 
 derer, pi. gipsies. 
 
 GIRD. v. To bind around ; to fasten 
 by binding, pr. par. girding; past, 
 girded, girt: s. girder, girding. 
 
 Gift— GLA 
 GIRD'LE. s. Any thing drawn rou. id 
 the waist ; enclosure, v. girdle; 
 pr. par. girdling; past, girdled: 
 girdler. 
 
 GIRL. 5. A young woman, or female 
 child, adj. girlish: adv. girlishly. 
 GIRT. Pret. and past par. of the v. 
 to gird. 
 
 GIRTH, s. A band by which a sad- 
 dle is fixed upon a horse. 
 GIVE. v. To bestow; to confer, 
 without any price or reward ; to 
 deliver, pr. par. giving; past, giv' 
 • en; pret. gave. 
 
 GIVES, s. Fetters or shackles fry] 
 the feet. 
 
 GIZ'ZARD. s. The strong musculai 
 
 stomach of a fowl. 
 GLA'CIAL. adj. Icy; made of ice 
 frozen, v. glaciate; pr. par. gla 
 dating; past, glaciated: s. glacia 
 tion: adj. glacious. 
 GL A'CIS. s. In fortification; a sloping 
 bank. 
 
 GLAD. adj. Cheerful; gay; in j 
 state of hilarity; pleased, v. glad 
 den; pr. par. gladdening; past, 
 gladdened: adv. gladly: s. gladness. 
 GLADE, s. A lawn or opening in 1 
 wood. 
 
 GLADIATOR, s. A sword-played 
 a prize-fighter, adj. gladiator? , 
 . gladiatorial. 
 GLANCE, s. A sudden shoot of lig] t 
 or splendour; a quick view. u. 
 glance; pr. par. glancing; past, 
 glanced. 
 
 GLAND, s. An organ of the body, 
 adj. glandular, glandulous: s. 
 glandule. 
 GLAN'DERS. s. A disease peculiar 
 
 to horses, adj. glandered. 
 GLANDIF'EROUS. adj. Bearing 
 mast ; bearing acorns, or fruit like 
 acorns. 
 
 GLARE, v. To shine so as to dazzle 
 the eyes ; to shine ostentatiously 
 pr. par. glaring; past, glared: s 
 glare: adv. glaringly. 
 GLA'REOUS. adj. Consisting of vis 
 cous, transparent matter, like the 
 white of an egg. 
 
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GLA — GLO 
 
 GLASS, s. An artificial, transparent n 
 substance ; a mirror ; a vessel 
 made of glass, pi. glasses: s.glas- 
 siness : adj . glassy. 
 
 GLAZE, v. To furnish with windows 
 of glass; to overlay with some- 
 thing shining and pellucid, pr. 
 par. glazing; past, glazed: s. gla- 
 zier. 
 
 GLEAM, s. Sudden shoot of light ; 
 lustre, brightness, v. gleam; pr. 
 par. gleaming; past, gleamed: s. 
 gleaming: adj. gleamy. 
 
 GLEAN, v. To gather what the har- 
 vesters leave behind; to gather 
 any thing thinly scattered, pr. 
 par. gleaning; past, gleaned: s. 
 gleaner, gleaning. 
 
 GLEBE, s. Turf, soil, ground, adj. 
 glebous. 
 
 GLEE. 5. Joy, merriment, gayety; 
 a kind of song. 
 
 GLEN, s, A valley, a dale ; a de- 
 pression between two hills. 
 
 GLIB. adj. Smooth, slippery, volu- 
 ble, adv. glibly i s. glibness. 
 
 GLIDE, v. To flow gently and silent- 
 ly ; to move swiftly and smoothly 
 along, pr. par. gliding; past, glided: 
 s. glider. 
 
 GLIM'MER. v. To shine faintly; to 
 be perceived imperfectly, pr. par. 
 glimmering ; past, glimmered : , s. 
 glimmer, glimmering. 
 
 GLIMPSE, s. A weak, faint light; 
 transitory lustre ; a short view. 
 
 GLISTEN, v. To shine; to sparkle 
 with light, pr. par. glistening; 
 past, glistened. 
 
 GLIT'TER. v. To shine; to exhibit 
 lustre ; to gleam, pr. par. glitter- 
 tri gV past, glittered: s. glitter: adv. 
 glitteringly. 
 
 GLOBE, s. A sphere, a ball; a round 
 body. adj. globose, globous, globu- 
 lar t s. globosity, pi. globosities. 
 
 GLOB'ULE. s. A very small globe, 
 adj. globulons. 
 
 GLOMERATE, v. To gather into ( 
 a ball or sphere, pr. par. glomer- 
 ating; past, glomcrated : s. glom- 
 €ration : adj. glomercnis. 
 
 GLO — GL17 
 
 i GLOOM, s. Imperfect darkness ; 
 obscurity; defect of light, adj. 
 gloomy : adv. gloomily : s. gloomi- 
 ness. 
 
 GLO'RIFY. v. To praise, to honour, 
 to extol, pr. par. glorifying; past, 
 glorified: s. glorification. 
 GLO'RY. s. Praise paid in adora- 
 tion ; honour, praise, fame, celeb- 
 rity, pi. glories: v. glory; pr. par. 
 glorying; past, gloried: adj. glo- 
 rious: adv. gloriously: s. glori- 
 ousness. 
 
 GLOSS, s. A comment, an explana- 
 tion, superficial lustre, a specious 
 representation, v. gloss ; pr. pai . 
 glossing; past, glossed : adj. glossy. 
 s. glossmess. 
 GLOS'SARY. s. A dictionary of ob- 
 scure or antiquated words, pi. 
 glossaries: adj. glossarial: s. glos- 
 sarist. 
 
 GLOSSOG'RAPHER. s. A scholiast, 
 a commentator, s. glossograp)\y y 
 pi. glossographies. 
 GLOVE, s. A cover for the haijd. 
 s. glover. 
 
 GLOW. v. To be heated, so as to 
 shine without flame ; to exhibit a 
 strong bright colour, pr. par. glow 
 ing; past, glowed: s. glow: adv 
 glowingly. 
 GLOWWORM. 5. A small creep 
 
 ing grub, with a luminous tail. 
 GLUE. s. A kind of cement, v. glue, 
 pr. par. gluing; past, glued: s. 
 gluer, glueyness: adj. gluey. 
 GLUM. adj. Sullen, stubbornly 
 
 grave, melancholy, dull. 
 GLUT. v. To swallow, to devour, 
 to cloy, to overfill, to load. pr. pai 
 glutting; past, glutted : s. glut. 
 GLU'TINATE. v. To join with glue, 
 to cement, pr. par. glutinating • 
 past, ghttinated: s. glutinatior»^ 
 glutinosity, pi. gluiinosities : adj. 
 glutinatiue, glutinous. 
 GLUT'TON. s. One who indulges 
 himself too much in eating, v. 
 gluttonize : pr. par. gluttonizing : 
 past, gluttonized : s. gluttony, pi. 
 
 168 
 
GNA — GOC 
 
 gluttonies: adj. gluttonous: adv 
 
 gluttonously. 
 GNASH, v. To strike together; to 
 
 clash; to grind or collide the 
 
 teeth, pr. par. gnashing; past, 
 
 gnashed. 
 GNAT. s. A small insect. 
 GNAW. v. To eat by degrees; to 
 
 wear away by biting ; to corrode. 
 
 pr. par. gnawing; past, gnawed: 
 
 s. gnawer. 
 GNOME, s. A brief reflection, worthy 
 
 to be remembered ; one of those 
 
 invisible people, who are fabled 
 
 to inhabit the inner parts of the 
 
 earth, and to fill it to the centre. 
 GNO'MON. s. The hand or pin of a 
 
 dial. 
 
 GNOMO'NICS. s. A science which 
 teaches to find the just proportion 
 of shadows for the construction 
 of all kinds of sun and moon-dials. 
 
 GNOS'TIC. s. One of a numerous 
 sect of christians, of the first cen 
 tury, who pretended to a high de- 
 gree of knowledge, and held ex- 
 travagant notions of religion. 
 
 GO. v. To proceed, to walk, to move 
 to travel, pr. par. going; past 
 gone: s. goer, going. 
 
 GOAD. s. A pointed instrument, 
 with which oxen are driven for- 
 ward, v. goad; pr. par. goadi 
 past, goaded. 
 
 GOAL. s. The landmark set up to 
 bound a race ; the point marked 
 out to which racers run. 
 
 GOAT. s. A ruminating animal. 
 
 GOAT'HERD. s. One whose em 
 ployment is to tend goats. 
 
 GOB'BET. s. A mouthful ; as much 
 as can be swallowed at once. 
 
 GOB'BLE. v. To swallow hastily, 
 with tumult and noise, pr. par 
 gobbling; past, gobbled: s. gobbler. 
 
 GO'-BETWEEN. s. One that trans- 
 acts business by running between 
 two parties. 
 
 GOB'LET. s. A large cup. 
 
 GOB'LIN. s. An evil spirit ; a fright- 
 ful phantom. 
 
 GC-CART. s. A machine in which 
 P 
 
 GOD— GOO 
 
 children are enclosed, to teacft 
 them to walk. 
 GOD. s. The Supreme Beir.g. adj. 
 godlike, godly: adv. godlily s. 
 godhead, godliness. 
 GOD'CHILD. s. A child for whom a 
 person became sponsor at baptism, 
 and promised to see educated as 
 a christian. 
 GOD'DESS. s. A female divinity, pi. 
 
 goddesses. 
 GOD'FATHER. s. A man who acts 
 
 as sponsor, at baptism. 
 GOD'MOTHER. s. A woman who 
 
 acts as sponsor, at baptism. 
 GOD'SON. s. A boy for whom a per- 
 son has been sponsor at the font. 
 GOG'GLES. s. Blinds for horses that 
 are apt to take fright; glassps 
 worn to defend the eye from dwM. 
 GOLD. s. One of the metals, adj. 
 golden. 
 
 GOLD'BE ATER. s. One whose oc 
 cupation is to beat or foliate gold. 
 GOLD'FINCH. s. A kind of singiig 
 
 bird. pi. goldfinches . 
 GOLD'SMITH. s. One who manu 
 
 factures gold. 
 GONDO LA, s. A boat much used m 
 
 Venice ; a small boat. 
 GONDOLI'ER. s. One that rows « 
 
 gondola. 
 GONE. Past par. of the v. to go. 
 GONG. s. A sonorous instrument, 
 of a circular form, made of brais, 
 which the Asiatics strike with a 
 large wooden mallet. 
 GOOD. adj. Not bad, not ill, prop- 
 er, fit, uncorrupted. s. good, good* 
 ness: adj. goodly: adv. good 
 GOOD-NA'TURE. s. Kindness; ha- 
 bitual benevolence, adj. goodna- 
 tured: adv. goodnaturedly. 
 GOODS, s. Moveables in a house; 
 
 merchandise. 
 GOO'DY. s. A low term of civility, 
 used to mean persons, pi. goodies. 
 GOOSE, s. A large waterfowl; a 
 tailor's smoothing-iron. pi. geese. 
 GOOSE'BERRY. s. A kind of small 
 
 fruit, pi. gooseberries. 
 GOOSE'CAP. s. A silly person. 
 
 169 
 
GOR— GOT 
 
 GORE. s. Blood effused from the 
 
 body ; blood clotted or congealed. 
 
 v. gore ; pr. par. goring ; past, 
 
 gored: adj. gory. 
 GORE. v. To stab, to pierce; to 
 
 pierce with a horn. pr. par. goring; 
 
 past, gored. 
 GORGE, s. The throat, the swallow. 
 
 v. gorge ; pr. par. gorging; past, 
 
 gorged. 
 
 GOR'GEOUS. adj. Fine, splendid, 
 showy, magnificent, adv. gorge- 
 ously: s. gorgeousness. 
 
 GOR'GET. s. A piece of armour 
 that defends the throat; a small 
 convex ornament, gilt or of sil- 
 ver, worn by the officers of foot, 
 upon their breasts. 
 
 GOR'GON. s. A monster with snaky 
 hairs, of which the sight turned 
 the beholders to stone, adj. gor- 
 gonian. 
 
 GOR'MAND, GOUR'MAND. s. A 
 greedy eater ; a ravenous, luxuri- 
 ous feeder, s. gormandize, gorman- 
 dizer. 
 
 GORMANDIZE, v. To play the glut- 
 ton, pr. par. gormandizing; past, 
 gormandized. 
 
 GOS'HAWK. s. A hawk of a large 
 kind. 
 
 GOS'LTNG. s. A young goose. 
 
 GOS'PEL. s. Glad tidings ; the holy 
 book of the christian revelation. 
 
 GOSSAMER. 5. The down of plants; 
 the long white cobwebs which fly 
 in the air in calm, sunny weather. 
 
 GOS'SIP. s. Mere tattle; trifling 
 talk. v. gossip ; pr. par. gossiping ; 
 past, gossiped. 
 
 GOSSOON', s. A lad; alow attend- 
 ant formerly in the wealthy fami- 
 lies among the Irish. 
 
 GOT. Fret, and past par. of the v. 
 to get. 
 
 GOTH. s. One of the uncivilized 
 people, who formerly lived in tht 
 northern part of Europe ; a bar- 
 barian, adj. got hie. 
 GOTHIC, s. A^kind of architecture, j 
 GOT'TEN. v. One of the past par. I 
 of git. \ 
 
 GOU— GftA 
 
 GOUGE, s. A kind of concave chiset 
 v. gouge ; pr. par. gouging ; past, 
 gouged. 
 
 GOULARD'. 5. An infusion of ace 
 
 tate of lead. 
 GOURD, s. A kind of plant. 
 GOUR'MAND. *. A glutton ; a greedy 
 
 feeder. 
 
 GOUR'NET. s. A kind of fish. 
 
 GOUT. 5. A kind of disease attended 
 with great pain. adj. gouty: s. gout- 
 iness. 
 
 iGOUT. 5. A taste, pronounced goo. 
 
 GOVERN, v. To rule, to regulate, 
 to direct, pr. par. governing; past, 
 governed: adj. governable: s. gov- 
 ernance, government, governor^ 
 governess, pi. governesses, govern 
 ante: ad), governmental. 
 
 GOWL. v. To howl. pr. par. gowl 
 ing; past, goviled. 
 
 GOWN. s. A woman's upper gar- 
 ment; a long upper garment, wt-'i 
 by persons of the learned profes 
 sions and by students, adj. gown d 
 
 GRAB'BLE. 'v. To grope; to f,>ei 
 eagerly with the hands, pr. p/ir 
 grabbling; past, grabbled. 
 
 GRACE. 5. Favour, kindness, fa- 
 vourable influence of God on ihfi 
 human mind; pardon; a short 
 prayer said before or after meat, 
 adj. graceless t adv. gracelessly. 
 
 GRACE, v. To adorn, to dignify, 
 to embellish, pr. par. gracing, 
 past, graced: ad), graceful: adv. 
 gracefully: s. gracefulness. 
 
 GRA'CIOUS. adj. Merciful, benev- 
 olent, favourable, adv. g?-aciously. 
 s. graciousness. 
 
 GRADA TION. 5. Regular progress 
 from one degree to another; order, 
 series. 
 
 GRADE. 5. Rank, degree. 
 
 GRAD'UAL. adj. Proceeding by de- 
 grees; advancing step by step, s 
 gradually, pi. gradualiiies : adv. 
 gradually. 
 
 GRADUATE, v. To dignify with * 
 degree in the university; to ob- 
 tain a degree : to mark with de 
 grees. pr. par. graduating: p&stj 
 170 
 
QRA— GRA 
 
 graduated: s. graduate, gradual 
 lion. 
 
 GRAFT, v. To insert a cion or 
 branch of one tree into the stock 
 of another ; to propagate by in- 
 sertion or inoculation, pr. par. 
 grafting; past, grafted: s. grafter. 
 GRAIN, s. A single seed of com ; 
 any minute particle ; a species of 
 weight; any thing proverbially 
 small ; temper ; disposition, &c. 
 GRAINS, s. The husks of malt ex- 
 
 hausted in brewing. 
 GRAMIN'EOUS. adj. Grassy. 
 GRAMINIVOROUS, adj. Grass-eat- 
 ing 5 living upon grass. 
 GRAM'MAR. s. The science of 
 speaking correctly ; the book that 
 treats of the various relations of 
 words to one another, s. gram- 
 marian: adj. grammatical: adv. 
 grammatically. 
 .GRAM' PUS. s. A kind o/large fish. 
 1. grampuses. 
 
 ANA'DO. s. A grenade, pi. gra- 
 nadoes. 
 
 ORAN'ARY. s. A store-house for 
 threshed corn. pi. granaries. 
 
 jGiRAN'ATE, GRAN'ITE. s. A kind 
 of mountain stone. 
 
 GRAND, adj. Great, illustrious, 
 splendid, magnificent, noble, adv. 
 grandly: s. grandness. 
 
 GRANDCHILD, s. The son or 
 daughter of a son or daughter. 
 
 GRAND'DAUGHTER.5. The daugh- 
 ter of a son or daughter. 
 
 GRANDEE', s. A man of great rank, 
 power, or dignity. 
 
 .GRAN'DEUR. s. Magnificence, 
 state, splendour of appearance. 
 
 GRANDFATHER, s. The father of 
 a father or mother. 
 
 GRANDILOQUENCE, s. High, lof- 
 ty, big speaking, adj. grandilo- 
 quous. 
 
 GRAND'MOTHER. s. The mother 
 
 of a father or mother. 
 GRAND'SIRE. s. Grandfather; any 
 
 ancestor, poetically. 
 GRANDSON, s. The son of a son or 
 
 daughter. 
 
 GRA-GRA 
 
 GRANGE, s. A farm ; generally, a 
 farm with a house at a distance 
 from neighbours ; a granary. 
 
 GRAN'ITE, GRAN'ATE. s. A kind 
 of mountain stone. 
 
 GRANJ V'OROUS. adj. Eating grain; 
 living upon grain. 
 
 GRANT, v. To admit that which is 
 not yet proved ; to allow, to yield, 
 pr. par. granting; past, granted: 
 s. grant, grantee, grantor. 
 
 GRAN' UL ATE. v. To be formed 
 into small grains, pr. par. granu- 
 lating; past, granulated : s. gran- 
 ulation, granule: adj. granulary, 
 granulous. 
 
 GRAPE, s. The fruit of the vine, 
 growing in clusters. 
 
 GRAPE'-SHOT. s. A kind of small 
 shot, discharged from a cannon. 
 
 GRAPHIC, GRAPHICAL, adj. 
 Relating to engraving; well de- 
 lineated, adv. graphically. 
 
 GRAPNEL, s. A small anchor be- 
 longing to a little vessel ; a grap- 
 pling iron. 
 
 GRAPPLE, v. To contend by seiz- 
 ing ; to contest in close fight, pr. 
 par. grappling; past, grappled: s. 
 grapple. 
 
 GRASS, s. The common herbage of 
 
 the field, pi. grasses: adj. grassy, 
 
 grassless: s. grassiness. 
 GRASS'HOPPER. s. A small insept. 
 GRASS'-PLOT. s. A small, level 
 
 piece of ground, covered with 
 
 grass. 
 
 GRASP, v. To hold in the hand; 
 to gripe, to seize, pr. par. grasp- 
 ing; past, grasped: s. grasp, 
 grasper. 
 
 GRATE, s. A partition made with 
 bars placed near to one another, 
 or crossing each other ; the range 
 of bars within which fires are 
 made. v. grate; pr. par. grating, 
 past, grated: s. grating. 
 
 GRATE, v. To rub hard, so as to 
 injure or offend ; to make a harsh 
 noise, pr. par. grating; past, 
 grated: s. grater: adv. gratingly. 
 
 171 
 
 E GR 
 
GRA— GRE 
 
 GRE-GRE 
 
 GRATEFUL, adj. Having a due 1 
 sense of benefits ; pleasing, de- 
 lightful, adv. gratefully: s. grate- 
 fulness. 
 
 GRATIFICATION, s. The act of 
 pleasing ; pleasure ; delight ; re- 
 ward, x. gratify; pr. par. gratify-, 
 ing ; past, gratified: s. gratifer. 
 
 GRATING, s. A partition made 
 with bars placed near to one an- 
 other. 
 
 GRATIS, adv. For nothing ; with- 
 out a recompense. 
 
 GRATITUDE, s. Duty to benefac- 
 tors ; desire to return benefits. 
 
 GRATU'ITOUS. adj. Voluntary; 
 granted without claim or reward, 
 adv. gratuitously: s. gratuity, pi. 
 gratuities. 
 
 GRATULATION. s. Salutations 
 made by expressing joy ; express 
 sion of joy. adj. gratulatory. 
 
 GRAVE, s. A place in the ground 
 in which the dead are deposited. 
 
 GRAVE, v. To dig; to carve a fig- 
 ure or inscription in any hard sub- 
 stance, pr. par. graving; past, 
 graved : s. graver. 
 
 CRAVE, adj. Solemn, serious, so- 
 ber, adv. gravely: s. gravity , pi. 
 gravities. 
 
 GRAVEL, s. Hard sand. v. gravel; 
 pr. par. graveling; past, graveled: 
 adj. gravelly. 
 
 GRAVE-STONE, s. A stone placed, 
 aver a grave. 
 
 GRAVITATE, v. To tend to the' 
 centre of attraction, pr. par. grav- 
 itating; past, gravitated: s. grav- 
 itation, gravity, pi. gravities. 
 
 GRAY. adj. White, with a mixture 
 of black, adj. grayish: s. gray- 1 
 ness. 
 
 GRAZE, v. To eat grass; to feed' 
 on grass ; to touch lightly, pr.par.i 
 grazing; past, grazed: s. grazer, | 
 grazier. 
 
 GREASE, s. The soft part of the' 
 fat. v. grease ; pr. par. greasing : 
 past, gi-eased: adj. greasy: adv.| 
 greasily: s- gr easiness* 
 
 GREAT, adj. Large in bulk or nam 
 ber; chief, principal, s. great, 
 greatness: adv. greatly. 
 
 GREAVE. s. A groove. 
 
 GREAVES, s. Armour for the legs 
 a sort of boots. 
 
 GRECIAN, adj. Relating to th. 
 country of Greece. 
 
 GRE'CI SM. s. An idiom of the Greek 
 language. 
 
 GREEDY, adj. Ravenous, voracious, 
 eager, adv . greedily : s. greediness. 
 
 GREEK, adj. Belonging to Greece. 
 
 GREEN, adj. Having a colour form- 
 ed commonly by compounding 
 blue and yellow, v. green; pr. par. 
 greening; past, greened: adj. 
 greenish: s. green, greenness. 
 
 GREENGA'GE. s. A species of 
 plum. 
 
 GREENGRO'CER. s. A retailer of 
 
 greens. 
 
 GREEN'HORN. s. A youth easily 
 imposed upon. 
 
 GREEN'HOUSE. s. A house in which 
 tender plants are sheltered from 
 the weather. 
 
 GREEN'-ROOM. s. A room near the 
 stage, to which actors retire, dur- 
 ing the intervals of the play. 
 
 GREET, v. To address at meeting; 
 to salute, pr. par. greeting ; past, 
 greeted: s. greeter. 
 
 GRE'GAL. adj. Belonging to a flock. 
 
 GREGA'RIAN. adj. Of the common 
 sort: ordinary. 
 
 GREGA'RIOUS. adj. Going in flocks 
 or herds, adv. gregariously: s. 
 gi-egariousncss. 
 
 GREGO'RIAN. adj. Belonging to 
 the style or method of computa- 
 tion instituted by Pope Gregory 
 in 1582. 
 
 GRENA'DE, GRENA'DO. s. A hoi- 
 low ball of metal, filled with com- 
 bustibles. 
 
 GRENADFER. s. A tall foot-?ol 
 dier, whose duty formerly consist 
 ed in throwing hand-grenades. 
 
 GREW. Preterit of the v. to grow. 
 
 GREY. edj. See Gbay. 
 
 1T2 
 
GRE— GRI 
 
 GUEY'HOUND. s. A species of dog, 
 for the chase. 
 
 GRIDIRON, s. A portable grate, on 
 which meat is broiled. 
 
 GRIEF, s. Sorrow, grievance, pain, 
 adj. gr iefless. 
 
 GRIEVE, v. To afflict,, to hurt, to 
 lament, pr. par. grieving,- past, 
 grieved: s. griever, grievance : adj. 
 grievous: adv. griecingly, griev- 
 ously. 
 
 GRiF'FIN, GRIF'FON. s. A fabled 
 animal, said to be generated be- 
 tween a lion and an eagle. 
 
 GRIG. s. A merry creature ; -a small 
 
 GRILLA'DE. s. Any thing broiled 
 on the gridiron. 
 
 GR^M. adj. Having a countenance 
 of Urror ; horrible, hideous, ugly. 
 ^ adv. grimly: s. grimness. 
 
 GRIMA'CE. 5. A distortion of the 
 countenance, from habit, affecta- 
 tion, or inso\^nce. 
 
 GPJMAL'KIN. 5. The name of a cat. 
 
 (mRPMY. adj. Dirtj, cloudy. 
 
 I RIN. v. To set the b^eth together, 
 and withdraw the Hps. pr. par. 
 grinning; past, grinned,. s . grin, 
 grinner: adv. grinningly. 
 
 (iMNB. v. To reduce to powc^r by 
 friction ; to sharpen or smooth by 
 rubbing on something hard. p Y . 
 par. grinding; past, ground: s. 
 grimier. 
 
 GRIND'STONE. 5. A stone for sharp- 
 ening ec'ged instruments. 
 
 GRIPE, v. To hold with the fingers 
 closed ; to seize ; to pinch, pr. 
 par. griping; past, griped: s. 
 gripe, griper: adv. gripingly. 
 
 GRISETT'E. s. In France, the wife 
 or daughter of a tradesman. 
 
 GRIS'KIN. s. The vertebrae of a hog. 
 
 GTRIS'LY. adj. Dreadful, hideous, 
 frightful. 
 
 GRISONS'. 5. Inhabitants of the 
 mountainous ^arts of the Alps, in 
 Ttalv. 
 
 &RIST. s. Corn to be ground ; sup- 
 
 GRI— GRO 
 
 jGRIST'LE. s. A cartilage, adj, 
 
 gristly. 
 
 GRIT. s. The coarse part of meal j 
 
 sand; rough, hard particles, adj. 
 
 gritty : s. grittiness. 
 GRIZ'ZLE. 5. A mixture of white 
 
 ancl black; gray. adj. grizzled, 
 
 grizzly. 
 
 GROAN, v. To breathe with a hoarse 
 
 noise, as in agony or pain. pr. par. 
 
 groaning; past, groaned: s. groan, 
 
 groaning. 
 GROAT. 5. A small piece of money, 
 
 valued at four pence. 
 GROATS, s. Oats that have the 
 
 hulls taken off. 
 GRO'CER. s. One who sells tea, 
 
 sugar, wine* &c. s. grocery, pL 
 
 groceries. 
 GROG. s. Gin and water, or any 
 
 spirit and water, adj. groggy. 
 GROIN, s. The part next above the 
 
 thigh. 
 
 GROOM, s. A boy, a waiter, a ser- 
 vant ; a man newly married. 
 
 GROOVE, v. To cut hollow, pr. par. 
 grooving; past, grooved: s. groove, 
 groover. 
 
 GROPE, v. To feel where one can- 
 not see. pr. par. groping; past, 
 groped: s. groper. 
 
 GROSS, adj. Thick, bulky, shame 
 ful, enormous, impure, inelegant 
 s. gross, grossness : adv. grossly. 
 
 GROT, GROT'TO. s. A cave; 
 cavern for coolness and pleasure, 
 
 GROTESQUE', adj. Of a distorted 
 figure; unnatural, adv. grotesquely. 
 
 GROUND. s . The earth, land, coun- 
 ty* region, foundation, v. ground; 
 pr. par. grounding ; past, ground- 
 ed. 
 
 GROUND'-FLOOR. s. The lower 
 part of a house. 
 
 GROUND'-PLOT. s. The ground on 
 which anv building is placed. 
 
 GROUND'-RENT. s. Rent paid for 
 the privilege of building on an- 
 other man's ground. 
 
 GROUND'LESS. adj. Void of rear 
 son; wanting ground, adv. ground- 
 lessly: s. groundlessness. 
 
 m 
 
GRO — GRU 
 
 GROUNDLING, s. A fish which 
 keeps at the bottom of the water, 
 — hence, one of the vulgar. 
 
 GROUNDSEL, s. A species of plant. 
 
 GROUNDWORK. 5. The first stra- 
 tum; first principle; the first part 
 of an undertaking. 
 
 GROUP, s. A cluster, a collection, 
 a number thronged together, v. 
 group; pr. par. grouping; past, 
 grouped. 
 
 GROUSE, s. A kind of fowl; a 
 heathcock. 
 
 GROUT. 5>. Coarse meal; pollard; 
 very thin, coarse mortar, v. grout; 
 pr. par. grouting; past, grouted. 
 
 GROVE, s. A small wood or place, 
 set with trees. 
 
 GROVEL, v. To lie prone; to creep 
 low on the ground ; to be mean, 
 pr. par. groveling; past, groveled: 
 s. groveller. 
 
 GROW. v. To vegetate ; to increase 
 by vegetation, pr. par. growing ; 
 past, grown: s. grower. 
 
 CrROW T L. v. To snarl like an angry 
 cur; to murmur; to grumble, pr. 
 par. growling; past, groxoled: s. 
 growl, growler. 
 
 GROWTH. 5. Vegetation; vegetable 
 life; product. 
 
 GRUB. v. To dig ; to root out of the 
 ground, pr. par. grubbing ; past, 
 grubbed: s. grub, grubber. 
 
 G RUB. s. A kind of small worm- 
 
 GRUDGE, v. To envy ; to give or 
 take unwillingly, pr. par. grudg- 
 ing; past, grudged: s. grudge, 
 grudger, grudging: adv. grudg- 
 ingly. 
 
 GRU'EL. s. Food made by boiling 
 
 meal in water. 
 GRUFF, adj. Of sour aspect; of 
 
 harsh manners, adv. gruffly: s. 
 
 grujpness. 
 GRUM. adj. Sour, surly, severe, adv. 
 
 grumly. 
 
 GRUM'BLE. v. To murmur with 
 discontent; to growl, pr. par. 
 grumbling; past, grumbled: 
 
 GRU— GUI 
 
 grumbler, grumbling: adv. grumb? 
 
 lingly. 
 
 GRUNT, v. To murmur like a hog; 
 to groan, pr. par. grunting; past^ 
 grunted: s. grunt, grunter, grunt- 
 ing: adv. gruntingly. 
 GRYTHON. s. See Griffon. 
 GUA'IACUM. s. A medicinal wood. 
 GUARANTEE'. *. A person who un- 
 dertakes to see stipulations per- 
 formed, v. guarantee; pr. par. 
 guaranteeing; past, guaranteed. 
 GUARD, v. To watch by way of de- 
 ' fence or security; to protect: to 
 defend, pr. par. guarding; past, 
 guarded: s. guard, guar der : adj. 
 guardful, guardless: adv. guard- 
 edly. 
 
 GUAR'DANT. adj. Exercising the 
 authority of a guardian ; (i* her- 
 aldry) having the face t^»ed to- 
 wards the spectator. 
 GUAR'DIAN. s. One has the 
 care of an orphan, one to whom 
 the care and preservation of any 
 thing are committed, s. guardian- 
 ship. 
 
 GUARD'-RQOM. s. A room in which 
 those who are appointed to watch, 
 assemble. 
 GUBERNATORIAL, adj. Relating 
 
 or belonging to government. 
 G^D'GEON. s. A small fish. 
 GUERDON, s. A reward, a recom- 
 pense. 
 
 GUESS, v. To conjecture ; to judge 
 without any certain principles of 
 judgment, pr. par. guessing ; past. 
 guessed : s. guess, pi. guesses, guess- 
 er : adv. guessingly. 
 GUEST, s. One entertained in the 
 house, ov at the table of another. 
 GUG'GLE. v. To sound as water 
 running with intermissions out of 
 a narrow-mouthed vessel, pr. par. 
 guzzling; past, guggled. 
 GUIDE, v. To direct, to influence, to 
 instruct, pr. par. guiding: past, 
 guided 1 s. guide, guider, guidance. 
 adj. guidable, guideless. 
 (GUILD, s. A society, a corporation, 
 a fraternity, a town -hall- 
 
GUI— GU* 
 
 GUILDHALL', s. T^e hall in which 
 a corporation *sually assembles ; 
 a town-hall. 
 
 GIJILE. s. Deceitful cunning; insid- 
 ious art* lce - ad j- guileful, guile- 
 less: p^ v : guilefully: s. guileful- 
 nesa guilelessness. 
 
 QU^LOTI'NE. s , a machine for 
 separating the head from the body 
 at one stroke, v. guillotine; pr. 
 par. guillotining; past, guillotined. 
 
 GUILT, s. Crime, offence, sin. adj 
 guilty, guiltless: adv. guiltily, 
 guiltlessly: s. guiltiness, guiltless- 
 ness. 
 
 GUIN'EA. s. A country in Africa; a 
 gold coin, value 21 shillings ster- 
 ling. 
 
 GUISE. 5. Manner, mien, habit. 
 
 GUITAR', s. A stringed musical in- 
 strument. 
 
 GULF. s. A bay; an opening into 
 land. 
 
 GULL. s. A cheat, a fraud, a trick, 
 a kind of sea-bird. v. gull; pr. par. 
 gulling; past, gulled : b. gutter. 
 
 GUL'LET. s. The throat; the oesoph- 
 agus. 
 
 GULP. v. To swallow eagerly, pr. 
 par. gulping; past, gulped: s.gulp. 
 
 GULPH. s. See Gulf. 
 
 GUM. s. A glutinous vegetable sub- 
 stance; the fleshy covering that 
 contains the teeth, adj. gummy, 
 s. gumminess, gummosity, pi. gum 
 mosities. 
 
 GUN. s. The general name for fire- 
 arms, v. gun; pr. par. gunning 
 past, gunned : s. gunner, gunnery, 
 pi. gunneries. 
 
 GUNNEL, s. See Gunwale. 
 
 GUN'POYVDER. s. The powder put 
 into guns to be fired. 
 
 GUN'ROOM. s r The place, on board 
 a ship, where arms are deposited 
 
 GUN'SHOT. s. The reach or range 
 of a gun ; the distance to which 
 a shot can be thrown; shot dis- 
 charged from a gun. 
 
 GUN— GYR 
 
 GUN'SMITH. s. A man whose trade 
 is to make guns. 
 
 GUN' WALE, GUN'NEL. s. That 
 piece of timber which reaches on 
 each side of a ship, from the half- 
 deck to the forecastle. 
 
 GUR'GLE. v. To fall or gush with 
 noise, as water from a bottle, pr. 
 par. gurgling; past, gurgled. 
 
 GUR'NET. s. A kind of fish. 
 
 GUSH. v. To flow or rush out with 
 violence, pr. par. gushing; past, 
 gushed: s. gush. 
 
 GUS'SET. s. An angular piece of 
 cloth, sewn at the upper end of 
 the sleeve of a shirt or shift. 
 
 GUST. s. Sense of tasting; height 
 of perception ; a sudden, violent 
 blast of wind. adj. gusty. 
 
 GUT. s. The stomach ; the recep- 
 tacle of food. v. gut ; pr. par. gut- 
 ting; past, gutted. 
 
 GUT'TER. s. A passage for water; 
 a small longitudinal hollow. 
 
 GUT'TLE. v. To feed luxuriously; 
 to gormandize, pr. par. guttling ; 
 past, guttled : s. guttler. 
 
 GUTTURAL, adj. Pronounced in 
 the throat; belonging to the throat. 
 
 GUZ'ZLE. v. To gormandize; to 
 swallow any liquor greedily, pr. 
 par. guzzling; past, guzzled: s. 
 guzzler. * 
 
 GYMNA'SIUM. s. Formerly a place 
 for athletic exercises; any place 
 of exercise, adj. gymnastic: adv, 
 gymnastically. 
 
 GYMOS;OPHiST. s. One of a seel 
 of Indian philosophers, who went 
 naked. 
 
 GYPSUM, s. The name of a class 
 of fossils: the plaster^stone, call- 
 ed, bv chymists, sulphate of lime. 
 
 GYPSY. f , See Gipsy.' 
 
 GYRATION. 5. The act of turning 
 any thing about; one revolution. 
 
 GYRE. s. A circle described by any 
 thing moving in an orbit. 
 
 GY'ROMANCY. s. A sort of divina- 
 tion, performed by walking. 
 
 175 
 
HA—HAG 
 
 \\A. int. An expression of wonder, 
 
 or surprise. 
 ^AB'ERDASHER. s. One who sells 
 
 small wares, s. haberdashery, pi 
 
 haberdasheries. 
 HAB'ERGEON. 5. Armour to cover 
 
 the neck and breast. 
 HABILIMENT, s. Dress, clothes 
 
 garment. 
 
 HAB'IT. s. State of any thing— as 
 a habit of body ; dress ; accoutre- 
 ment; effect of custom, v. habit; 
 pr. par. habiting; past, habited. 
 
 HABITATION, s. Place of abode 
 dwelling, adj. habitable. 
 
 HABIT UATE, v. To accustom ; to 
 use one's self by frequent repeti 
 tion. pr. par. habituating; past, 
 habituated: adj. habitual: adv. ha- 
 bitually. 
 
 HABITUDE, s. Relation, respect, 
 familiarity, long custom. 
 
 HACK. v. To cut into small pieces ; 
 to chop. pr. par. hacking; past, 
 hacked : s. hack. 
 
 HACK, HACK'NEY. 5. A horse let 
 out for hire. v. hack; pr. par. 
 hacking; past, hacked. 
 
 HACK'LE. 1). To dress-flax ; to sep- 
 arate ; to tear asunder, pr. par. 
 hackling; past, hackled: s. hackle. 
 
 HACK'LE. 5. A flv for angling. 
 
 HACK'NEY. s. A hired horse; a 
 horse for common use. v. hack- 
 ney; pr. par. hackneying; past, 
 hackneyed. 
 
 HAD. Pret. and past par. of the v. 
 to have. 
 
 HAD'DOCK. s. A kind of fish. 
 HAFT. s. A handle; that part of 
 
 an instrument that is taken into 
 
 the hand. v. haft: pr. par. hafting 
 
 past, ha/ted: s. hafter. 
 HAG. s. A witch ; an enchantress 
 
 a fury. 
 
 HAGGARD, adj. Wild, lean, rug- 
 ged, adv. haggardly : s. haggard- 
 ness. 
 
 PAG'GARD. s A stack-yard. 
 
 HAG-iul 
 
 HAG'GESS. s. A ma^ 0 f meat-, 
 generally pork chopped m $ 
 closed in a membrane. £ h n g 
 
 gesses. 
 
 HAG'GLE. v. To cut, to chop, to 
 mangle, pr. par. haggling; pa^, 
 haggled: s. haggler. 
 HAGIOG'RAPHER. s. A holy wri- 
 ter. 
 
 HAIL. s. Drops of rain, frozen in 
 their falling, v. hail; pr. par. hail 
 ing; past, hailed: s. hailstone. 
 HAIL. int. A term of salutation, v. 
 
 hail; pr. par. hailing; past, hailed. 
 HAIR. s. One of the common tegu- 
 ments; a single hair. adj. hairy, 
 hairless: s. hairiness. 
 HA I R'BR A IN ED. adj. Wild, irreg- 
 ular, unsteady. 
 HAIR'BREADTH. s. A vorv amal] 
 distance; the diameter of a hair. 
 HAIR'CLOTH. .v. Stuffmade of hair. 
 HAKE. s. A kind offish. 
 HAL'BERD, HAL'BERT. s. A bat- 
 tle-axe, fixed to a long pole. s. 
 halberdier. 
 HAL'CYON. 
 peaceful. 
 
 HALE. adj. Healthy, sound, hearty, 
 
 uninjured. 
 HALF. s. A moietv ; an equal part. 
 
 pi. halves: adv. half. 
 HALF-BLOOD', s. A person of the 
 half-blood, is one not born of the 
 same father and mother. 
 HALF-MOON'. 5. The moon in its 
 I appearance, when at half increase, 
 
 or decrease. 
 HALF'PENNY. s. A copper coin. 
 I pi. halfpence, halfpennies. 
 HALF-SEAS-O'YER. adj. A prover- 
 bial expression for anyone far ad- 
 vanced: commonly used for one 
 half drunk. 
 HALF-SIGHT'ED. adj. Seeing im- 
 perfectly. 
 HALF-WAY', adv. In the middle. 
 
 176 
 
 adj. Placid, quiet, 
 
HAL— HAM 
 
 HALF-WIT TED, adj. Imperfectly 
 furnished with intellect. 
 
 HALIBUT, s. A sort of fish. 
 
 HALL. s. A court of justice; the 
 public room of a corporation ; the 
 first large room of a house. 
 
 HALLELU'JAH. s.A songof thanks- 
 giving. 
 
 HALLIARDS, HAL' YARDS, s. 
 Ropes or tackle employed to hoist 
 or lower a sail. 
 
 HALLOO', int. A word of encour- 
 agement, when dogs are let loose 
 on their game. y. halloo; pr. par. 
 nallooing; past, hallooed: s. hal- 
 looing. 
 
 IIAL'LOW. v. To consecrate; to 
 make holy. pr. par. hallowing; 
 past, hallowed. 
 
 •lALLU'CINATE. v. To stumble; 
 to blunder, pr. par. hallucinating ; 
 past, hallucinated: s. hallucination. 
 
 iA'LO. s. A red circle round the 
 sun or moon. 
 
 .J ALT. v. To limp, to hesitate, to 
 falter, pr. par. halting; past, 
 halted: adj. halt: s. halt, halter: 
 adv. haltingly. 
 
 J AL'TER. s. A rope to hang male- 
 factors ; a cord. v. halter; pr. par. 
 haltering; past, haltered. 
 
 HALVE, v. To divide into two 
 parts, pr. par. halving; past, halv- 
 ed. 
 
 HAM. s. The hip ; the thigh of a 
 hog, salted. 
 
 HAM'ADRYAD. s. One of those 
 wood-nymphs of antiquity, who 
 were feigned to live and die with 
 the trees to which they were at- 
 tached. 
 
 HAM'ATED. adj. Hooked ; set with 
 hooks. 
 
 HAMES. 5. The collar by which a 
 
 hor^e draws. 
 HAM' LET. 5. A small village. 
 HAM'MER. 5. An instrument to 
 
 drive nails, &c. v. hammer; pr. par. 
 
 hammering; past, hammered: s. 
 
 hammerer. 
 HAM'MERCLOTH. The cloth 
 
 that covers a coach-box. 
 
 HAM-HAN 
 
 HAM' MOCK. .s. A swinging bed. 
 
 HAM' PER. s. A large basket. 
 
 HAM'PER. v. To shackle, to entan 
 gle, to ensnare, to complicate, pr. 
 par. hampering ; past, hampered. 
 
 HAMSTRING, s. The tendon of 
 the ham. v. hamstring; pr. par. 
 hamstringing ; past, hamstrung. 
 
 HAND. .9. The palm, with the fin- 
 gers; a palm. v. hand; pr. par. 
 handing; past, handed. 
 
 HAND'-BARROW. s. A frame on 
 which any thing is carried by the 
 hands, without wheeling on the 
 ground. 
 
 HAND CUFF, s. A manacle ; a fet- 
 ter for the wrist, v. handcuff; pr. 
 par. handcuffing; past, handcuff- 
 ed. 
 
 HAND'FUL. s. As much as the hand 
 
 can contain. 
 HAND'GALLOP. 5. A slow, easy 
 
 gallop. 
 
 HAND-GRENA'DE. s. See Grenado 
 and Grenade. 
 
 HANDICRAFT, s. Manual occu- 
 pation ; a man who lives by man- 
 ual labour, s. handicraftsman. 
 
 HAND'KERCHIEF. s. A piece of 
 cloth, used to wipe the face, or 
 cover the neck. 
 
 HAND'LE. v. To touch; to feel 
 with the hand; to manage, pr. 
 par. handling; past, handled: s. 
 handle: adj. handless. 
 
 HAND'MAID. s. A maid that waits 
 at hand. 
 
 HAND'MILL. s. A mill moved by 
 
 the hand. 
 HAND'SAW. s. A saw managed by 
 
 the hand. 
 HAND'SEL. s. The first act of using 
 
 anything; the first act of sale. v. 
 
 handsel; pr. par. handseling; past, 
 
 handseled. 
 HAND'SOME. adj. Beautiful, grace- 
 
 ful, elegant, adv. handsomely: s. 
 
 handsomeness. 
 HAND'S PIKE. s. A kind of wooden 
 
 lever, to move great weights. 
 HAND'TlCE. s. A vice for holding 
 ] emsil work. 
 
 177 
 
HAN— HAR 
 
 HAND' WRITING, s. A cast or form i 
 of writing peculiar to each hand ; 
 any writing. 
 
 HAND'Y. adj. Ready, dextrous, skil- 
 £ul. adv. handily: s. handiness. 
 
 HAND'Y WORK. s. Work of the 
 hand; product of labour; manu- 
 facture. 
 
 HANG. v. To suspend ; to fasten in 
 such a manner as to be sustained 
 not below, but above, pr. par. 
 hanging; past, hung: s. hanger, 
 flanging. 
 
 HANG'ER. s. A short curved sword; 
 a short broad sword. 
 
 HANG'MAN. s. A public execu- 
 tioner, pi. hangmen. 
 
 HANK. s. A skein of thread, a tie. 
 y. hank ; pr. par. hanking ; past, 
 hanked. 
 
 HANK'ER. v. To long importunate- 
 ly, pr. par. hankering; past, hank- 
 ered: s. hankering. 
 
 HANSEAT'IC. adj. Relating to the 
 Hanse-towns. 
 
 jlAP. s. Chance, fortune, accident. 
 
 HAP'LESS. adj. Unhappy, unfortu- 
 nate, luckless. 
 
 HAPLY, adv. Perhaps, peradven- 
 ture, by chance. 
 
 HAPTEN, v. To chance ; to come 
 to pass. pr. par. happening ; past, 
 happened. 
 
 HAP'PY. adj. In a state of felicity ; 
 lucky; successful, adv. happily; 
 s. happiness. 
 
 HA'RAM, HA'REM. s. A seraglio ; 
 the women's apartment in the 
 east. 
 
 HARANGUE', s. A speech ; a pop- 
 ular oration, v. harangue; pr. par. I 
 haranguing ; past, harangued: s. 
 haranguer. 
 
 HARASS', v. To weary, to fatigue, 
 pr. par. harassing; past, harassed: 
 s. fiarassei*. 
 
 HARBINGER. 5. A forerunner, a 
 precursor. 
 
 HARBOUR. 9. A lodgir.?; a place 
 of entertainment : a port or haven 
 for shipping v. harbour: }.<•. p dr . 
 
 HAR— HAR 
 
 harbouring; past, harboured: a. 
 
 harbourage, harbourer. 
 HARD. adj. Firm ; resisting pener 
 
 tration or separation ; difficult. 
 
 adv. hard, hardly: v. harden; pr. 
 
 par. hardening ; past, hardened: s. 
 
 hardener, hardness. 
 HARD'EARNED. adj. Earned with 
 
 difficultv. 
 HARD'FAVOURED. adj. Of coarse 
 
 features. 
 
 HARD'FISTED. adj. Covetous, 
 close-handed. 
 
 HARD'FOUGHT. adj. Vehemently 
 contested. 
 
 HARD'GOTTEN. adj. Obtained by 
 great labour, and pains. 
 
 HARDHEARTED, adj. Cruel, in- 
 exorable, merciless, s. hardliearU 
 edness. 
 
 HARDIHOOD, s. Stoutness, brave- 
 ry- 
 
 HARD'LABOURED. adj. Elaborate, 
 studied. 
 
 H ARD'MOU THED. adj. Disobedi- 
 ent to the rein ; not sensible of 
 the bit. 
 
 HARDSHIP, s. Injury, oppression, 
 
 fatigue. 
 
 HARD'WARE. s. Manufactures of 
 metal. 
 
 HARD'Y. adj. Bold, brave, stout, 
 daring, strong, s. hardiness. 
 
 HARE. s. A kind of small quadru- 
 ped. 
 
 HARE'BELL. s. A species of flower. 
 
 HARE'BRAINED. adj. Volatile, un ? 
 settled, wild. 
 
 HARE'LIP. s. A fissure in the up- 
 per lip. adj. harelipped. 
 
 HAR'ICOT. s. A kind of ragout, 
 pronounced har'ico. 
 
 HAR'IER. s. A dog for hunting 
 hires. 
 
 HARK. int. List! hear! listen!' 
 
 HARLEQUIN, s. A buffoon who 
 plays tricks to divert the popu- 
 lace. 
 
 HART.OT. S. A whore, a strumpet, 
 a base person, s. harlotry, pi. har- 
 lotries. 
 
 HA KM. s. Injun', crime, mischief 
 178 
 
HAR— HAS 
 
 detriment, adj. harmful, harmless. 
 adv. harmfully, harmlessly: s. 
 harmlessness. 
 
 HAS— HAU 
 
 HARMON'IC,H ARMON'ICAL. adj 
 Relating to music; concordant 
 musical, adv. harmonically. 
 
 HAR'MONY. s. The just adaption 
 of one part to another; musical 
 concord ; concord, pi. harmonies.- 
 y. harmonize; pr. par. harmoniz- 
 ing; past, harmonized: s. harmon- 
 ist, harmonizer, harmonious nes s : 
 adj. harmonious: adv. harmoni- 
 
 , ously. 
 
 HAR'NESS. s. Armour; the traces 
 &c. of draught horses, v. harness; 
 pr. par. harnessing ; past, harness- 
 
 i ed: s. harnesser. 
 
 HARP. s. A kind of stringed musical 
 instrument, v. harp; pr. par. harp- 
 ing; past, harped: s. harper. 
 
 HARPOON', s. A harping iron, used 
 in whalefishing. s. harpooner, har- 
 ponier. 
 
 HARPSICHORD, s. A kind of mu- 
 sical instrument. 
 
 HAR'PY. s. A fabled bird. pi. har 
 pies.- 
 
 HAR'RIDAN. s. A decayed strum 
 pet. 
 
 HAR' ROW. s. An instrument used 
 for fitting the ground for seed, and 
 then covering the seed. v. harrow; 
 pr. par. harroiving; past, karrow- 
 ed: s. harrower. 
 
 HAR'RY. v. To teaze, to ruffle : in 
 Scotland, it signifies to plunder, 
 pr. par. harrying; past, harried. 
 
 HARSH, adj. Austere, rough, un- 
 pleasiiig. adv. harshly: s. harsh- 
 ness. 
 
 HART. s. A male deer. 
 
 HARTSHORN, s. A drug made of 
 the horns of the deer. 
 
 HAR'VEST. s. The season of reap- 
 ing, and gathering in grain, v. 
 harvest; pr. par. harvesting; past, 
 harvested: s harvester. 
 
 H AS. v. The third person sing, of 
 the v. have. 
 
 HASH. v. To mince ; to chop into 
 
 small pieces, pr. par. hashing, 
 past, hashed: s. hash, pi. hashes. 
 HAS'LET. s. The heart, liver, and 
 lights, of a hog, with the wind- 
 pipe, &c. 
 HASP. s. A clasp folded over a sta- 
 ple, v.hasp; pr. par. hasping; past, 
 hasped. 
 
 HAST. v. The second person sing. 
 
 of the v. have. 
 HASTE, s. Hurry, speed, nimble- 
 ness, precipitation, v. haste, hasten; 
 pr. par. hasting, hastening; past, 
 hasted, hastened: s. hastener, hasti- 
 ness: adj. hasty: adv. hastily. 
 HAT. s. A cover for the head. adj. 
 hatted. 
 
 HAT'BAND. s. A string tied round 
 a hat. 
 
 HATCH, v. To produce young from 
 eggs ; to quicken the egg, by in- 
 cubation, pr. par. hatching ; pasty 
 hatched: s. hatcher. 
 HATCH'ES. s. The doors or open- 
 ings in the deck of a ship. 
 HATCH'ET. s. A small axe v 
 HATCH'MENT. s. An armorial es- 
 cutcheon, exhibited on the hearse 
 at funerals, and sometimes hung 
 up in churches. 
 HATCH' WAY. s. The way over or 
 
 through the hatches. 
 HATE. v. To detest, to" abhor, to 
 abominate, pr. par. hating; past, 
 hated: s. hate, hater: adj: hateful: 
 adv. hatefully: s. hatefulness. 
 HATRED, s. Hate, ill-will, malig- 
 
 nitv, abhorrence. 
 HATTER. 5. A manufacturer of 
 hats. 
 
 HAU'BERK. s. A coat of mail with- 
 out sleeves. 
 HAUGH. 5. A little meadow lying 
 
 in a valley. 
 HAUGHT'Y. adj. Proud, insolent, 
 arrogant, adv. haughtily: s. haugh- 
 tiness. 
 
 HAUL. v. To pull, to draw, to drag 
 by violence, pr. par. hauling ; past, 
 hauled: s. haul. 
 HAUNCH, s. The thigh, the hip, 
 the rear. pi. haunches. 
 
 179 
 
HAU— HEA 
 
 HAUNT, v. To frequent; to be 
 much about any place or person, 
 pr. par. haunting; past, haunted: 
 s. haunt, haunter. 
 
 HAUTBOY, s. A kind of wind in- 
 strument, pronounced ho' -boy. 
 
 HAUTE' UR. s. iride, insolence, 
 haughtiness. 
 
 HAUT-GOUT'. s. Any thing with a 
 strong relish, or with a strong 
 scent, pronounced ho-goo'. 
 
 HAVE. v. To possess, pr. par. hav- 
 ing; past, had. 
 
 HA'VEN. s. A port; a harbour; a 
 station for ships ; a shelter. 
 
 HAV ERSACK, s. A kind of coarse 
 bag, . in which soldiers carry pro- 
 visions. 
 
 HAVOC, s. Waste ; wide and gen- 
 eral devastation. 
 
 HAW. s. The seed of the hawthorn ; 
 a hedge, or any enclosure. 
 
 HAWHAW. s. A defence or bank 
 that interrupts an alley or walk, 
 sunk between two slopes, and not 
 perceived till approached. 
 
 HAWK. s. A bird of prey. v. hawk; 
 pr. par. hawking; past, hawked: 
 s. hawker, hawking. 
 
 HAWSER, s. See Halser. 
 
 HAWTHORN, s. A thorn that bears 
 haws. 
 
 HAY. s. Grass dried to fodder cattle 
 in winter, s. haystack. 
 
 HAY'MAKER. s. One employed in 
 drving grass for hay. 
 
 HAZ'ARD. s. Chance, accident, dan- 
 ger, v. hazard; pr. par. hazarding; 
 past, hazarded: adj. hazardous: 
 adv. hazardously. 
 
 HAZE. s. Fog, mist. adj. hazy : s. 
 haziness. 
 
 HA'ZEL. s. The nut-tree. 
 
 HA'ZEL. adj. Light brown. 
 
 HE. pron. The man that was named 
 before; the person; male. 
 
 HEAD. s. The part of the animal 
 that contains the brain, or the or- 
 gan of sensation or thought; a 
 chief: a principal person, adj. head, 
 headed, headless: v. head; pr. par., 
 heading; past, headed: s. header. 
 
 HEA— HEA 
 
 HEAD' ACHE. s. Pain in the head. 
 HEADBAND, s. A fillet for the 
 
 head ; a topknot. 
 HEAD'BOROUGH. s. A constable ; 
 
 a subordinate constable. 
 HEAD'DRESS. s. The covering of a 
 
 woman's head. pi. head-dresses. 
 HEAD1NESS. s. Hurry, rashness, 
 
 precipitation, adi. heady. 
 HEAD'LONG. adj. Steep, precipi- 
 tous, rash, sudden, adv. Jieadlong. 
 HEADTIECE. s. Armour for the 
 
 head; a helmet. 
 HEADQUARTERS, s. The place 
 of general rendezvous, or lodgment 
 for soldiers. 
 HEAD'STALL. s. Part of a bridle 
 
 that covers the head. 
 HEAD'STONE. s. The first or capi- 
 
 tal stone; a grave-stone. 
 HEADSTRONG, adj. Unrestrained, 
 
 violent, ungovernable. 
 HEAD' WAY. s. The motion of id 
 
 vancing at sea. 
 HEADT. adj. Rash, precipitate, 
 hasty. 
 
 HEAL. v. To cure ; to restore fr< m 
 hurt or sickness ; to cicatrize. \ x. 
 par. healing; past, healed: s. healn^ 
 healing: adj. healable. 
 HEALTH, s. Freedom from bod ly 
 pain or sickness; purity, aij. 
 healthy, healthful: s. health/ ill- 
 ness, healthiness. 
 HEAP. 5. A pile, an accumulate n, 
 cluster, v. heap; pr. par. heapivg, 
 past, heaped: s. heaptr. 
 HEAR. v. To enjoy the sense bj 
 which sounds are distinguished, 
 to listen, pr. par. hearing; past, 
 heard: s. hearer, hearing. 
 HEARD. The pret. of the v. to hear. 
 HEARK'EN. v. To listen, to attend, 
 pr. par. hearkening; past, heark- 
 ened: s. hearkener. 
 HEARSAY, s. Report, rumour. 
 HEARSE, s. A carriage in which the 
 
 dead are conveyed to the grave. 
 HEART, s. That'part of an animal 
 which is considered as the source 
 of vital motion; the inner part 
 of any thing; courage; spirit, v 
 
HEA-HEC 
 
 hearten; pr. par. heartening; past,] 
 
 heartened: s. heartener. 
 HEARTBURN, s. Pain proceeding 
 
 from an acrid humour in the stom 
 
 ach. s. heart-burning: 
 HEARTFELT, adj. Felt in the con 
 
 science. 
 
 HEARTH, s. The pavement of a 
 room, on which a fire is made. 
 
 XIEART'LESS. adj. Without cour- 
 age, spiritless, adv. heartlessly I s. 
 heartlessness. 
 
 HEART'Y. adj. Sincere, warm, zeal- 
 ous; in full health ; vigorous, adv. 
 heartily i s. heartiness. 
 
 HEAT. s. The sensation caused by 
 the approach or touch of fire ; th< 
 cause of the sensation of burnino- 
 agitation of sudden or violent pas 
 si on. v. heat; pr. par. heating 
 past, heated: s. heater. 
 
 HEATH. 5. A shrub of low stature ; 
 a place overgrown with heath, adj. 
 heathy. 
 
 ■ SATH'ENrs. A gentile, a pagan, 
 adj. heathen, heathenish: adv. hea- 
 then?' shly.- s. heathenishness, hea- 
 thenism. 
 
 HEATHER, s. Heath. 
 
 HEAVE, v. To lift: to raise from 
 the ground; to carry; to puff. pr. 
 par. heaving; past, heaved: s. heave, 
 heaver, heaving. 
 
 HEAVEN, s. The regions above; the 
 expanse of the sky. adj. and adv. 
 heavenly: s. heavenliness. 
 
 HEAVY, adj. Weighty, ponderous, 
 sorrowful, grievous, com. heavier; 
 sup. heaviest: adv. heavily: s. heav- 
 iness. 
 
 HEBDOM'ADAL. HEEDOiVl'ADA 
 
 RY. ad"' WeeKly. 
 HEBRAISM, s. A Hebrew idiom 
 
 s. Hebraist. 
 HE'BREW. s. An Israelite; one of 
 
 the children of Israel; the Hebrew 
 
 tongue, adj. Hebrew. 
 HEBRID'IAN. adj. Respecting the 
 
 Western Islands of Scotland. 
 HECATOMB, s. A sacrifice of a 
 . hundred cattle. 
 
 Hectic, hectical. nm 
 
 HKC— HEL 
 
 ual, constitutional, s. hectic: adv. 
 hectically. 
 HECTOR, s. A bully ; a blustering, 
 turbulent, noisy fellow, v. hector, 
 pr. par. hectoring; past, hectored. 
 HEDGE, s. A fence made round 
 grounds or a garden, v. hedge; 
 pr. par. hedging; past, hedged e. 
 hedger. 
 
 HEDGE'-HOG. s. An animal set witJi 
 prickles. 
 
 HEED. v. To mind, to regard, to 
 attend, pr. par. heeding; past, 
 heeded: s.heed: adj. heedful, heed- 
 less: adv. heedfully, heedlessly: s. 
 heedfulness, heedlessness. 
 HEEL. s. The part of the foot that 
 projects behind, v. heel; pr. pas' 
 heeling; past, heeled. 
 HEGI'RA. s. A term in chronology* 
 signifying the epoch, or accouni 
 of time, used by the Arabians* 
 who begin from the day that Ma- 
 hornet was forced to mak# hi* 
 escape from Mecca, July 1% A. JX 
 622. 
 
 IHEIF'ER. s. A voung cow s ,£§at has 
 
 not had a calf. 
 HEIGH'-HO. int. An expression of 
 
 slight languor and uneasiness. 
 HEIGHT, s. Elevation above the 
 ground; altitude; summit; space 
 measured upwards, v.- heighten; 
 pr. par. heightening; past, height- 
 ened. 
 
 HEI'NOUS. adj. Atroc'-us; wicked 
 in a high ^~iee. adv . heinously : 
 s. ^'/inousness. 
 HEIR. 5. One who inherits after the 
 
 present possessor, adj. heirless. 
 HEIR'ESS. s. A woman who inher- 
 its, pl. heiresses. 
 HEIR'LOOM. s. Any furniture or 
 movable, that descends by inherit- 
 ance, and is therefore inseparable 
 from the freehold. 
 HELD. Pret. and past par. of the v, 
 to hold. 
 
 HEtlOCSENTaiC- adj. The helio- 
 cent*i# platfe of ,a planet is said to 
 lie wgh as it would appear to us 
 
HEL— HEM 
 
 HEM— HER 
 
 from the sun, if our eye were fixed 
 
 in its centre. 
 HELIOM'ETER. s. An instrument 
 
 for measuring the diameters of the 
 
 sun and rnoon. 
 HE'LIOSCOPE. s. A sort of tele- 
 scope, fitted so as to look on the 
 
 body of the sun, without offence 
 
 to the eyes. 
 HE LIOTROPE. 5. A plant that turns 
 
 towards the sun. 
 HELL. s. The place of the devil and 
 
 wicked souls, adj. hellish: adv. 
 
 hellishly: s. hellishness. 
 HEL'LEBORE. 5. Christmas flower. 
 HELLENIC, adj. Grecian, s. HelA 
 
 lenism, Hellenist. 
 HELM. s. A covering for the head 
 
 in war ; a rudder. 
 HEL'MET. s. A helm ; a headpiece. 
 
 adj. helmcted. 
 HELMSMAN, s. He who manages 
 
 the rudder of a vessel. 
 HEL'OT. s. A slave. 
 HELP. v. To assist, to support, to 
 
 aid, to remedy, pr. par. helping; 1 , 
 
 past, helped: s. help, helper, help-\ 
 
 lessness: adj. helpful, helpless: adv.j 
 
 helplessly. 
 HELP'MATE. s. A companion ; an j 
 
 assistant. 
 
 HELTER-SKELTER, adv. In ahur-; 
 rv ; without order ; tuniultuously. j 
 
 HEM. s. The edge of a garment,! 
 doubled and sewed, to keep the ( 
 threads from spreading; the noise, 
 uttered by a sudden and violent! 
 expiration of the breath, v. hem;\ 
 pr. par. hemming; past, hemmed. 
 
 HEM'I. s. A word often used in, 
 composition, signifying half. I 
 
 HEM'ICYCLE. 5. A'half round. 
 
 HEMISPHERE, s. The half of a ! 
 globe, when it is supposed to be' 
 cut through its centre, in the plane 
 of one of its greatest circles, adj. i 
 hemispheric, h emisph erica I. 
 
 HEM'ISTIC, HEMISTICH, s. Half; 
 a verse. 
 
 HEM'LOCK. s. A species of herb. ! 
 HEMORRHAGE, s. A violent flux 
 of blood. j 
 
 HEMORRHOIDS, s. The piles, the 
 
 emerods. 
 
 HEMP. s. A fibrous plant, of which 
 coarse linen and ropes are made, 
 adj. hempen. 
 
 HEN. 5. The female of a house 
 cock ; the female of any land- 
 fowl. 
 
 HENCE, adv. and int. From this 
 place to another; away to a dis- 
 tance ; from this time ; in the fu- 
 ture; for this reason. 
 
 HENCE'FORTH. adv. From this 
 time forward. 
 
 HENCEFOR'WARD. adv. From this 
 time to futurity. 
 
 HENCH'MAN. s. A page, an attend- 
 ant, pi. henchmen. 
 
 HEN'-COOP. 5. A cage in which 
 poultry are kept. 
 
 HEN'-PECKED. adj. Governed by 
 the wife. 
 
 HEPA TIC, HEPAT'ICAL. adj. 1 e- 
 
 longing to the liver. 
 HEPTACHORD. 5. Anciently, a 
 
 musical instrument of sev ;n 
 
 strings. 
 
 HEPTAGON, s. A figure with sev /n 
 sides or ancles, adv. heptas:ona\ 
 
 HEPTARCHY, s. A sevenfold go r- 
 ernment. pi. heptarchies. 
 
 HER. pron. Belonging to a femab ; 
 of a woman ; the objective case jf 
 she. emphatic pron. herself. 
 
 HER'ALD. 5. A precursor, a fore- 
 runner, a public messenger, a pi o- 
 claimer; one who registers gene- 
 alogips. s. heraldry, pi. heraldries : 
 adj. heraldic. 
 
 HERB. s. Plants whose stalks are 
 soft, and have nothing woody in 
 them. s. herbage, herbist: adj. 
 herb 011s. 
 
 HERBA'CEOUS. adj. Belonging to 
 herbs; feeding on vegetables. 
 
 HER'BAL. s. A book containing the 
 names and description of plants. 
 
 HERBES'CENT. adj. Growing into 
 herbs. 
 
 HERCU'LEAN. adj. Of extraordi- 
 nary strength, like Hercules; large; 
 
HER — HER 
 
 HERD. s. A number of beasts to- 
 gether; a keeper of cattle, v. 
 herd; pr. par. herding; past, herd- 
 ed. 
 
 HERDS'MAN. s. One employed in 
 tending herds, pi. herdsmen 
 
 HERE. adv. In this place; in the 
 present state. 
 
 HERE'ABOUTS. adv. About this 
 place. 
 
 HEREAFTER, adv. In time t< 
 come ; in futurity, s. hereafter. 
 
 HEREAT'. adv. At this. 
 
 HEREBY', adv. By this. 
 
 HEREDITARY, adj. Possessed or 
 claimed by right of inheritance; 
 descending by inheritance, adv 
 hereditarily: adj. her editable. 
 
 HERKIN'. adv. In this. 
 
 HE RE INTO', adv. Into this. 
 
 HEREOF', adv. From this; of this. 
 
 HEREON', adv. Upon this. 
 
 HEREOUT', adv. Out of this place. 
 
 HER'EMITE. s. A hermit, adj. her- 
 timihcal. 
 
 HCRE'SIARCH. s. A leader in her- 
 
 •3SV. 
 
 H'CR'ESY. s. An opinion different 
 rom that of the catholic church. 
 
 pi. heresies. 
 HERETIC, s. One charged with 
 
 heresy, adj. heretical: adv. hereti- 
 
 . ally. 
 
 HI 1RETO'. adv. To this ; add to this. 
 
 HERETOFORE, adv. Formerly, an- 
 ciently. 
 
 HEREUNTO', adv. To this. 
 
 HEREUPON', adv. Upon this. 
 
 HEREWITH', adv. With this. 
 
 HER'IOT. s. A fine paid to the lord 
 fit the death of a landholder. 
 
 HERITABLE. ad\ Capable to in- 
 herit ; whatever may be inherited. 
 
 HERITAGE, s. Inheritance; estate 
 devolved bv succession. 
 
 HERM A'PHRODITE. s. An animal 
 uniting two sexes. 
 
 HERMETIC, HERMET'ICAL. adj. 
 Chvmical. adv. hermetically. ! 
 
 HER'MIT. s. An anchoret ; one who: 
 retires from society, to contempla-l 
 
 HER— HEX 
 
 tion or devotion, adj. hermiticah 
 s. hermitage. 
 HERNIA, s. Any kind of rupture. 
 HE'RO. s. A man eminent lor bra- 
 very, pi. heroes: adj. heroic, hero- 
 ical: adv. heroically: s. heroism: 
 s. fern, heroine. 
 HEROIC, s. An heroic verse con- 
 sists, in our poetry, of ten feet. 
 HER'ON. s. A kind of bird that preys 
 upon fish ; a crane, s. heronry, pi. 
 heronries. 
 HERPES, s. A cutaneous inflam- 
 mation, adj. herpetic. 
 HER'RING. s. A small fish. 
 HESITANCY, s. Dubiousness, un- 
 certainty, suspense, pi. hesitan- 
 cies. 
 
 HES ITATE, v. To be doubtful ; to 
 delay ; to pause, pr. par. hesitat- 
 ing; past, hesitated: s. hesitation. 
 HET'EROCLITE. s. Such nouns as 
 vary from the common forms of 
 declension. 
 HET'ERODOX. adj. Deviating from 
 the established opinion ; not or- 
 thodox, s. heterodoxy, pi. hetero- 
 
 HETEROGE'NEOUS, HETERO- 
 GE'NEAL. adj. Not of the same 
 kind ; dissimilar, s. heterogeneity, 
 pi. heterogeneities, hcterogeneous- 
 ness. 
 
 HEW. v. To cut, by blows, with an 
 edged instrument ; to chop ; to 
 cut. pr. par. hewing; past, hewed : 
 s. hewer. 
 
 HEX'ACHORD. s. A concord, com- 
 monly called a sixth. 
 HEX'AEDRON. s. A cube. 
 HEX'AGON. s. A figure of six sides 
 
 or angles, adj. hexagonal. 
 HEXAM'ETER. s. A verse of six 
 feet. adj. hexameter, hexametric, 
 hexametrical. 
 HEXANG'ULAR. adj. Having six 
 angles. 
 
 HEX'APOD. s. An animal with six 
 feet. 
 
 HEX' A STILE, s. A building with six 
 columns in front. 
 
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HEY— UIG 
 
 HEY. int. An expression of joy, orn 
 mutual exhortation. 
 
 HEYDAY, int An expression of j 
 frolic and exultation. 
 
 HIAT10N. s. The act of gaping. j 
 
 HIATUS. s> An aperture: a gapingj 
 breach; the opening of the mouth 
 by the succession of an initial to 
 a final vowel. 
 
 HIBER'NAL. adj. Belonging to win- 
 ter. 
 
 HIBER'NIAN. adj. Relating to Ire- 
 land, e. Hihernichm. 
 
 HXCK'UP. v. To sob with a con- 
 vulsed stomach, pr. par. hickuping;\ 
 past, hickuped: s. hickup. 
 
 23ID, HIDDEN. Past par. of the v. 
 to hide. 
 
 JHIDAL'GO. 5. In Spain, one of noble 
 birth, pi. hidalgoes. 
 
 HIDE. v. To conceal; to withhold 
 or withdraw from sight or know- 
 ledge, pr. par. hiding; past, hid, 
 hidden. 
 
 HIDE. s. The skin of an animal, 
 
 either raw or dressed. 
 HIDE'BOUND. adj. A horse is said 
 
 to be hide-bound, when his skin 
 
 sticks closelv to his ribs and back. 
 HID'EOUS. adj. Horrible, dreadful, 
 
 shocking, adv. hideously: s. hide- 
 
 ousness. 
 
 HIE. v. To hasten ; to go in haste, 
 pr. par. hying; past, hied. 
 
 HI'ERARCH. s. The chief of a sa- 
 cred order; the chief of any es- 
 tablishment, adj. hierarchal: s. 
 hierarchy, pi. hierarchies. 
 
 HI'EROGLYPH, HIEROGLYPH- 
 IC. 5. An emblem ; a figure by 
 which a word was implied, and 
 used before the alphabet waa in- 
 vented, adj. hieroglyphic; adv. 
 hierogb/phically. 
 
 HIEROGRAPHY. s. Holv writing, 
 pi. hierographres : adj. hierograph- 
 tC, hierographical. 
 
 HIEROL'OGY. s. Discourse on sa- 
 cred things, pi. hicrologies. 
 
 Hl'EROMANCY. s. Divination by 
 sacrifices, pi. hierom ancles. 
 
 HIGGLE, v. To chaffer j to be pe 
 
 HIG— HIN 
 
 nurious in a bargain, pr. par. hig- 
 gling; past, higgled: s. higgler. 
 
 HIGH. adj. Elevated in place ; rais- 
 ed aloft; rising above from the 
 surface, or fiorn the centre, adv. 
 high, highly : s. highness. 
 
 HiGH'-FLiER. s. One that carries 
 his opinions to extravagance, adj. 
 highjlying. 
 
 HiGii'LAND. s. Mountainous re- 
 gion, s. highlander. 
 
 HIGH'-METTLED. adj. Of proud 
 or ardent spirit. 
 
 HIGH'NESS. 5. A title given to 
 princes, pi. highnesses. 
 
 HIGH-WATER, s. The utmost flow 
 of the tide. 
 
 HIGHWAY', s. A great road, a pub- 
 lic path. 
 
 HIGH' WAYxMAN. s. A robber that 
 plunders on the public roads, pi. 
 highwaymen. 
 
 HILARITY. 5. Merriment, gayety. 
 
 HILL. s. An elevation of ground, 
 less than a mountain, adj. hilly; 
 s. hilliness. 
 
 HIL'LOCK. s. A little hill. 
 
 HILT. s. The handle of any thing, 
 particularly of a sword, ad), hilled. 
 
 HIM. pron. The objective case of he. 
 
 HIMSELF', pron. A compound pro- 
 noun. 
 
 HIND. adj. Backward ; contrary in 
 position to the face. 
 
 HIND. s. The female to a stag ; a 
 servant ; a peasant. 
 
 HINDER, v. To obstruct, to stop ■ 
 to impede, pr. par. hindering ; 
 past, hindered: s. hinderer, hin- 
 drance. 
 
 HLYDER. adj. Tn a position contr. • 
 
 rv to that of the face. 
 HIXD'ERMOST. adj. Hindmost, 
 
 last. 
 
 HINDMOST, adj. The last; that 
 which comes in the rear. 
 
 HINDOO'. S. An aboriginal inhabit- 
 ant of Hindostan. 
 
 HIN'DRANCE. s. Impediment, ob- 
 struction. 
 
 HINGE. s. A mint upon which a 
 1S4 
 
HIN — HIT 
 
 gate or door turns, v. hinge; pr 
 par. hinging; past, hinged. 
 
 HINT. v. To bring to mind, by a 
 slight mention or remote allusion 
 to mention imperfectly, pr. par. 
 hbding; past, hinted: s. hint. 
 
 HIP. s. The joint of the thigh; the 
 haunch. 
 
 HIP. s. The fruit of the brier or the 
 dog-rose. 
 
 HIPPISH, HIPPED, adj. Melan- 
 choly. 
 
 HIPPOCEN'TAUR. s. A fabulous 
 monster, half horse and half man. 
 HIPPODROME, s. A course for 
 chariot and horse races, or exer- 
 
 HIT — HOB 
 
 HJ C pPOGRIFF. si A winged horse. 
 HIPPOPOTAMUS, s. The river 
 horse. 
 
 HI PS HOT. adj. Sprained or dislo- 
 cated in the hip. 
 HIRE. v. To procure for temporary 
 use, at a certain price ; to bribe"; 
 to engage for pay. pr. par. hiring; 
 past, hired: s. hire, hirer. 
 BIRE'LING. s. One who serves for 
 wages; a mercenary, adj. hireling. 
 HIS. pron. Belonging to him that 
 
 was before mentioned. 
 HISS. v. To utter a noise like that! 
 of a serpent, and some other ani-l 
 mals; to condemn at a public ex-' 
 hibition. pr. par. hissing; past, 
 hissed : s. hiss, pi. hisses, hissing 
 adv. hissingly. 
 HIST. int. An exclamation com- 
 manding silence. 
 HISTORIAN, s. A writer of history. 
 HISTORIOGRAPHER, s. An his- 
 torian ; a writer of history, s. his- 
 toriography, pi. historiographies. 
 HISTORIOL'OGY. s. Knowledge of, 
 history; explanation of history, pi. 
 historiologies. 
 HIS'TORY. s . A narration of facts 
 and events; narration; relation.! 
 pi histories: adj. historic, histori-, 
 col.- adv. historically. 
 HISTRIONIC, adj.' Befitting the 
 
 stage, adv. histrionically. 
 HIT. v. To strike ; to touch with a 
 Q 2 
 
 I blow ; to attain ; to clash ; to agree. 
 ! pr. par. hitting ; past, hit : s. hit. 
 HITCH, v. To become entangled, 
 or hooked together; to be caught, 
 pr. par. hitching; past, hitched: s. 
 hitch. 
 
 HITH ER, adv. To this place, trom 
 some other ; to this end ; to this 
 design, adj. hither. 
 HITH'ERMOST. adj. Nearest on 
 this side. 
 
 HITH ERTO, adv. In any time till 
 
 now; at every time till now. 
 HITH'ERWARD, HITH'ER- 
 WARDS. adv. This way; towards 
 this place. 
 HIVE. s. The habitation or artificial 
 receptacle of bees. v. hive; pr. par. 
 hiving; past, hived. 
 HO. int. A call; a command to stop; 
 cease. 
 
 HOAR. adj. White ; gray with age. 
 
 adj. hoary: s. hoariness. 
 HOARD, s. A store laid up in secret ; 
 
 a hidden stock ; a treasure, v. 
 
 hoard; pr. par. hoarding; past, 
 
 hoarded: s. hoarder. 
 HOAR'-FROST. 5. The congelations 
 
 of dew, in frosty mornings, on the 
 
 grass. 
 
 HOAR'HOUND. s. A species of 
 plant. 
 
 HOARSE, adj. Having the voice 
 rough, as with a cold; having a 
 rough sound, adv. hoarsely.- s. 
 hoarseness. 
 
 HOAX. s. An imposition, a decep- 
 tion. 
 
 HOB, HUB. s. The nave of a wheel. 
 HOBBLE, v. To walk lamely or 
 
 awkwardly upon one leg more 
 
 than the other; to move roughly 
 
 or unevenly, pr. par. hobbling; 
 
 past, hobbled: s. hobble, hobbler : 
 
 adv. hobblingly. 
 HOB'BY. s. A pacing horse; a nag. 
 
 pi. hobbies. 
 HOB'BY-HORSE.s.A wooden horse, 
 
 on which children ride. 
 HOBGOB'LIN. s. A fairy ; vulgarly. 
 
 a frightful one. 
 
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HOB— HOL 
 
 HOB'NAIL. s. A nail with a large 
 head. 
 
 HOB' NOB. s. A familiar call to recip- 
 rocal drinking. 
 
 HOBOY, HAUT'BOY. s. A sort of 
 wind instrument. 
 
 HOCK. s. Strong old Rhenish wine. 
 
 HOD. 5. A kind of trough, in which 
 a labourer carries mortar, s. hod- 
 man, pi. hodmen. 
 
 HODGE'-PODGE. 5. A medley of in- 
 gredients, boiled together. 
 
 HOE. s. An instrument to cut up 
 the earth, v. hoe,- pr. par. lioeing, 
 past, hoed. 
 
 HOG. 5. The general name of swine, 
 v. hog; pr. par. hogging; past,j 
 hogged: adj. hoggish: adv. hog- 
 gishly: s. hoggishness. 
 
 HO'GO. s. High flavour: strong scent. 
 
 HOGS'HEAD. s. A cask containing 
 sixtv-three gallons. 
 
 HOG'STY. 5. A place in which swine 
 are kept. pi. hogsties. 
 
 HOG' WASH. s. Liquid food given to 
 swine. 
 
 HOI'DEN. 5. An awkward, rude, ill- 
 behaved man; an ill-taught, awk-| 
 ward, country girl. adj. hoiden,\ 
 hoidenish. 
 
 HOIST, v. To raise up on high. pr. 
 par. hoisting; past, hoisted: s. 
 hoist. 
 
 HOIT'Y-TOIT'Y. adj. Thoughtless, 
 giddy. 
 
 HOI.J).- v. To grasp in the hand: to 
 gripe; to keep; to retain, pr. par. 
 holding; past, held: s. hold, holder, 
 holding. 
 
 HOLD'FAST. s. A catch, a hook, a 
 support, a hold. 
 
 HOLE. s. A cavity, a perforation, a 
 hollow place. 
 
 HOL'IDAY. s. See Holy day. 
 
 HOLLA', int. A word used in call- 
 ing to any one at a distance, v. 
 holla ; pr. par. hollaing ; past, hol- 
 laed. 
 
 IIOL'LAND. s. Fine linen made in 
 Holland. 
 
 HOLLANDER, s. A man of Holland. 
 
 HOL— HON 
 
 HOL'LOVV. adj. Excavated; having 
 a void space within ; not solid, s. 
 hollow, iwllowness : v. hollow ; pr. 
 par. hollowing; past, hollowed. 
 HOL'LY. 5. A kind of ever-green 
 tree. 
 
 HOL'LYHOCK. s. A species of flow- 
 ering plant. 
 HOLM. s. A river-island ; an islet : 
 
 the ilex; the ever-green oak. 
 HOLSTER, s. A case for a horse- 
 man^ pistol. 
 HO'LY. adj. Hallowed, pious, reli- 
 gious, adv. holily : s. holiness. 
 HOL' YD AY. s. The day of some ec- 
 clesiastical festival ; anniversary 
 feast ; a day of rest from ordinary 
 occupation. 
 HOM'AGE. s. Obeisance; respect 
 
 paid by external action. 
 HOME. 5. Private dwelling; the 
 
 place of constant residence. 
 KOME'LY. adj. Plain, homespun, 
 
 not elegant, s. homeliness, 
 HO'MER s. A Plebrew measure, of 
 
 about three pints. 
 iHOME'SPUN. adj. Spun or wrought 
 I at home ; coarse, s. homespun. 
 HOME'STEAD. s. The place of the 
 house, including sometimes 
 small portion of iand adjoining. 
 HOME' WARD, HOME'WARDS. 
 
 adv. Towards home. 
 HOMICIDE, s. Murder; a man- 
 slaver, adj. homicidal. 
 HOMILY, s. A discourse read to a 
 
 congregation. pl« homihts. 
 HOMINY, HOM'MONY. s. Maize 
 pounded or ground into very coarse 
 meal. 
 
 HOMOGE'NEAL, HOMOGE'NE- 
 CUS. adj. Having the same nature 
 or principles; suitable to each 
 other, s. homogencnlvcst, homoge- 
 neity, pi. homogeneities, homogene- 
 ous n ess. 
 
 HONE. 5. A whetstone, v. hone; 
 
 pr. par. honing: past, honed. 
 HON'EST. a<{/. Upright, true, sin- 
 |l cere, chaste, just. adv. honestly. 
 I s. honesty, pi. honesties. 
 
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HON — HOP 
 
 KON'EY. s. The elaborate produce 
 of bees, extracted from flowers, 
 adj. honied. 
 
 HON'EY-COMB. s. The cells of wax 
 in which the bee stores its honey, 
 adj. honey-combed. 
 
 HON'EY-MOON. s. The first month 
 after marriage. 
 
 HONEYSUCKLE, s. Woodbine. 
 
 HONORARY, adj. Done in honour; 
 made in honour ; conferring hon- 
 our, without gain. 
 
 HONOUR, s. Dignity, high rank, 
 reputation, fame, magnanimity, 
 v. honour; pr. par. honouring; 
 past, honoured: s. honourer, hon- 
 ourableness: adj. honourable, hon- 
 our less: adv. honourably. 
 
 HOOD. s. The upper covering of a 
 woman's head. v. hood; pr. par. 
 hooding-: past, hooded. 
 
 HOOD' WINK. v. To blind with 
 something bound over the eves ; 
 to deceive, pr. par. hoodwinking ; 
 past, hoodwinked. 
 
 HOOF. s. The hard, horny substance 
 on the feet of animals, adj. hoofed. 
 
 HOOK. 5. Any thing bent, so as to 
 catch hold. v. hook; pr. pur. hook- 
 ing; past, hooked: s. hooker, hook- 
 edness. 
 
 HOOK'ER. s. A kind of small ship 
 
 HOOP. 5. Any thing circular, by 
 which something else is bound 
 any thing circular, v. hoop; pr 
 pir. hooping; past, hooped. 
 
 HOOP. s. A shout, a measure. 
 
 HOOPING-COUGH, s. A convul- 
 sive cough, so called from its 
 noise. 
 
 HOOT. v. To shout in contempt; tc 
 cry as an owl. pr. par hooting; 
 past, hooted: s. hoot, hooting. 
 
 HOP. v. To dance ; to jump ; to leap 
 on one leg ; to limp. pr. par. hop- 
 ping; past, hopped: s. hop, hopper. 
 
 HOP. s. A kind of plant. 
 
 HOPE. 5. Expectation of some good, 
 v. hope; pr. par. hoping; past, 
 hoped: s. hoper.- adj. hopeful, hope- 
 less: adv. hopefully, hopelessly, 
 topingly: s. hopefulness. 
 
 HOP— HOR 
 
 HOPPER. .9. The box or open frame 
 of wood into which corn is put to 
 be ground. 
 
 HO'RAL. adj. Relating to the hours, 
 adj. horary. 
 
 HORDE, s. A clan ; a migratory crew 
 of people. 
 
 HORJ'ZON. s. The line that termi- 
 nates the view. 
 
 HORIZONTAL, adj. Near the ho- 
 rizon ; parallel to the horizon, adv. 
 horizontally. 
 
 HORN. s. The hard body, which 
 grows on the heads of some gra- 
 minivorous quadrupeds, and serves 
 them for weapons ; a kind of wind 
 instrument, v. horn; pr. par. horn- 
 ing; past, homed: adj. horny, 
 horned, hornless: s. hornedness. 
 
 HORN'BEAM. s. A kind of tree. 
 
 HORN'BOOK. s. The first book of 
 children, covered with horn, to 
 keep it unsoiled. 
 
 HOR'NET. s. A large, stinging flv. 
 
 HORN'PIPE. 5 . A kind of dance; a 
 wind instrument. 
 
 HORN'WORK. s. A kind of angular 
 fortification. 
 
 HO'ROSCOPE. s. The configuration 
 of the planets, at the hour of birth. 
 
 HOR'RIBLE. adj. Dreadful, terrible, 
 shocking, hideous, adv. horribly: 
 s. horribleness. 
 
 HOR'RID. adj. Hideous, dreadful, 
 shocking, adv. horridly: s. hor- 
 ridness. 
 
 HORRIFIC, adj. Causing horror. 
 HOR'ROR. s. terror, mixed with 
 
 detestation ; gloom ; dreariness. 
 HORSE, s. A species of quadruped. 
 
 v. horse; pr. par. horsing; past, 
 
 horsed. 
 
 HORSE'BACK. s. Riding posture; 
 
 the state of being on a horse. 
 HORSE'BREAKER. s. One whose 
 
 employment is to tame horses to 
 
 tn"e saddle. 
 HORSE'-CHESNUT. s. A kind of 
 
 tree. 
 
 HORSE'-GUARDS. s. Regiments of 
 1 horse of the King's Guard. 
 
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HOR — HOS 
 
 HOS-HOU 
 
 HORSE'LEECH. s. A leech that 
 bites horses ; a farrier. 
 
 HORSE'MAN. s. One skilled in ri- 
 ding; a rider; a man on horse- 
 back, pi. horsemen: s. horseman- 
 ship. 
 
 HORSE'PLAY. s. Coarse, rough play. 
 HORSE' FOND. s. A pond for horses. 
 HORSE'RACE. s. A match of horses 
 
 in running. 
 HORSE'RADISH, s. An acrid biting 
 
 root. 
 
 HORSE'SHOE. 5. A plate of iron, 
 nailed to the foot of a horse. 
 
 HORSE'WHIP. s. A whip to strike a 
 horse with. v. horsewhip ; pr. par. 
 horsewhipping; past, horsewhijme.d. 
 
 HORTA'TION. s. The act of exhort^ 
 ing; a hortatory precept, adj. hor- 
 tative, hortatory. 
 
 HORTICULTURE, s. The art of 
 cultivating gardens, adj. Jwrticul- 
 tural: s. horticulturist. 
 
 HOSAN'NA. s. A form of exclama- 
 tion; an exclamation of praise to 
 God. 
 
 HOSE. 5. Breeches ; stockings ; cov- 
 erings for the feet. 
 
 ITO'SIER. s. One who makes or sells 
 stockings. 
 
 R..OSTITABLE. adj. Giving enter- 
 tainment to strangers; kind to 
 strangers, adv. hospitably: s. hos- 
 pitality^ pi. hospitalities. 
 
 HOS'PITAL. s. A place built for the 
 reception of the sick, or support 
 of the poor ; a place for shelter or 
 entertainment, pronounced os'- 
 petal. 
 
 HOS'PITALLER. s. One of a reli- 
 gious community, whose office it 
 was to relieve the poor; a knight 
 of a religious order. 
 
 HOST. s. One who gives entertain- 
 ment to another ; the landlord of 
 an inn: an army; any great num- 
 ber ; the consecrated wafer. 
 
 HOSTAGE. 5. One given in pledge 
 for security of performance of con- 
 ditions. 
 
 HOSTESS, s. A female host ; a wo-„ 
 
 man that keeps a house of public 
 entertainment, pi. hostesses. 
 HOSTILE, adj. Inimical, adverse; 
 opposite ; suitable to an enemy, 
 adv. hostilely : p- hostility \ pi. hos- 
 tilities. 
 
 HOSTLER, s. One who has the care 
 of horses at an inn. pronounced 
 os'-ler. 
 
 HOT. adj. Having the power to ex- 
 cite the sense of heat; fiery; ar- 
 dent, adv. hotly. 
 HOT'BED. 5. A bed of earth, made 
 hot by the fermentation of manure. 
 HOTCH'POTCH. s, A mingled hash; 
 
 a mixture. 
 JIOTCOCK'LES. 5. A kind of play. 
 HOTEL', s. A lodging-house; a pub- 
 lic boarding-house. 
 HOT'HEADED. adj. Vehement, vio- 
 lent, passionate. 
 HOTHOUSE, s. A place for rearing 
 
 tender plants. 
 HOTTENTOT, s. A savage inhabit- 
 ant of the southern extremity of 
 
 HOUGH, s. The joint of the hinder 
 leg of a beast, v. hough ; pr. par. 
 houghing ; past, houghed. 
 HOUND, s. A dog used in the chase, 
 i HOUR. s. The twenty-fourth part 
 I of a natural day ; a particular time. 
 I adj. hourly: adv. hourly. 
 HOUR'GLASS. s. A sand-glass which 
 
 marks one hour. pi. hourglasses. 
 HOU'RI. 5. A Mahometan nymph of 
 
 paradise, pi. houries. 
 HOUSE, s. A place of human abode ; 
 any place of abode, v. house ; pr. 
 par. housing; past, housed: adj 
 houseless. 
 
 HOUSE'HOLD. 5. A family living 
 together; domestic management, 
 s. householder. 
 HOUSE'KEEPER. s. A householder; 
 a woman who has the care of a 
 family, and superintends the other 
 servants, s. housekeeping. 
 HOUSE'LEEK. s. A species of plant. 
 HOUSE'MAID. s. A maid servant. 
 HOU SE' W A R M ING. s. A feast or 
 188 
 
HOU— IIUF 
 
 merrymaking, on going into anew 
 house. 
 
 HOUSE' WIFE. s. The mistress of a 
 family;* a little case or bag, for ar- 
 ticles of female work. pi. house- 
 wives : s. housewifery. 
 
 HOUSING, s. Cloth added to a sad- 
 dle, for ornament. 
 
 HOVE. The pret of the v. heave. 
 
 HOVEL, s. A mean habitation ; a 
 cottage. 
 
 HOVER, v. To hang in the air, over 
 
 head, without flying one way or 
 
 another, pr. par. hovering; past, 
 
 hoiiered : s. hover. 
 HOW. adv. To what degree ; in what 
 
 manner; for what reason. 
 HOWBE'lT. adv. Nevertheless. 
 HOWEVER, adv. In whatsoever 
 
 manner; in whatsoever degree; 
 
 nevertheless. 
 HOWITZER, s. A kind of mortar, 
 
 or cannon. 
 HOWL. v. To cry as a wolf or dog ; 
 
 to utter cries of distress, pr. par. 
 
 howling; past, howled: s. howl, 
 
 howling. 
 
 HOWSOEVER, adv. In what man- 
 ner soever; although. 
 
 HOY. s. A large boat, sometimes 
 with one deck. 
 
 ft O Y. int. An exclamation : begone ; 
 stop; halt. 
 
 HUB'BUB. 5. A shout, a shriek, a 
 tumult, a riot. 
 
 HUCK'ABACK. s. A kind of coarse 
 table linen. 
 
 HUCKSTER, s. One who sells com- 
 mon goods in very small quanti- 
 ties, v. huckster; pr. par. huckster- 
 ing; past, huckstered. 
 
 HUD'DLE. v. To put on carelessly, 
 in a hurry ; to cover up in haste; 
 to throw together, in confusion, 
 pr. par. huddling; past, huddled: 
 s. huddle, huddler. 
 
 HUE. s. Colour, die; a clamour. 
 
 HUFF. s. Swell of sudden anger or 
 arrogance, v. huff; pr. par. huff- 
 ing; past, huffed: adj. huffish: 
 adv. huffish ly: s. huffishness. 
 
 HUG— HUM 
 
 I HUG. v. To press close in an em- 
 brace ; to fondle ; to hold fast. pr. 
 par. hugging; past, hugged: s. 
 hug. 
 
 HUGE. adj. Vast, immense, very 
 great, adv. hugely : s. hugeness. 
 
 HUGUENOT, HU'GONOT. s. One 
 of the reformed religion in France; 
 a French Calvinist. 
 
 HULK. s. A ship; a vessel of bur 
 then ; the body of a ship. 
 
 HULL. s. The husk, or integument , 
 the outer covering ; the body of a 
 ship; tne hulk. v. hull; pr. par. 
 hulling ; past, hulled. 
 
 HUM. v. To make the noise of bees ; 
 to murmur, pr. par. humming; 
 past, hummed: s. hum, hummer^ 
 humming. 
 
 HU'MAN. adj. Having the qualities 
 of a man ; belonging to man. v. 
 humanize; pr. par. humanizing, 
 past, humanized: adv. humanly. 
 
 HUMA'NE. adj. Kind, civil, benev- 
 olent, good-natured, adv. humane- 
 ly: s. humaneness, humanity. 
 
 HUMANKIND', s. The race of man; 
 mankind. 
 
 HUMA'TION. s. Interment. 
 
 HUM'BLE. adj. Low; not proud; 
 modest, pronounced um'-ble. v. 
 humble; pr. par. humbling; past, 
 humbled: s. humbler: adv. humbly. 
 
 HUM'BUG. 5. An imposition; a very 
 low word. 
 
 HUM'DRUM. adj. Dull, dronish, 
 stupid. 
 
 HU'MID. adj. Wet, moist, watery, 
 s. humidity, pi. humidities. 
 
 HUMILITY, s. Freedom from pride; 
 modesty; act of submission, pi, 
 humilities: s. humiliation. 
 
 HU'MOUR. s. Moisture; the differ- 
 ent kinds of moisture in man's 
 body ; general turn or temper of 
 mind; jocularity; merriment; 
 petulance ; caprice, pronounced 
 u'-mur. v. humour; pr. par. hu- 
 mouring ; past, humoured : s. hu* 
 morist: adj. humorous, humor some: 
 adv. humorously. 
 
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HUM— HUR 
 
 HUMP. s. The protuberance form- 
 ed by a crooked back. 
 
 HUMPBACK, s. Crooked back; 
 high shoulders, adj. humpbacked. 
 
 HUINCH'BACKED. adj. Having a 
 crooked back. 
 
 HUN'DRED. adj. The number con- 
 sisting of ten multiplied by ten ; a 
 district, supposed to contain one 
 hundred families, s. hundred: adj. 
 hundredth. 
 
 HUNG. Pret. and past par. of the 
 v. to hang. 
 
 HUNGA'RIAN. adj. Relating or be- 
 longing to Hungary. 
 
 HUNG'ER. 5. Desire of food ; the 
 pain felt from fasting, v. hunger; 
 pr. par. hungering; past, hunger- 
 ed: adj. hungry: adv. hungrily. 
 
 HUNT. v. To chase wild animals ; 
 to pursue; to search for. pr. par. 
 hunting; past, hunted: s. hunt, 
 hunter. 
 
 HUNT'RESS. s. A woman that fol- 
 lows the chase, pi. huntresses. 
 HUNTS'MAN. s. One who delights 
 in the chase ; the servant whose 
 office it is to manage the chase, 
 pi. huntsmen. 
 HUR'DLE. s. A texture of sticks 
 
 woven together. 
 HUR'DY-GUR'DY. s. A ' kind of 
 
 stringed instrument. 
 ft URL. v. To throw with violence, 
 r. par. hurling; past, hurled: s. 
 url, hurler. 
 HtJR'LY, HUR'LEY-BUR'LEY. s. 
 
 Tumult, commotion, bustle. 
 HURRA', HURRAH', int. A shout 
 of joy, triumph, applause, or en- 
 courigement. 
 HURRICANE, s. A violent storm. 
 HURRY, v. To hasten confusedly; 
 to put into precipitation or con- 
 fusion, pr. par. hurrying; past, 
 hurried: s. hurry, hurrier. 
 HURT. v. To harm, to wound, to 
 damage, pr. par. hurting; past, 
 hurt: s.hurt, hurter, hurtftdness : 
 adj. hurtful: adv. hurtfulh/. 
 HURT'LEBERRY. s. The bilberry, 
 pi. hurtlebcrrits. 
 
 HUR— HYD 
 
 HURT'LESS. adj Innocent, harm- 
 less, innoxious, adv. hurtlessly: 
 s. hurllessness. 
 
 HUS'BAND. s. A man married to a 
 woman. 
 
 HUS'BAND. v. To manage with econ- 
 omy, pr. par. husbanding; past, 
 husbanded: s. husbander. 
 
 HUS'BANDMAN. s. One who works 
 in tillage ; a farmer, pi. husband- 
 men. 
 
 HUSBANDRY, s. Tillage; manner 
 of cultivating land ; thrift; frugal- 
 ity. 
 
 HUSH. int. Silence ! be still .' v. 
 hush; pr. par. hushing; past, hush- 
 ed. 
 
 HUSH'-MONEY. s. A bribe, to hin- 
 der information. 
 
 HUSK. s. The outer integument of 
 fruits, v. husk; pr. par. husking; 
 past, husked: adj. husky: s. husk- 
 iness. 
 
 HUSSAR', s. Originally, a Hungari- 
 an horse-soldier, light-armed. 
 
 HUS'SITE. 5. One of the followers 
 of John Huss, of Prague. 
 
 HUS'SY. s. A worthless wench, pi. 
 hussies. 
 
 HUS TINGS, s. A council ; a court 
 held; the place of meeting, to 
 choose a member of parliament. 
 
 HUS TLE, v. To shake together in 
 confusion, pr. par. hustling-; past, 
 hustled. 
 
 HUT. s. A poor cottage ; a tempo- 
 rary building, to lodge soldiers, v. 
 hut; pr. par. hutting; past, hiittd. 
 
 HUZZA', int. An exclamation of joy, 
 or triurrfph. v. huzza; pr. par. huz- 
 zaing: past, huzzaed. 
 
 HY'ACINTH. s. A kind of flower; 
 a gem. 
 
 HY'ADES, HY'ADS. s. A wnterf 
 
 constellation. 
 HY'DRA. A monster with many 
 
 heads, slain by Hercules. 
 HYDRAU'LICS. s. The science of 
 
 conveying water through pipes. 
 
 adj. hydraulic. 
 
 190 
 
H YD— HYP 
 
 HYDROCEPHALUS, s. A dropsy in 
 
 the head. 
 HY'DROGEN. s. One of the princi- 
 ples of water; a kind of gas. 
 H YDROG' R A PH Y. s. Description of j 
 the watery part of the terraqueous! 
 globe, pi. hydrographies: s. Ay- 1 
 drographer.- adj. hydrographical. 
 HYDROL'OGY. 5. Description of the 
 nature and properties of water in 
 general, pi. hydrologies. 
 HY'DROMEL. s. Honey and water. 
 H YDROM'ETER. s. An instrument 
 for ascertaining the weight of 
 liquids, adj. hydrometrical. 
 HYDROPHO'BIA. s. Dread of wa- 
 ter; canine madness. 
 HYDROP'IC, HYDROP'ICAL. adj. 
 
 Dropsical. 
 HYDROSTATICS, s. The science 
 of the weight and pressure of wa- 
 ter, adj. hydrostatical : a.dv. hydro- 
 statically. 
 HYE'MAL. adj. Belonging to win- 
 i ter. v. hyemate; pr. par. hyemating, 
 
 past, hyemated: s. hyemation. 
 HYE'NA. s. A species of quadruped. 
 H YGROM'ETER. s. An instrument 
 to measure the degrees of moisture. 
 HYMENE'AL, HYMENE'AN. adj. 
 
 Relating to marriage. 
 HYMN. s. An encomiastic song, or 
 song of adoration, v. hymn; pr 
 par. hymning; past, hymned. 
 HYP. v. To make melancholy; to 
 dispirit, pr. par. hypping; past 
 hypped. 
 
 HYP— HYS 
 
 HI PER'BOLA. s. A term in geom- 
 etry. 
 
 HYPER'BOLE. s. A figure in rheto- 
 ric, by which any thing is increas- 
 ed or diminished beyond the exact 
 truth, adj. hyperbolic, hyperbolical 
 adv. hyperbolically : v . hyperbolize , 
 pr. par. hyperbolizing; past, hy- 
 perbolized: s. hyper bolist. 
 H YPERBO'RE AN. adj. Northern. 
 HYPERCRIT'IC. s. A person who 
 criticises with too much severity, 
 adj. hypercritical. 
 HY'PHEN. s. A note of conjunction, 
 
 as, vir-tue. 
 HYPOCHON'DRIA. s. Melancholy, 
 adj. hypochondriac, hypochondria- 
 cal: s. hypochondriac. 
 HYP'OCRITE. 5. A dissembler in 
 morality or religion, adj. hypocr t- 
 ical: adv. hypocritically: s. hy- 
 pocrisy, pi. hypocrisies. 
 HYPOTENUSE, s. The line tint 
 subtends the right angle of a righ 
 angled triangle; the subtense. 
 HYPOTHECATE, v. To pawn; to 
 give in pledge, pr. par. hypothecat- 
 ing; past, hypothecated. 
 HYPOTHESIS, s. A supposition; a 
 system formed upon some princi- 
 ple not proved, pi. hypotheses: 
 adj. hypothetic, hypothetical: adv. 
 hypothetically. 
 HYS'SOP. s. A species of plant. 
 HYSTERIC, HYSTERICAL, adj. 
 Troubled with fits ; disordered in 
 the regions of the womb. s. hys- 
 terics. 
 
 IAM— ICE 
 
 [AM'BUS. s. A poetical foot, con- 
 sisting of a short syllable, follow- 
 ed by a long one. adj. iam'bic. 
 
 'BIS. s. The name of an Egyptian 
 bird, of the stork kind. 
 
 CE. s. Water or other liquid, made 
 solid by congelation, adj. icy. 
 
 CE'-HOUSE. s. A house in which 
 ice is stored. 
 
 ICH— ICH 
 
 ICHNEU'MON. s. A small animal 
 that breaks the eggs of the croco- 
 dile. 
 
 TCHOR. s. A thin watery humour. 
 
 adj. ichorous. 
 ICHTHYOL'OGY. s. The science of 
 
 the nature of fishes. 
 ICHTHYOPH'AGY. s. Diet offish; 
 
 the practice of eating fish. 
 
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1CI— IGN 
 
 1'CICLE. s. A shoot of ice, hanging! 
 down. 
 
 ICON'OCLAST. s. A breaker of im- 
 ages, adj. iconoclastic. 
 
 ICONOG'KAPHV. s. A history or 
 description of images, pi. icono-\ 
 graphies : adj. inconographical. \ 
 
 ICTER'ICAL. adj. Afflicted with I 
 jaundice. 
 
 IDE' A. s. A mental conception, adj. 
 ideal: adv. ideally. 
 
 IDENTIFY, v. To prove sameness ; 
 to make the same. pr. par. identi- 
 fying; past, identified: s. identi- 
 fication, identifier. 
 
 IDENTITY, s. Sameness, pi. iden- 
 tities: ad]. identical: adv. identically. 
 
 IDES. 5. A term in the Roman kal- 
 endar, denoting the 13th day of 
 each month, except of March, 
 May, July, and October ; in which, 
 it relates to the 15th. 
 
 ID'IOM. s. A mode of speech pecu 
 liar to a language, adj. idiomatic, 
 idromatical : adv. idiomatically. 
 
 ID'IOT. 5. One born a fool. s. idiocy, 
 pi. idiocies, idiotism: adj. idiotic; 
 adv. idiotically. 
 
 I'DLE. adj. Lazy ; averse to labour ; 
 not engaged, v. idle; pr. par. idling: 
 past, idled: s. idleness, idler: adv. 
 idly. 
 
 I'DOL. s. An image worshiped as 
 God. v. idolize; (the v. is used only 
 figuratively.) pr. par. idolizing: 
 past, idolized: s. idolizer. 
 
 IDOL' A TRY. s. The worship of im- 
 ages, pi. idolatries : pr. par. idol- 
 airizing ; past, idolatrized: adj. 
 idolatrous: adv. idolatrously. 
 
 IDO'NEOUS. adj. Fit, proper, con- 
 venient. 
 
 IF. One of the conjunctions. 
 
 IG'NEOUS. adj. containing tire. 
 
 IGNIF'LUOUS. adj. Flowing with 
 fire. 
 
 IGNIP'OTENT. aaj. Presiding over 
 tire. 
 
 IG'NIS-FAT'UUS. s. Will with the 
 wisp; ignited vapour arising from 
 putrefied water. 
 
 IGNITE, v. To kindle, pr. par. ig- 
 
 IGX— ILL 
 
 niting ; past, ignited: s. ignition: 
 
 adj. ignitible. * 
 IGNiV'OMOUS. adj. Vomiting fire. 
 IGNO'BLE. adj. Of mean birth; not 
 
 noble; worthless; not deserving 
 
 honour, adv. ignobly. 
 IG'NOMINY. s. Shame, disgrace, pi. 
 
 ignominies: adyignvminious: adv. 
 
 ignominiously. 
 IG'NORANCE. s. Want of know- 
 ledge, adj. ignorant: adv. igno 
 
 rantly. 
 
 IGNO'RE. v. To quash a bill of in- 
 dictment, by writing on it the 
 word ignoramus. 
 
 ILL. adj. Bad, evil, sick. adv. and s. 
 ill • s. illness. 
 
 ILLA'QUEATE. v. To entangle, to 
 entrap, to ensnare, pr. par. illa- 
 queating ; past, illaqueated: s. il- 
 laqueation. 
 
 ILLATION. 5. Inference; conclu- 
 sion drawn from premises, acj. 
 illative: adv. illatively. 
 
 ILLAUD'ABLE. adj. Unworthy of 
 praise or commendation, adv. il- 
 ia I'd ably. 
 
 ILLE'GAL. adj. Contrary to law. s. 
 illegality, ^{.illegalities : v. ilhgc.l- 
 ize;yr. par. {[legalizing ; past,*7/e 
 gal i zed: adv. illegally. 
 
 ILLEGIBLE, adj. What cannot be 
 read. s. illegibility, pi. illegibdiiits: 
 adv. illegibly. 
 
 ILLEGITIMATE, adj. Unlawful ; 
 not born in wedlock, adv. il legit i- 
 matcly: s. illegitimacy, pi. illegiti- 
 macies: v. illegitimate : pr. par. 
 illegitimating : past, illegitimated. 
 
 ILL-FA'VOURED. adj. Deformed ; 
 ugly. s. Hl-favovj-eJness. 
 
 lLLIB'ERAL. adj. Not liberal : net 
 ingenuous, s. illiberality : adv. i7- 
 liberally. 
 
 ILLI'C!^. daj. Unlawful: criminal, 
 adv. illicitli): s. illicitnets. 
 
 ILLIMITABLE adj. That cannot 
 be bounded or limited, adv. inim- 
 itably.- s. illimitedness. 
 
 ILLITERATE, adj. Unlettered, un- 
 learned, s. illiteracy, pi. illitera- 
 cies, iUitercimess. 
 
 192 
 
ILk-IMB 
 
 ILLNA'TURE. 5. Habitual malevo 
 1 ence ; want of humanity, adj. ill 
 7 latured • adv. illnaturedly : s. ill 
 7, mturedness. 
 ILT ^O'GIC AL. adj. Ignorant or neg- 
 1 igent of the rules of reasoning: 
 contrary to the rules of reason 
 a.dv. illogically: s. illogicahiess. 
 lLI^-STAR'RED. adj. Unlucky. 
 I ILI-.U'DE. v. To deceive or mock. 
 
 p»r. par. illuding ; past, illuded. 
 J ILI.U'ME. v. To enlighten, pr. par. 
 
 illuming; past, illumed. 
 : ILI.U'MINE. v. To supply with light. 
 
 f >r. par. illumining; past, illumined. 
 ILLUMINATE, v. To enlighten • to 
 a dorn with festal lamps, or bon- 
 I fires, pr. par. illuminating; past, 
 illuminated: s. illumination: adj. 
 il'luminative. 
 ILLUMINATI. 5. One of those who 
 p>retend to be enlightened with su- 
 p»erior knowledge, as certain per- 
 |; Sions of the 16th century, and cer- 
 tain mock philosophers on the 
 continent of Europe, in our own 
 time. 
 
 [ILLUSION, s. The act of illuding; 
 mockery; false appearance, adj. 
 illusive, illusory: adv. illusively. 
 ILLUSTRATE, v. To brighten with 
 light ; to explain, pr. par. illustrat- 
 ing; past, illustrated: s. illustra 
 Hon: adj. illustrative: adv. illus 
 tratively. 
 
 ILLUSTRIOUS, adj. Bright; con- 
 spicuously noble for good quali- 
 ties, s. illustriousness : adv. illus- 
 triously. 
 
 IM'AGE. s. Any corporeal represen 
 tation ; generally, a statue ; a copy 
 semblance; an idea, v.' image; 
 pr. par. imaging; past, imaged. 
 IMAGERY, s. Sensible representa- 
 tions ; show. pi. imageries. 
 IMA'GINE. v. To fancy ; to paint in 
 1 the mind; to contrive, pr. par. 
 imagining; past, imagined: s. 
 imagination: adj. imaginable, ima- 
 1 ginary, imaginative. 
 IMBATJVI'. v. See Embalm. 
 
 R 
 
 1ATB— IMM 
 IMBECILE, adj. Weak, 
 
 feeble ; 
 
 wanting strength, either of mind 
 or body. s. imbecility, pi. imbecili- 
 ties. 
 
 IMBED'DED. adj. See Embedded. 
 IMBi'BE. v. To drink in. pr. par. 
 imbibing; past, imbibed: s. imbi- 
 bition. 
 
 IMBITTER. v. To make bitter, pr. 
 
 par. imbittering; past, imbittered. 
 IMBOD'Y. v. To invest with matter; 
 to make corporeal ; to bring to- 
 gether into one mass or body. pr. 
 par. imbodying; past, imbodied. 
 IM'BRICATED. adj. Indented with 
 cavities; hollowed like a gutter- 
 tile, s. imbrication. 
 IMBROWN'. v. To make brown, 
 pr. par. imbrowning; past, im- 
 browned. 
 
 IMBRU'E. v. To steep, to soak. p T . 
 
 par. imbruing; past, imbrued. 
 IMBU'E. v. To tincture deeply ; 1 > 
 soak with a liquor or die. pr. pai 
 imbuing; past, imbued. 
 IM'ITABLE. adj. Capable of bein^ 
 imitated, s. imitation, imitator- 
 adj. imitative: v. imitate; pr. pa\ 
 imitating; past, imitated. 
 IMMACULATE, adj. Spotless, 
 pure. s. immaculateness : adv. im- 
 maculately. 
 IMMATERIAL, adj. Incorporeal; 
 distinct from matter, s. immater t- 
 ality, pi. immaterialities: adv. in- 
 materially. 
 IMMATU'RE. adj. Not ripe, not 
 perfect, s. immaturity, pi. imma- 
 turities: adv. immaturely. 
 IMMEASURABLE, adj. Not to be 
 measured; immense, s. immea- 
 surableness: adv. immeasurably. 
 IMMEDIATE, adj. Proximate; hav- 
 ing nothing between ; instant, s. 
 immediateness: adv. immediately. 
 IMMEDICABLE, adj. Not possible 
 
 to be healed ; incurable. 
 IMMELO' DIOUS. adj. Not melodi- 
 ous; unmusical. 
 IMMEMORIAL, adj. Past time of 
 memory. 
 
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IMM— IMM 
 
 IMM-IMP 
 
 IMMENSE', adj. Immeasurable, un- 
 limited, adv . immensely : s.immen-. 
 sity, pi. immensities. 
 
 IMMERGE'. v. To put under water; 
 to keep in a state of intellectual 
 depression, pr. par. immerging; 
 past, immerged. 
 
 IMMERSE', v. To dip ; to put under 
 water, pr. par. immersing, past, 
 immersed: s. immersion. 
 
 IMMETHOD'ICAL. adj. Confused; 
 without regularity, s. immethodi- 
 calness: adv. immethodically. 
 
 IMMIGRATE, v. To enter or pass 
 into ; to migrate into. pr. par. im- 
 migrating; past, immigrated: s. 
 immigrant, immigration, immigra- 
 ior. 
 
 IMMINENT. adj. Impending , 
 threatening, s. imminence. 
 
 IMMIS'CIBLE. adj. Not capable of 
 being mingled, s. immiscibility, 
 pi. immiscibilities. 
 
 IMMIS'SION. s. Act of immitting. 
 
 IMMIT'. v. To send in, to inject, 
 pr. par. immitting ; past, immitted. 
 
 IMMOBILITY, s. Unmovableness. 
 pi. immobilities. 
 
 IMMOD'ERATE. adj. Excessive, s. 
 immoderateness, immoderation: adv. 
 immoderately. 
 
 IMMOD'EST. adj. Wanting shame ; 
 indelicate ; unchaste, s. immodes- 
 ty: adv. immodestly. 
 
 IMMOLATE, v. To sacrifice, pr. 
 par. immolating; past, immolated: 
 s. immolation. 
 
 IMMOR'AL. adj. Wanting regard to 
 the laws of natural religion; dishon- 
 est, s. immorality, pi. immoralities. 
 
 IMMORTAL, adj. Exempt from 
 death; perpetual, v. immortalize; 
 pr. par. immortalizing; past, im- 
 mortalized: s. immortality, pi. im- 
 mortalities: adv. immortally. 
 
 IMMO'VABLE. adj. Not to be re- 
 moved from its place ; unshaken, 
 s. immovability, pi. immovabilities : 
 immovableness : adv. immovably. 
 
 IMMU'NITY. s. Discharge from any 
 obligation ; privilege, pi. immuni- 
 ties. 
 
 IMMU'RE. v. To enclose witltn? 
 walls; to confine, pr. par. immur- 
 ing; past, immured. 
 
 IMMU TABLE, adj. Unchangeable* 
 unalterable, s. immutability : adv. 
 immutably. 
 
 IMF. s. A son; the offspring; pro- 
 geny : — always used in a bad sen se. 
 
 IMPAIR, v. To injure, to diminish, 
 pr. par. impairing; past, impcrir 
 ed: s. impair -er, impairment. 
 
 IMPA'LE. v. See Empale. 
 
 IMPAL'PABLE. adj. Not to be per- 
 ceived by touch, s. impalpability z 
 adv. impalpably. 
 
 IMPAN'NEL, EMPAN'NEL. v. To 
 summon to serve on a jury. pr. par. 
 impanneling ; past, impanneled* 
 
 IMPART', v. To make known, *> 
 communicate, pr. par. imparth\[; 
 past, imparted. 
 
 IMPARTIAL, adj. equitable, ci s- 
 interested. s. impartiality, pi. i&ti- 
 partialities : adv. impartially. 
 
 IMPARTIBLE, adj. Communica- 
 ble; capable of being conferred 
 or bestowed, s. impartiality, li. 
 imp ar abilities. 
 
 IMPAS'SABLE. adj. Not to be pass- 
 ed, s. impassableness : adv. impas- 
 sably. 
 
 IMPAS'SION. v. To move with pas- 
 sion ; to affect strongly, pr. par. 
 impassioning; past, impassioned. 
 
 IMPATIENCE, s. Inability to suffer 
 pain, or delay; vehemence of tem- 
 per, adj. impatient: adv. impa- 
 tiently. 
 
 IMPEACH v. To accuse by public 
 authority, pr. par. impeaching; 
 past, impeached: s. impeachment: 
 adj. impeachably. 
 
 IMPEARL'. v. To form in resem- 
 blance of pearls ; to decorate as 
 with pearls, pr. par. impearlir.g T 
 past, impearled. 
 
 IMPECCABLE, adj. Exempt from 
 possibility of sin. s. impeccability, 
 pi. impeccabilities. 
 
 IMPE'DE. v. To hinder, to obstruct, 
 to delay, pr. par. impeding; past 9 
 
IMP— IMP 
 
 impeded: s. impediment: adj. im- 
 pedimental. 
 
 IMPEL', v. To drive on towards a 
 point, pr. par. impelling ; past, im- 
 pelled: adj. impellent: s. impeller. 
 
 IMPEND', v. To hang over. pr. par. 
 impending; past, impended : s. im- 
 pendence : adj. impendent. 
 
 IMPENETRABLE, adj. Impervi- 
 ous; not to be pierced, s. im- 
 penetrability, pi. impenetrabilities : 
 adv. impenetrably. 
 
 IMPENITENCE, s. Obduracy; want 
 of remorse for crimes, adj. impeni- 
 tent: adv. impenitently. 
 
 IMPERATIVE, adj. Commanding; 
 expressive of command, adv. im- 
 peratively : adj. imperatorial. 
 
 IMPERCEPTIBLE, adj. Not to be 
 discovered or perceived, s. imper- 
 ceptibleness : adv. imperceptibly. 
 
 IMPERFECT, adj. Not complete, 
 defective, s. imperfection: adv. 
 imperfectly. 
 
 IMPE'RIAL. adj. Relating or be- 
 longing to an empire ; royal, s. 
 imperialist: adv. imperially. 
 
 IMFE'RIOUS. adj. Commanding, 
 authoritative, s. imperiousness : 
 adv. imperiously. 
 
 IMPERISHABLE, adj. Not to be 
 destroyed, s. imperishability, pi. 
 imperishabilities : adv. imperish- 
 abbf. 
 
 IMPERMEABLE, adj. Not possible 
 to be passed through. 
 
 IMPER'SONAL. adj. Not varied ac- 
 cording to the persons, s. imper- 
 sonality, pi. impersonalities : adv. 
 impersonally. 
 
 IMPERSPIC'UOUS. adj. Not per- 
 spicuous, not clear, s. imperspicu- 
 ity, pi. imperspicuities : adv.imper- 
 spicuously. 
 
 IMPERTINENCE, IM PERTINEN- 
 CY, s. That which has no relation 
 to the matter in question ; trouble- 
 someness, intrusion; sauciness, 
 rudeness, pi. impertinences, imper- 
 tinencies: adj. impertinent: adv. '. 
 impertinently. 
 
 IMPERTURBABLE, adj. Impossi-| 
 
 IMP— IMP 
 
 ble to be disturbed, s. imperturba- 
 Hon: adv. imperiurbably: adj. im- 
 perturbed. 
 IMPERVIOUS, adj. Impassable, im- 
 penetrable, adv. imperviously : s. 
 impcrviousness. 
 IM'PETRATE. v. To obtain by ap- 
 plication or entreaty, pr. par. im- 
 petrating ; past, impetrated: adj. 
 impetrative. 
 IMPETUOUS, adj. Vehement, vio- 
 lent, fierce, passionate, s. impetu- 
 osity, pi. impetuosities: adv. im- 
 petuously. 
 IM'PETUS. s. Violent tendency to 
 
 any point ; violent effort. 
 IMPi'ETY. s. Irreverence to the Su- 
 preme Being ; contempt of the du- 
 ties of religion; wickedness, pi. 
 impieties: adj. impious: adv. im- 
 piously. 
 
 IMPINGE', v. To fall or strike against. 
 
 pr. par. impinging; past, impinged. 
 IMPLACABLE, adj. Not to be paci- 
 fied; inexorable; irreconcilable, 
 adv. implacably: s. implacability, 
 pi. implacabilities. 
 IMPLANT, v. To insert, to infix, 
 pr. par. implanting; past, implant- 
 ed: s. implantation. 
 IMPLEAD', v. To accuse, to indict, 
 pr. par. impleading; past, implead- 
 ed: s. impleader. 
 IMPLEMENT, s. A tool; an instru- 
 ment of manufacture, adj. imple- 
 mental: adv. implementally. 
 IM PLICATE, v. To entangle, to in- 
 volve, pr. par. implicating; past, 
 implicated: s. in plication : adj. im- 
 plicative: adv. implicatively. 
 IMPLICATION, s. Involution ; en- 
 tanglement ; inference not ex- 
 pressed, but tacitlv inculcated. 
 IMPLI'CIT. adj. Trusting without 
 reserve or examination, s. impli- 
 citness: adv. implicitly. 
 IMPLO'RE. v. To solicit, to ask, to 
 beg. pr. par. imploring ; past, im- 
 plored: s. implorer. 
 IMPLY', v. To involve or comprise 
 as a consequence, pr. par. imply- 
 ing; past, implied : s. implication. 
 
 195 
 
IMP— IMP 
 
 IMPOLICY, s. Imprudence, indis- 
 cretion, adj. impolitic: adv. im- 
 politically. 
 
 IMPOLITE, adj. Not polite, s. im- 
 politeness: adv. impolitely 
 
 IMPORT', v. To carry into any 
 country, from abroad; to infer, 
 to impiy. pr. par. importing; past, 
 imported: s. importation : adj. im- 
 portable. 
 
 IMPORTANT, adj. Momentous ; of 
 great consequence, s. importance : 
 adv. importantly. 
 
 IMPORT U'NE. v. To lease; to ha- 
 rass with slight vexation, perpet- 
 ually recurring; to solicit earn- 
 estly, pr. par. importuning ; past, 
 importuned : adj. importunate: adv. 
 importunately : s. importunity , pi. 
 importunities. 
 
 IMPOSE, v. To lay on as a burthen or 
 penalty; to obtrude fallaciously; to 
 put a cheat on. pr. par. imposing; 
 past, imposed: s. imposition. 
 
 IMPOSSIBLE, adj. Not to be done ; 
 impracticable, s. impossibility, pi. 
 impossibilities : adv. impossibly. 
 
 IM'POST. s. A tax, a toll. 
 
 IMPOSTOR. 5. One who cheats, by 
 a fictitious character, s. imposture. 
 
 IM'POTENCE, IM'POTENCY. s. 
 Want of power, imbecility, pi. im- 
 potences, impotencies: adj. impotent: 
 adv. impotenily. 
 
 IMPOVERISH, v. To make poor; 
 to reduce to indigence, pr. par. 
 impoverishing ; past, impoverished. 
 
 IM POWER, v. To give power; to 
 authorize. pr. w par. impowering; 
 past, impowered. 
 
 IMPRACTICABLE, adj. Impossi- 
 ble; not to be performed; un- 
 tractable. s. impracticability, pi. 
 impracticabilities. 
 
 IM'PRECATE. v. To curse; to call 
 for evil upon oneVself or another, 
 s. imprecation : adj. imprecatory, 
 imprecative. 
 
 IMPREG'NABLE. adj. Not to be 
 taken ; not to be moved, adv. im- 
 pregnable. 
 
 IMPREGNATE. «. To fill, to satu- 
 
 IMP— IMP 
 
 rate. pr. par. impregnating ; past* 
 impregnated: s. impregnation. 
 
 IMPRESCRIPTIBLE, adj. With- 
 out the compass of prescription ; 
 by no length of time, to be aliened 
 or lost. s. imprescriptibility. 
 
 IMPRESS', v. To print by pressure ; 
 to stamp ; to take by force, pr. par. 
 impressing ; past, impressed t s. im- 
 press, impression : adj. impressible, 
 
 IMPRES SIVE, adj. Capable of be- 
 ing impressed; susceptible; ca- 
 pable of making impression. a</j. 
 impressively : s. impressivcness. 
 
 IMPRIMATUR, s. A license to 
 print ; a word formerly at the be- 
 ginning of books, signifying M let 
 it be printed." 
 
 IMPRINT', v. To print upon; to 
 mark upon any substance, by pres- 
 sure, pr. par. imprinting: past, 
 imprinted : s. im'print. 
 
 IMPRIS'ON. v. To shut up, to con- 
 fine, pr. par. imprisoning . 
 imprisoned: s. imprisonment 
 
 IMPROB'ABLE. adj. Unlikf.y, in- 
 credible, s. improbability, pi. im- 
 probabilities: adv. improbably. 
 
 IMPROMPTU, s. A brief, extem- 
 poraneous, and often witty or 
 merrv composition. 
 
 IMPROPER, adj. Not well adapte d; 
 unqualified, adv. improperly.- 8. 
 impropriety, pi. improprieties. 
 
 IMPROVABLE, adj. Capable of im- 
 provement, s. improvability : a* If. 
 improvably. 
 
 IMPRO'VE. v. To advance nearer to 
 perfection, pr. par. improving ; 
 prist, improved: s. improvement: 
 adj. improvable: s. improvabilitu. 
 
 IMPROVIDENT, adj. Wanting cure 
 to provide, adv. improvidcnily : s. 
 improvidence. 
 
 IMPRU'DENCE. s. Want of piu- 
 dence ; indiscretion, adj. impru- 
 dently. 
 
 1M! ICX'. r. To attack bylaw or 
 argument : to oppose, pr. par. im- 
 pugning; past, impugned: s. tin- 
 ynfljUQr. 
 
 IMPUIS'SANCE. $. Importance, in- 
 193 
 
IMP— INA 
 
 ability, adj. impuissant: adv. im 
 puissantly. 
 
 IMPULSE, s. Communicated force 
 adj. impulsive: adv. impulsively. 
 
 IMPUNITY, s. Freedom from pun- 
 ishment, pi. impunities. 
 
 IMPU'RE. adj. Not pure, unholy, 
 foul. s. impurity , pi. impurities: 
 adv. impurely. 
 
 IMPUR'PLE. v. To colour as with 
 purple, pr. par. impurpling; past 
 impurpled. 
 
 IMPUTE, v. To charge upon ; to at 
 tribute, pr. par. imputing; past> 
 imputed : s. imputation : adj. impu- 
 tative: adv. imputatively : adj. im- 
 putable. 
 
 IN. One of the prepositions, adv. m. 
 
 INABILITY, s. Impotence; want 
 of power, pi. inabilities. 
 
 INACCESSIBLE, adj. Not to be 
 reached ; not to be approached, s. 
 inaccessibility : adv. inaccessibly. 
 
 INACCURATE, adj. Not accurate: 
 not exact, adv. inaccurately: s 
 inaccuracy, pi. inaccuracies. 
 
 INACTIVE, adj. Not busy, idle, in 
 dolent. adv. inactively: s. inactiv 
 ity, pi. inactivities, inaction. 
 
 IiVAD'EQUATE. adj. Not equal to 
 the purpose ; defective, s. inade- 
 quacy: adv. inadequately. 
 
 I ^ADMIS SIBLE, adj. Not to be ad- 
 mitted, adv. inadmissibly : s. inad- 
 missibility, pi. inadmissibilities. 
 
 INADVERTENCE, INADVER- 
 TENCY, s. Negligence, inatten- 
 tion, pi. inadvertences, inadverten- 
 cies : adj. inadvertent : adv. inad- 
 vertently. 
 
 INAMORATO. 5. One in love; one 
 loved by another. 
 
 INA'NE. adj. Emptv, void. s. inan- 
 ity, pi. inanities, inanition. 
 
 INANIMATE, adj. Void of life; 
 without animation, s. inanimation 
 adj. inanimately. 
 
 INA PPETENCE, INAP'PETENCY. 
 s. Want of appetite, pl.inappeten 
 ces, inappetencies. 
 
 INAPPLICABLE, adj. Not applica 
 R2 
 
 INA— INC 
 
 ble. s. inapplicability, pi. inappli- 
 cabilities: adv. inapplicable : s. in- 
 application. 
 INAPPOSITE, adj. Not apposite; 
 ill-placed ; not to the purpose, s. 
 inappositeness : adv. inappositely. 
 INAPT', adj. Unfit, s. inaptness, in- 
 aptitude. 
 
 INARTICULATE, adj. Not uttered 
 with distinctness, s. inarticulate- 
 ness, inariiculation: adv \ inarticu- 
 lately. 
 
 INARTIFI CIAL, adj. Contrary to 
 art; artless; rude. adv. inartiji- 
 cially. 
 
 INATTENTION, s. Want of atten- 
 tion ; disregard, adj. inattentive: 
 adv. inattentively. 
 INAUDIBLE, adj. Not to be heard. 
 
 adv. inaudibly. 
 INAUGURATE, v. To invest with 
 a new office, by solemn rites, pr. 
 par. inaugurating ; past, inaugu- 
 rated: s. inauguration: adj. inau- 
 guratory. 
 INAUSPI'CIOUS. adj. Ill-omened, 
 betokening ill. adv. inauspicious- 
 ly : s. inauspiciousness. 
 IN' BORN. adj. Innate; implanted 
 
 by nature. 
 IN'BRED. adj. Produced within; 
 
 hatched or generated within. 
 INCALCULABLE, adj. Beyond cal- 
 culation, s. incalculabiiity : adv. 
 incalculably. 
 INCANTATION, s. Charms uttered 
 
 by singing, adj. incantatory. 
 INCA'PABLE. adj. Wanting pow- 
 er ; unable to comprehend, learn, 
 or understand, s. incapability, pi. 
 incapabilities. 
 INCAPACIOUS, adj. Not capaci- 
 ous ; narrow ; wanting power to 
 contain, s. incapaciousness. 
 INCAPACITATE, v. To disable; 
 to weaken, pr. par. incapacitating; 
 past, incapacitated: s. incapacity, 
 pi. incapacities. 
 INCARCERATE, v. To imprison, 
 pr. par. incarcerating; past, inn 
 carcerated: s. incarceration. 
 
 197 
 
INC — INC 
 
 INCAR'NATE. v. To clothe with 
 
 flesh, adj. incarnate, incarnative: 
 
 s. incarnation. 
 INCASE', v. To cover, to enclose, 
 
 to enwrap, pr. par. incasing; past, 
 
 incased. 
 
 INCAU TIOUS, adj. Unwary, neg- 
 ligent, heedless, adv. incautious- 
 ly: s. incautiousness. 
 
 INCEN'DIARY. s. One who sets 
 houses, or towns, or any other val- 
 uable thing, on fire, in malice, or 
 with a design of committing rob- 
 bery, pi. incendiaries: adj. incen- 
 diary. 
 
 IN'CEiySE. s . Perfumes exhaled by 
 fire, in honour of some god or god- 
 dess. 
 
 INCENSE', v. To enkindle to rage ; 
 to inflame with anger, pr. par. in- 
 censing; past, incensed: adj. in- 
 tensive: s. incensement. 
 
 INCENTIVE, adj. Provocative, en- 
 couraging, inciting, s. incentive. 
 
 INCEPTION. 5. Beginning, adj.m- 
 ceptive : adv. inceptively. 
 
 INCERATION. s. The act of cover- 
 ing with wax. adj. ince'rative. 
 
 INCERTITUDE, s. Uncertainty. 
 
 INCESSANT, adj. Unceasing, adv. 
 incessantly. 
 
 IN'CEST. 5. Criminal conjunction of 
 persons within degrees prohibited, 
 adj. incestuous: adv. incestuously . 
 
 INCH. 5. The twelfth part of a foot. . 
 pi. inches. 
 
 INCHASE'. v. See Enxhase. 
 
 IN'CHOATE. adj. In an incipient 
 state: just begun; imperfect, s. 
 inchoateness. 
 
 IN'CIDENT. s. Something happen- 
 ing besides the mnin design; ca- 
 sualty, adj. incidental: adv. inci- 
 dentally. 
 
 INCIN'ERATE. v. To burn to ashes, 
 pr. pnr. incinerating : past, incin- 
 erated: s. incineration. 
 
 INCIPIENT, adj. Beginning, com- 
 mencing, s. incipience, incipiency, 
 pi. incipiences, incipiencies. 
 
 INCISION, s. A cut ; a wound made, 
 
 INC— INC 
 
 with a sharp instrument, adj. in- 
 cisive. 
 
 INCITE, v. To push forward in a 
 purpose ; to animate or encourage, 
 pr. par. inciting; past, incited: s. 
 incitement. 
 
 INCIVILITY, s. Want of courtesy; 
 rudeness, pi. incivilities. 
 
 INCLASP'. v. To hold fast ; to clasp, 
 pr. par. incfasping; past, incihsped. 
 
 INCLEM'ENCY. 5. Severity, rough- 
 ness, unmercifulness. adj. inclem- 
 ent: adv. inclemently. 
 
 INCLINATION, s. Natural aptness, 
 favourable disposition, adj. incli- 
 natory ; ac:v. inclinatorily. 
 
 INCLI'NE. v. To bend, to lean, to 
 bend towards any part ; to be fa- 
 vourably disposed to. pr. par. in- 
 clining; past, inclined: adj. incli- 
 nable.- s. inclination. 
 
 INCLO'SE, ENCLO'SE. v. To shut 
 in; to encircle; to surround, pi. 
 par. inclosing ; past, inclosed: s. 
 incloser, inclosure. 
 
 INCLU'DE. v. To shut in, to iprlose, 
 to embrace, pr. par. including; 
 past, included. 
 
 INCLUSION. 5. Act of including, 
 adi. inclusive: adv. inclusively. 
 
 INCOAGTLABLE. adj. Incapable 
 of conofulntion. 
 
 INCOG'NITO. adj. In a state of con- 
 cealment. 
 
 INCOHERENCE, IXCOHE'REN-. 
 CY. 5. Want of cohesion; irregui 
 larity. pi. incoherences, incoherent 
 cies: adj. incoherent : adv. incohe* 
 rentlq. 
 
 INCOMBUSTIBLE, adj. Not to be 
 consumed by fire. s. incombusti- 
 bility, pi- incombustibilities: adv, 
 incombustihly. 
 
 IN COME, s. Revenue; produce of 
 anv thing. 
 
 INCO MMEX'S V R A RLE. adj. Not to 
 be reduced to anv moasnro com- 
 mon to both. s. incommensurabili- 
 ty i adj. incommensurate. 
 
 INCOMMO'DE. v. To be inconveni- 
 ent to ; to hinder, or slightlv to 
 embarrass, pr. par. incommoding; 
 
 198 
 
INC — INC 
 
 INC — INC 
 
 past, incommoded: adj. incommo- 
 dious : adv. incommodiously : s.in- 
 commodiousness. 
 INCOMMU'NICABLE. adj. Not im- 
 partible; not to be told. s. incom- 
 municability : adv. incommunica- 
 bly. 
 
 INCOMMUTABLE, adj. Not possi- 
 ble to be changed, s. incommuta- 
 bility : adv. incommutably. 
 
 INCOM'PA R ABLE, adj. Excellent; 
 above all competition, s. incom- 
 parableness: adv. incomparably. 
 
 INCOMPATIBLE, adj. Inconsistent 
 with something else. adv. incom- 
 patibly: s. incompatibility, pi. in- 
 compatibilities. 
 
 INCOMPETENT, adj. Not suitable; 
 not adequate, adv. incompetently : 
 s. incompetence, incompetency, pi. 
 incompetences, incompetencies. 
 
 INCOMPLETE, adj. Not perfect, 
 adv; incompletely: s. incompleteness. 
 
 INCOMPREHENSIBLE, adj. Not to 
 be full v understood, adv. incompre- 
 hensibly- s. incomprehensibility. 
 
 INCOM r'REHEN'SI VK. adj. Not 
 comprehensive, adv. incomprehen- 
 sively : s. incomprehension. 
 
 INCOMPRESSIBLE, adj. Not capa- 
 ble of being compressed, adv. in- 
 comp ressibly .- s . incompressib ility , 
 pi. incompressibiliiies. 
 
 INCONCEIVABLE, adj. Incompre- 
 hensible; not to be conceived by 
 the mind. adv. inconceivably : s. 
 inconceivableness. 
 
 SNCONCLU'SIVE. adj. Not conclu- 
 sive, adv. inconclusively: s. incon- 
 clusiveness. 
 
 INCONGRUENCE. 5. Unsuitable- 
 ness; want of adaptation, adj. in- 
 congruent, incongruous : adv. in- 
 congruously: s. incongruity, pi. in- 
 congruities. 
 
 INCONSEQUENT, adj. Without 
 just conclusion ; without regular 
 inference. 
 
 iNCONSID'ERABLE. adj. Unwor- 
 thy of notice; unimportant, adv. 
 inconsiderably: s. inconsiderable- 
 ness. 
 
 INCONSID'ERATE. adj. Careless, 
 thoughtless, adv. inconsiderately: 
 s. inconsiderateness. 
 
 INCONSISTENCE, INCONSIS- 
 TENCY, s. Incongruity, unsteadi- 
 ness, pi. inconsistences, inconsisten- 
 cies : adj. inconsistent: adv. incon- 
 sistently. 
 
 INCONSO'LABLE. adj. Not to be 
 comforted, adv. inconsolably. 
 
 INCONSO'NANT. adj. Disagreeing 
 with itself ; discordant, s. incon- 
 sonarice, inconsonancy, pi. incon- 
 sonancies. 
 
 INCONSTANT, adj. Not firm in 
 resolution; not steady in affection; 
 variable, adv. inconstantly-, s. in- 
 constancy, pi. inconstancies. 
 
 INCONTESTABLE, adj. Not to be 
 disputed, adv. incontestably. 
 
 INCONTINENT, adj. Unchaste; in- 
 dulging unlawful pleasure, s. in- 
 continence. 
 
 INCONTROVERTIBLE, adj. Indis- 
 putable, adv. incontrovertibly : s. 
 incontrovertibility, pi. incontrovtr- 
 tibilities. 
 
 iNCONVE'NIENCE. s. Unfitness; 
 disadvantage; difficulty, v. incon- 
 venience; pr. par. inconveniencing; 
 past, inconvenienced .- adj. inconve- 
 nient adv. inconveniently. 
 
 INCORPORATE, v. To mingle dif- 
 ferent ingredients, so as to make 
 one mass ; to form into a corpora- 
 tion, pr. par. incorp orating ; past, 
 incorporated .- s. incorporation. 
 
 INCORPO'REAL. adj. Immaterial; 
 distinct from matter; distinct from 
 bod v. adv. incorporeally. 
 
 INCORRECT', adj. Not exact, inac- 
 curate, s. incorrectness: adv. in- 
 correctly. 
 
 INCORRIGIBLE, adj. Bad beyond 
 
 correction, adv. incorrigibly: s. 
 
 incorrigibleness, incorrigibility, pi. 
 
 inco rrigib Hi ties. 
 INCORRUPT', INCORRUPT'ED. 
 
 adj. Not corrupt ; not corrupted ; 
 
 honest, adv. incorruptly: s. incor- 
 
 ruption, incorruptness. 
 INCORRUPTIBLE, adj. Not capa- 
 J 199 
 
INC— INC 
 
 ble of corruption, adv. incorrupti- 
 bly: s. incorruptibility. 
 INCREASE', v. To grow more in 
 number, or greater in bulk ; to 
 advance in quantity or value, pr. 
 par. increasing; past, increased: 
 adj. increasible: s. in' crease, in- 
 creaser. 
 
 INCREDIBLE, adj. Surpassing be- 
 lief, adv. incredibly: s. incredi- 
 bility. 
 
 INCRED'ULOUS. adj. Sceptical; 
 not readily believing, adv. incred- 
 ulously: s. incredulity, pi. incredu- 
 lities. 
 
 IN'CREMENT. s. Act of growing 
 greater; increase; matter added;' 
 produce. 
 
 INCROACH', ENCROACH', v. To 
 invade another's right; to creep on! 
 gradually, without rigjit. pr. par. 
 incroaching ; past, incroached: s.J 
 incroacher, incroachment : adv. inA 
 croachingly. 
 
 INCRUS'TATE. v. To cover with a' 
 crust ; to cover with an additional! 
 coat. pr. par. incrustating ; past,m-! 
 crustated: adj. incrustate: s. in- 
 crustation. 
 
 IN'CUBATE. v. To sit upon eggs, 
 pr. par. incubating; past, incu- 
 bated: s. incubation. 
 
 IN'CUBUS. s. The night-mare. 
 
 INCUL'CATE. v. To impress by 
 frequent repetition, pr. par. incul-\ 
 eating; past, inculcated: s. incul- 
 cation. 
 
 INCUM'BENT. adj. Resting or lying 
 upon; imposed as a duty. adv. oi- 
 cumbenily : s. incumbency. 
 
 INCUM'BER, ENCUM'BER. v. To 
 press upon; to embarrass, pr. par.| 
 incumbering; oast, incumbered: s.i 
 incumbrance. 
 
 INCUR', v. To become liable to a j 
 punishment or reprehension, &c. ! 
 pr. pnr. incurring ; past, incurred. 
 
 INCU'RABLE. adj. Not admitting 
 remedy, adv. incurably: s. incu- \ 
 rability, pi. incurabilities. 
 
 INCU'RIOUS. adj. Negligent, inat-i; 
 
 INC— IND 
 
 n tentive. adv •. incuriously .• a. incu 
 
 I riousness. 
 
 INCUR'SJON. s. Invasion, without 
 conquest; inroad, adj. incursive. 
 INDEBTED. adj. Having in- 
 curred a debt; obliged by some- 
 thing received. 
 INDECENT, adj. Unbecoming, in- 
 decorous, adv. indecently: s. inde- 
 cency, pi. indecencies. 
 INDECIS'lON. 5. Want of determi- 
 nation, adj. indecisive: adv. inde- 
 cisively. 
 
 INDECLl'NABLE. adj. Not variable; 
 not varied by terminations, adv. 
 
 indeclinably . 
 INDECOROUS, adj. Indecent ; un- 
 becoming, adv. indecorously. 
 INDECO'RUM. 5. Indecency; some- 
 thing unbecoming. 
 INDEFATIGABLE, adj. Not to be 
 wearied; unwearied, adv. indeft\S 
 igably : s. indefatigableness. 
 INDEFEASIBLE, adj. Not defeas- 
 ible, adv. indefeasibly : s. inuejlos- 
 ibleness, indejeasibility. 
 INDEFEN'SIBLE. adj. Not defensi- 
 ble, s. indefensibility. 
 INDEFINABLE, adj. Not to be de- 
 fined, adv. indefinably. 
 INDEFINITE, adj. Not determined ; 
 not limited ; large, beyond the 
 comprehension of man. adv. in- 
 definitely: s. indejiniieness. 
 INDEL IBLE, adj. Not to be blotted 
 | out or defaced, adv. indelibly: s. 
 j indelibility, pi. indelibilities. 
 INDEL'ICATE. adj. Wanting deli- 
 cacy; indecent, adv. indelicately: 
 s. indelicacy, pi. indelicacies. 
 INDEM'NIFY. v. To secure against 
 loss or penalty, pr. par. fadbnro- 
 fying; past, indemnified: s. in- 
 demnification. 
 INDEMNITY, s. Security from loss 
 
 or punishment, pi. indemnities. 
 INDENT, v. To mark with inequal- 
 ities, like a row of teeth, pr. per. 
 indenting: past, indented: s. m- 
 dentmenU indenture. 
 INDENTURE, s. A covenant, so 
 named because the counter-rarta 
 200 
 
IND — IND 
 
 are indented or cut one by the 
 other, v. indention. 
 
 INDEPENDENT, adj. Not support 
 ed by another; not controlled; 
 not relating to any thing else. adv. 
 independently : s. independence, in- 
 dependency, pi. independences, inde- 
 pendencies. 
 
 WDEPRl'VABLE. adj. Not to be 
 taken away. 
 
 INDESCPJ'BABLE. adj. Not to be 
 described, adv. indescribably. 
 
 INDESTRUCTIBLE, adj. Not to be 
 destroyed. 
 
 INDETER'MINATE. adj. Not de 
 fined; indefinite, uncertain, adv 
 indeterminately: s. indetermination 
 
 fN'DEX. s. A discoverer ; the hand 
 that points to any thing, as to the 
 hour or way; a table of contents, 
 pi. indexes. 
 
 IN'DIAN. adj. Belongingto India, s. 
 Indian, one of the aborigines of 
 America. 
 
 INDICATE, v. To show; to point 
 out. pr. par. indicating ; past, in- 
 dicated: s. indication, indicator.- 
 adj. indicative, indicatory: adv. in- 
 dicatively. 
 
 INDICT', v. To charge any person 
 by a written accusation, before a 
 court of justice, pronounced in- 
 dite, pr. par. indicting; past, in- 
 dicted: adj. indictable: s. indict- 
 ment. 
 
 INDIFFERENT, adj. Neutral, re- 
 gardless, of a middling state, adv. 
 indifferently: s. indifference. 
 
 INDIG'ENOUS. adj. Natural to 
 country ; not foreign or exotic. 
 
 IN'DIGENT. adj. Poor, needy. 
 indigence. 
 
 INDIGESTION, s. Weakness of 
 stomach; want of concoctive pow- 
 ers, adj. indigestible, indigested. 
 
 INDIG'NANT. adj. Angry; inflamed 
 at once with anger and disdain, 
 adv. indignantly: s. indignance, 
 indignancy, indignation. 
 
 INDIG'NITY. s. Contumely, pi. in- 
 dignities. 
 
 IND— IND 
 
 TN'DIGO. s. A plant which produces 
 
 a blue die. pi. indigoes. 
 INDIRECT', adj. Not straight; not 
 tending otherwise than obliquely 
 or consequentially to a purpose ; 
 not fair. adv. indirectly: s. indi- 
 rectness. 
 
 INDISCREET', adj. Imprudent, in- 
 judicious, adv. indiscreetly : s. in- 
 
 INDISCRIMINATE, adj. Indistin- 
 guishable, undistinguished, adv. 
 indiscriminately .- s. indiscrimina- 
 tion: adj. indiscriminating. 
 INDISPENSABLE, adj. Not to be 
 dispensed with; necessary, adv. 
 indispensably: s. indispensability. 
 INDISPO'SE. v. To make unfit; to 
 disincline, pr. par. indisposing; 
 past, indisposed: s. indisposition. 
 INDISPUTABLE, adj. Incontesta- 
 ble, adv. indisputably: s. indis- 
 putability. 
 INDISSOLUBLE, adj. Not soluble, 
 adv. indissolubly: s. indissolubility , 
 pi. indissolubilities. 
 INDISTINCT', adj. Not distinct; 
 not plainly marked, adv. indis- 
 tinctly: s. indistinctness. 
 INDITE, v. See Indict. 
 INDIVIDUAL, s. A single thing, or 
 single person, adj. individual: adv. 
 individually: s. individuality, pi. 
 individualities. 
 INDIVISIBLE, adj. Not possible to 
 be divided, adv. indivisibly .- s. in- 
 divisibility, pi. indivisibilities. 
 INDO'CILE. adj. Unreachable, s. in- 
 
 docility, pi. indocilities. 
 INDOLENT, adj. Lazy, listless, adv. 
 
 indolently .- s. 'indolence. 
 INDOMITABLE, adj. Untameable. 
 INDORSE', ENDORSE', v. To write 
 on the back of any written paper, 
 pr. par. indorsing; past, indorsed: 
 s. indorser, indorsement. 
 INDOW. v. See Endow. 
 INDU'BITABLE. adj. Undoubted; 
 unquestionable, adv. indubitably.- 
 s. indubitableness. 
 INDU'CE. v. To offer bv way of in- 
 duction ; to influence to anv thing-. 
 
 201 ° 
 
IND— INE 
 
 pr. par. inducing; past, induced: 
 s. inducement. 
 INDUCT', v. To bring in; to put 
 into actual possession of a bene- 
 fice, pr. par. inducting; past, in- 
 ducted. 
 
 INDUCTION, s. Act of inducing ; 
 introduction ; inferring one gene- 
 ral proposition, from several par- 
 ticulars, adj. inductive: adv. in- 
 ductively. 
 
 INDUE', v. To invest, pr. par. in- 
 duing; past, indued: s. induement. 
 
 INDULGE', v. To encourage by 
 compliance ; to fondle, pr. par. in- 
 dulging; past, indulged : s. indul- 
 gence: adj. indulgent: adv. indul- 
 gently. 
 
 IN'DURATE. v. To grow hard ; to 
 harden, pr. par. indurating ; past, 
 indurated: adj. indurate: s. indu- 
 ration. 
 
 IN'DUSTRY. s. Diligence, assiduity, 
 adj. industrious: adv. industrious- 
 
 INEB'RIATE. v. To intoxicate, pr. 
 par. inebriating; past, inebriated: 
 s. inebriation, inebriety: adj. ine- 
 briate. 
 
 INEF'FABLE. adj. Unspeakable, 
 
 unutterable, adv. ineffably: s. in- 
 
 effability. 
 INEFFECTIVE, adj. Not effective. 
 
 adv. ineffectively. 
 INEFFECTUAL, adj. Not effectual. 
 
 adv. ineffectually : s. ineffectual- 
 
 INEF'FICACY. s. Want of power; 
 want of effect, pi. ineffcacies.- 
 adj. inefficacious: adv. ineffica- 
 ciously. 
 
 INEFFICIENT, adj. Unactive, in- 
 effective, s. inefficiency, pi. ineffi- 
 ciencies: adv. inefficiently. 
 
 INEL'EGANCE, INEL'IGANCY. s. 
 Want of elegance, adj. inelegant: 
 adv. inelegantly. 
 
 INEPT', adj. Trifling, foolish, use- 
 less, adv. ineptly: s. ineptitude, 
 ineptness. 
 
 INEQUALITY. 8. Difference of 
 comparative quantity ; uneven- 
 
 INE— INF 
 
 ness; disproportion to any office 
 or purpose, pi. inequalities. 
 
 INEQ' U1T ABLE, adj. Unjust, adv. 
 inequitably. 
 
 INERT', adj. Dull, sluggish, adv. 
 
 I inertly: s. inertness. 
 
 INESTIMABLE, adj. Too valuable 
 
 ! to be rated, adv. inestimably: b. 
 inestimableness. 
 
 INEVITABLE, adj. Unavoidable, 
 adv. inevitably: s. inevitableness. 
 
 INEXCU'SABLE. adj. Not to be ex- 
 cused, adv. inexcusably : s. inex- 
 cusableness. 
 
 INEXHAUSTIBLE, adj. Not to be 
 exhausted, adv. inexhaustibly : s. 
 inexhaustibility ; adj. inexhaustive. 
 
 INEXORABLE, adj. Not to be mov- 
 ed by intreaty. adv. inexorably: 
 s. inexorability. 
 
 INEXPEDIENT, adj. Not expedient, 
 adv. inexpediently : s. inexpedience y 
 inexpediency, pi. inexpediences, in- 
 expediencies. 
 
 INEXPE'RIENCE. s. Want of ex- 
 perimental knowledge, part. adj. 
 inexperienced. 
 
 INEXPERT', adj. Unskilful, adv. 
 inexpertly. 
 
 INEX'PIABLE. adj. Not to be aton- 
 ed, adv. inexpiably. 
 
 INEXPLICABLE, adj. Incapable of 
 being explained, adv. inexplica- 
 bly: s. inexplicability. 
 
 INEXPRESSIBLE, adj. Not to be 
 told. adv. inexpressibly. 
 
 INEXTIN'GUISH ABLE. adj. Not to 
 be extinguished ; unquenchable, 
 adv. inextinguishably. 
 
 INEXTRICABLE, adj. Not to be 
 
 disentangled, adv. inextricably ; s. 
 
 inextricability. 
 INFALLIBLE, adj. Not fallible. 
 
 adv. infallibly: s. infallibility, pi. 
 
 infallibilities. 
 IN'FAMOUS. adj. Publicly branded 
 
 with guilt ; disgraced, s. infamy, 
 
 pi. infamies: adv. in famously. 
 IN'FANCY. s. The first part of life' 
 
 non-age; beginning, pi. infancies* 
 202 
 
INF — INF 
 IN'F ANT. s. A young child; a mi- 
 nor; the title of a Spanish prince 
 (tern, infanta.-) adj. infantile. 
 INFANTICIDE. Act of killing an 
 infant ; one who has killed an in- 
 fant, adj. infanticidal. 
 IN'F ANTRY. s. The foot-soldiers of 
 
 an army. pi. infantries. 
 INFAT'UATE. v. To strike with 
 folly, pr. par. infatuating,- past, 
 infatuated: s. infatuation. 
 I INFECT', v. To hurt by contagion 
 pr. par. infecting; past, infected, 
 s. infection: adj. infectious: adv 
 infectiously. 
 INFECUN'DITY. s. Want of fertii- 
 i iLBZ ; Darr enness. pi. infecundities. 
 I INFEE'BLE. See Enfeeble. 
 INFELICITY, s. Unhappiness. 
 INFER', v. To deduce, pr. par. infer- 
 ring,- past, inferred: adj. inferri- 
 ble : s. inference. 
 . INFE'RIOR. arf/\ Lower in place ; 
 I lower in value or excellence, s. 
 inferiority, pi. inferiorities. 
 INFER'NAL. adj. Hellish, detest 
 ; able. 
 
 ! INFEST', v. To harass, to disturb 
 pr. par. infesting; past, infested. 
 adj. infestuous: s. infestation. 
 
 lN'FIDEL. s. An unbeliever, adj. 
 
 ■ l '^ e %» PL infidelities. 
 
 INFINITE, arf/. Unbounded, un- 
 limited, immense, adv. infinitely • 
 
 INFlNlTT VF 1 W 
 
 1J\ 11 1VE. ad?. In grammar, the 
 
 infinitive mood affirms or intimates 
 
 the intention of affirming, but not 
 
 absolutely. 
 INFIRM', adj. Weak, feeble, s. in- 
 
 firmity, pi. infirmities. 
 INFIRM' ARY. s. A lodging for the 
 
 weak or sick. pi. infirmaries. 
 INFIX', v. To drive in ; to fasten, 
 r^?!; p ™ in fi xin g; past, infixed. 
 CNFLAME'. v. To kindle; to set on 
 
 fire. pr. par. inflaming; past, in- 
 flamed. 
 
 INFLAMMATORY, adj. Having 
 the power of inflaming, s. inflam- 
 mation. J 
 
 ; NFLA'TE. v. To swell with wind. 
 
 INF— INF 
 
 pr. par. inflating; past, inflated* 
 s. inflation. 
 INFLECT', v. To bend, to turn, pr, 
 par. inflecting; past, inflected: adj. 
 inflective: s. inflection. 
 INFLEXIBLE, adj. Not to be bent 
 or incurvated. adv. inflexibly: s. 
 inflexibility, pi. inflexibilities. 
 INFLICT', v. To put in act, or im- 
 pose as a punishment, pr. par. 
 inflicting; past, inflicted- adj. in- 
 flictive: s. infliction. 
 INFLUENCE, s. Ascendant power, 
 power of directing or modifying, 
 v. influence ; pr. par. influencing, 
 past, influenced: adj. influential: 
 adv. influentially. 
 IN'FLUX. s. Act of flowing into any 
 thing. 
 
 INFOLD', v. To inwrap. pr. par. wt- 
 
 folding; past, infolded. 
 INFO'LIATE. v. To cover wkh 
 leaves, pr. par. infoliating; paU, 
 infoliated: s. inf citation. 
 INFORM', v. To instruct; to supply 
 with new knowledge; to acquaint, 
 pr. par. informing; past, inform- 
 ed: s. informant, information, in- 
 former. 
 
 INFORM' A L. adj. Irregular ; co i- 
 trary to established forms, ad r. 
 informally: s . informality, pi. in- 
 formalities. 
 INFRACT', v. To break, pr. par. i %j 
 fracting; past, infracted: s. it- 
 fra c tio n 
 
 INFRAN'CHISE, ENFRAN'CHIS £, 
 v. To ad mit to the pri vi lege of a frr e« 
 man. pr. par. infranchising ; pa^t, 
 infranchised .- s. inf ranch isement. 
 INFRANGIBLE, adj. Not to be 
 broken, s. infrangibiliiy • adv. in- 
 frangibly. 
 INFREQUENT, adj. Not frequent; 
 rare; uncommon, adv. infrequent- 
 ly.- s. infrequence, infrequcncy, pi 
 infrequencies. 
 INFRINGE', v. To violate; to break 
 laws or contracts, pr. par. infring- 
 ing; past, infringed: s. infringe- 
 ment. 
 
 IllNFU'RIATE. * To fill with rage 
 203 
 
INF— INH 
 
 or fury. pr. par. infuriating; past, 
 
 infuriated. 
 INFU'SE. v. To pour in, to instil. 
 
 pr. par. infusing; past, infused: 
 
 adj. infusive, infusible : s. infusion. 
 IN'GATHERING. s. The act of 
 
 getting in a harvest. 
 INGEN'DER, ENGEN DER, y. To 
 
 beget, to produce, pr. par. ingen- 
 
 dering ; past, ingendered. 
 INGE'NIOUS. adj. Witty, inventive. 
 
 adv. ingeniously : s. ingenuity, pi. 
 
 ingenuities. 
 INGEN'UOUS. adj. Open, fair, can- 
 did, adv. ingenuously: s. ingenu- 
 
 INGLaRIOUS. adj. Without glory ; 
 
 void of honour, adv. ingloriously. 
 IN'GOT. s. A mass of metal. 
 INGRAFT', ENGRAFT', v. To 
 
 propagate trees by incision, pr. 
 
 par. ingrafting ; past, ingrafted : 
 
 s. ingraftment. 
 INGRAINED, part adj. Dyed in 
 
 grain ; deeply fixed. 
 IN'GRATE. adj. Ungrateful, s. in- 
 
 grate. 
 
 INGRATIATE, v. To put in favour; 
 
 to recommend to kindness, pr. par. 
 
 ingratiating; past, ingratiated: s. 
 
 ingratiation. 
 INGRATITUDE, s. Retribution of 
 
 evil for good. 
 INGRE'DIENT. s. Component part 
 
 of a body, consisting of several 
 
 materials. 
 IN'GRESS. s. Entrance ; power of 
 
 entrance, s. ingression: adj. in- 
 
 gressive. 
 
 IN'GUINAL. adj. Belonging to the 
 groin. 
 
 INGULF', v. To swallow up, in a 
 vast profundity; to cast into a 
 gulf. pr. par. ingulfing; past, in- 
 gulfed. 
 
 ifrGUR'GITATE. v. To swallow 
 down. pr. par. ingurgitating; past, 
 ingurgitated: s. ingurgitation. 
 
 INHABIT, v. To dwell in. pr. par. 
 inhabiting; past, inhabited: adj. in- 
 habitable.- s. inhabitation, inhabit- 
 ant, inhabitancy. 
 
 INH-INJ 
 
 INHANCE'. v. To raise, to advance, 
 to heighten in price, pr. par. in- 
 hancing ; past, inhanced. 
 INHA'LE. v. To draw in with air. 
 pr. par. inhaling; past, inhaled: s. 
 inhaler. 
 
 INHARMONIOUS, IN HARMON I- 
 CAL. adj. Discordant, unmusical, 
 adv. inharmoniously : s. inharmo- 
 niousness. 
 INHERE, v. To exist in something 
 else. s. inherence, inherency : .adj. 
 inherent: adv. inherently. 
 INHERIT, v. To receive or possess 
 as an heir ; to derive from an ances- 
 tor, pr. par. inheriting; past, in- 
 herited: adj. inheritable: adv. m- 
 heritably : s. inheritance, inheritor, 
 inheritress, pi. inheritresses. 
 INHIB'IT. v. To restrain, to hinder, 
 to prohibit, to forbid, pr. par. in- 
 hibiting; past, inhibited: s. inhibi- 
 tion. 
 
 INHOSTITABLE. adj. Affording 
 no kindness or entertainment to 
 strangers, adv. inhospitably: in' 
 hospitality, pi. inhospitalities. 
 INHU'MAN. adj. Barbarous, savage, 
 cruel, adv. inhumanly: s. inhu- 
 manity, pi. inhumanities. 
 INHU ME, v. To bury in the earth 
 pr. par. inhuming; past, inhumed 
 adj. inhumative: s. inhumation. 
 INIMICAL, adj. Unfriendly, hostile, 
 
 adverse, adv. inimically. 
 INIM'ITABLE. adj. That cannot bo 
 imitated, adv. inimitably: s. in- 
 imitableness. 
 INIQ'UITY. s. Injustice, wicked- 
 ness, crime, adj. iniquitous: adv. 
 ini quit ou sly. 
 INITIAL, adj. Placed at the begin- 
 ning, s. initial: adv. initially. 
 INITIATE, v. To enter; to instruct 
 in the rudiments of any art. pr. 
 par. initiating; past, initiated: s. 
 initiation : adj. initiatory. 
 INJECT', v. To throw into. pr. par. 
 injecting; past, injected: s. injec- 
 tion. 
 
 IN JOIN', ENJOIN', v. To direct, to 
 order, to prescribe, pr. |»ar. in- 
 
INJ-INN 
 
 joining; past, injoined: s. ihjoin- 
 er, injoinment. 
 
 INJUDICIOUS, adj. Without judg- 
 ment, adv. injudiciously: s. inju- 
 diciousness. 
 
 INJUNCTION. 5. Act of injoining; 
 command, adj. injunctive. 
 
 IN'JURE. v. To hurt unjustly; to 
 wrong, pr. par. injuring; past, 
 injured: s. injury, pi. injuries, in- 
 juriousness: adj. injurious: adv. 
 injuriously. 
 
 INJUSTICE, s. Iniquity, wrong. 
 
 INK. s. A liquid, used for writing 
 and printing, v. ink; pr. par. ink- 
 ing ; past, inked: adj. inky: s. 
 
 INK'STAND. s. A utensil for hold- 
 ing the instruments of writing. 
 
 IN'LAND. adj. Interior; lying re- 
 mote from the sea. s. inlander. 
 
 INLAY', v. To diversify with dif- 
 ferent bodies, inserted into the 
 ground or substratum, pr. par. in- 
 laying; past, inlaid. 
 
 IN'MATE. s. One who dwells in the 
 same house with another. 
 
 IN'MOST. aJj. Deepest within ; re- 
 motest from the surface. 
 
 INN. s. A chamber, a lodging; a 
 house of entertainment, for travel- 
 lers. 
 
 IN'NATE. adj. Inborn, adv. innate- 
 ly: s. innateness. 
 
 INNAVIGABLE, adj. Not possible 
 to be navigated. 
 
 IN'NER. adj. Interior, superlative, 
 
 INN'KEEPER. s. One who keeps an 
 inn. 
 
 IN'NOCENCE. s. Harmlessness ; 
 freedom from guilt, adj. innocent: 
 adv. innocently. 
 
 INNOCUOUS, adj. Harmless, adv. 
 innocuously t s. innocuousness. 
 
 IN'NOVATE. v. To introduce a nov- 
 elty, pr. par. innovating; past, 
 innovated: s. innovation, innovator. 
 
 INNOXIOUS, adj. Free from mis- 
 chievous effects, adv. innoxiously: 
 s. innoxiousness. 
 
 S 
 
 INN— INS 
 
 INNUEN'DO. s. An oblique hint. pi. 
 innuendoes. 
 
 INNUMERABLE, adj. Not to be 
 counted, adv. innumerably : s. in- 
 numerabteness. 
 
 INOCULATE, v. To propagate any 
 plfnt, by inserting its bud into 
 another stock ; to infect by inoc- 
 ulation, pr. par. inoculating; past, 
 inoculated: s. inoculation, inocu- 
 lator. 
 
 INO'DOROUS. adj. Wanting scent, 
 adv. inodorously. 
 
 INOFFEN'SIVE. adj. Harmless, in- 
 nocent, adv. inoffensively : s. inof- 
 fensiveness. 
 
 INOPPORTUNE, adj. Unseasona- 
 ble, inconvenient, adv. inoppor- 
 tunely. 
 
 INOR'DINATE. adj. Irregular, u «- 
 lawful. adv. inordinately: s. inor- 
 dinateness. 
 
 IN'QUEST. s. Judicial inquiry <ir 
 examination. 
 
 INQUFET. adj. Disquiet, s. inquie- 
 tude. 
 
 1NQUFRE, ENQUFRE. v. To ask 
 
 questions; to make search, pr. 
 
 par. inquiring; past, inquired: 
 
 s. inquiry, pi. inquiries, inquirer. 
 INQUISITION. 5. Judicial inquiry. 
 
 s. inquisitor: adj. inquisitorial: 
 
 adv. inquisitorially. 
 INQUISITIVE, adj. Curious; but.y 
 
 in search, adv. inquisitively : s. m- 
 
 quisitiveness. 
 IN'ROAD. s. Incursion. 
 INSALU'BRITY. s. Unwholesome- 
 
 ness. adj. insalubrious. 
 INSA'NE. adj. Disordered in mind. 
 
 s. insanity, pi. insanities. 
 INSATIABLE, adj. Greedy beyond 
 
 measure, adv. insatiably : s. insa- 
 
 tiableness. 
 INSATIATE, adj. Greedy, so as 
 
 not to be satisfied, adv. insatiately : 
 
 s. insatiety. 
 INSCRFBE. v. To write on any 
 
 thing; to dedicate, pr. par. in- 
 scribing; past, inscribed: s. xn- 
 
 scriber. 
 
 INSCRIPTION, *. Act of inscrlb- 
 205 
 
INS— INS 
 
 ing; thing inscribed, adj. inscrip-\ 
 tive. 
 
 INSCRUTABLE, adj. Incapable of! 
 being discovered, adv. inscrutably: 
 s. inscrutability. 
 
 IN'SECT. s. A small animal, hav- 
 ing a separation in the middle, or 
 between the extremities of its bo- 
 dy, joined by a ligature, as a com- 
 mon rly. v. insect ; pr. par. insect- 
 ing; past, insected: adj. insectile. 
 
 INSECTOL'OGER. 5. One who 
 studies or describes insects, s. in- 
 sectology. 
 
 INSECU'RE. adj. Not secure, adv. 
 insecurely ; s. insecurity , pi. inse- 
 
 INSEN'SATE. adj. Wanting sensi- 
 bility; wanting feeling, adj. in- 
 sensitive: s. inscnsation. 
 
 INSEN'SIBLE. adj. Imperceptible; 
 void of feeling; void of meaning, 
 adv. insensibly : s. insensibility, pi. 
 insensibilities. 
 
 INSEPARABLE, adj. Not to be 
 separated, adv. inseparably: s. in- 
 separability. 
 
 INSERT', v. To place in or amongst 
 other things, pr. par. inserting; 
 past, inserted: s. insertion. 
 
 INSHRFNE, ENSHRI'NE. v. To 
 enclose in a shrine, pr. par. in- 
 shrining; past, inshrined. 
 
 INSIDIOUS, adj. Sly, treacherous, 
 adv. insidiously: s. insidiousness. 
 
 IN'SIGHT. 5. Deep view ; thorough 
 skill in any thing. 
 
 INSIG'NIA. 5. Distinguishing marks 
 of office or honour. 
 
 INSIGNIFICANT, adj. Wanting 
 meaning; void of signification; 
 mean. adv. insignificantly : s. in- 
 significance, insignificancy. 
 
 INSINCERE, adj. Wanting sincer- 
 ity, adv. insincerely: s. insincerity, 
 pi. insincerities. 
 
 INSIN'UATE. v. To push gentlv in- 
 to favour or regnrd. pr. par. insin- 
 uating; past, insinuated: adj. in- 
 sinuative: s. insinuation, inainua- 
 tor. 
 
 INSIPID, adj. Wanting taste, adv. f 
 
 INS— INS 
 
 || insipidly: s. insipidity, pi. insipidu 
 I) ties. 
 
 'j INSIST', v. To stand or rest upon ; 
 j to persist in. pr. par. insisting; 
 I past, insisted. 
 
 INSNA'RE. v. To entrap, pr. par. 
 insnaring; past, insnared: s. in- 
 snarer. 
 
 INSO'CIABLE. adj. Not sociable. 
 
 I adv . insociably : s. insociabdUi/. 
 IN'SOLENT. adj. Haughty, over- 
 I bearing, adv. insolently: s inso- 
 | lence. 
 
 IN SOLID, adj. Not solid, s. insoliSi- 
 | ty, pi. insolioities. 
 INSOL'UBLE. adj. Not to be dissolv- 
 | ed or separated, adv. insolvbly: s. 
 I insolubility, pi. insolubilities. 
 INSOL'VABLE. adj. Not to be ex- 
 plained, adv. insolvably. 
 INSOLVENCY, s. Inability to p.y 
 debts, pi. insolve?tcies : adj. ins l- 
 vent. 
 
 INSPECT', v. To look into, bv vray 
 of examination, pr. par. insptctir„v; 
 past, inspected: s. inspection, in- 
 spector : adj. inspectorial. 
 INSPER'SION. s. Act of sprinkling 
 upon. 
 
 INSPI'RE. v. To draw in the breat' ,; 
 to breath into; to infuse into the 
 mind ; to impress upon the fancy, 
 pr. par. inspiring; past, inspired .« 
 s. inspiration, iuspirer : adj. iti- 
 spirable. 
 
 INSPIRIT, v. To enliven, pr. par. 
 inspiriting; past, inspirited : s.in 
 spiration: adj. inspirUive. 
 INSPIS'SATE. v. To thicken, pr. par. 
 i7ispissating ; past, inspissated: s 
 inspissation. 
 INSTA'BLE. adj. Inconstant, adv. 
 instably- s. instability, pi. instabil- 
 ities. 
 
 INSTALL. v.To advance toanvra^k 
 or office, bv placing in an official 
 seat, or stall, pr. par. installing , 
 past, installed: s. insiaikction, in 
 stalment.. 
 
 ( INSTALMENT, s. Act of installing; 
 in commercial languages certaia 
 . 26S 
 
INS — INS 
 
 portion of a debt to be paid at 
 stated times. 
 
 IN'STANT. adj. Pressing, urgent, 
 earnest, immediate. 
 
 IN'STANT. s. Such a part of dura- 
 tion wherein we perceive no suc- 
 cession ; a particular time. 
 
 INSTANTA'NEOUS. adj. Done in 
 an instant, adv. instantaneously: 
 s. instantaneousness. 
 
 INSTAURATION. 5. Reparation, 
 renewal, s. instaurator. 
 
 INSTEAD', adv. In the room or 
 place 
 
 IN'STEP. s. The upper part of the 
 foot, which joins the leg. 
 
 JN'STIGATE. v. To urge to ill. pr. 
 ^.instigating; past, instigated: 
 adj. imiigatioe: s. instigation, in- 
 stigator. 
 
 INSTIL', v. To infuse by drops; to 
 insinuate any thing imperceptibly 
 into the mind. pr. par. instilling; 
 past, instilled: s. instillation, in- 
 stiller, instilment. 
 
 IN'STINCT. s. The power determin- 
 ing the will of brutes; desire or 
 aversion acting in the mind, with- 
 out the intervention of reason, 
 adj. instinctive: adv. instinctively. 
 
 INSTITUTE, v. To fix, to establish, 
 to commence, to prescribe, pr. 
 par. instituting; past, instituted: 
 a. institution, institute, institutor: 
 udj. institutive, institutionary. 
 
 INSTRUCT', v. To teach, to direct, 
 pr. par. instructing; past, instruct- 
 ed: adj. instructive: adv. instruct- 
 ively: s. instruction, instructer, 
 imtructiveness, instructress. 
 
 INSTRUMENT, s. A tool used for 
 any work, or purpose ; a frame 
 constructed so as to yield harmo- 
 • mo us sounds, adj. instrumental: 
 s. instrumentality: adv. instrumen- 
 tally. 
 
 INSUBJECTION. s. State of diso- 
 bedience. 
 
 INSUBORDINATE, adj. In a state 
 of disorder or disobedience, s. in- 
 sidwrdination. 
 
 INS — INT 
 
 INSUF'FERABLE. adj. Intolerable, 
 adv. insufferably : s. insufferable* 
 
 INSUFFICIENT, adj. Not sufficient, 
 adv. insufficiently : s. insuff cience, 
 insufficiency, pi. insufficiencies. 
 
 IN'SULAR. adj. Belonging to an 
 island ; having the quality of an 
 island, s. insularity. 
 
 IN'SULATE. v. To form into an 
 island ; to separate, pr. par. insu- 
 lating; past, insulated. 
 
 INSULT', v. To treat with insolence 
 or contempt, pr. par. insulting; 
 past, insulted: adj. insulting: adv 
 insultingly : s. irtsult, insulter. 
 
 INSU'PERABLE. adj. Invincible; 
 insurmountable, adv. insuperably : 
 s. insuperability. 
 
 INSUPPORTABLE, adj. Intolera- 
 ble, insufferable, adv. insupporta- 
 bly: s. insupportableness. 
 
 INSU'RE. v. To exempt from hazard, 
 by the payment of a certain sum ; 
 to make sure. pr. par. insuring , 
 past, insured: s. insurance, insurer. 
 
 INSUR'GENT. s. One who rebels 
 against the established govern- 
 ment of a country. 
 
 INSURMOUNTABLE, adj. Insu- 
 perable, adv. insurmountably : s. 
 insurmountability. 
 
 INSURRECTION, s. A seditious 
 rising, adj. insurrectional, insur- 
 rectionary. 
 
 INSUSCEPTIBLE, adj. Not suscep- 
 tible, s. insusceptibility : adv. in- 
 susceptibly. 
 
 INTAG'LIO. s. Any thing that has 
 figures engraved upon it, so as to 
 rise above the ground. 
 
 INT AIL'. See Entail. 
 
 INT AN'GIBLE. adj. Not to be touch- 
 ed, adv . intangibly : s. intangibili- 
 ty, pi. intangibilities. 
 
 INTEGER, s. The whole of any 
 thing, adj. integral: adv. integral- 
 ly : s. integrality. 
 
 INTEGRATE, v. To form one 
 whole ; to contain all the parts of. 
 pr. par. integrating; past, inte- 
 grated. 
 
 207 
 
INT— INT 
 
 IHTEG'RITY. s. Entireness, incor- 
 ruptibility, honesty, pi. integrities. 
 
 INTEG'UMENT. 5. Any thing that 
 covers or envelops another thing, 
 adj. integumental. 
 
 INTELLECT, s. The intelligent 
 mind. adj. intellectual; adv. intel- 
 lectually.- s. intellectualist, intellec- 
 tuality. 
 
 INTEL LIGENT, adj. Knowing, in- 
 structed, skilful, s. intelligence, 
 intelligencer. 
 
 INTEL'LIGIBLE. adj. Possible to 
 be understood, adv. intelligibly: 
 s. intelligibility. 
 
 INTEMTER A TE. adj. Immoderate 
 in appetite ; drunken ; ungovern- 
 able ; exceeding the just or con- 
 venient mean. adv. intemperately : 
 s. intemperance. 
 
 INTEND', v. To mean or design, 
 pr. par. intending; past, intended: 
 s. intender, intention, intendment. 
 
 INTEND'ANT. s. An officer of the 
 
 • highest class, who oversees any 
 particular allotment of public busi- 
 ness. 
 
 ) INTENSE', adj. Raised to a high de- 
 gree ; vehement, ardent, adv. in- 
 tensely: s. intenseness, intension, 
 intensity, pi. intensities. 
 
 1 vTENT'. adj. Anxiously diligent, 
 s. intent, intentness: adv. intently. 
 
 INTENTION, s. Design, purpose, 
 adj. intentional: adv. intentionally. 
 
 I> 'TER'. v. To bury. pr. par. inter- 
 ring; past, interred: s. interment. 
 
 INTER'CALAR, INTER'C ALARY. 
 adj. Inserted out of the common 
 order, to preserve the equation of 
 time. v. intercalate; pr. par. inter- 
 calating; past, intercalated: s. in- 
 tercalation. 
 
 INTERCEDE, v. To pass between; 
 to mediate, pr. par. interceding ; 
 past, interceded. 
 
 INTERCEPT', v. To stop and seize 
 in the way ; to obstruct, pr. par. 
 intercepting ; past, intercepted: s. 
 interception, iiitercepter : adj. in- 
 lerceptirt : adv. intercepiively. 
 
 INTERCESSION. *. Act of inter- 
 
 INT — INT 
 
 ceding; mediation, s. intercessor : 
 adj. intercessory. 
 
 INTERCHAIN', v. To chain or link 
 together, pr. par. interchaining t 
 past, interchained. 
 
 INTERCHANGE', v. To give and 
 take mutually ; to put each in the 
 place of the other, pr. par. inter- 
 changing; past, interchanged: 
 adj. interchangeable: adv. inter- 
 changeably : s. interchange 1 u nt. 
 
 INTERCOURSE, s. Commute, 
 communication. 
 
 INTERDICT', v. To forbid, to pro- 
 hibit. pr. par. interdiating ; past 
 interdicted: s. in'terdict, inter die 
 Hon: adj. inter dictive, interdictory 
 
 INTEREST', v. To concern, to ef 
 feet. pr. par. interesting; past, in 
 
 INTEREST, s. Concern, advantage, 
 influence over others ; money paid 
 for the use of money. 
 
 INTERFE'RE. v. To interpose ; to 
 intermeddle, pr. par. interfering, 
 past, interfered: s. interference. 
 
 INTERIM, s. Intervening time. 
 
 INTERIOR, adj. Internal, not out- 
 ward, s. interior. 
 
 INTERJECTION, s. Intervention ; 
 one of the parts of speech, v. in- 
 terject; pr. par. interjecting; past, 
 interjected. 
 
 INTERLA'CE. v. To intermix; to 
 put one thing within another, pr. 
 par. interlacing : past, interlaced. 
 
 INTERLARD', v. To insert bet we< n. 
 pr. par. intcrlardiyig ; past, inter- 
 larded. 
 
 INTERLEAVE, v. To insert blank 
 leaves into a book. pr. par. inter- 
 leaving; past, interleaved. 
 
 INTERLl'NE. v. To write in alter- 
 nate lines ; to write between two 
 lines, pr. par. interlining; past, 
 interlined: adj. interlinear, inier- 
 lineary: s. interlineation. 
 
 INTERLOTE. v. To intrude; to run 
 between parties, and intercept the 
 advantage one should gain from 
 the other, pr. par. inte doping ; 
 past, interloped: s. inierloprr. 
 
 20J 
 
INT — INT 
 
 INTERLUDE, s. Something played 
 atthe intervals of a festival or play. 
 
 {INTERMARRY, v. To marry some 
 of each family with another, pr. 
 par. intermarrying; past, intermar- 
 ried: s. intermarriage. 
 
 XNTERMED'DLE. v. To interpose 
 officiously, pr. par. intermeddling ; 
 past, intermeddled: s. intermeddler 
 
 INTERMEDIATE. ^.Intervening 
 adv. intermediately. 
 
 INTERMINABLE, adj. Immense; 
 without limit, adv. interminably: 
 adj. interminate. 
 
 INTERMIN'GLE. v. To mix. pr. 
 par. intermingling; past, intermin- 
 gled. 
 
 INTERMIS'SION. s. Act of inter- 
 mitting; cessation for a time, adj, 
 intermissive. 
 
 INTERMIT", v. To cease or forbear 
 for a time. pr. par. intermitting ; 
 past, intermitted: adj. intermittent: 
 adv. inter mittingly. 
 
 INTERMIX', v. To mingle ; to mix. 
 pr. par. intermixing; past, inter- 
 mixed: s. intermixture. 
 
 INTERNAL, adj. Inward, adv. in- 
 ternally. 
 
 INTERPOLATE, v. To put any 
 thing into a place to which it does 
 not belong, pr. par. interpolating, 
 past, interpolated : s. interpolation, 
 interpolaier. 
 
 INTERPO'SE. v. To place between; 
 to thrust in, as an obstruction, in- 
 terruption, or inconvenience, pr. 
 par. interposing; past, interposed : 
 s. interposition. 
 
 INTERPRET, v. To explain, pr. 
 par. interpreting; past, interpreted. 
 s. interpretation, interpreter: adj, 
 interpretative, inter pretabh: adv. 
 interpretatively. 
 
 INTERREGNUM, s. The time in 
 which a throne is vacant between 
 the death of one prince, and the 
 accession of another. 
 
 INTERROGATE, v. To question 
 pr. par. interrogating; past, in- 
 terrogated: s. interrogation, inter 
 S2 
 
 INT— INT 
 
 rogator: adj. interrogative, inter- 
 rogatory: adv. interrogatively. 
 INTERRUPT', v. To hinder from 
 proceeding, by interposition, pr. 
 par. interrupting; past, interrupt^ 
 ed: s. interruption, interrupter: 
 adv. interruptedly. 
 INTERSECT', v. To cut; to divide 
 each other mutually, pr. par. in- 
 tersecting; past, intersected : s. in- 
 tersection. 
 INTERSPERSE', v. To scatter 
 amongst other things, pr. par. in- 
 terspersing; past, interspersed: s. 
 inter spersion. 
 INTERSTICE. 5. Interveningspace. 
 
 adj. interstitial. 
 INTERTvVFNE. v. To unite, by 
 twisting one in another, pr. par. 
 intertwining; past, intertwined. 
 INTERVAL, s. Intervening space 
 or time. 
 
 INTERVENE, v. To come between, 
 pr. par. intervening; past, inter- 
 vened: s. intervention: adj. inter- 
 venient. 
 
 INTERVIEW, s. Mutual sight; 
 meeting of persons generally by 
 appointment. 
 INTERWEAVE', v. To mix one 
 with another, in a regular texture, 
 pr. par. interweaving; past, in- 
 terwoven. 
 
 INTESTATE, adj. Dying without 
 
 a will. s. intestate, intestacy. 
 INTESTINE, adj. Internal, s. in- 
 testine. 
 
 INTHRAL', ENTHRAL', v. To en- 
 slave, pr. par. inth railing ; past, 
 inthralled: s. inthralment, in- 
 thrafler. 
 
 INTHRO'NE. v. To raise to rovalty. 
 pr. par. inthroning; past, inthron- 
 ed : s. ■inthronement. 
 INTI'CE. v. See Entice. 
 INTIMATE, adj. Familiar ; closely 
 acquainted, adv. intimately: s. i?i- 
 timacy, intimacies. 
 INTIMATE, v. To point out indi- 
 rectly, pr. par. intimating; past. 
 
 209 
 
INT — INT 
 
 intimated: s. intimation: adv. in- 
 timately. 
 
 INTIMIDATE, v. To make fear- 
 ful, pr. par. intimidating; past, 
 intimidated: s. intimidation. 
 
 INTI'RE, ENTI'RE. adj. Whole, 
 unbroken, adv. intirely : s. intire- 
 
 lNTrTLE, ENTITLE, v. To give 
 a claim to; to have a title, pr. 
 par. intitling ; past, intitled. 
 
 INTOLERABLE, adj. Insufferable, 
 adv. intolerably. 
 
 INTOLERANCE, s. Want of pa- 
 tience to bear the opinion of 
 others, adj. intolerant. 
 
 INTOMB'. v. To enclose in a tomb, 
 pr. par. intombing; past, intombed. 
 
 INTONATE, v. To thunder, pr.par. 
 intonating; past, intonated: s. in- 
 tonation. 
 
 INTOXICATE, v. To make drunk, 
 pr. par. intoxicating ; past, intoxi- 
 cated: s. intoxication. 
 
 INTRACTABLE, adj. Ungoverna- 
 ble, obstinate, adv. intractably 
 s. intractability, intractableness. 
 
 J ^TRANCE', ENTRANCE', v. To 
 put into a trance, pr. par. iniranc- 
 ing ; past, in tranced, 
 
 1 NTRANQUIL'IT Y. s. Unquietness; 
 want of rest. 
 
 liNTRAN'SITiVE. adj. Not transi- 
 tive, adv. intransitively. 
 
 I)VTRAP, ENTRAP', v. To en- 
 snare, to entangle, pr. par. intrap- 
 ping; past, intrapped, 
 
 INTREAT', ENTREAT', v. To pe- 
 tition ; to solicit, pr. par. intreat- 
 ing ; past, intreated. 
 
 INTRENCH', v. To fortify with a 
 trench ; to encroach, pr. par. in- 
 trenching ; past, intrenched : s. in- 
 trenchment. 
 
 INTREPID, adj. Fearless, daring, 
 adv. intrepidly: s. intrepidity. 
 
 INTRICATE, adj. Entangled, com- 
 plicated, adv. intricately: s. in- 
 tricacy. 
 
 INTRIGUE, s. A plot; a private 
 transaction in which many parties 
 are engaged, v. intrigue'; pr. par. 
 
 INT— INV 
 
 intriguing; past, intrigued: s. in- 
 triguer: adv. intriguingly. 
 INTRIN'SIC. adj. Inward ; internal ; 
 
 real ; true. adv. intrinsically. 
 INTRODUCE, v. To conduct an- 
 other to a place or person; to 
 bring any thing into notice or prac- 
 tice, pr. par. introducing; pust, 
 introduced: s. introduction: adj. 
 introductive, introductory. 
 INTROMIT', v. To send in ; to let 
 in ; to admit ; to intermeddle, pr. 
 par. intromitting ; past, intromit- 
 ted: s. intromission. 
 
 INTRU'DE. v. To enter without in- 
 vitation or permission: to encroach, 
 pr. par. intruding; past, intruded: 
 s intruder. 
 INTRUSION, s. Act of intruding. 
 
 adj. intrusive: adv. intrusively. 
 INTRUST', v. To treat with uunfir 
 i dence; to confide, pr. par. inlrust- 
 l ing; past, intrusted. 
 INTUITIVE, adj. Immediately per- 
 ceived by the mind, without the 
 intervention of argument or testi- 
 mony, s. intuition: adv. intuitively. 
 INTWI'NE. v. To twist or wreath 
 together, pr.par. intwining; past, 
 inhrined. 
 INUEN'DO. 5. See Innuendo. 
 INUM'BRATE. v. To shade; to 
 cover with shades, pr. par. inum- 
 brating; past, inumbrattd: s. in- 
 vmbration. 
 IN UNDATE, v. To overflow with 
 water, pr. par. inundating; past, 
 inundated: s. inundation. 
 IN URBANITY, s. Want of courte- 
 
 ousness; rudeness; unkindness. 
 INU'RE. v. To habituate; to accus- 
 tom, pr. par. invring ; past, in- 
 ured : s. inurement. 
 1NURN'. v. To entomb; to bury. 
 
 pr. par. inuming; past, i/iurntd. 
 INUTILITY, s. Uselessness. 
 INVA'DE. v. To make a hostile en- 
 | trance; to infringe, pr. par. in* 
 i vading: past, invaded: s. invader 
 INVA'SION. s. Act of invading, adj. 
 | invasive. 
 
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INV— INV 
 
 INVALID, adj. Weak ; of no weight 
 or cogency; null. v. invalidate; 
 pr. par. invalidating; past, invali- 
 dated: s. invalidation, invalidity. 
 \ INVALUABLE, adj. Inestimable. 
 I adv. invaluably. 
 
 INVARIABLE, adj. Unchangeable, 
 adv. invariably: s. invariableness. 
 
 INVECTIVE, s. Censure ; satirical 
 or reproachful accusation, adj. in- 
 vective : adv. invectively. 
 
 INVEIGH', v. To utter censure or 
 reproach, pr. par. inveighing ; past, 
 inveighed: s. inveigher. 
 
 IN VEl'GLE. v. To persuade to some- 
 thing bad or hurtful ; to allure, pr. 
 par. inveigling; past, inveigled : s. 
 inveiglement, inveigler. 
 
 INVEN'OM. v. See Envenom. 
 
 INVENT'., v. To find oat ; to produce 
 something not made before; to 
 fabricate, pr. par. inventing; past, 
 invented: s. iriventer, invention: 
 adj. inventive. 
 
 IN'VENTORY. s. An account or 
 catalogue, pi. inventories: v. in- 
 ventory. 
 
 INVERT', v. To turn upside down ; 
 to place the last first, pr. par. in- 
 verting; past, inverted: s. inver- 
 sion: adj. inverse: adv. invertedly. 
 
 INVEST', v. To place in possession 
 of a rank or office ; to confer ; to 
 enclose, pr. par. investing; past,j 
 invested : s. investment, investiture, i 
 
 INVESTIGATE, v. To search out;! 
 to examine, pr. par. investigating :\ 
 past, investigated: s. investigation, 
 investigator: adj. investigative. 
 
 INVETERATE, adj. 0\d; obstinate 
 by long continuance, s. inveterate- 
 ness: adv. inveterately. 
 
 INVID'IOUS. adj. Envious, malig- 
 nant, s. invidiousness : adv. invid- 
 iously. 
 
 INVIG'ORATE. v. To endue with 
 vigour, pr. par. invigorating; past, 
 invigorated: s. invigoration. 
 
 INVIN'CIBLE. adj. Insuperable, un- 
 conquerable, adv. invincibly; s. 
 invincibility 
 
 INV— IRI 
 
 INVI'OLABLE. adj. Not to be pro- 
 faned ; not to be broken, adv. in- 
 violably: s. inviolability: adv. in- 
 violably: adj. inviolate. 
 
 INVISIBLE. \idj. Not to be seen, 
 adv. invisibly : s. invisibility. 
 
 INVi'TE. v. To ask to any place 
 with entreaty and complaisance: 
 to allure, pr. par. inviting; past, 
 invited: s. inviter, invitation: adv. 
 invitingly. 
 
 INVOCATION, s. Act of invoking; 
 entreaty. 
 
 IN'VOICE. s. A catalogue of the 
 freight of a ship; or of the articles 
 and price of goods sent by or to a 
 factor, adj. invoiced. 
 
 INVO'KE. v. To call upon, to im- 
 plore, pr. par. invoking ; past, in- 
 voked. 
 
 INVOLUNTARY, adj. Not having 
 the power of choice ; not done 
 willingly, adv. involuntarily. 
 
 INVOLVE', v. To inwrap, to imply, 
 to comprise, pr. par. involimig ; 
 past, involved. 
 
 INVOLUTION, s. Act of involving. 
 
 IN VULNERABLE, adj. Not to be 
 wounded, adv. invulnerably. 
 
 IN' WARD. adj. Internal, within, 
 adv. inwardly. 
 
 INWRAP'. v. To cover by involu- 
 tion; to involve, pr. par. inwrap- 
 ping; past, inwrapped. 
 
 INWREATH'. v. To surround as 
 with a wreath, pr. par. inwreath- 
 ing; past, imvreathed. 
 
 INWROUGHT', adj. Adorned with 
 work. 
 
 IONIC, adj. Relating to or belonging 
 to one of the orders of architec- 
 ture. 
 
 IOTA. s. A tittle ; the smallest let- 
 ter in the Greek alphabet. 
 
 IPECACUANHA, s. An Indian plant 
 of emetic virtues. 
 
 IRAS'CIBLE. adj. Easily provoked, 
 s. irascibility: adj. irascibly. 
 
 IRE. s. Anger, rage. adv. ircfully. 
 
 I'RIS. s. The rainbow, the circle 
 round the pupil of the eve ; thd 
 fleur de lis. 
 
 211 
 
mi— irr 
 
 fftlSH. adj. Belonging to Ireland. 
 
 s. Irishism- 
 
 IRK'SOME. adj. Wearisome, tedious, 
 troublesome, s. irksomeness : adv. 
 irksomely. 
 
 {'RON, s. The hardest and most use- 
 ful of the metals, adj. won. 
 
 VRQN. v. To smooth with an iron; 
 £0 shackle with irons, pr. par. 
 ironing; past, ironed. 
 
 IRONMONGER. s . A dealer in iron, 
 s. ironmongery. 
 
 I' RON MOULD, s. A stain caused by 
 oxydated iron. adj. ironmoulded. 
 
 I'RONY. s. A mode of speech, in 
 which the meaning is contrary to 
 the words, pi. ironies: adj. ironi- 
 cal : adv. ironically.- s. ironist 
 
 IRRA'DI ATE. v. To shine upon ; to 
 emit beams of light, pr. par. irra- 
 diating; past, irradiated: s. irra- 
 diance, irradiation. 
 
 IRRATIONAL, adj. Void of reason; 
 absurd, s. irrationality : adv. irra- 
 tionally. 
 
 IRRECLAIM'ABLE. adj. Not to be 
 reclaimed, adv. irredaimably. 
 
 IRRECONCILABLE, adj. Not to be 
 reconciled, adv. irreconcilably. 
 
 IRRECOVERABLE, adj. Not. to be 
 regained ; not to be remedied, adv. 
 irrecoverably. 
 
 IRREDU'CIBLE. adj. Not to be re- 
 duced, adv. irreducibly. 
 
 IRREFRAGABLE, adj. Not to be 
 confuted, adv. irrefragably. 
 
 IRREFUTABLE, adj. Not to be re- 
 futed, adv. irrefutably. 
 
 IRREGULAR, adj. Deviating from 
 rule, custom, or nature; unmethod- 
 ical, s. irregularity : adv. irregu- 
 larly. 
 
 IRREL'ATIVE. adj. Having no ref- 
 erence to. adv. irrelatively. 
 
 IRRELEVANT, adj. Not applica- 
 ble; not to the purpose, adv. ir- 
 relevantly: s. irrelevancy. 
 
 IRRELIEV'ABLE. adj. Not admit- 
 ting relief. 
 
 IRRELI'GrON. s. Want of religion; 
 contempt of religion, adj. irreli- 
 gi.r.u$: adv. (rrel'qjovsly. 
 
 IRR— ISL 
 
 IRREMEDIABLE, adj. Admitting 
 I no cure. adv. irremediably. 
 
 IRREMO'VABLE. adj. Not to be 
 j removed or changed, adv. t'rre* 
 
 | movably. 
 
 IRREM UN ERA BLE. adj. Not to be 
 | rewarded. 
 
 IRREPARABLE, adj. Not to be re 
 I covered or repaired, adv. irrepa 
 ' rably. 
 
 IRREPREHEN'SIBLE. adj. Exemp 
 I from blame, adv. irrcprehensibly. 
 IRREPRESSIBLE, adj. Not to be 
 ! repressed, adv. irrepressibly. 
 IRREPROACHABLE, adj. Free 
 from reproach, adv. irreproacha- 
 bly. 
 
 IRRESISTIBLE, adj. Superior to 
 opposition, s. irresistibility: adv. 
 irresistibly. 
 
 IRRES'OLUTE. adj. Not constant 
 
 | in purpose; not determined, adv. 
 
 ! irresolutely : s. irresolution. 
 
 IRRESPONSIBLE, adj. Not respon- 
 
 ( sible. s. irresponsibility. 
 
 IRRETRIEVABLE adj. Not to be 
 
 ; repaired; irrecoverable, adv. t'r- 
 
 ! refrievably. 
 
 IRREV ERENCE, s. Want of rever- 
 
 j ence; want of respect, adj. irrev- 
 
 ' erenf: adv. irreverently. 
 
 IRREVERSIBLE, adj.' Not to be 
 
 I reversed, adv. irreversibly. 
 
 IRREVOCABLE, ad* Not to be 
 revoked, s. irrevocability : adv. ir- 
 revocably. 
 
 IR'RIGATE. v, To moisten, to 
 water, pr. par. irrigating; past, 
 irrigated: s. irrigation : adj. ir- 
 riguovs. 
 
 IR RITATE, v. To provoke, to teaze, 
 to stimulate, pr. par. irritating; 
 past, irritated: adj. irritable: s. ir- 
 ritation, irritability. 
 
 IRRLi TION. s. The act of forcing 
 an entrance; inroad. ad\. irruptive. 
 
 I'SJXGLASS. 5. A glue prepared 
 from the intestines of a fish. 
 
 I'SLAND. .<?. A tract of land sur- 
 rounded by water, s islander. 
 
 ISLE. .<?. An island; a long walk in 
 f church, pronounced tie. 
 
ISO— ITA 
 IS'OLATE. v. To detach, to sepa- 
 rate, pr. par. isolating; past, iso- 
 lated. 
 
 IS'SUE. v. To come out; to make 
 an irruption, pr. par. issuing; 
 past, issued: s. issue. 
 
 ISTH'MUS. s. A neck ofland, join- 
 ing a peninsula to a continent, pi. 
 isthmuses. 
 
 IT. One of the pronouns. 
 
 ITALIAN, adj. Relating or belong- 
 ing to Italy. 
 
 ITALIC, adj. Denoting a species 
 of type. 
 
 ITE— IVY 
 
 ITEM. s. A new article ; a hint. 
 
 IT'ERATE. v. To repeat; to utter 
 again ; to inculcate by frequent 
 mention, pr. par. iterating; past, 
 iterated: s. iteration: adj. iterative. 
 
 ITINERANT, adj. Traveling, wan- 
 dering, adj. itinerary. 
 
 ITINERARY. $. A book of travels, 
 pi. itineraries. 
 
 I'VORY. s. The tusk of the elephant. 
 
 l'VY. s. A species of creeping plant, 
 adj. ivied. 
 
 JAB— JAD 
 
 JAB'BER. v. To talk idly ; to chat 
 ter. pr. par. jabbering; past, jab- 
 bered : s. jabber, jabberer. 
 
 JACK'AL. s. A small animal, sup 
 posed to start prey for the lion. 
 
 JACK'ANAPES. s. A monkey; a 
 coxcomb. 
 
 J ICK'ASS. s. A male ass. pi. jack- 
 asses. 
 
 J KCK'DAW. s. A species of crow. 
 J ACK'ET. s. A short coat. adj. jack- 
 ited. 
 
 J / C'OBIN. s. A friar of the order of 
 St. Dominic ; the name of a fac 
 lion in the French revolution, so 
 called from their assembling in the 
 monastery of the Jacobin friars, 
 s. jacobinism. 
 
 JACK-PUD'DING. s. A zany; amer- 
 rv andrew. 
 
 JAC'OBITE. s. One attached to the 
 person and family of James the 
 Second of England, after his abdi 
 cation, s. jacobitism. 
 
 JACTITATION, s. Tossing; rest- 
 lessness; vain-boasting; a term 
 in the canon law, denoting a false 
 pretension to marriage. 
 
 JAOULA'TION. 5. The act of throw- 
 ing a missive weapon. 
 
 JADE. s. A horse of no spirit; a 
 worthless nag; an impudent wo- 
 man. 
 
 JAD-JAR 
 
 JADE. v. To tire, to harass, to dis- 
 pirit, pr. par. jading ; past, jaded. 
 
 JAG. v. To cut into teeth, like those 
 of a saw; to stick, as with a pin. 
 pr. par. jagging; past, jagged: 
 ad j • J a ggy • s . jaggedness. 
 
 JAIL, GAOL. s. A prison, s. jailer. 
 
 J AL'AP. s. A medicinal drug. 
 
 JAM. s. A conserve of fruit, boiled 
 with sugar and water. 
 
 JAM. v. To squeeze closely; to 
 enclose an object between two 
 bodies, so as to render it immova- 
 ble, pr. par. jamming ; past, jam- 
 med. 
 
 JANE. s. A kind of fustian. 
 JAN'ITOR. s. A door-keeper. 
 JAN'IZARY. s. One of the guards 
 
 of the Turkish emperor, adj j'an- 
 
 izarian. 
 
 JAN'SENIST. s. One who espouses 
 the religious opinions of Jansen, 
 bishop of Ynres. s. jansenism. 
 
 JANTY, JAUNTY, adj. Showy, 
 fluttering, finical, s. jantiness. 
 
 JAN'UARY. s. The first month of 
 the vear. 
 
 J A PAN', v. To varnish and embellish 
 with gold and raised figures, pr. 
 par. japanning; past, japanned: 
 s. jap in, japanner. 
 
 JAR. v. To strike or vibrate irregu- 
 larly; to clash; to act in oooosi- 
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JAR— JES 
 
 tion. pr. par. jarring; past, jar- 
 red: 8. jar. 
 
 JAR. 5. A kind of earthen vessel. 
 
 JAR'GON. 5. Unintelligible talk. 
 
 J ARGONELL'E.s. A species of pear. 
 
 JASTER. 5. A hard stone, of a bright 
 green colour. 
 
 JAUNDICE, s. A disease, whicli 
 makes the skin yellow, adj. jaun- 
 diced. 
 
 JAUNT, s. A short drive, v. jaunt; 
 pr. r |T. jaunting ; past, jaunted. 
 
 JAUN' £Y. adj. See Janty. 
 
 .JAVELIN. 5. A kind of lance. 
 
 JAW. s. The bone of the mouth, in 
 which the teeth are fixed ; in low 
 language, " gross abuse." 
 
 JAY. s. A kind of bird. 
 
 fJEAL'OUS. adj. Suspicious in love 
 emulous, s. jealousy: adv. jeal- 
 ously. 
 
 JEER. v. To scoff, to mock, pr.par 
 jeering; past, jeered: s. jeerer, 
 
 adv. jeeringly. 
 JEHO'VAH. s. God, in the Hebrew 
 
 language. 
 JEJU'NE. adj. Empty, vacant, hun 
 
 gry, not saturated, unaffecting. s. 
 
 jejuneness, jejunity'. 
 JEL'LY. 5. Any thing brought to a 
 
 glutinous and viscous state, pi 
 
 jellies, adj. jellied. 
 JEN'NET. s. A Spanish horse. 
 JEOPARDY, s. Hazard, danger, 
 
 peril, v. jeopardize; pr. par. jeop- 
 ardizing , past, jeopardized. 
 JERK. v. To strike with a quick, 
 
 smart blow ; to pull suddenly, pr. 
 
 par. jerking; past, jerked: s.jerk, 
 
 jerker. 
 
 J^R'KIN. s. A jacket; a close 
 
 waistcoat. 
 JESS. s. A short strap of leather, 
 
 tied about the legs of a hawk, 
 
 with which it is held on the hand. 
 
 pi. jesses: part. adj. jessed. 
 JES'SAMINE. s. A fragrart flower. 
 JEST. v. To joke; to make merry 
 
 bv words or actions, pr. par. jest* 
 
 tag ; past, jested: s. jest, jester: 
 
 adv. jestingly. 
 JES'UIT. f One of a religious and! 
 
 JET-JOI 
 
 learned order, s. jesuitism : adj. 
 jesuilic Jesuitical au v .jesuitically. 
 JET. 5. A beautiful fossil, of a fine, 
 
 deep black colour ; a spout or shoot 
 
 of water, v. jet; pr. par. jetting; 
 
 past, jetted. 
 JEW. s. A Hebrew, an Israelite. 
 
 fern. Jewess, pi. Jewesses: adj. 
 
 Jewish. 
 
 JEWEL. 5. Any ornament of great 
 value ; commonly, such as are 
 adorned with precious stones; 
 a precious stone, v.jeviel: s. jew- 
 eller. 
 
 JEWS'-HARP. 5. A trump; a kind 
 of musical instrument, held be- 
 tween the teeth. 
 
 JIF'FY. s. An instant. 
 
 JIG. s. A light, careless dance; a 
 song. v. jig; pr. par. jigging; 
 past, jigged. 
 
 JILT. s. A woman who gives her 
 lover hopes, and deceives him. 
 v. jilt; pr. par. jilting; past, jilted. 
 
 JING'LE. v. To clink; to sound 
 with a kind of sharp rattle, pr. par. 
 jingling; past, jingled .- s. jingle. 
 
 JOB. 5. Trifling work ; a piece of 
 chance work ; a piece of labour 
 undertaken at a stated price ; a 
 low, mean, lucrative affair: a sud- 
 den stab with a sharp instrument. 
 v.job; pr. par. jobbing ; past, job- 
 bed: s. jobber. 
 
 JOCK'EY. s. One who rides horses 
 in a race ; one who deals in horses; 
 a cheat, v. jockey; pr.par. jockey- 
 ing; past, jockeyed. 
 
 JOCOSE', adj. Merry, jocular, s.jo- 
 coseness: adv. jocosely. 
 
 JOCULAR. ar^'/Used in jest: merry, 
 s. jocularity : adv. jocula rly. 
 
 JO'CUND. adj. Merrv, gay. adv. jo- 
 cundly: s jocundity. 
 
 JOG. v. To push ; to shake by a 
 sudden impulse; to give notice by 
 a sudden push : to travel slowly, 
 pr. par. jogging ; past, jogged : s. 
 jogger. 
 
 JOHN-DOTY. s. Akindoffifh. 
 JOIN. v. To (trow to: to unite: to 
 close, pr. par. join ing; past,, joined. 
 
joi—jov 
 
 ; JOIN'ER. s. One whose trade Ig to 
 make utensils of wood compacted, 
 s. joiner, joinery. 
 I JOINT. s. Articulation of limbs ; 
 hinge, v. joint; pr. par. jointing; 
 past, jointed. 
 JOINT, adj. Shared amongst many 
 united in the same possessions 
 adv. jointly. 
 f JOINTURE, s. The wife's estate. 
 
 JOIST. 5. The secondary beam of 
 , : a floor, y. joist; nr. par. joisiing; 
 past, joisted. 
 JOKE, s. A jest. v. joke; pr. par. 
 
 joking; past, joked : adv. jokingly. 
 JOL'LY. adj. Gay, merry, plump, 
 handsome, s. jollity:, adv. jollify. 
 JOL'LY-BOAT. s. The small boat 
 || of a ship. 
 
 JOLT, v. To shake as a carriage on 
 rough ground, pr. par. jolting; 
 ; past, jolted: s. jolt, jotter. 
 
 JONQUILLE'. s. A species of daf- 
 fodil. 
 
 'JOSTLE, v. To justle; to rush 
 against, pr. par. jostling; past, 
 jostled: s. j ostler. 
 
 [JOT. s. A point, a tittle ; the least 
 quantity assignable. 
 
 JOUR'NAL. s. A diary ; an account 
 of daily transactions, s. journal- 
 ist : v. journalize; pr. par. jour- 
 nalizing; past, journalized. 
 
 JOUR'NEY. s. The travel of a day; 
 passage from place to place, v 
 journey; past, journeyed. 
 
 JOURNEYMAN, s. A hired work 
 man; formerly a workman hired 
 by the day. pi. journeymen. 
 
 TOUR'NEYWORK. s. Work done 
 by the day. 
 
 JOUST. 5. Jilt; tournament, mock 
 fight, v. joust; pr. par. jousting; 
 past, jousted. 
 
 fO'VIAL. adj. Gay, merry, cheer 
 
 1 fid. s. jovially : adv. jovially. 
 
 fOWL. s . The face or cheek ; the 
 head of a fish. 
 
 OY. 5. Gayety, merriment; the,.,, 
 passion, produced by anv happy I year. 
 
 occurrence, v. joy: s. jo^uln^lpV^IOK s. One younger 
 a HJ-7^«, j<syords; sL&t. jf%fiilfy$ anchor. s . juniority. 
 
 joyously: adj. joyless: adv. joiJ* 
 kssly. 
 
 JU'BILEE. 6-. A public festivity; a 
 
 time of rejoicing, adj. jubilant. 
 JUDA'ICAL. adj. Jewish; belong- 
 ing to the Jews. adv. judaically : 
 s. judaism. 
 JUDGE, v. To decide; to form or 
 give an opinion, pr. par. judging; 
 past, judged: s. judgment, judger: 
 adj. judicatory, judicial: ad v . judi- 
 cially. 
 
 JUDICATURE, s. Power of dis- 
 tributing justice ; court of justice. 
 JUDI'CIAL. adj. Practised in the 
 distributing of public justice, adv. 
 judicially: s. judiciary, pi. judi- 
 ciaries. 
 
 JUDl'CIOUS. adj. Prudent, wise y 
 skilful, s. judiciousness : adv. ju* 
 diciously. 
 JUG. 5. A large drinking vessel. 
 JUG'GLE. v. To play tricks, by 
 sleight of hand. pr. par. juggling; 
 past, juggled: s. juggler: adv • 
 jugglingly. 
 JUG'ULAR. adj. Belonging to' the* 
 throat. 
 
 JUICE, s. The liquor, sap, or watery 
 of plants and fruits; the fluid in 
 animal bodies, adj. juicy , juiceless.t 
 s. juiciness. 
 JU'LAP. s. A kind of medicine. 
 JULY', s. The seventh month of 
 the year, so called from Julius 
 Caesar. 
 
 JUM'BLE. v. To mix violently and 
 confusedly together, pr. par. jum- 
 bling; past, jumbled: s. jumble, 
 jumbl'er. 
 
 JUMP. v. To leap, to skip. pr. pnr. 
 jumping; past, jumped: s. jump, 
 
 jumper". 
 
 JUNCTION. 9. Act of joining; 
 
 union; coalition. 
 JUNCTURE, s. The line at which 
 two things are joined together; 
 critical point or article of time. 
 JUNE. & The sixth month of the' 
 
 than 
 
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JUN— JUR 
 
 JUS— JUX 
 
 JU'NIPER. s. A kind of tree 
 JUNK'ET. s. A sweetmeat; a stolen 
 
 entertainment. 
 JUNTA, JUNTO, s. A cabal; a 
 
 congress of statesmen ; a council. 
 ' JU'PITER. s. The chief amongst 
 
 the heathen Gods; one of the 
 
 planets. 
 
 JURIDICAL, adj. Acting in the 
 distribution of justice, adv. juri- 
 dically. 
 
 JURISDICTION. 5. Legal authority; 
 extent of power ; district to which 
 any authority extends, adj. juris- 
 dictive. 
 
 JURISPRUDENCE, s. The science 
 
 of law. adj. jurisprudent. 
 JU'RIST. 5. One skilled in the 
 
 science of law. 
 JU'RY. s. A company of men, 
 
 sworn to deliver a true verdict. 
 
 pi. juries: s. juror, juryman, pi. 
 
 jurymen. 
 
 JUST. adj. Equitable; honest, ex- 
 act, true. s. justice, justness : adv. 
 justly. 
 
 JUSTICIARY, s. An administrator 
 of justice; the bench of judges, 
 pi. justiciaries. 
 
 JUSTIFY, v. To clear from im- 
 puted guilt ; to defend, pr. par. 
 justifying; past, justified : s.jus- 
 tijier, justijicator. 
 
 JUSTLE, JOSTLE, v. To encoun- 
 ter, to clash, pr. par. justling ; 
 past, justled : s. justler. 
 
 JUT. v. To push or shoot into prom- 
 inences ; to come beyond the main 
 bulk ; to run against, pr. par. jut- 
 ting; past, jutted. 
 
 JU'VENILE. adj. Youthful, young. 
 8. juvenility, pi. juvenilities. 
 
 JUXTAPOSITION, s. Appositkn; 
 act of placing together ; state oi 
 being placed by each other. 
 
 KAI — KEG 
 
 K 
 
 KEL— KET 
 
 KAIL. s. A kind of cabbage. 
 
 KAL'ENDAR. s: An account of time. 
 KANGAROO', s. An animal of South 
 Wales. 
 
 KEDGE. v. To bring a ship up or 
 down a narrow river, against the 
 wind, by means of an anchor 
 ahead, pr. par. hedging; past, 
 hedged. 
 
 KEEL. s. The bottom of a ship. s. 
 
 heelage. 
 
 KEELSON, s. The piece of timber 
 
 in a sh'.p next to her keel. 
 KEEN. adj. Sharp, severe, piercing. 
 
 s. keenness: adv. keenly. 
 KEEP. v. To retain; to preserve; 
 
 to tend ; to have care of. pr. par. 
 
 heeping; Dast, kept : s. keep, keeper, j 
 KEEP'S AKE. s. A girt, in token ofi 
 
 remembrance. 
 KEEVE. s. A large tub, used chiefly ; 
 
 bv bleachers. 
 KEG. s. A small barrel, part, adj.. 
 
 fagged. 
 
 KELP. s. A kind of sea-plant. 
 KEL'PY, KEL'PIE. s. A supposed 
 
 spirit of the waters, pi. kelpies, 
 
 helpies. 
 
 KEN. v. To see at a distance ; to 
 descry; to know. pr. par. hen- 
 ning; past, kenned: s. hen. 
 
 KEN'NEL. s. A place for dogs; the 
 hole of a fox, or other beast ; the 
 water-course of a street, v. ken- 
 nel; pr. par. kenneling; past, ken- 
 neled. 
 
 KEPT. Pret. and past par. of the 
 v. to keep. 
 
 KER'NEL. 5. The edible substance 
 contained in a shell ; any thing in- 
 cluded in a husk or integument. 
 
 KER'SEY. s. Coarse stuff. 
 
 KETCH. 5. A heavy ship, as a 
 bomb-ketch; a vessel with two 
 masts, usually from 100 to 250 
 tons burthen. "pi. ketchts. 
 
 KETTLE, s. A vessel for boiling 
 liquids. 
 
 216 
 
RET— KI N K I N — K N E 
 
 KETTLE-DRUM. 5. A drum, ofjiKINGTISHER. 5. A species of bird. 
 
 which the head is spread over aj KING'S-E'Y'IL. s. A disorder, called 
 ^ body of brass or copper. also scrofula 
 
 KEY. s. An instrument used to open'JKINS'MAN. s. A man of the same 
 a lock; the parts of a musical in- 1 race or family, pi- kinsmen. 
 
 strument which are struck with 
 the fingers ; a certain tone, to 
 which every composition of music 
 ought to be adapted. 
 
 KEF-STONE, s. The middle stone 
 of an arch; 
 
 KIBE. s. An ulcerated chilblain. 
 
 KICK. v. To strike with the foot, 
 or. par. kicking; past, kicked: s. 
 kick, kicker. 
 
 KICK'-SHAW. s. Something un- 
 common, fantastical^or ridiculous. 
 
 KID. s. The young of a goat. v. kid; 
 pr. par. kidding-; past, kidded. 
 
 KID'NAP. v. To steal human be- 
 ings, pr. par. kidnapping; past, 
 kidnapped: s. kidnapper. 
 
 KiD'NEY. s. One of the intestines 
 
 KID'NEYBEAN. s. A kind of legu- 
 minous plant. 
 
 KILL. v. To deprive of life. pr. par. 
 killing; past, killed: s. killer. 
 
 KILN. 5. A kind of stove, v. kiln- 
 dry ; pr. par. kilndrying ; past, 
 kilndried, 
 
 KIM'BO. 5. The arms are said to be 
 a-kimbo, when the hands are plac- 
 ed upon the hips. 
 
 KIN. 5. Relation, either of consan- 
 guinity or affinity; a relation, s. 
 kindred. 
 
 KIND. 5. Race; generical class; par- 
 
 ticular nature ; sort. 
 KIND. adj. Benevolent; favourable; 
 
 beneficent, s. kindness: adv. kind- 
 
 ly. 
 
 KIND'HEART'ED. adj. Having 
 great benevolence. 
 
 KIN'DLE. v. To set 011 fire; to in- 
 flame, pr. par. kindling; past, 
 kindled: s. kindler. 
 
 KINE. s. An old plural for cow. 
 
 KING. s. A monarch ; a supreme 
 governor, adj. kinglike: adv. king- 
 ly: s. kingdom. 
 
 KiNG'CRAFT. s. The art of gov. 
 erning. 
 
 KINS' WOMAN, s. A woman of the 
 same race or family, pi. kinswo- 
 men. 
 
 KIRK. 5. An old Scotch word for a 
 church. 
 
 KlR'TLE. 5. A garment, part. adj. 
 
 kirtled. 
 
 KISS. s. Salute given by joininglips, 
 pi. kisses: v. kiss; pr. par. kissing; 
 past, kissed : s. kisser. 
 
 KIT. s. A large bottle; a diminutive 
 riddle ; a small wooden vessel ; a 
 milking-pail, like a churn. 
 
 KITCH'EN. s. The room where 
 provisions are cooked, s. kitchen" 
 garden, kitchen-maid, kitchen-stuffs 
 kitchen-work. 
 
 KITE. s. A bird of prey ; a fictitious 
 bird made of paper. 
 
 KITES'FOOT. s. A kind of plant. 
 
 KITH. s. Acquaintance, (useti by 
 the Scotch.) 
 
 KIT'TEN. s. A young cat. vAitten? 
 pr. par. kittening; past, Miiened. 
 
 KNACK, s. A petty contrivance ; a 
 toy ; a readiness ; an habitual fa- 
 cility. 
 
 KNAPSACK, s. The bag which a 
 soldier carries on his back; a bag 
 of provisions. 
 
 KNARL'ED. adj. Knotted. 
 
 KNAVE. 5. A petty rascal ; a scoun- 
 drel ; a card with a knave painted 
 on it. s. knavery, knavishness: adj. 
 knavish: adv. knavishly. 
 
 KNEAD, v. To beat or mingle any 
 stuff or substance, — as dough, pr. 
 par. kneading; past, kneaded: s. 
 kneader. 
 
 KNEE. s. The joint of the leg, where 
 
 it is joined to the thigh. 
 KNEEL, v. To perform the act of 
 
 genuflection; to rest on the knee. 
 
 pr. par. kneeling; past, kneeled. 
 KNELL, s. The sound of a bell* 
 
 moz aft a funeral. 
 
 m 
 
KM— KNO 
 
 KNICK'-KNACK. s. Any trifle or 
 
 toy. 
 
 KNIFE, s. An edged instrument used 
 
 for cutting, pi. knives. 
 
 KNIGHT. ,s\ A man advanced to a 
 Oertaija degree, of military rank. 
 In England, knighthood confers 
 the title of Sir. v. knight; pr. par. 
 knighting; past, knighted: adv. 
 knightly: s. knighthood. 
 
 KNlGHT-ER'RANT. 5. A wander- 
 ing knight ; one who went about, 
 in quest of adventures, s. knight- 
 errantry. 
 
 KNIT. v. To weave without a loom ; 
 to unite, pr. par. knitting; past, 
 knitted: adj. knit: s. knitter. 
 
 KNOB. 5. A protuberance; any part 
 bluntly arising above the rest. adj. 
 knobbed, knobby. 
 
 KNOCK, v. To clash; to be driven 
 suddenly together; to beat, as at 
 a door, for admittance, pr. par. 
 knocking; past, knocked: s. knock- 
 
 KNO-KOR 
 
 KNOLL, s. A little round hill; the 
 top or cope of a mountain or hill. 
 
 KNOP. s. The bud of a flower; any 
 protuberance or bunch, adj. knop- 
 
 ped. 
 
 KNOT. s. A complication of a COj . 
 or string, &c. v. knot; pr. par. 
 knotting; past, knotted: s. knotti- 
 ness: adj. knotty. 
 
 KNOW. v. To perceive with cer- 
 tainty; to be informed of; to dis- 
 tinguish ; to recognise, pr. par. 
 knowing ; past, known .-adv. know- 
 ingly. 
 
 KNOWLEDGE, s. Certain percep- 
 tion; learning; illumination of 
 the mind.' 
 
 KNUCK'LE. s. The joints of the 
 fingers, protuberant when the fin- 
 gers close ; the knee-joint of a 
 calf. v. knuckle; pr. par. knuck- 
 ling; past, knuckled. 
 
 KO'RAN, ALCORAN, s. The book 
 containing the precepts of Ma- 
 homet. 
 
 LAB— LAB 
 
 I AB'DANUM. 5. A kind of resin. 
 
 LA'BEL. s. A small slip; a small 
 slip of writing; any thing append- 
 ant to a larger writing, v. label; 
 pr. par. labeling; past, labeled. 
 
 LA'BIAL. adj. Uttered by the lips, 
 part. adj. labiated. 
 
 LABORATORY, s. A chymist's 
 work-room. pi. laboratories. 
 
 LABO'RIOfJS. adj. Diligent in work; 
 requiring labour, s. labo?°iousness : 
 adv. laboriously. 
 
 LA'BOUR. s. The act of doing what 
 requires a painful exertion of 
 strength; pains; toil. v. labour; 
 pr. par. labouri?ig; past, laboured: 
 s. labourer. 
 
 LAB'YRINTH. s. Amaze; a place 
 formed with inextricable wind- 
 in ffs. ndj. labyrinthian. 
 
 LABUR'NUM. s. A shrub of the cv- 
 tisus kind. 
 
 LAC— LAC 
 
 LACE. s. A string; a cord; orna- 
 ments of fine thread, curiously 
 w r oven; textures of thread, with 
 gold or silver, v. lace; pr. par. 
 lacing; past, laced. 
 
 LACERATE, v. To tear, to rend, 
 pr. par. lacerating ; past, lacerated: 
 s. laceration: adj. lacerable, Ulcera- 
 tive. 
 
 LACHRYMAL, adj. Generating 
 tears. 
 
 LACHRYM'ATORY. s. A vessel in 
 which tears were gathered, in 
 honour of the dead. pi. lachrym- 
 atories. 
 
 LACK. v. To want. pr. par. lack- 
 ing; past, lacked: s. lack, lacker, 
 (little used.) 
 
 LACK'BRAIN. s. A person that 
 wants wit. 
 
 LACK ER, s. A kind of varnish, v. 
 
 213 
 
LAC — LAM 
 
 lacker; pr. par. lackering; past, 
 lackered. 
 
 LACK'EY. s. An attending servant; 
 
 a foot-boy. 
 LACON'IC. adj. Short, concise, adv 
 
 laconically; s. laconism. 
 LACTEAL, LAC'TEOUS. adj. 
 
 Milky. 
 
 LACTIF'EROUS. adj. Conveying or 
 
 bringing milk. 
 LAD. s. A boy ; a stripling, in famil 
 
 iar language. 
 LAD'DER. s. A frame made with 
 
 steps placed between two upright 
 
 pieces. 
 
 LADE. v. To load,, to freight, pr. 
 par. lading; past, laded: s. lading. 
 
 LA'DLE. s. A large spoon. 
 
 LA'DY. s. A woman of high rank: 
 — the title of Jady properly belongs 
 to the wives of knights, and all 
 titled personages of every supe- 
 rior rank; to the daughters of 
 earls, and of nobles of higher! 
 rank. pi. ladies: adj. ladylike: s. 
 ladyship. 
 
 LA'DY-DAY. s. The day on which 
 
 the annunciation of the blessed 
 
 Virgin is celebrated. 
 LA'DYSLIPPER. s. A kind of plant. 
 LAG. v. To loiter; to move slowlv. 
 
 pr. par. lagging; past, lagged: g. 
 
 lagger. 
 
 LA'IC. s. One of the people, distinct 
 from the clergy, adj. laical. 
 
 i AIR. 5. The couch of a boar, or 
 wild beast. 
 
 LAIRD, s. The lord of a manor, in 
 the Scottish dialect. 
 
 LATTY. s. The people, as distin- 
 guished from the clergy, pi. laities. 
 
 LAKE. s. A large diffusion of inland 
 water; a middle colour, between 
 •iltramarine and vermilion, adj. 
 laky. 
 
 LAMB. s. A young sheep. *dj. lamb- 
 like: v. lamb; pr. par. lambing; 
 pr-st, lambed. 
 
 LAM' BENT. adj. Playing about; 
 gliding over without harm. 
 
 LAMB'KIN. s. A little lamb. 
 
 LAM— LAN 
 LAME. adj. Crippled; disabled in 
 the limbs; imperfect; unsatisfac- 
 tory, v. lame ; pr. par. laming; past, 
 lamed: s. lameness: adv. lamely. 
 LAMENT', v. To bewail ; to mourn ; 
 to bemoan, pr. par. lamenting; 
 past, lamented : s. lament, lamenta- 
 tion: adj. lamentable: adv. lament- 
 ably. 
 
 LAM'INA. s. A thin plate ; one coat 
 laid over another, adj. laminated. 
 LAM'MAS. s. A festival which oc- 
 curs on the first of August. 
 LAMP. s. A light made with oil and 
 a wick ; the vessel in which the 
 light is contained. 
 LAMP'BLACK. s. A kind of black 
 
 substance, made from smoke. 
 LAMPOON', s. Personal satire, writ- 
 ten for the purpose of vexing, v. 
 lampoon; pr. par. lampooning; 
 past, lampooned: s. lampooner. 
 LAM'PREY. s. A fish like the eel. 
 LANCE, s. A long spear, s. lancer. 
 LANCE, v. To pierce; to cut; to 
 open with a lancet, pr. par. lanc- 
 ing; past, lanced. 
 LAN CET, s. A small, pointed, sur- 
 gical instrument. 
 LAND. s. A country; a region, dis- 
 tinct from other countries; earth, 
 distinct from water, v. land; pr. 
 par. landing; past, landed. 
 LANDAU', s. A coach, of which the 
 
 top may be occasionallv opened. 
 LAND'FALL. s. In naval language, 
 the first land discovered after a 
 voyage. 
 
 LAND'GRAVE. s. A German title 
 I of dominion, fern, landgravine. 
 LANDHOLDER, s. One who holds 
 lands. 
 
 LAND'LADY. s. A woman who has 
 lands or houses, and has tenants 
 under her; the mistress of an irn,. 
 pi. landladies. 
 LAND'LORD. s. One who owns 
 lands or houses, and has tenants 
 under him; the master of an inn. 
 LAND'MARK. s. Any thing set up 
 to preserve the boundaries of 
 lands. 
 
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LAN— LA R 
 
 LAR-LAT 
 
 LANDSCAPE, The prospect of side of a ship, when you stand 
 a country; a picture representing j with your face to the head; op- 
 that prospect. posed to starboard. 
 
 LANE. 5. A narrow way between LA R'CENY. s. Theft, without vio- 
 
 hedges ; a iiarrow street. 
 
 lence. pi. larcenies. 
 
 LA NG'U AGE. s. Human speech; LARCH, s. A species of coniferous 
 the tongue of one nation as dis- tree?0 f the pine genus, pi. larches. 
 tmct from others, adj. Languaged. LARD. 8. The grease of swine. 
 
 LA NG'U IS H. v. To grow feeble; to 
 pine away; to look with softness 
 
 hi rd ; 
 ed. 
 
 pr. par. Larding; past, lard- 
 
 ox tenderness, pr. par. Unguis!*] laR'DER. s. The room where meat 
 
 ing ; past, languished: adv. lan- 
 guishingly : adj. languid: s. Zan- 
 g-wor. 
 
 JLANIG'EROUS. adj. Bearing wool. 
 LANK. adj. Loose; not filled up; 
 not fat, not plump, s. lankness : 
 adv. lankly. 
 LANSQUENET', s. A common foot- 
 soldier; a game at cards. 
 LANTERN, s. A transparent case 
 for a candle ; a kind of little dome, 
 raised over the roof of a building. 
 LANU'GINOUS. adj. Downy; cov- 
 ered with a soft hair. 
 LAN'YARDS. s. Short pieces of| 
 
 is kept. 
 
 LARGE, adj. Wide, extensive, plen- 
 tiful, diffuse, without restraint, s. 
 largeness: adv. largely. 
 
 LARGESS, s. A present, a gift, a 
 bountv. pi. largesses. 
 
 LAR'GO, LARGHET'TO. s. Musi- 
 cal terms, denoting a slow move- 
 ment. 
 
 LARK. 5. A small singing bird. 
 LARK'SPUR. 5. A kind of plant. 
 LA'RUM. s. Alarm; an instrument 
 that makes a noise at a certain 
 
 hour. 
 
 cord, fastened to several machines |XAR'VATED. adj. Masked, 
 in a ship. I LAR'YNX. s. The upper part of the 
 
 LAP. v. To wrap or twist around; tojl trachea. 
 
 fold; to lick up. pr. par. lapping;)' LASCAR', s. A native seaman or 
 past, lapped: s. hp. j gunner, of India. 
 
 LAP. s. The part of the clothes that LASCIVIOUS, adj. Lewd; lustful; 
 is spread over the knees, s. lap-\\ wanton . B< Jasciviousness : adv. to* 
 
 dog, lapful. 
 LAPEL', s. That part of the coat 
 
 which laps over. 
 LAP'IDARY, LAP'IDIST. s. One 
 
 who finishes or deals in stones or 
 
 gems. pi. lapidaries. 
 LAPIDES'CENT. adj. Growing or 
 
 turning to stone, s. lapidescence. 
 LA'PIS. s. A stone. 
 LA'PIS-LAZU'LI. 5. Theazure stone: 
 
 a copper ore. 
 
 civiously. 
 
 LASH. s. A stroke with any tiling 
 pliant and tough ; the thong or 
 point of a whip. v. lash; pr. par. 
 lashing; past, lashed: s. lasher. 
 LASS. 5. A girl ; a maid. pi. lasses. 
 LAS'SITUDE.s. Weariness, fatigue. 
 LAST. adj. Latest; that which fol- 
 lows all the rest in time; hind- 
 most: lowest, adv. lastly. 
 
 LAPPET, s. The parts of a head- LAST. v. To endure : to continue. 
 
 dress which hang looso. ! pr. par. lasting; past, lasted .- s. 
 
 LAPSE, s. Flow, fall, slip; failure!' la^tingness: adv. lastingly. 
 
 of a bequest, v. lapse; pr. par. \. LAST. The mould on which shoes 
 lapsing: past, lapsed. j! ar^ formed. 
 
 LAP' WING. s. A clamorous bird LATCH. 5. A catch of a door. pi. 
 
 with long wings. |j latches: v. latch ; pr. par. latching; 
 
 LAR'BOARD. adj. The left hand. pa.-i, latched. 
 
 2^0 
 
LAT— LAU 
 
 LATCH'ET. s. The string that fast- 
 ens a shoe. 
 
 LATE. adj. Contrary to early; slow; 
 tardy, &,c. s. lateness: adv. lately. 
 
 LATENT, adj. Hidden; concealed; 
 secret. ' s. latency : adv. latently. 
 
 LATERAL, adj. Relating or belong- 
 ing to the side. s. laterality : adv." 
 laterally. 
 
 LATH. s. A long thin piece of wood, 
 v. lath ; pr. par. lathing; past, lath- 
 ed : adj. lathy. 
 
 LATHE, s. The revolving tool of a 
 turner. 
 
 LATH'ER. v. To make a foam; to 
 i cover with foam of water or soap. 
 
 pr. par. lathering; past, lathered: 
 
 s. lather. 
 
 LATIN, s. The Latin language, s. 
 Latinism, Latinist, Laiinity: v. 
 Latinize; pr. par. Latinizing; past, 
 Latinized. 
 
 LA TIT ANT. adj. Concealed; ly- 
 ing hid. s. latitancy, latitation. 
 
 LATITUDE, s. Breadth; width; 
 room ; space ; the extent of the 
 earth or heavens, reckoning from 
 the equator to either pole; free- 
 dom from settled rules; laxity. 
 
 LATITUDINA'RIAN. adj. Not re- 
 strained; not confined. 
 
 LATTER, adj. Happening after 
 something else ; modern ; lately 
 done or past. adv. latterly. 
 
 LATTICE, s. A reticulated win- 
 dow; a window formed of grate- 
 work, v. lattice; pr. par. latticing; 
 past, latticed. 
 
 LAUD. v. To praise, pr. par. laud- 
 ing; past, lauded: s. laud,lauder, 
 laudation: adj. laudative, lauda-\ 
 tory. 
 
 LAUD'ABLE. adj. Praiseworthy ; 
 commendable, s. laudability : adv. 
 laudably: 
 
 LAUD'ANUM. s. A soporific tinc- 
 ture. 
 
 LAUGH, v. To make that noise 
 which sudden merriment excites, 
 pr. par. laughing; past, laughed : 
 s. laugh, laugher, laughter: adj. 
 laughable; adv. laughingly. 
 T2 
 
 LAU— LAZ 
 
 LAUGHINGSTOCK, s. An object 
 
 of ridicule. 
 LAUNCH, v. To force a vessel into 
 
 the sea; to rove at huge. pr. 
 
 par. launching; past, launched: s. 
 
 launch. 
 
 LA UN' DRY. s. The room in which 
 clothes are washed; the act or 
 state of washing, pi. laundries: s. 
 laundress, pi. laundresses. 
 
 LAU'REATE. adj. Decked or invest- 
 ed with laurel, v. laureate; pr. par. 
 laureating; past, laurealed: s. lau- 
 reation. 
 
 LAU'REL. s. A species of shrub, 
 adj. laureled. 
 
 LAURUSTi'NUS. s. A species of 
 flowering shrub. 
 
 LA'VA. s. Liquid and vitrified mat- 
 ter discharged from a volcano. 
 
 LA'VA TORY. s. A wash. pi. lava- 
 lories. 
 
 LAVE. v. To wash. pr. par. laving; 
 past, laved: s. laver. 
 
 LAVENDER, s. A species of aro- 
 matic plant. 
 
 LAVISH, v. To scatter with profu- 
 sion; to waste, pr. par. lavishing; 
 past, lavished: s. lavisher, lavish- 
 ment, lavishness: adj. lavish: adv. 
 lavishly. 
 
 LAW. s. A rule of action ; a decree; 
 a statute or custom publicly es- 
 tablished; judicial process, adj. 
 lawful : s. lawyer, lawfulness, law- 
 giver: adv. lawfully: adj. lavrfess : 
 s. lawlessness : adv. lawlessly. 
 LAWN. s. An open space between 
 
 woods; fine linen, adj. lawny. 
 LAX. adj. Loose; not confined, s. 
 
 lax, taxation, laxity: adj. laxative. 
 LAY. Pret of the x. to lie. 
 LAY. v. To place, to put, to wager, 
 
 &c. pr. par. laying; past, laid. 
 LAY. s. Grassy ground; meadow; 
 ground unploughed, mere proper- 
 ly written lea; a song, a poem. 
 LAY. adj. Not clerical; regarding 
 or belonging to the people, s. 
 layman, pi. laymen. 
 LAY'ER. s. A stratum or row: a bed. 
 LA'ZAR. s. One deformed and nan* 
 221 
 
LAZ— LEA 
 BGOue with filthy and pestilential 
 
 LAZARETTO. 5. A house for the 
 
 reception of the diseased. 
 LA'ZV. adj. Idle, sluggish, slow. s. 
 
 laziness: adv. lazily. 
 LEA- 5. An extensive plain. 
 LEAD. v. To guide by the hand , to 
 
 tjonduct ; to introduce by going 
 
 first; to induce, pr. par. leading ; 
 
 past, led: s. leader. 
 LEAD. s. One of the metals. 
 LEAF. s. The green deciduous part 
 
 of plants and flowers; a part of a 
 
 book, containing two pages ; any 
 
 thing foliated or thinly beaten. 
 
 pi. leaves: adj. leafed, leafless, leafy. 
 LEAGUE. 5. A confederacy, v.j 
 
 league; pr. par. leaguing; past,] 
 
 leagued: s. leaguer. 
 LEAGUE, s. A measure of length,' 
 
 containing three miles. 
 LEAK. s. A breach or hole which! LECTURE. 
 
 lets in or emits water, v. leak; pr.* 
 
 par. leaking; past, leaked: s. leak- 
 age, leakiness: adj. leaky. 
 LEAN. v. To incline; to bend; to 
 
 rest against, pr. par. leaning; past, 
 
 leaned. 
 
 LEAN. adj. Not fat ; meagre ; want- 
 ing flesh, s. leanness: adv. leanly. 
 
 LEAP. v. To jump, to bound, to 
 spring, pr. par. leaping; past, leap- 
 ed: s. leap, leaper. 
 
 LEAP-FROG. 5. A play of children, 
 in which they imitate the jump of 
 frofs. 
 
 LEAP-YEAR or BISSEXTILE, s. 
 Everv fourth year. A common year 
 has 365 davs ; leap-year, 366. In 
 leap-year, February has 29 days, 
 but in other years, only 28. 
 LEARN, v. To gain the knowledge 
 or skill of. pr. par. learning; past, 
 learned : s. learner, learning adv. 
 learnedly. 
 LEASE. 5. A contract, by which a 
 
 LEA— LEF 
 
 wherewith to tie any thing; a 
 brace and a half. pi. leashes. 
 LKAST. adj. The superlative of 
 little. 
 
 LEATH'ER. 5. Dressed hides of an- 
 imals, adj. leathern. 
 LEAVE, s. Grant of permission; 
 
 allowance; farewell. 
 LEAVE, v. To quit, to forsake, to 
 depart from ; to have remaining at 
 death ; not to deprive of ; to be- 
 queath, pr. par. leaving; past, left. 
 LEAVEN, s. Ferment mixed with 
 any body, fo make it light; any 
 mixture which makes a general 
 change in the mass. v. leaven; 
 pr. par. leavening; past, leavened. 
 LEAVES, s. The plural of leaf 
 LEAVINGS, s. Remnant: relics; 
 
 refuse : — it has no singular. 
 LECH'EROL S. adj. Provoking lust ; 
 lewd. s. lechery: adv. lechtrouly. 
 •X'TLRE. s. A discourse pro- 
 nounced upon any subject; the 
 act or practice of reading, v. lec- 
 ture; pr. par. lecturing; past, lec- 
 tured: s. lecturer, lectureship. 
 LED. Pret. and past par. of the v. 
 I to lead. 
 
 LEDGE, s. A layer; a stratum ; a 
 I ridge rising above, or projecting 
 I beyond the rest. 
 LEDG'ER. 5. An account-book. See 
 
 ! Llger. 
 
 LEE. s. That side which is opposite 
 ! to the wind. adj. leeicard. 
 jLEECH. 5. A mean professor of the 
 art of healing; a kind of small 
 water serpent, v. leech; pr. par. 
 Inching; past, leeched. 
 LEEK. s. A kind of plant. 
 LEER. s. Oblique view; a laboured 
 c^st of countenance, v. leer; pr. 
 par. leering; past, leered: adv. 
 leeringly. 
 LEES. s. Dregs; sediment. 
 
 temporary possession is granted!j LEF ; T - s - A k**<Jay; a minor court 
 
 of houses, lands, &c. v. lease; pr. 
 par. leasing; past, leased: s. lease- 
 hold. 
 
 LEASH, s. A leather thong; & band 
 
 of jurisdiction. 
 LEFT. Pret. and past par. of the v 
 to leave. 
 
 LEFT. adj. Sinistrous ; not right. 
 
LEG— LEM 
 
 U&G. s. The limb between the knee 
 and the foot. adj. legged. 
 
 L£G'ACY. 5. A bequest made by 
 will. pi. legacies. 
 
 LE'GAL. adj. Done or conceived 
 according to law ; lawful, s, legal- 
 ity, pi. legalities: v. legalize; pr. 
 par. legalizing; past, legalized: 
 adv. legally. 
 
 LEG'ATE. s. An ambassador; am- 
 bassador from the pope. s. lega- 
 tion: adj. legatine. 
 
 LEGATEE', s. One who has a legacy 
 left him. 
 
 LEGATION, s. Deputation, com- 
 mission, embassy. 
 
 LE'GEND. s. A chronicle or register; 
 any memorial or relation ; any in- 
 scription, particularly on medals 
 or coins, adj. legendary. 
 
 LE'GER. s. In commercial language, 
 the book into which accounts are 
 finallv posted. 
 
 LEGERDEMAIN', s. Sleight of hand; 
 juggle. 
 
 LEGERITY, s. Lightness ; nimble- 
 ness. pi. legerities. 
 
 LEGIBLE, adj. Such as can be 
 read. s. legibility: adv. legibly. 
 
 L i'GION. s. A body of Roman sol- 
 diers, consisting of about five thou- 
 sand; any great number, adj. le- 
 gionary. 
 
 LE GISLATE, v. To make laws. pr. 
 par. legislating; past, legislated: 
 s. legislation, legislator, legislature.- 
 adj. legislative: adv. legislatively. 
 
 LEGITIMATE, adj. Lawful; reg- 
 ular; born in wedlock, v. legiti- 
 mate; pr. par. legitimating; past, 
 legitimated: s. legitimacy, pi. le- 
 gitimacies, legitimation: adv. le- 
 gitimately. 
 
 LEGU'MINOUS. adj. Belonging to 
 pulse ; consisting of pulse. 
 
 LEIS'URE. s. Freedom from busi- 
 ness or hurry, adj. leisure: adv. 
 leisurely. 
 
 LEM'ON. s. A species of fruit. 
 
 LEMONA'DE. s. A liquor made of 
 water, sugar, and the juice of 
 lemons. 
 
 LEN — LET 
 LEND. v. To afford or supply, on 
 condition of repayment or return, 
 pr. par. lending; past, lent: s. 
 lender. 
 
 LENGTH, s. The extent of any 
 thing material, from end to end ; 
 horizontal extension ; extent of 
 duration or space, v. lengthen; pr. 
 par. lengthening; past, lengthened: 
 adv. lengthways, lengthwise: adj. 
 lengthy, tediously long: s. lengihi- 
 ness. 
 
 LE NIENT, adj. A ssuasive ; soften- 
 ing ; mild. adv. leniently. 
 LENITY, s. Mildness, mercy, ten- 
 derness, adj. lenitive: v. Unify , 
 pr. par. Unifying; past, Unified. 
 LENS. s. A glass spherically con- 
 vex on both sides, pi. lenses. 
 LENT. Pret. and past par. of the v. 
 to lend. 
 
 LENT. s. The quadragesimal fast; 
 
 a time of abstinence, adj. lenten. 
 LENTICULAR, LEN'TIFORM.a#. 
 Doubly convex ; of the form of a 
 lens. 
 
 LENTFGINOUS. adj. Scurfy; fur- 
 
 furaceous. 
 LEN' TIL. s. A kind of plant. 
 LE'O. s. The fifth sign of the zodiac. 
 LEOPARD, adj. A spotted beast of 
 prey. 
 
 LETER. s. One infected with a lep- 
 rosy, s. leprosy: adj. leprous. 
 LEPORINE, adj. Belongi ng or re- 
 lating to a hare. 
 I LESS. adj. The comparative of lit- 
 tle, v. lessen; pr. par. lessening; 
 past, lessened. 
 LESSEE', s. The person to whom 
 
 a lease is given. 
 LES'SON. s. Any thing read or re- 
 peated to or by a teacher; precept. 
 LESSOR, s. One who grants a lease. 
 LEST. One of the conjunctions. 
 LET. v. To allow; to permit; to put 
 to hire ; to grant to a tenant, pr. 
 par. letting; past, let. 
 LET. s. Hindrance, impediment. 
 LETH'ARGY. s. A morbid drowsi- 
 ness, pi. Uthargies; adj. lethargic; 
 adv. lethargically. 
 
LET— LIB 
 
 LIB— LIC 
 
 LETH'EAN.ad/'. Oblivious •, causing! 
 oblivion. 
 
 LETTER, s. A character in the al- 
 phabet; a written message; an 
 epistle ; the literal meaning, v. let- 
 ter; pr. par. lettering; past, let- 
 tered. 
 
 LETTER-PRESS. 5. Print; what 
 is given in types from a written 
 copy. 
 
 LETTUCE, s. A kind of plant. 
 LEVANT', s. The east, particularly 
 
 those coasts of the Mediterranean 
 
 east of Italy, adj. levantine. 
 LEVEE, s. The concourse of those 
 
 who crowd round a man of power. 
 LEVEL, adj. Even, plane, fiat, 
 
 smooth, horizontal, v. level; pr. 
 
 par. leveling; past, leveled 5 s. level, 
 
 leveler, tevelness. 
 LE'VER. 5. The second mechanical 
 
 power. 
 
 LEVERET. 5. A young hare. 
 
 LEVEROCK. s. In Scotland, de- 
 notes the lark. 
 
 LEVIATHAN, s. Some very largo 
 fish. 
 
 LEVIGATE, v. To polish; to 
 smooth : to rub or grind to an im- 
 palpable powder, pr. par. levigat- 
 ing; past, levigated: s. levigation. 
 
 LE'VITE. s. One of the tribe of Levi; 
 a Jewish priest, adj. levitical. 
 
 } EVITY.s. Lightness; inconstancy; 
 idle pleasure, pi. levities. 
 
 LEVY. v. To raise; to raise sup- 
 plies of money or men. pr. par. 
 levying; past,' levied: s. levy, pi. 
 levies. 
 
 LEWD. adj. Wicked, dissolute, li- 
 bidinous, s. lewdness: adv. lewdly. 
 
 LEX ICOG'R APHER. s. A writer of 
 dictionaries, s. lexicography, pi. 
 lexicographies. 
 
 LEXICON, s. A dictionary. 
 
 Ll'ABLE. adj. Subject to; not ex- 
 empt, s. liability, pi. liabilities. 
 
 LI'AR. s. One who tells a falsehood. | 
 
 LIBATION, s. The act of pouring! 
 wine on the ground, in honour of ( 
 some deity ; the wine so poured. | 
 
 U'BEL. s. A defamatory writing; 
 
 a lampoon; a declaration exhibited 
 in a civil court, v. libel; pr. par. 
 libeling; past, libeled: s. libeler . 
 adj. libelous: adv. libelously. 
 LIB'ERAL. adj. Generous; bounti- 
 ful ; free to excess, s. liberality, 
 pi. liberalities: adv. liberally. 
 LIB'ERATE. v. To free; to set free, 
 pr. par. liberating; past, liberated. 
 s. liberation, liberator. 
 LIB'ERTINE. s. One who lives with- 
 out restraint or law ; a rake. adj. 
 libertine: s. libertinism. 
 LIB'ERTY. s. Freedom ; exemption 
 from tyranny; immunity; per- 
 mission; part of a town, without 
 the bounds of the corporate juris- 
 diction, pi. liberties. 
 LIBIDINOUS, adj. Lewd, lustful. 
 
 s. libidinist: adv. libidinously. 
 LI'BRA. s. The seventh sign in the 
 zodiac. 
 
 LI BRARY. s. A large collection of 
 books, pi. libraries: s. librarian. 
 LI'BRATE. v. To poise; to balance, 
 pr. par. librating; past, librated : 
 s. Vibration: adj. libratory. 
 LICE. s. The plural of louse. 
 LI'CENSE. s. Exorbitant liberty; 
 contempt of legal and necessarv 
 restraint ; leave, permission, v. 
 license; pr. par. licensing; past, 
 licensed: s. licenser. 
 LICENTIATE, s. One who has a 
 license to practise any faculty or 
 art. 
 
 LICENTIOUS, adj. Unrestrained 
 bv law or morality; presumptu- 
 ous; unconfined. s. licentiousness 
 adv. licentiously. 
 LICHEN, s. Liverwort. 
 LICK. v. To pass over with the 
 tongue: to lap. pr. par. licking, 
 past, licked : s. lick, licker. 
 LICK. s. In the United States, means 
 a place impregnated with salt, so 
 as to attract quadrupeds to enjoy 
 1 its savour. 
 
 i LICKERISH, LICK'OROUS. adj. 
 I Nice in the choice of food. s. lich 
 
 erishness. 
 LICORICE, s. A root of sweet taste. 
 
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LIC— LIG 
 
 LIG-LIM 
 
 LIC'TOR. s. A beadle who attended 
 
 the Roman consuls. 
 LID. s. A cover for a pan, box, &c. 
 LIE. s. Any thing impregnated with 
 
 some other body, as soap or salt. 
 LIE. s. A criminal falsehood ; a 
 
 charge of falsehood; a fiction, v. 
 
 lie; pr. par. lying; past, lied: s. liar. 
 LIE. v. To rest horizontally; to lean 
 
 upon, &c. pr. par. lying; past, lain. 
 i: LIEGE. 5. A sovereign; superior 
 I lord. adj. liege. 
 
 LIEUTEN'ANT. 5. A deputy; a 
 second in rank. s. lieutenancy, pi. 
 lieutenancies. 
 j; LIFE. s. Union and co-operation of 
 I soul and body; vitality; anima- 
 tion, pi. lives: adj . lifeless : adv. life- 
 lessly : s. lifetime. 
 LIFE'-GUARD. s. The guard of a 
 ! king's person. 
 LIFT. v. To raise from the ground; 
 to heave ; to elevate, pr. par. lift- 
 ing; past, lifted: s. lift, lifter. 
 LIGAMENT, s. A band to tie parts 
 i together, adj. ligamental. 
 LIGATURE, s. Anything tied round 
 
 another ; bandage, s. ligation. 
 LIGHT, s. The material medium of 
 sight ; that body by which we see. 
 v. light; pr. par. lighting; past, lit. 
 LIGHT, adj. Not heavy; not bur- 
 thensome ; active ; slight ; gay ; 
 airy; bright; clear, s. lightness: 
 adv. lightly: adj. light-headed, light- 
 hearted, light-minded. 
 LIGHTEN, v. To make light; to 
 flash with thunder; to shine like 
 lightning, pr. par. lightning; past, 
 lightened. 
 LIGHTER, s. A large boat for un- 
 loading ships. 
 | LIGHT-HOUSE, s. A high build- 
 ing, at the top of which lights are 
 hnng, to guide ships at sea. 
 LIGHTNING, s. The flash that at- 
 tends thunder. 
 LIGHTS, s. The lungs ; the organs 
 } of breathing : we say lights of other! 
 animals, and lungs of men. 
 
 LIG'NEOUS. adj. Made of wood; 
 resembling wood. 
 
 LIG'NOUS. adj. Of a woody sub- 
 stance. 
 
 LIGNUM- VFTxE. s. Guaiacum; a 
 very hard wood. 
 
 LIKE. adj. Resembling ; having re- 
 semblance ; equal, s. likeness, like- 
 liness: adj. and adv. likely. 
 
 LIKE. v. To choose ; to approve; to 
 be agreeable to. pr. par. liking; 
 past, liked: s. liking. 
 
 LIKE'LIHOOD, LIKE'LINESS. s. 
 Appearance, show, probability. 
 
 Ll'KEN. v. To represent as having 
 resemblance ; to compare, pr. par. 
 likening; past, likened. 
 
 LIKE'WISE. adj. In like manner; 
 also ; moreover ; too. 
 
 LI'LACH. s. A kind of tree. 
 
 LIL'Y. s. A plant, and also its flower, 
 pi. lilies: adj. lillied. 
 
 LIMB. s. A member; a jointed or 
 articulated part of animals; a 
 bough, adj. limbed. 
 
 LIM'BER. adj. Flexible; easily bent, 
 s. limberness. 
 
 LIM'BERS. s. In military language, 
 two wheel carriages, having boxes 
 for ammunition: and, in naval 
 language, little square apertures 
 cut in the timbers of a ship, to 
 convey the bilge water to the 
 pump. 
 
 LIM'BO. s. A feigned region border- 
 ing upon hell, in which there is 
 neither pleasure nor pain; any 
 place of misery or restraint, pi. 
 limboes. 
 
 LIME. s. A viscous substance, for 
 
 catching birds; matter of which 
 
 mortar is made. v. lime; pr. par. 
 
 liming; past, limed: adj. limy. 
 LIME. s. A species of small lemon. 
 LIME'-KILN. s. A kiln in which 
 
 stones are burnt to lime. 
 LIME'-STONE. s. The stone of 
 
 which lime is made. 
 LIM'IT. s. Bound ; border ; utmost 
 
 reach, v. limit; pr. par. limiting,; 
 
 past, limited : s, limitation. 
 
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LIM — LIN 
 
 IJMN. v. To draw; to paint any 
 thing, pr. par. limning; past, limn- 
 ed: s. limner. 
 
 Ll'MOUS. adj. Muddy; slimy. 
 
 LIMP. v. To halt ; to walk lamely, 
 pr. par. limping; past, limped: s. 
 limp, limper: adv. limpingly. 
 
 LIM'PID. adj. Clear; transparent, 
 s. limpidness, limpiiude. 
 
 LlN'DEN. s. The lime-tree. 
 
 LINE. s. Longitudinal extension ; a 
 slender string; that which has 
 length without breadth, &c. &c. 
 adj. lineal: adv. lineally: ad), linear: 
 s. lineation. 
 
 LINE. v. To cover on the inside; 
 to strengthen, pr. par. lining; past, 
 lined: s. lining. 
 
 LIN'EAGE. s. Race ; progeny; fam- 
 ilv, ascending or descending. 
 
 LINEAMENT, s. Feature ; discrim- 
 inating mark in the form. 
 
 LIN'EN. s. Cloth made of hemp or 
 flax. s. linendraper. 
 
 LING. s. A kind of sea-fish. 
 
 LING'ER. v. To remain long in lan- 
 guor or pain ; to hesitate ; to be in 
 suspense, pr. par. lingering; past, 
 lingered: s. lingerer: adv. linger- 
 ingly. 
 
 I INGUADEN'TAL. adj. Uttered by 
 the joint action of the tongue and 
 teeth. 
 
 LINGUIST, s. A person skilful in 
 languages. 
 
 LINIMENT, s. Ointment, balsam. 
 
 LINK. s. A single ring of a chain.; 
 any thing doubled and closed to- 
 gether ; a torch made of pitch and 
 boards, v. link; pr. par. linking; 
 past, linked. 
 
 LINK'-BOY. s. A boy that carries a 
 torch, to accommodate passengers 
 with light. 
 
 LIN'NET. s. A kind of small bird. 
 
 LIN'SEED. 5. The seed of Max. 
 
 LINSEY-WOOLSEY, s. Stuff made 
 of linen and wool mixed. 
 
 LTN'STOCK. s. A kind of match, 
 used in firing cannon. 
 
 LINT. s. Flax ; linen scraped into 
 a soft woolly substance. 
 
 LIN— LIT 
 LINTEL, s. That part of a door- 
 frame which lies across the door- 
 posts, over head. 
 LI'ON. s. The most magnanimous 
 of beasts, fern, lioness, pi. lionesses. 
 LIP. s. The outer part of the mouth ; 
 
 the edge of any thing, adj. lipped. 
 LIPOTH'YMY. s. A swoon ; a faint- 
 ing fit. adj. lypothymous. 
 LI'QUATE. v. To melt ; to liquefy, 
 pr. par. liquating; past, liquated: 
 s. liquation: adj. liquable. 
 LI'QUEFY. v. To melt; to dissolve, 
 pr. par. liquefying; past, liquejitd: 
 s. liquefaction: adj. liquefiable. 
 LIQUES'CENT. aaj. Melting, s . 
 
 liquescency. 
 LIQUEUR', s. A cordial. 
 Ll'QUID. adj. Fluid; dissolved, s. 
 
 liquid, liquidity. 
 LI QUIDATE, v. To clear away ; to 
 lessen debts, pr. par. liquidating , 
 past, liquidated: s. liquidation. 
 LI'QUOR. s. Any thing liquid ; any 
 
 strong drink. 
 LI'QUORICE. s. See Licorice. 
 LISP. v. To speak with too frequent 
 appulses of the tongue to the teeth 
 or palate, pr. par. lisping; past, 
 lisped ; s. lisp, lisper: adv. li pingly 
 LIST. s. A roll; a catalogue; en- 
 closed ground, in which tilts are 
 run, and combats fought : a strip 
 of cloth, next to the selvage. 
 jLIST. v. To desire; to choose; to 
 | be pleased. 
 
 jLIST. v. To enlist ; to enrol or re- 
 gister; to retain and enrol sol- 
 diers ; to enclose for combats ; to 
 hearken to ; to listen, pr. par. list- 
 ing; past, listed. 
 LISTEN, v. To hear; to attend: to 
 give attention, pr. par. listening; 
 past, listened: s. listener. 
 LISTLESS, adj. Without any de- 
 termination to do one thing more 
 than another - carcles? : hi edless. 
 s. listlcsxtit.ss: adv. list 
 LIT. Pret. of the v. to light. 
 LIT' ANY. s. A form of supplicatory 
 prayer, pi. litanies. 
 
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LIT— LIX 
 LITERAL, adj. According to the 
 
 primitive meaning; not figurative: 
 
 folio wingthe letter or exact words. 
 
 sAiteralistJiteraliU,: adv . literally . 
 LIT'ERARY. adj. Respecting let- 
 
 ters; appertaining to literature. 
 
 s. literature. 
 LIT'ERATE. adj. Learned. 
 LITERATI, s. The learned. 
 LITH'ARGE. s. Lead vitrified, eith 
 
 er alone or with a mixture of cop 
 . per. 
 
 LITHOG'RAPHY. s. The art or 
 T K aCtice of * en g r aving upon stone 
 
 LITIGATE, v. To contest in law 
 pi', par. litigating; past, litigated 
 f litigant, litigation: adj. litigant 
 
 I litigious. 
 
 LITTER. s . A kind of vehiculary 
 bed ; the straw laid under animals, 
 or on plants; a brood of young 
 
 ; any number of things thrown slut 
 
 ; tishly about, v. litter; pr. par. lit- 
 
 | tering; past, littered. 
 
 yIT'TLE. adj. Small in quantity or 
 extent ; diminutive ; unimportant. 
 
 ■ s. littleness. 
 
 |JT'L T RGY. s. Form of public 
 prayers, adj. liturgic, liturgical 
 
 AVE. v. To be in a state of life ; to 
 exist; to be nourished, &c. pr. par 
 living; past, lived: s. liver: adi. 
 living. J 
 
 IVE'LIHOOD. s . Support of life; 
 maintenance. 
 
 IVE'LY. adj. Brisk; vivacious: 
 gay; airy ; energetic, s. liveliness. 
 IV'ER. s. One of the entrails. 
 IV'ERY. s. The act of giving P os- 
 ' session ; state of being kept at a 
 certain rate ; the clothes given to 
 servants; a particular dress, pi. 
 liveries. 
 
 [V'ID. adj. Discoloured, as with a 
 i blow ; black and blue. s. lividness, 
 \ lividity. 
 
 'VRE. s. A French coin, value 
 about 18 cents. 
 
 XIV'IUM. s. Lie; water impreg- 
 nated with alkaline salt, &c. adi. 
 hxivial, lixiviate, lixiviated. | 
 
 LIZ— LOD 
 LIZ'ARD. s. An animal resembling 
 
 a serpent, with legs. 
 LO. int. Look, behold. 
 LOAD. v. To burthen; to freight; 
 to encumber; to charge a gun. 
 pr. par. loading; past, loaded: s. 
 loader. 
 
 LOAD'-STAR. s. The pole-star ; the 
 
 cynosure. 
 LOAD'STONE. s. The magnet. 
 LOAF. s. A mass of bread ; a mass 
 
 of refined sugar, pi. loaves. 
 LOAM. s. Fat, unctuous, tenacious 
 
 earth, adj. loamy. 
 LOATH, adj. Unwilling, not inclin- 
 ed, disliking, s. loather, loathing- 
 r ™j- lont hsome: s. loathsomeness. 
 LOATHE, v. To hate, to abhor, to 
 consider with the disgust of satiet f. 
 t^a\P^o loaihin S; Past, loathed. 
 ^AVES. s. The plural of loaf. 
 LVBBY. s. A narrow passage in 4 
 
 house, pi. lobbies. 
 LOBE. s. A distinct part :— commor>- 
 
 T ^Lo S ^£ or a P art of the ^ngs. 
 LOB'STER. s. A kind of crustaceou t 
 fish. 
 
 LO'CAL. adj. Having the properties 
 ot place; relating to place; con- 
 fined to a particular place, s. lo- 
 t ™fr!uR l localitie s: adv. locally. 
 LOCATE, v. Toplace;tofixina 
 particular place, pr. par. locating; 
 past, located: s. location. 
 LOCH. s. A lake. 
 LOCK. s. An instrument used to 
 fasten doors, &c. the part of a gun 
 by which fire is struck ; a chamber 
 in a canal, for raising and lower- 
 ing boats ; a tuft. v. lock; pr. par. 
 locking ; past, locked. 
 LOCOMOTION, s. Act or power 
 
 f n'PTTQ^ ging a ad J- Emotive. 
 V- , r s ' A devouring insect; a 
 kind of tree. 
 LODGE, v. To place in a temporary 
 habitation; to afford a temporary 
 dwelling; to place; to fix; to lie 
 fiat. pr. par. lodging; past, lodged: 
 s- lodge, lodger, lodging. 
 LODGEMENT, s. Disposition or 
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LOF— LON 
 
 collocation in a certain place: 
 possession of the enemy's work. 
 LOFT. s. The highest floor; rooms 
 on high. 
 
 LOFT i. adj. High; elevated; sub- 
 lime; proud; haughty, s. loftiness: 
 adv. loftily. 
 
 LOG. s. A shapeless bulky piece of 
 wood ; a piece of wood, which, 
 with its line, serves to measure 
 the course of a ship at sea. 
 
 LOG'ARITHMS. s. The index of 
 the ratios of numbers, one to 
 another, adj. logarithmic, loga- 
 rithmical. 
 
 LOG'-BOOK. s. A register of a ship's 
 way, and other naval incidents. 
 
 LOG'GERHEAD. 5. A dolt ; a block- 
 head, adj. loggerheaded. 
 
 LO'GIC. 5. The art of reasoning, 
 adj. logical: adv. logically: s. logi- 
 cian. 
 
 LOGOM'ACHY. s. A contention in 
 words ; a contention about words. 
 
 LOG'WOOD. s. A species of die- 
 wood. 
 
 LOIN. s. The back of an animal, 
 carved out by the butcher. 
 
 LOITER, v. To linger; to lounge ; 
 to idle. pr. par. loitering; past, 
 loitered: s. loiterer. 
 
 LOLL. v. To lean idly; to rest la- 
 zily against any thing ; to hang out 
 — used of the tongue, pr. par. loll- 
 ing; past, lolled: s. toiler. 
 
 LOL'LARD. s. A name given to the 
 first religious reformers in Eng- 
 land ; one of the followers of Wic- 
 liffe. 
 
 LONE. adj. Solitary; unfrequented; 
 single, s. loneliness: adv. lonely. 
 
 LONG. adj. Not short; extended: 
 tedious, adj. long-lived, long-suf 
 fering, long-tongued: adv. long- 
 ways, longwise. 
 
 LONG. v. To desire earnestly; to 
 wish with eagerness continued, 
 pr. par. longing; past, longed: s. 
 longing: adv. longingly. 
 
 LONG' BOAT. s. The largest boat 
 belonging to a ship. 
 
 LONGE. s. A thrust with a sword. 
 
 LON— LOR 
 
 LONGEVITY. 5. Length of life. pL 
 
 longevities. 
 
 LONGIM'ETRY. 5. The art or prac 
 tice of measuring distances. 
 
 LONGITUDE, s. Length ; the great- 
 est dimension ; the circumference 
 of the earth, measured from any 
 meridian ; the distance of any part 
 of the earth to the east or west of 
 any place, adj. longitudinal: adv. 
 longitudinally. 
 
 LONG'- WINDED, adj. Long-breath- 
 ed ; tedious. 
 
 LOO. s. A kind of game at cards, v. 
 loo; pr. par. looing; past, looed. 
 
 LOOK. v. To direct the eye to or 
 from any object; to expect; to 
 seem. pr. par. looking, past, look- 
 
 ■ ed: s. looker. 
 
 LOOK'ING-GLASS. s. A reflecting 
 mirror. 
 
 LOOM. s. The frame in which 
 weavers work their cloth. 
 
 LOOM. v. To appear unnatural^ 
 large at sea. pr. par. looming; past, 
 loomed. 
 
 I LOON. 5. A mean lazy fellow. 
 LOOP. s. A double, through which 
 
 a string or lace is drawn, v. loop; 
 
 pr. par. looping; past, looped: s. 
 
 loop-hole. 
 
 LOOSE, v. To unbind ; to untie : to 
 relax, pr. par. loosing: past, loosed: 
 s. looseness: adj. loose: adv. loosely. 
 
 LOOS'EN. v. To untie; to part : to 
 separate, pr. par. loosening ; past, 
 loosened. 
 
 LOP. v. To cut or chop short, pr. 
 par. lopping; past, lopped: s. Up- 
 per, loppings. 
 
 LOQUA'CIOUS. adj. Talkative, s. 
 loquacity: adv. loquaciously. 
 
 LORD. 5. A monarch; a ruler; a 
 master; a nobleman: a general 
 name for a peer of England, v. 
 lord; pr. par. lording: past, lord- 
 ed : s. lordlin-ess : adj. lord-likt 
 adv. lordly: s. Joj-dship. 
 
 LORE. s. Instruction; knowledge 
 
 LORICATE, v. To plate over, pr 
 pr.r. loricnting; past, loricated: s» 
 lorication. 
 
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LOS— LOY 
 LOSE. v. To forfeit by unsuccessful 
 contest; to forfeit as a penalty; 
 to miss so as not to find. pr. par. 
 losing-; past, lost: s. loss, pi. losses, 
 lo^er. 
 
 LOT. s. Fortune; state assigned; 
 
 any thing used in determining 
 
 chances ; a portion. 
 LOTION, s. A kind of medicinal 
 
 wash. 
 
 LOTTERY, s. A game of chance. 
 
 pi. lotteries. 
 LOUD. adj. Noisy; clamorous, s. 
 
 loudness: adv. loudly. 
 LOUGH, s. A lake; a large inland 
 
 standing water. 
 LOUIS D'OR. s. A golden coin of 
 France, valued at about twenty 
 shillings sterling. 
 LOUNGE, v. To idle; to live lazily 
 pr. par. lounging ; past, lounged 
 
 LOUSE, s. A species of insect, pi. 
 lice: adj. lousy: adv. lousily 
 lousiness. 
 
 LOUTISH, adj. Clownish, adv. lout- 
 ishly. 
 
 LOVE. v. To regard with passionate 
 affection ; to delight in. pr. par. 
 loving; past, loved: s. love, lover, 
 looingness: adj. lovely: adv. lovely, 
 lovingly: s. love-favour, love-knot, 
 love-letter, love-shaft, love-song, 
 love-token: adj. love-sick. 
 
 LOW. adj. Not high; not deep; not 
 elevated; mean. v. lower; pr. par.j 
 lowering; past, lowered: s. low-] 
 ness, lowerer: adv. lowly: s. low 
 liness. 
 
 LOW. v. To bellow as a cow. pr. 
 
 par. lowing; past, lowed : s. lowing. 
 LOWER, v. To appear dark, stormy 
 
 and gloomy; to frown, pr. par 
 
 lowering; past, lowered: s. lower, 
 
 adj. lowering: adv. loweringhi. 
 LOWERMOST, adj. Lowest. 
 LOWLAND. 5. A low country. 
 LOWSPIR'ITED. adj. Dejected; not 
 
 lively; cowardly, s. lowspiritedness. 
 LOY'AL. adj. Obedient; true to the 
 
 prince; faithful in love. s. loyalist, 
 
 loyalty: adv. loyally. 
 
 V 
 
 LOZ-LUL 
 LOZ'ENGE. s. A form of medicine 
 to be held in the mouth till melt 
 ed ; a cake of preserved fruits. 
 LUBBER, s. A sturdy drone; a 
 
 booby, adv. lubberly. 
 LU'BRICATE. v. To make smooth 
 or slippery, pr. par. lubricating; 
 past, lubricated: s. lubricator, lu- 
 bricity: adj. lubricous. 
 LU'CENT. adj. Shining; splendid. 
 LU'CERNE. s. A species of plant. 
 LU'CID. adj. Shining; pellucid; 
 sane. s. lucidity, lucidness: adv. 
 lucidly. 
 
 LUCIF'EROUS, LUCIF'IC. adj. 
 
 Giving light, adv. luciferously. 
 LU'CIFORM. adj. Having the nature 
 of light. 
 
 LUCK. s. Chance; fortune, arfj. 
 lucky: s. luckiness: adv. luckily: 
 adj. luckless. 
 LUCRATIVE, adj. Gainful, profit 
 ble. s. lucrativeness : adv. lucra- 
 tively. 
 
 LU'CRE. s. Gain, profit. 
 LU'CUBRATE. v. To study by car- 
 die-light, pr. par. lucubrating , 
 past, lucubrated: s lucubration. 
 LU'CULENT. adj. Clear, certar 
 
 adv. lucidently. 
 LU'DICROUS, LUDICROUS, adj. 
 Burlesque; merry, s. ludicrou i- 
 ness: adv. ludicrously. 
 LUFF. v. To keep close to the win»f. 
 pr. par. luffing; past, luffed: s. 
 
 LUG. s. The ear ; a kind of small 
 fish. 
 
 LUG. v. To drag by the ear; to pull 
 with violence, pr. par. lugging 
 past, lugged. 
 LUG'GAGE. s. Any thing cumbrous 
 
 and unwieldv; baggage. 
 LUGU'BRTOUS. adj. Mournful. 
 LUKE WARM, adj. Moderately or 
 mildly warm; indifferent, s. luke- 
 warmness: adv. lukewarmly. 
 LULL. v. To compose to sleep ; to 
 quiet, pr. par. lulling; past, lulled. 
 LUL'LABY. s. A song to still babes, 
 pi. lullabies. 
 
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LUM — LUS 
 
 LUMBA'GO. s. Pain about the loing. 
 LUM'BAL. adj. Pertaining to the 
 loins. 
 
 LUM'BER. s. Any thing useless or 
 cumbersome ; any thing very bulky 
 in proportion to its value, v. lumber A 
 pr. par. lumbering ; past, lumbered. 
 
 LU'MINAKY. s. A body which gives 
 light, pi. luminaries: adj. luminous: i 
 adv. luminously: s. luminousness. | 
 
 LUMP. s. A shapeless mass; the' 
 whole together, v. lump; pr. par. 
 lumping; past, lumped: ndylumpyA 
 s. lumpiness, lumpishness. 
 
 LUNACY s. A kind of madness! 
 supposed to be influenced by the 
 moon; madness in general, s. lu-\ 
 natic. 
 
 LU'N AR. adj. Relating to the moon. 
 LU'NATED. adj. Formed like a half- 
 moon. 
 
 LUNA'TION. s. A revolution of the 
 moon. 
 
 LUNCH, LUNCH'EON. s. As much 
 food as one's hand can hold: a 
 meal between breakfast and din- 
 ner. 
 
 LUNETTE', s. A small half-moon. 
 LUNGS, s. The part by which breath 
 
 is inspired and expired. 
 LUNT. s. The match-cord with 
 
 which guns are fired. 
 LUPINE, s. A kind of pulse. 
 LURCH, s. A forlorn or deserted 
 
 state. 
 
 LURE. s. An enticement, v. lure; 
 pr. par. luring; past, lured. 
 
 LURID, adj. Gloomv, dismal, s. lu- 
 ridness : adv. luridly. 
 
 LURK. v. To lie in wait; to lie hid- 
 den, pr. par. lurking; past, lurk- 
 ed : s. lurker. 
 
 LUSCIOUS, adj. Sweet, pleasing, 
 cloying, s. lusciousness : adv. lus- 
 ciously. 
 
 LUS— LYR 
 LU'SORY. adj. Used in play; sportive, 
 LUST. s. Inordinate desire, v. lust ; 
 I pr. par. lusting; past, lusted: adj. 
 ! lustful: s. lustfulness: adv. lust- 
 
 I fully- 
 
 LUSTRATE. v. To purify, pr. par. 
 I lustrating; past, lustrated: s. lus~ 
 
 I tration. 
 
 LUSTRE. 8. Brightness, splendour. 
 LUSTRING. 5. A shining silk. 
 LUSTRUM, s. A space of five years. 
 LUSTY, adj. Stout; vigorous, s. 
 | lustiness: adv. lustily. 
 LUTA'RIOUS. adj. Living in mud; 
 j of the colour of mud. 
 iLUTE. s. A stringed instrument of 
 
 II • music. 
 
 LUTE. s. A composition with which 
 chymists close their vessels, v. 
 lute; pr. par. luting; past, lutti: 
 s. lutation. 
 LUTE STRING, s. The string of a 
 
 lute ; a kind of silk. 
 LUTHERAN, adj. Denoting tSe 
 doctrine and discipline of Lutln r. 
 s. lutheranism. 
 LUTULENT. adj. Muddy. 
 LUXURIANT, adj. Exuberant: su- 
 perfluously plenteous, s. luxuri 
 ance, luxuriancy : adv. luxuriantly: 
 v. luxuriate; pr. par. luxuriating; 
 past, luxuriated. 
 LUX'URY. s. Voluptuousness; ad- 
 dictedness to pleasure ; delicious 
 fare. pi. luxuries: adj. luxurious: 
 s. luxuriousness : adv. luxuriously. 
 LY'DIAN. adj. A species of ancient 
 
 music ; a soft and slow air. 
 LYE. v. See Lie. 
 
 LYMPH, s. Water; transparent, 
 colourless liquor, adj. and s. lym- 
 phatic: s. lympheduct. 
 LYRE. s. A harp. adj. lyric, lyrical: 
 s. lyrist 
 
 M 
 
 MAC— MAG MAC— MAC 
 
 MACARONI. 5. A kind of paste !| MAC AW. s. A large species of 
 
 1 parrot. 
 
 meat, boiled in broth; a sort of ' 
 droll or fool ; a fop. 
 
 MACE. s. An ensign of authority 
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MAC— MAG 
 
 borne before magistrates ; a kind 
 of* spice- s. mace-bearer. 
 
 MA'CERATE. v. To make lean ; to 
 wear away ; to steep almost to so- 
 lution, pr. par. macerating; past, 
 macerated: s. maceration. 
 
 MACHIAVE'LIAN. s. A follower of 
 the opinions of Machiavel. adj. 
 machiavelian : s. machiavelism. 
 
 MACHINATION, s. Artifice, con- 
 trivance. 
 
 MACHI'NE. s. Any complicated 
 work, in which one part contrib- 
 utes to the motion of another; an 
 engine, s. machinery, pi. machine- 
 ries, machinist. 
 
 MACK'AREL. s. A kind of sea-fish. 
 
 MAD. adj. Disordered in the mind ; 
 furious, s. madness: adv. madly: 
 adj. mad-brained: s. mad-cap, mad- 
 house. 
 
 MAD'AM. s. The term of compli- 
 ment, used in addressing a lady. 
 
 MAD'DEN. v. To become mad ; to 
 make mad. pr. par. maddening; 
 past, maddened. 
 
 M AD'DER. s. A plant used in dying. 
 
 MADE. Pret. and past par. of the v. 
 to make. 
 
 MADEI'RA. s. A rich wine, made 
 at the island of Madeira, pronounc- 
 ed Ma- da' -r a. 
 
 MADON'NA. s. A name given to 
 pictures of the Virgin Mary. 
 
 MAD'RIGAL. s. A pastoral song; 
 any light, airy, short song. 
 
 MAGAZrNE. s. A store-house; 
 commonly an arsenal or armory, 
 or repository for provisions ; a mis- 
 cellaneous pamohiet. 
 
 MAG'GOT. s. A small grub. adj. 
 maggotty. 
 
 MA'GIC. s. Sorcery ; enchantment, 
 adj. magical: adv. magically: s. 
 magician. 
 
 MAGISTERIAL, adj. Such as suits 
 a magistrate or a master; loftv ; 
 arrogant; despotic, adv. magiste- 
 rially. 
 
 MAGISTRATE, s. A man invested 
 with authority; a governor, s. 
 magistracy, pi. magistracies. 
 
 MAG — MAI 
 
 MAG'NA CHART A. s. The great 
 
 charter of liberties, signed in Eng- 
 land, by King John. 
 MAGNANIMITY", s. Greatness of 
 mind. adj. magytanimous: adv 
 magnanimously. 
 MAGNESIA, s. A white alkaline 
 
 earth, used in medicine. 
 MAGNET, s. The loadstone; the 
 stone that attracts iron, adj mag- 
 nelic, magnet ical: adv. magnetical- 
 ly : s. magnetism. 
 MAGNIFICENCE. 5. Grandeur of 
 appearance; splendour, adj. mag- 
 nificent: adv. magnificently. 
 MAGNIFY, v. To make great; to 
 exaggerate; to exalt, pr. par. mag- 
 nifying; past, magnified: s. mag- 
 nifier. 
 
 MAGNITUDE, s. Greatness; com- 
 parative bulk. 
 MAGNO'LIA. *. A kind of flowering 
 tree. 
 
 MAGTIE. s. A kind of bird. 
 MAHOG'ANY. s. A kind of reddish 
 
 wood. pi. mahoganies. 
 MAHOMETAN, MAHOM'EDAN. 
 *. A mussulman ; a professor of 
 the religion of Mahomet, s. Ma- 
 hometanism: adj. Mahometan. 
 MAID, MAID'EN. s. A woman un- 
 married; a virgin, adj. maiden, 
 maidenly, maidenlike. 
 MAIL. s. A coat of steel network, 
 worn for defence ; any armour ; a 
 postman's bundle ; the conveyance 
 by which the bag of letters is sent, 
 v. mail; pr. par. mailing; past, 
 mailed. 
 
 MAIM. v. To deprive of any neces- 
 sary part ; to cripple, by loss of a 
 limb. pr. par. maiming; past, 
 maimed. 
 
 MAIN. adj. Principal; chief, adv. 
 
 mainly. 
 MAIN. s. The ocean. 
 MAIN'LAND. s. The continent. 
 MAIN'MAST. s. The chief or middle 
 mast. 
 
 MAIN'SAIL. s. The sail of the main- 
 mast. 
 
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MAI— MA L 
 
 MAIN'S MEET. *. The sheet or sail 
 of* the mainmast. 
 
 MAINTAIN', v. To preserve; to 
 defend; to vindicate; to support 
 with the necessaries of life. pr. 
 par. maintaining; past, maintain- 
 ed: s. mainlainer, maintenance. 
 
 MAINTOP, s. The top of the main- 
 mast. 
 
 MALYYARD. s. The yard of the 
 mainmast. 
 
 M Y1ZE. s. Indian corn. 
 
 MA' JEST Y. s. Dignity; grandeur, 
 elevation of appearance ; the title 
 of kings and queens, pi. majesties: 
 adj. majestic: adv. majestically. 
 
 MA'JOR. adj. Greater, senior, elder, 
 s. majority, pi. majorities. 
 
 MA'JOR. s. The officer next above 
 a captain. 
 
 MAJORITY, s. State of being of 
 full age ; office of a major, pi. ma- 
 jorities. 
 
 MAKE. v. To form, to create; to 
 compel; to raise as profit, &c. 
 pr. par. making; past, made: s. 
 make, maker. 
 
 MAKE' WEIGHT. «. Anysmallthing 
 thrown in to make up a weight. 
 
 MAL'ADY. 5. A disease ; a distem- 
 per, pi. maladies. 
 
 MAL'AGA. 5. A kind of wine, im- 
 oorted from Malaga. 
 
 MAL'APERT. adj. Saucy; quick, 
 with impudence, s. malapertness : 
 adv. malapertly. 
 
 MALE. s. The he of any species, 
 adj. male. 
 
 MAL'CONTENT. s. One who is dis- 
 satisfied, adj. malcontent: s. mal- 
 contcntedness. 
 
 MALEDICTION, s. A curse; de- 
 nunciation of evil. 
 
 M \LEF ACTOR, s. An offender 
 against lnw ; a criminal. 
 
 MALEFIC, adj. Mischievous; hurt- 
 ful. 
 
 MALEVOLENCE, s. Ill-will ; incli- 
 nation to hurt others, adj. malevo- 
 lent: adv. malevolently. 
 
 MALICE, s. Badness of design ; de-j 
 
 MAL— MAN 
 
 liberate mischief, s. maliciousness : 
 adj. 'malicious: adv. maliciou.ly. 
 
 MALIGN', adj. Unfavourable; ma- 
 licious; infectious, s. malignancy : 
 adv. malignly. 
 
 MALIG'NANT. adj. Mjlign; envi- 
 ous; hostile to life. s. malignity. 
 adv. muligrumtly. 
 
 MALL. s. A kind of beater or ham- 
 mer ; a public walk. 
 
 MAL'LARD. s. The drake of the 
 wild duck. 
 
 MAL'LEABLE. adj. Capable of be- 
 ing spread by beating with a ham- 
 mer, s. malleability, pi. malleabil- 
 ities. 
 
 MAL'LET. s. A wooden hammer. 
 
 MAL'LOWS. s. A kind of plant. 
 
 MALM'SEY. 5. A sort of grape; a 
 kind of wine. 
 
 MALPRACTICE, s. Practice con- 
 trary to rules ; evil-doing. 
 
 MALT. s. Grain steeped in water, 
 and dried, x.malt; pr. par. malt- 
 ing; past, malted: s. maltster 
 
 MALTREAT', v. To use with rough- 
 ness or unkindness. pr. par. mal- 
 treating; past, maltreated: s. mal- 
 treater, maltreatment. 
 
 MALVERSATION, s. Misbeha- 
 viour in office; mean artifices. 
 
 MAM'ELUKE. s. A cavalry soldier 
 of Egvpt. 
 
 MAMMA', s. The fond word for 
 mother. 
 
 MAN. s. A human being: the male 
 of the human sondes, pi. men: adj, 
 manful, manlike: adv. manfully. 
 
 MAN. v. To furnish with men ; to 
 guard with men. pr. par. manning, 
 past, manned. 
 
 MAN' A CLE .«?. A chain for the ham- 
 shackles, v. manacle ; pr. par. man- 
 acting : past, manacled. 
 
 MAN'AGE. v. To conduct ; to carry 
 on ; to govern ; to wield, pr. par. 
 managing : past, ?nanagid: s. m<m- 
 agcmint, manngtr.- adj. manage- 
 able : adv. manageably. 
 
 MANCH'ET. s. A small loaf of fine 
 bread. 
 
 2J2 
 
MAN — MAN 
 
 MANDARIN', s. A Chinese noble- 
 man or magistrate. 
 
 MAN'D ATE. s. Command ; precept ; 
 commission sent or transmitted, 
 adj. mandatory. 
 
 MANDRAKE. 6-. A kind of plant. 
 
 MAN'DREL. s. An instrument used 
 in a lathe. 
 
 MANE. s. The hair which hangs 
 from the neck of horses or other 
 animils. 
 
 MANE'GE. s. A place where horses 
 are trained, or horsemanship 
 taught, pronounced ma-ne'je. 
 
 MA'NES. s. Ghost, shade, pronounc- 
 ed ma'-nes. 
 
 M A N'G ANESE. s. A kind of mineral. 
 
 MANGE. 5. The itch or scab in cat- 
 tle, adj. mangy. 
 
 MAN'GER. 5. The trough or vessel 
 in which animals are fed with corn. 
 
 MANG'LE. v. To lacerate; to cut 
 or hack to pieces; to press with a 
 mingle, pr. par. mangling; past, 
 mangled: s. mangier. 
 
 MANG'LE. s. A rolling press for 
 smoothing linen ; a calender. 
 
 MANG'O. s. A kind of Indian fruit, 
 used for pickling. 
 
 MAVGROVE. s. A species of plant. 
 
 MAN' HOOD. s. Human nature. 
 
 MA'NIA. s. Madness, rage. 
 
 MANIAC, s. A mad person. 
 
 MANIFEST, adj.' Plain, open. v. 
 ■manifest: pr. par. manifesting; 
 past, manifested : s. manifestation, 
 manifestness : adv. manifestly. 
 
 M ANIFEST, s. The written particu- 
 lars of a ship's cargo. 
 
 MANIFESTO, s. Public protesta- 
 tion, pi. manifestoes. 
 
 MANIFOLD. adj.Or different kinds; 
 mviv; complicated, adv. mani- 
 foldly. 
 
 MANIKIN, MAN'NIKEN. s. A little 
 man. 
 
 MAN'fPLE. s. A handful; a small 
 band of soldiers, adj. manipular : 
 s. manipulation. 
 
 MAN'KIND. s. The race or species 
 of human beino-s. 
 
 U2 
 
 MAN — MAN 
 
 MAN'NA. s. A gum, or honey-like 
 juice, collected into a solid form. 
 
 MAiYNER. 5. Form; method; cus- 
 tom ; mien ; sort. s. mannerliness : 
 adj. and adv. mannerly. 
 
 MAN'NERIST. s. A person who per- 
 forms all his works in one unvari- 
 ed manner. 
 
 MANCEU'VRE, MANEU'VRE. s. 
 An operation of military tactics , 
 a stratagem ; any kind of manage* 
 ment. v. manoeuvre ; pr. par. ma- 
 noeuvring; past, manoeuvred; s. 
 manceuvrer. 
 
 MAN'GR. s. A certain district of 
 land. adj. manorial. 
 
 MANSE, s. A parsonage-house. 
 
 MAN'SION. s. The house erected 
 on a manor; a house adapted lor 
 
 ! a permanent residence ; place of 
 
 I abode. 
 
 MANSLAUGHTER, s. Murder; 
 the act of killing a human being, 
 not wholly without fault, though 
 without malice. 
 
 MAN'SLAYER. s. One that has kill- 
 ed another. 
 
 MAN'SUETUDE. 5. Mildness, gen- 
 tleness, tameness. 
 
 MANTELET', s. A small cloak : in 
 fortification, a kind of movable 
 pent-house, driven before the pi- 
 oneers to shelter them from the 
 enemy's shot. 
 
 MAN'TLE. 5. A kind of cloak, v. 
 mantle; pr. par. mantling; past, 
 mantled. 
 
 MAN'TLE. v. To be expanded ; to 
 spread luxuriantly; to froth; to 
 ferment, pr. par. mantling; past, 
 mantled. 
 
 MAN'TUAMAKER. s. One who 
 makes gowns for women. 
 
 MAN'UAL. adj. Performed or used 
 by the hand. adv. manually.- s. 
 manual. 
 
 MANUFACTORY, s. The practice 
 of making any piece of workman* 
 ship; the place where manufac- 
 ture is carried on. pi. manufacto* 
 vies. 
 
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MAN— MAR MAR-MAR 
 
 MARI NE, adj. Belonging to the sea. 
 MARl'NE. 5. A soldier taken on 
 shipboard, to be employed in de- 
 scents upon the land, &c. 
 sJ|MAR'lNER. 5. A seaman; a sailor. 
 MARITAL, adj. Pertaining to a 
 husband. 
 
 MARITIME, adj. Performed on the 
 sea; naval; bordering on the sea. 
 MAR'JORAM. s. A species of fra- 
 grant plant. 
 MARK. 5. A token ; a stamp; notice 
 taken ; any thing at which a mis- 
 sile weapon is directed ; a sum of 
 thirteen shillings and four pence, 
 v. mark; pr. par. marking; past, 
 marked : s. marker. 
 MAR'KET. 5. A public time, and 
 appointed place, for buying and 
 selling; purchase and sale. v. mar- 
 ket; pr. par. marketing; past, 
 marketed: s. marketer: adj. mar- 
 ketable: s. market-town. 
 MARKS'MAN. s. One skilful in hit- 
 
 MANUFACTURE. 5. The practice 
 of making any piece of workman- 
 ship; any thing made by art. v. 
 manufacture; pr. par. manufac- 
 turing ; past, manufactured 
 manufacturer. 1 
 
 MANUMiT. v. To release from 
 slavery, pr. par. manumitting; 
 past, manumitted. 
 
 MANUMiS'SION. s. Act of manu- 1 
 mitting. 
 
 MA NITRE, v. To enrich with some' 
 fertilizing matter, pr. par. manur-\ 
 ing ; past, manured : s. manure. \ 
 MAN'USCRIPT. s. Hand-writing; 
 
 a written book. 
 MAN'Y. adj. Numerous; not few. 
 M AN' Y-COLOURE D. adj. Having 
 
 various colours. 
 MAP. s. A delineation of countries. 
 MA'PLE. s. A kind of tree. 
 MAR. v. To injure; to spoil, pr. 
 
 par. marring ; past, marred. 
 MARAU'DE. v. To plunder, pr. par. 
 marauding; past, marauded: s. 
 marauder. 
 MAR'BLE. s. A kind of stone ; a 
 
 ting a mark. pi. marksmen. 
 MARL. s. A kind of fertilizing clay, 
 adj. marly: s. marl-pit. 
 little ball, supposed to be made of MAR'LINE. s. Long wreaths of un~ 
 marble, with which children plav.il twisted hemp, dipped in pitch. 
 MAR'BLE. v. To variegate or vein MAR'LINESPIKE. 5. A small piece 
 like marble, pr. par. marbling ;\\ of iron, for fastening ropes .to-, 
 prist, marbled. J gether. 
 
 MARCH, s. The third month of the jMAR'MALADE. s. The pulp of 
 year. ji quinces or of oranges, boiled with 
 
 MARCH, v. To move in military'! sugar. 
 
 form; to walk in a grave, delibe- MARMOSET', s. A small monkey, 
 rate, or stately manner, pr. par. MAR'MOT. 5. A small animal, call- 
 marching; past, marched: s. march, 1 ed mus alpinus. 
 pi. marches. jjMARGON'. s. A free, or a runaway 
 
 MARCHIONESS, s. The wife of a] negro, living in the mountains in 
 marquis; aladv raised to the rank I the West Indies, 
 of marquis, ^marchionesses. ||MAR'QUIS, MAR'QUESS. s. One 
 
 M ARE. s~. The female of a horse. 
 MARES'CHAL. s. A marshal. 
 MAR'GIN. s. The verge; the bor 
 
 of the second order of nobility, pi. 
 marq\'i:;es, marquesses : s. mar- 
 muisate. 
 
 der; the edge of a page, left blank. MAR'RIAGE. 5. The act of uniting 
 adj. marginal. a man and woman for life. adj. 
 
 MAR/GRA VE, s. A title of sove-|| marring able. 
 
 reigntv, in Germany, fern, mar- MAR'ROW. s. An cloaginous sub- 
 gravine. stance, contained within the bones. 
 
 MA'RIGOLD. 5. A kind of yellow 1 MAR ROWF AT, s. A kind of pea; 
 flower. IJMAR'RY. v. To take for hus l v . ; or 
 
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MAR — MAS 
 
 wife ; to dispose of in marriage ; 
 to perform the marriage ceremo- 
 ny, pr. par. marrying; past, mar- 
 ried. 
 
 MARSH. 5. A fen ; a bog; a swamp. 
 
 pi. marshes: adj. marshy. 
 MARSH-MAL'LOW. s. A kind of 
 
 plant. 
 
 MAR'SHAL. s. The chief officer of 
 
 arms ; any one who regulates rank 
 
 or order at a feast, or any other 
 
 assembly. 
 MAR'SHAL. v. To arrange ; to rank 
 
 in order, pr. par. marshaling ; past, 
 
 marshaled: s. marshaler. 
 MART. s. A market; a place of 
 
 public traffic. 
 MARTIAL, adj. Warlike, given to| 
 
 war. 
 
 MARTINET', s. A strict military 
 disciplinarian. 
 
 MAR'TINGAL. s. A broad strap, 
 made fast to the girths under the 
 belly of a horse. 
 
 MARTINMAS. 5. The feast of St. 
 Martin; the 11th of November. 
 
 MARTYR. 5. One who, by his death, 
 bears witness to what he considers 
 the truth, v. martyr; nr. pur: mar- 
 tyring; past, martyred : s. martyr- 
 dom. 
 
 MARTYROL'OGY. s. A register of 
 mnrtyrs. pi. martyr ologies. 
 
 MARVEL, s. A wonder; any thing! 
 astonishing, pr. par. marveling; 
 past, . marveled: adj. mar Delictus : 
 •adv. marvellously : s. marvellous- 
 ness. 
 
 IVIAS'CULINE. adj. Male; resem- 
 bling man; robust, adv. masculine- 
 ly : s. masculineness. 
 
 MASH. 5. Any thing mingled or beat- 
 en together into an undistinguish- 
 ed or confused body, w.mash; pr. 
 par. mashing; past, mashed. 
 
 MASK. s. A cover to disguise the 
 face ; a visor ; a dramatic perform- 
 ance, written in a tragic style, 
 without attention to rules or prob- 
 ability, pr. par. masking; past, 
 masked: s. masker. 
 
 MAS— MAT 
 
 MA'SON. s. A builder with stone ; 
 one of a society bearing the epithet 
 of free and accepted, adj. masonic: 
 s. masonry. 
 
 MASQUERADE. 5. A diversion in 
 which the company is masked; 
 state of disguise, v. masquerade; 
 pr. par. masquerading; past, mas- 
 queraded: s. masquerader. 
 
 MASS. s. A body ; a lump ; a large 
 quantity; assemblage; the service 
 of the Romish church, pi. masses. 
 
 MAS'SACRE. s. Butchery; indis- 
 criminate destruction, v. massacre, 
 pr. par. massacring ;, past, massa- 
 cred. 
 
 iVlAS'SIVE. adj. Heavy ; ponderous. 
 
 s. massiveness : adv. massively. 
 
 MAST. s. The beam raised above a 
 vessel, to which the sail is rixed; 
 the fruit of the oak and beech. 
 
 MASTER, s. One who has servants; 
 a director; a governor; an owner; a 
 young gentleman; one who teach- 
 es ; a man eminently skilful in 
 
 ' practice or science, v. master; 
 pr. par. mattering; past, mastered: 
 adv. mvsterty: s. mastery. 
 
 MASTER-KEY. s. A key which 
 opens manv locks. 
 
 MASTERPIECE, s. Anv thing done 
 or mide with extraordinary skill. 
 
 MASTER-STROKE, s. Capital per- 
 formance; an able act of policv. 
 
 MASTIC, s. A kind of gum; a kind 
 of cement. 
 
 MASTICATION, s. The act of 
 chewing, v. masticate; pr. par. 
 masticating ; past, masticated. 
 
 MASTIFF, s. A dog of the largest 
 size. 
 
 MAT. 5. A texture of sedge, flags, or 
 rushes, s. matting: v. mat; pr. par. 
 matting; past, matted. 
 
 MAT'ADORE. s. One of the three 
 principal cards in the games of 
 ombre and quadrille. 
 
 MATCH. 5. Any thing that catches 
 fire, generally a card, rope, or 
 small chip of wood, dipped in melt- 
 ed sulphur, pi. matches. 
 
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MAT— MAT 
 
 MATCH, s. One equal to another: 
 one equal to contend with anoth- 
 er; a contest; a game. v. match ; 
 pr. par. matching; past, matched: 
 s. match, pi. matches adj. match- 
 less: s. matchlessness, match-maker. 
 
 MATCH'LOCK. s. The lock of a 
 musket, to which a match is ap- 
 plied. 
 
 MATE. s. A companion ; the second 
 officer in a merchant-ship. 
 
 MATE. v. To match, to marry, pr. 
 par. mating; past, mated. 
 
 MATE'RIAL. adj. Consisting of 
 matter; corporeal; not spiritual; 
 important, adv. materially. 
 
 MATERIALIST, s. One who denies 
 the existence of spiritual sub- 
 stances. 
 
 MATERIAL, adj. Motherlv; be- 
 fitting or pertaining to a mother, 
 s. maternity. 
 
 MATHEMATICS, s. The science 
 which contemplates whatever is 
 capable of being numbered or mea 
 sured. adj. m/ithemaiic, mathemat- 
 ical: adv. mathematically. 
 
 MAT'IN. s. Morning; used in the 
 morning, s. matins, morning wor- 
 ship. 
 
 MATRICE, MATRIX, s. The 
 womb; a mould, pi. matrices. 
 
 MATRICIDE, f. Slaughter of a 
 mother; one who has killed his 
 mother, adj. m.atricidal. 
 
 MATRICULATE, v. To enter or 
 admit to a membership of a univer- 
 sitv; to enlist, pr. par. matriculat- 
 ing; past, matriculated: s. matri- 
 culation. 
 
 MATRIMONY, s. Marriage; nup- 
 tials, adj. matrimonial: adv. mat-\ 
 rimoniaUy. 
 
 MATRON, s. A wife; an elderly! 
 lad v. x.mntronize ; pr. par. matron-' 
 izing; past, matronized: adj. ma-' 
 tronaf, matronly. 
 
 MAT ROSS'. 5 . A soldier in the ar- 
 tilWv. pi. matrasses. 
 
 MATTER, s. Bodv. substance, ma- 
 terials; subject; affair; that which 
 is formed by suppuration. 
 
 MAT— MEA 
 MATTER, v. To be of importance, 
 
 pr. par. mattering; past, mattered. 
 MAT TRASS, s. A kind of bed. pi. 
 
 maitrasses. 
 MATURE', adj. Ripe; perfected by 
 time, brought near to completion, 
 s. maturity, pi. maturities: adv. 
 maturely: v. mature; pr. par. ma- 
 turing; pnst, matured. 
 MAUL. v. To beat; to bruise, pr. 
 
 par. mauling; past, mauled, 
 MAUSOLE'UM. s. A pompous fu- 
 neral monument. 
 MAW. s. The stomach of an ani- 
 mal ; the craw of a bird. 
 MAWK'ISH. adj. Apt to cause 
 
 loathing, s. mawkishness. 
 MAX'lLARY. adj. Belonging to the 
 
 jaw-bone. 
 MAX'IM. s. A general principle; an 
 axiom. 
 
 MAX'iMUM. s. The greatest quan- 
 
 tit \ attainable in any given case. 
 MAY. v. To be at liberty; to be 
 , permitted; to be possible, pret. 
 j might. 
 
 MAY. s. The fifth month of the 
 | year. s. may-day, the first day of 
 ! May : s. may-pole. 
 MAY. v. To gather flowers on May- 
 ! day. pr. par. maying; past, mowed. 
 MA YOR, s. The chief magistrate 
 of a citv. fern, mayoress, pi. may- 
 oresses; mayoralty, pi. may'oraliies. 
 MAZE. 5. A labyrinth; confusion 
 
 of thought, adj. mazy. 
 ME. pro?i. The objective case of /. 
 MEAD. s. A kind of drink, made of 
 
 water and honev. 
 MEAD, MEAD'OW. s. Pasture or 
 i grass-land, annually mowed for 
 
 I ha-. 
 
 MEA'GRE. adj. Lean, poor. s. mea- 
 
 greness : adv. meagrely. 
 MEAL. s. A repast; the flour or 
 
 II edible part of corn. adj. mealy • s. 
 
 ; mealiness* 
 
 MKAL'Y-MOITH'ED. adj. Using 
 1 soit words; concealing the real 
 
 intention, s. mealu-mouthedness. 
 IjMEAN. adj. Wanting dignity; of 
 
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MEA— MED 
 
 low rank or birth; low-minded; 
 base; middle, s. meanness: adv. 
 meanly. 
 
 MEAN. 5. Mediocrity; middle rate; 
 measure ; instrument ; that which 
 is used in order to any end : more 
 generally used in the plural ;— as, 
 a means. 
 
 MEAN. v. To have in the mind; to 
 purpose ; to understand, pr. par. 
 meaning; past, meant: s. meaning-. 
 
 MEANDER, a. Serpentine winding; 
 winding course, v. meander; pr. 
 par. meandering; past, meandered. 
 
 MEAS'LES. s. An eruption of the 
 skin, attended with fever, adj. 
 measled, measly. 
 I ME A/StJRE. s. That by which any 
 thing is measured; proportion; 
 sufficient quantity; limit; means 
 of action, v. measure; pr. par. 
 measuring; past, measured': s. 
 measurer, measurement : adj. meas- 
 urable. 
 
 I MEAT. s. Flesh to be eaten; food 
 in general. 
 
 ; MECHANICS, s. A mathematical 
 science, which shows the effects 
 of powers or moving forces, adj. 
 mechanic, mechanical: adv. me- 
 chanically.- s. mechanic, mechanism, 
 mechanician, mechanist. 
 
 M ED'AL. s. A piece of metal, stamp- 
 ed in honour of some remarkable 
 performance, adj. medallk: a. med- 
 alist. 
 
 MEDAL'LION. s. A kind of large 
 medal. 
 
 MED'DLE. v. To interpose ; to act 
 in. pr. par. meddling; past, med- 
 dled: s. meddler: adj. meddlesome. 
 
 ME'DIATE. v. To interpose, as an 
 equal friend to both parties ; to in- 
 tercede, pr. par. mediating; past, 
 mediated: s. mediation, mediator ; 
 1 fern, mediatress, mediatrix: adj. 
 mediatorial, mediatory. 
 
 MEDICABLE, adj. That mav be 
 healed. 
 
 MEDICAL, adj. Phvsical ; relating 
 to the art of healing, adv. medi- 
 | cally. 
 
 MED— MEL 
 j MEDICAMENT, s. Any thing used 
 I in healing; generally, a topical 
 | application. 
 
 MEi/iCATE. v. To tincture or im- 
 | prcgnate with any thing medicinal. 
 | pr. par. medicating ; past, medicaU 
 I ed : s. medication. 
 MED'ICiNE. s. Physic; any remedy 
 administered by a physician, adj. 
 medicinal: adv. medicinally. 
 MEDIOCRITY, s. Moderate degree; 
 ! middle rate. pi. mediocrities. 
 I MEDITATE, v. To think on; to 
 j plan ; to contrive, pr. par. meditat- 
 ing; past, meditated: s. meditation: 
 j adj. meditative. 
 
 MEDITERRANEAN, adj. Encircled 
 
 with land. 
 ME'DIUM. s. Any thing intervening; 
 middle place or degree, pi. media, 
 mediums. 
 MED'LAR. s. A kind of fruit. 
 MED'LEY. s. A mixture; a miscel- 
 lany. 
 
 MEDUL'LARY. adj. Pertaining to 
 
 the marrow. 
 MEED. 5. Recompense; reward. 
 MEEK. adj. Mild in temper ; gentle, 
 s. meekness: adv. meekly: v. meek- 
 en; pr. par. meekening; past, 
 meekened. 
 I MEET. adj. Fit ; proper, s. meetness: 
 | adv. meetly. 
 
 I MEET. v. To come face to face ; to 
 encounter; to join another in the 
 same place, pr. par. meeting; past, 
 met: s. meeting. 
 ME'GRTM. s. Disorder of the head 
 MEL'ANCHOLY. s. Sadness, pen- 
 siveness, gloom, adj. melancholy, 
 j melancholic. 
 MELANGE', s. A mixture. 
 MELIORATE, v. To make better ; 
 to improve, pr. par. meliorating; 
 past, meliorated: s. melioration. 
 MELLIF'EROUS. adj. Producing 
 honev. 
 
 MELLiF ACTION, s. The art or 
 
 practice of making honey. 
 MELLIF'LUENCE. s. A honied 
 flow : a flow of sweetness, adj. 
 melljluent, mellifluous. 
 
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MEL— MEN 
 
 MEL'LOW. adj. Soft with ripeness;' 
 fully ripe. v. mellow; pr. par. mel- 
 lowing; past, mellowed: s. mellow- 
 ness. 
 
 MEL'ODRAME. s. A dramatic per- 
 formance, in which songs are in- 
 termixed. 
 
 MEL'ODY. s Sweetness of sound.' 
 adj. melodious: adv. melodiously:] 
 s. melodiousness. 
 
 MEL'ON. s. A kind of fruit. 
 
 MELT. v. To make liquid; to dis- 
 solve, pr. par. melting; past, mf li- 
 ed : s. melter: adv. meltingly. 
 
 MEM'JBER. 5. A limb ; a part of a 
 discourse or period ; one of a com 
 munity. s. membership. 
 
 MEM'BRANE. s. A web of several 
 sorts of fibres, interwoven for the 
 covering of some parts of the 
 body. adj. membraneous, membra- 
 nous. 
 
 MEMENTO s. A memorial notice ; 
 a hint to awaken the memory. 
 
 MEM'OIR. s. An account of trans- 
 actions, familiarly written. 
 
 MEM'ORABLE. adj. Worthy of be- 
 ing remembered, adv. memorably. 
 
 MEMORANDUM, s. A -note to help 
 the memory, pi. memoranda, mem- 
 orandums. 
 
 MEMO'RIAL. s. A monument; some- 
 thing to preserve the memory; an 
 address, reminding of services, and 
 soliciting reward, s. memorialist. 
 
 MEM'ORY. 5. The power of retain- 
 ing or recollecting things past: 
 exemption from oblivion, pi. mem- 
 oi-ies. 
 
 MEN. s. The plural of man. 
 
 MEiYACE. v. To threaten, pr. par. 
 menacing; past, menaced: s. men- 
 ace. 
 
 MENA'GERIE. s. A collection of 
 
 foreign animals; the place in 
 
 which thev are kept. 
 MEND. v. To repair, to correct, to 
 
 improve, pr. pnr. mending; past, 
 
 mended : s. mender. 
 MENDA'CIOUS. adj. False; lying. 
 
 s. mendacity. 
 MENDICANT, s. A beggar ; one ofj| 
 
 MEN— MER 
 
 some begging fraternity, adj. men- j 
 
 d. leant : s. mendicity. 
 ME'NIAL. adj. Belonging to the 
 retinue or train of servants, s. me- 
 nial. 
 
 MEN'SAL. adj. Belongingor relating 
 
 to the table. 
 MENSTRUUM, s. Any liquid usecl 
 
 as a dissolvent, or to extract the 
 
 virtues of ingredients by infusion 
 
 and decoction. 
 MENSURABLE, adj. Measurable 
 
 that may be measured, adv. meas 
 
 u'rably : s. measur ability. 
 MENSURATION, s. The art or act 
 
 of measuring. 
 MENTAL, adj. Intellectual ; exist 
 
 ing in the mind. adv. mentally. 
 MENTION, s. Oral or written ex 
 
 pression, or recital of any thing 
 
 pr. par. mentioning ; past, men 
 
 Honed. 
 
 MEPHIT'IC, MEPHIT'ICAL. adj. 
 
 Ill-savoured. 
 MERCANTILE, adj. Trading, com 
 
 mercial. 
 
 MER'CENARY. adj. Venal ; hired 
 too studious of profit, s. mercena 
 ry, pi. mercenaries. 
 
 MER'CER. s. One who sells cloths 
 s. mercery. 
 
 MERCHANDISE, s. Traffic ; com 
 merce; wares, v. merchandise: p 
 par. merchandising; past, merchan 
 dised. 
 
 MER'CHANT. s. One who traffics 
 to remote countries, nd'y merchant- 
 able. 
 
 MER'CILESS. adj. Void of mercy 
 
 pitiless, s. mercilesmess : adv. mei 
 . cilessly. 
 
 MERCURIAL, adj. Formed undt 
 the influence of Mercury : spright 
 ]v; consisting of quicksilver. 
 
 MERCURY, s. One of the planet 
 thechvmist's name forqnicksilver 
 
 MERCY, s. Clemencv, pardon, pi 
 mercies: adj. merciful: adv. mcr 
 cifully. 
 
 MERE. That or this only: sucr 
 and nothing else ; absolute, adv 
 
 merely. 
 
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MM— MET 
 
 fMERETRTCIOUS. adj. Such as is 
 practised by prostitutes ; alluring 
 !i by false show. adv. meretriciously : 
 1 s. meretriciousness. 
 MERGE, v. To immerse ; to be swal- 
 1 lowed up; to be «unk. pr. par. 
 
 merging; past, merged. 
 "MERIDIAN, s. Mid-day; the line 
 [ drawn from north to south, which 
 
 Ethe sun crosses at noon ; the high- 
 est point of glory or power, adj. 
 meridian, meridional: adv. meri- 
 f dionally. 
 
 hvlER'IT. 5. Desert; excellence de- 
 y serving honour or reward, v. merit; 
 1 pr. par. meriting; past, merited: 
 f: adj. meritorious: adv. meriiori- 
 ] l ously : s. mentoriousness. 
 BER LIN, s. A kind of hawk. 
 fMER'MAID. s. A sea woman; an 
 animal with a woman's head and 
 
 |lER'RY. adj. Pleasant; cheerful; 
 1 gav. s. merriment : adv. merrily. 
 MERRY-AN'DREW. s. A buffoon ; 
 { a jack-pudding. 
 MER'RY-THOUGHT. s. A forked 
 I bone, in the bodv of fowls. 
 HER'SION. s. The" act of sinking or 
 dipping. 
 
 ^VIESH. s. The interstice of a net. 
 
 pi. meshes : adj. meshy. 
 ( V1ES'LIN. s. Mixed corn, as wheat 
 
 and rye. 
 
 r VIESS. 5. A dish or portion of food ; 
 J the ordinary of military men. pi. 
 
 messes : v. mess ; pr. par. messing; 
 J past, messed. 
 
 MES'SAGE g. An errand; advice 
 sent. 
 
 jVIES'SENGER. s. One who carries 
 J an errand. 
 
 VTESSI'AH. s. The Anointed; the 
 j Christ. 
 
 'MES'SIEURS. s. Sirs; gentlemen. 
 MESSMATE, s. One who eats at 
 ! the same table with another. 
 
 MES'SUAGE. s. The house and 
 J ground set apart for household; 
 ,j uses, pronounced mess'-wage. 
 
 VIET'AL. s. A firm, heavy, and hard : 
 1 substance, fusible by fire, malle-j 
 
 MET— MET 
 
 able and ductile, adj. metallic : s. 
 metallist: adj. metalline. 
 
 METALLURGY s. The art of 
 working in metals, s. metallurgist. 
 
 METAMORTHOSE. v. To change 
 the form or shape, pr. par. metamor- 
 phosing; past, . metamorphosed : s. 
 metamorphoser, metamorphosis, pi. 
 metamorphoses . 
 
 METAPHOR, s. A figure of speech, 
 adj. metaphor ic, metaphorical : adv. 
 metaphorically. 
 
 METAPHRASE, s. A mere verbal 
 translation from one language into 
 another, s. metaphrast: adj. meta- 
 phrastic. 
 
 METAPHYSICS. 5. The doctrine 
 of the general affections of sub- 
 stances existing, s. metaphysician: 
 adj. metaphysic, metaphysical: adv. 
 metaphysically. 
 
 METE v. To measure, pr. par. 
 meting; past, meted: s. meter. 
 
 METEMPSYCHO'SIS. 5. The trans- 
 migration of souls from body to 
 bodv. pi. metempsychoses. 
 
 ME'TEOR. s. Any bodv in the air 
 or sky, of a flux and transitory na- 
 ture. 
 
 METEOROL'OGY. s. The doctrine 
 of meteors, adj. meteorological: s. 
 meteorologist. 
 
 METHOD. 5. Convenient order; 
 regularity, adj. methodical: adv. 
 methodically: v. methodize; pr. par. 
 methodizing; past, methodized. 
 
 METH'ODISTS. s. One of the reli- 
 gious sects, adj. methodistical : s. 
 methodism. 
 
 METON'YMY. 5. A rhetorical figure, 
 founded on the several relations 
 of cause and effect, container and 
 contained, sign and thing signified, 
 pi. metonymies.. 
 
 ME'TRE. s. Speech confined to a 
 certain number and harmonic dis- 
 position of svllables ; verse ; mea- 
 sure, adj. metrical. 
 
 METROPOLIS, s. The chief city of 
 any country or district, pi. metrop- 
 olises: adj. metropolitan. 
 
 METROPOLITAN, s. A bishop of 
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MET— MID 
 
 the mother church ; an archbishop, 
 adj. metropolitan, belonging to a 
 metropolis. 
 
 METTLE, s. Spirit, courage, sub- 
 stance, adj. mettled, melllejorne. 
 
 MEW. s. A cage for hawks; an en- 
 closure; a sea-fowl, v.meio; pr. 
 par. mewing; punt, mewed. 
 
 MEZZOTIN'TO. s. A kind of en- 
 graving, so named as nearly resem- 
 bling paint ; the word importing, 
 •* half painted." 
 
 MIAS'MA. s. Such particles or at- 
 oms, as are supposed to arise 1'rom 
 distempered, putrefying, or poi- 
 sonous bodies. 
 
 MICE. s. The plural of mouse. 
 
 MICH'AELMAS. s. The feast of the 
 archangel Michael, celebrated on 
 the 29th of September. 
 
 MICHE. v. To lie hid; to absent 
 one's-self, as a boy from school, 
 pr. par. miching; past, miched: s. 
 michev. 
 
 MI'CROCOSM. s. The little world : 
 the bodv of man is so called. 
 
 MICROMETER, s. An instrument 
 for measuring small spaces. 
 
 MI'CROSCOPE. 5. An optic for view- 
 ing and magnifying small objects, 
 adj. microscopic, microscopical. 
 
 MID'-DAY. adj. Meridional; being 
 at noon. s. mid-day. 
 
 MID'DLE. adj. Equally distant from 
 two extremes; intermediate, adj. 
 middlemost : s. middle. 
 
 MIDDLING, adj. Of middle rank ; 
 of moderate size; having moderate 
 qualities of any kind. adv. mid- 
 dlingly. 
 
 MIDGE, s. A gnat. 
 
 MID'LAND.arf; Surrounded by land. 
 
 MID'NIGHT. s. The depth of night ; 
 twelve o'clock. 
 
 MID'RIFF. s. The diaphragm. 
 
 MID'SHIPMAN. s. A naval officer, 
 next in rank below a lieutenant, 
 pi. midshipmen. 
 
 MIDST, s. Middle. 
 
 MID'SUMMER. s. The summer sol- 
 stice, reckoned to fall on the 21st 
 of June. 
 
 MID— MIL 
 
 MID'WAY. adj. In the middle of a 
 
 passage, s. midway. 
 MID'WIFE. s. A woman who assist? 
 
 women in childbirth, pi. midwives 
 
 s. midwij'ery. 
 MIEN. 8. Look* manner, air. 
 MIFF. 5. Displeasure ; ill-humour. 
 MIGHT, v. Pret. of may. 
 MIGHT, s. Power, strength, force 
 
 adj. mighty: adv. mightily: s. 
 
 mightiness. 
 MIGNONLTT'E. s. A kind of annual 
 
 flower. 
 
 Mi'GRATE. v. To remove from one 
 place to another, pr. par. migrat- 
 ing; past, migrated: s. migration: 
 adj. migratory. 
 
 MILD. adj. Kind; soft; tender; 
 compassionate, s. mildness: acV 
 mildly. 
 
 MIL'DEW. s. A disease in plan s. 
 v. mildew; pr. par. mildewing; payt, 
 mildewed. 
 
 MILE. s. The usual measure of 
 
 roads; in England, 1760 yards, j. 
 
 milestone. 
 MILIARY, adj. Small ; resembling 
 
 a millet-seed. 
 MILITANT, adj. Fighting; a term 
 
 applied to the church of Christ. 
 MILITARY, adj. Engaged in the 
 
 life of a soldier ; suiting a soldier; 
 
 warlike ; effected by soldiers, s. 
 
 military. 
 
 MILITATE, v. To oppose; to ope- 
 rate against, pr. par. militating; 
 past, militated. 
 
 MILITIA. 5. The people in arms ; 
 the popular force of' a nation. 
 
 MILK. s. The liquor with which 
 animals feed their young from the 
 breast, v. milk; pr. par. milking; 
 past, milked: s. milker, milkiness : 
 adj. milky : s. fnilkmaid, milkman , 
 milkpail, milk pan, milksop. 
 
 MILL. s. An engine for grinding 
 corn, &c. v. mill : pr. par. milling; 
 past, milled: s. miller, mill-dam,, 
 millstone. 
 
 MILLENA'RIAN. s. One who ex- 
 pects the millennium. 
 
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MIL— MIN 
 
 MTL'LENARY. adj Consisting ofj 
 a thousand. 
 
 MILLENIUM, s. A thousand years; 
 generally taken for the thousand 
 years, during which some imagine' 
 Christ will reign on earth, after 
 the resurrection. 
 
 MIL'LEPED. s. A species of insect, 
 so called from its. numerous feet. 
 
 MILLENNIAL, adj. Thousandth; 
 consisting of thousandth parts. 
 
 MIL'LET. s. A kind of plant; a 
 kind of fish. 
 
 MIL LINER, s. One who makes la- 
 dies' head-dresses, and sells rib- 
 ands, &c. 
 
 MIL'LION. s. The number of a hun- 
 dred myriads, or ten hundred thou- 
 sand. 
 
 MILT. s. The sperm of the male fish; 
 the spleen, v. milt: pr. par. milt- 
 ing; past, milted: s. milter. 
 
 MIMETIC, MIMET'ICAL. adj. 
 Imitative, adv. mimetrically. 
 
 MIM'IC. s. A ludicrous imitator; a 
 mean or servile imitator, v. mimic; 
 pr. par. mimicking; past, mimick- 
 ed: adv. mimically: s. mimicry, 
 ol. mimicries. 
 
 Mi.VA'ClOUS. adj. Full of threats, 
 s. minacity. 
 
 MINARET, s. A kind of spire. 
 
 Ml'NATORY. adj. Threatening. 
 
 MINCE, v. To cut into very small 
 parts, pr. par. mincing; past, 
 minced: adv. mincingly. 
 
 MIND. 5. The intelligent power; 
 intellectual capacity ; choice ; 
 memory, v. mind; pr. par. mind- 
 ing; past, minded: adj. mindful: 
 adv. mindfully : s. mindfulness. 
 
 MINE. pron. Belonging to me. 
 
 MINE. 5. A place or cavern in the 
 earth, which contains metals or 
 minerals ; a cavern dug under any 
 fortification, that it may sink for 
 want of support ; or, in modern 
 war, that powder may be lodged 
 in it, which, being fired, may blow 
 up whatever is over it. v. mine; 
 pr. par. mining; past, mined: s. 
 miner. 
 
 MIN— MIN 
 MIN'ERAL. s. A fossil body; mat- 
 
 X 
 
 ter dugout of mines, adj. mineral: 
 
 i s. mineralisb 
 
 MINERALOGY, s. The doctrine of 
 minerals, s. mineralogist: adj. 
 mineralogical. 
 MING'LE. v. To mix ; to compound, 
 pr. par. mingling; past, mingled: 
 s. mingler. 
 MINIATURE, s. A painting in 
 water colours, very small and del- 
 icate ; a representation in a small 
 compass. 
 
 MIN'IKEN. adj. Small, diminutive. 
 MINIM. 5. A dwarf; a note in music, 
 j MINIMUM, s. The smallest quan- 
 I tity possible. 
 
 ,MIN'ION. s. A favourite ; a low un- 
 principled dependant. 
 MINISTER, s. An agent; one wl o 
 acts under another; one who serves 
 at the altar; a delegate, v. min~ . 
 inster; pr. par. ministering; past, 
 ministered: s. ministration: adj 
 ministerial: adv. ministerially. 
 MINISTRY, s. Office; service; ec- 
 clesiastical function; agency; body 
 of ministers, pi. ministries. 
 ! MINNOW, s. A very small fish, 
 MI'NOR. adj. Less; smaller; incoa 
 I siderable. 
 
 MI'NOR. 5. One under age ; the sec- 
 ond or particular proposition in a 
 syllogism, s. minority, pi. minori- 
 ties. 
 
 MINOTAUR, s. A monster, invent- 
 j ed by the poets, half man and half 
 I bull. 
 
 MINSTER. 5. A monastery; an ec- 
 clesiastical fraternity ; a cathedral 
 ! church. 
 
 MINSTREL, s. A musician; a 
 singer, s. minstrelsy, pi. minstrel' 
 
 MINT. s. A kind of plant. 
 MINT. s. The place where money 
 is coined, v. mint ; pr. par. minU 
 ing; past, minted: s. mintage, 
 minter. 
 
 MINUET, s. A stately regular dance 
 generally performed by two pei 
 sons. 
 
 241 
 
MfN — MIS 
 
 MINUTE, adj. Small, little, slen- 
 der, s. minuteness: adv. minutely 
 
 MIN'UTE. s. The sixtieth part of 
 an hour; a short note. v. minute; 
 pr. par. minuting; past, minuted: 
 s. minute-book. 
 
 MINU'TLE. s. The smallest par- 
 ticular. 
 
 MINX. s. A kind of small quadru* 
 ped; a pert, wanton girl. pi. 
 
 minxes. 
 
 MIR'ACLE. s. A wonder; some- 
 thing above human power, adj. 
 miraculous: s. miraculousness: adv. 
 miraculously. 
 
 MIRE. s. Mud. adj. miry: s. miri- 
 ness. 
 
 MIRK'Y. adj. Dark. s. mirkiness. 
 MIR'ROR. s. A looking-glass; a 
 pattern. 
 
 MIRTH. 5. Merriment, laughter, 
 adj. mirthful, mirthless: adv. mirth- 
 fully. 
 
 MISADVENTURE, s. Mischance; 
 ill-luck. 
 
 MISANTHROPE, MISANTHROP- 
 IST. 5. A hater of mankind, s. 
 misanthropy: adj. misanthropic, 
 misanthropical: adv. misanihropi- 
 cally. 
 
 MISAPPLY', v. To apply to wrong 
 purposes, pr. par. misapplying; 
 past, misapplied: s. misapplication. 
 
 MISAPPREHEND', v. Not to un- 
 derstand rightly, pr. par. misap- 
 prehending; past, misapprehended: 
 s. misapprehension. 
 
 MISBECO ME, v. To be unseemly, 
 pr. par. misbecoming ; past, misbe- 
 come. 
 
 MISBEHATE. v. To behave im- 
 properly, pr. par. misbehaving; 
 past, misbehaved: s. misbehaviour. 
 
 MISCAL'CULATE. v. To reckon 
 wrong, pr. par. miscalculating; 
 past, miscalculated: s. miscalcula- 
 tion. 
 
 MISCAL'. v. To name improperly.! 
 
 pr. par. miscalling; past, miscalled. 
 MISCAR'RY. v. To be lost on the I 
 
 way; to fail ; not to have the in- t 
 
 MIS— MIS 
 
 j tended event, pr. par. miscarrying, 
 I past, miscarried: s. miscarriage. 
 jMlSCEL'LANY. s. A mixed variety. 
 ■ | pi. miscellanies: adj. miscellaneous. 
 | MISCHANCE', s. Ill-luck; misf'or- 
 I tune. 
 
 MiS'CHIEF. s. Harm; hurt; injury, 
 adj. mischievous: s. rnischievous' 
 ness: adv. mrschievoutly. 
 MIS'CIBLE. adj. Possible to be 
 mingled, s. miscibility, pi. misci- 
 bilities. 
 
 MISCTTE. v. To quote wrong, pr. 
 par. misciting ; past, miscited: s. 
 miscitalion. 
 MISCOMPUTA'TION.s. False reck- 
 
 M1SCONCEIVE'. v. To entertain a 
 mistaken notion, pr. par. miscon- 
 ceiving; past, misconceived: s. 
 misconception. 
 MISCONDUCT', v. To manage 
 amiss ; to carry on wrong, pr. pir. 
 misconducting; past, misconduct- 
 ed: s. misconduct. 
 MISCONJECTURE. v. To conjec- 
 ture wrong, pr. par. misconjectv r. 
 ing ; past, misconjectured : s. m\s- 
 conjecture, misconjecturer. 
 MISCONSTRUE', v. To interpret 
 wrong, pr. par. misconst ri> :i n l : 
 past, misconstrued: s. miscomti-uz- 
 Hon. 
 
 MISCOUNT', v. To reckon wron ? . 
 pr. par. miscounting ; past, mis- 
 counted. 
 
 :MIS'CREANT. s. A vile wretch. 
 MISDATE, v. To mark with untrue 
 time. pr. par. 7nisdating; past, 
 misdated. 
 MISDEED', s. Evil action. 
 MISDEMEAN'. v. To behave ill. pr. 
 par. misdcmeaning ; past, misde- 
 meaned : s. misdemeanour. 
 jMISDO'. v. To do wrong, pr. par. 
 I misdoing; past, misdone: s. mi's* 
 I doer, misdoing. 
 
 MISEMPLOY', v. To use to wrong 
 purposes, pr. par. misemploying ; 
 past, mise*nployed e. misemploy- 
 Kient. 
 
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MIS— MIS 
 
 MI'SER. s. A wretch covetous to 
 extremity. 
 
 MIS'ERY. .9. Wretchedness; un- 
 happiuess; misfortune, pi. mise- 
 ries: adj. miserable: adv. mise- 
 rably. 
 
 MISFORTUNE, s. Calamity; ill- 
 luck. 
 
 MISGIVE', y. To fill with doubt, 
 pr. par. misgiving; p&st,misgiven: 
 s. misgiving. 
 
 MISGOVERN, v. To govern ill. 
 pr. par. misgoverning; past, mis- 
 governed: s. misgovernment. 
 
 MISGUIDE', v. To direct ill. pr. 
 par. misguiding; past, misguided: 
 s. misguidance. 
 
 MISHAP. 5. Ill chance. 
 
 MISINFORM', v. To deceive by 
 false accounts, pr. par. misinform- 
 ing ; past, misinformed : s. misin- 
 formation^ misinformer. 
 
 MISINTERPRET, v. To explain in 
 a wrong sense, pr. par. misinter- 
 preting ; past, misinterpreted: s. 
 
 ' misinterpretation, misinterpreter. 
 
 ftilSJOLY. v. To join unfitly or im- 
 properly, pr. par. misjoining; past, 
 mi joined. 
 
 b JSJ UDGE'. v. To mistake; to judge 
 wrong, pr. par. misjudging; past, 
 mi judged: s.. misjudgment. 
 
 MISLAY', v. To lay in a wrong 
 place, pr. par. mislaying; past, 
 mislaid. 
 
 MISLEAD', v. To guide a wrong 
 wav. pr. par. misleading; past, 
 misled: s. misleader. 
 
 MIS'LETOE. s. A kind of plant, 
 which grows on trees. 
 
 MISMANAGE, v. To manage ill. 
 pr. par. mismanaging; past, mis- 
 managed : s. mismanager, misman- 
 a^eTfient. 
 
 MISMATCH', v. To match unsuit- 
 ably, pr. par. mismatching; past, 
 mismatched. 
 
 MISNAME, v. To call by a wrong 
 name. pr. par. misnaming; past, 
 misnamed. 
 
 MISNO'MER. s. A wrong name. 
 
 MIS— MIS 
 
 MISOG'AMIST. s. A marriage-hater, 
 
 MIS-SPEND', v. To spend ill ; to 
 waste, pr. par. mis-spending; past, 
 . mis-spent: s. mis-spender. 
 
 MISPLA'CE. v. To put in a wrong 
 place, pr. par. misplacing; past, 
 misplaced. 
 
 MISPRINT', v. To print wrong, pr. 
 par. misprinting; past, misprinted: 
 s. misprint. 
 
 MISPRISION. 5. Mistake, scorn, 
 neglect, concealment. 
 
 MISPRONOUNCE'. v.To pronounce 
 improperly, pr. par. mispronounc- 
 ing; past, mispronounced: s. mis- 
 pronunciation. 
 
 MISPROPOR'TION. v. To join 
 without due proportion, pr. par. 
 mispropor Honing ; past, mispro- 
 portioned: s. misproportion. 
 
 MISQUOTE', v. To quote falsely, 
 pr. par. misquoting; past, misquot- 
 ed: s. misquotation. 
 
 MISRECI'TE. v. To recite wrong, 
 pr. par. misreciting; past, misre- 
 cited: s. misrecital. 
 
 MISRECK'ON. v. To reckon wrong, 
 pr. par. misreckoning ; past, mis- 
 reckoned: s. misreckoning. 
 
 MISREPORT'. v. To give a false ac- 
 count of. pr. par. misreporting ; 
 past, misreported. 
 
 MISREPRESENT', v. To represent 
 not as it is. pr. par. misrepresent- 
 ing; past, misrepresented-, s. mis- 
 rep resenta Hon, misrep resent er. 
 
 MISRU'LE. s. Tumult; confusion. 
 
 MISS. s. The term of honour to a 
 young girl. pi. misses. 
 
 MISS. v. To mistake; not to hit; 
 to fail of obtaining, pr. par. miss- 
 ing; past, missed: s. miss, pi. misses. 
 
 MIS'SAL. 5. The mass-book. 
 
 MISSHAPE', v. To shape ill; to 
 deform, pr. par. misshaping; past, 
 misshaped: adj. misshapen. 
 
 MIS'SILE. adj. Thrown by the hand, 
 s. missile. 
 
 MIS'SION. s. Commission ; legation. 
 
 MISSIONARY, s. One sent to prop- 
 agate religion, pi. missionaries: 
 I adj. missionary. 
 
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MIS— MIT 
 
 lVlS'SIVE. adj. Such as is sent, or 
 thrown, s. missive. 
 
 MIST. s. A low, thin cloud ; a small, 
 thin rain; dimness, adj. misty: s. 
 mistiness: adv. mistily. 
 
 MlSTATvE. v. To conceive wrong; 
 to take something for that which 
 it is not. pr. par. mistaking • past, 
 mistaken: pret. mistook: s. mis- 
 take. 
 
 MISSTATE, v. To state wrong, 
 pr. par. misstating; past, misstated: 
 s. misstatement. 
 
 MiSTEACH'. v. To teach wrong, 
 pr. par. misteaching; past, mis- 
 taught. 
 
 MISTi'ME. v. Not to time right, pr. 
 par. mistiming ; past, mistimed. 
 
 MISTOLD'. par. Erroneously nar- 
 rated. 
 
 MISTRANSLATE, v. To translate 
 incorrectly, pr. par. mistranslat- 
 ing; past, mistranslated: s. mis- 
 translation. 
 
 MISTRESS, s. A woman who gov- 
 erns or teaches; a woman who 
 has something in possession, pi. 
 mistresses. 
 
 MISTRUST', s. Diffidence; sus- 
 picion, v. mistrust ; pr. par. mis i 
 trusting; past, mistrusted: adj. 
 mistrustful, mistrustless : s. mis- 
 trus (fulness : ad v . mistrustfu lly. 
 
 MISTU'NE. v. To tune hadly. pr. 
 par. mistuning; past, mistuned. 
 
 MISUNDERSTAND', v. To miscon- 
 ceive, pr. par. misunderstanding ; 
 
 fiast, misunderstood. 
 SU'SE. v. To treat or use im- 
 properly, pr. par. misusing ; past, 
 misused : s. misusage. 
 MITE. s. A small insect; a small 
 particle. 
 
 MITIGATE, v. To alleviate; toj 
 mollify, pr. par. mitigating; past, 
 mitigated: s. mitigation, mi i/^nt or: 
 adj. mitigable, mitigant, mitigative. 
 
 MITRE, s. A kind of episcopal! 
 crown, adj. mitred. 
 
 MITTENS, s. Gloves without fin- 
 gers. | 
 
 MIT— MOD 
 
 MITTIMUS. 5. A warrant by which 
 a justice commits an offender to 
 prison. 
 
 MIX. v. To unite, to mingle, pr. 
 
 par. mioring; past, mixed: s. mix 
 
 er, mixture. 
 MIXTILIN'EAR. adj. Consisting of 
 
 a line, or lines, part straight, ^nc 
 
 part curved. 
 MIZ'ZEN. s. The mast in the stern 
 
 or hinder part of a ship. 
 MIZ'ZLE. v. To rain small drops, 
 
 like mist. pr. par. mizzling; past, 
 
 mizzled. 
 
 MNEMONICS, s. The art of assist- 
 ing memory, adj. mnemonic, mne- 
 monical: adv. mnemonically. 
 
 MOAN. v. To lament; to deplore, 
 pr. par. moaning; past, moaned: 
 s. moan, moaner: adj. mounful. 
 adv. moanfully. 
 
 MOAT. s. A canal of water, round 
 a castle, v. moat; pr. par. moating; 
 past, moated. 
 
 MOB. s. A crowd; a tumultuous 
 rout. v. mob; pr. par. mobbing; 
 past, mobbed. 
 
 MOB. s. A kind of female undress, 
 for the head. 
 
 MOBIL ITY. 5. The power of being 
 moved; nimbleness; in cant lan- 
 guage, the populace, pi. mobilities. 
 
 MOCCASON. s. An Indian shoe. 
 
 MOCK. v. To deride; to laugh at. 
 pr. par. mocking; past, mock<d: 
 s. mocker, nwcktry: adT. mocking- 
 
 MOCK. adj. False; not real. 
 MOCK'ING-BIRD. s. A bird Which 
 
 imitates the notes of other birus. 
 MODE. s. Manner; f->rm ; Method; 
 
 a kind of silk. adj. modish : adv. 
 
 modishly.- s. modishness. 
 MOD'EL. s. A small representation 
 
 a copy to be imitated, v. modd , 
 
 pr. par. modeling; past, inodcUd: 
 
 s. modeler. 
 MODERATE, adj. Temperate; not 
 
 excessive, v. moderate: pr. par. 
 
 moderating; past, moderated: s. 
 
 moderation, moderator: adv. mode- 
 rately. 
 
MOD— MOL 
 
 MOM— MON 
 
 MOD'ERN. adj. According to the 
 present mode; recent; not ancient, 
 s. moderns: v. modernize; pr. par. 
 modernizing; past, modernized : s. 
 modernizer. 
 
 MOD'EST. adj. Diffident; not im- 
 pudent; chaste, s. modesty: adv. 
 modestly. 
 
 MOD'ICUM. s. A small portion. 
 
 MODIFY, v. To alter the form or 
 appearance, so as to accommodate 
 something, pr. par. modifying; 
 past, modified: s. modification: 
 adj. modifiable. 
 
 MOD'ULATE. v. To form sound to 
 a certain key, or to certain notes, j 
 pr. par. modulating; past, modu- 
 lated: s. modulation, modulator. 
 
 M O'DUS. 5. Compensation for tythes. 
 
 MOGUL', s. An emperor of India. 
 
 Ma HAIR. s. Thread or stuff made 
 of camel's, or other hair. 
 
 MOI'DER. v. To puzzle, to perplex, 
 to confound, pr. par. moidering; 
 past, moidered. 
 
 MOl'-DORE. 5. A Portuguese coin, 
 rated at twenty-seven shillings 
 sterling. 
 
 MOI'ETY. s. A half. pi. moieties. 
 
 MOIST, adj. Wet in a small degree; 
 juicy, v. moisten; pr. par. moisten- 
 ing; past, moistened: s. moistener, 
 moistness, moisture. 
 
 MOLAS'SES. s. Treacle ; the spume 
 or scum of the juice of the sugar- 
 cane. 
 
 MOLE. s. A natural spot on the 
 body; a mound; a little animal, 1 
 that works under ground, s. mole-] 
 hill. 
 
 MO'LECULE. s. A small mass, or 
 portion. 
 
 MOLEST', v. To disturb; to vex.| 
 pr. par. molesting; past, molestedr 
 s. molester, molestation. 
 
 MOL'LIENT. adj. Softening, s. pi. 
 moUients. 
 
 MOL'LIFY. v. To soften; to ap- 
 pease, pr. par. mollifying; past, 
 mollified: s. mollifier, mollification: 
 adj. mollifiable. 
 
 MOLTEN. Past par. of the v. to melt | 
 X2 
 
 MO'MENT. s. Impulsive weight; 
 force ; importance ; an indivisible 
 particle of time. adj. momentous, 
 momentary, momentaneous : adv. 
 momentarily. 
 MOMENTUM, s. Impetus; force. 
 MON'ACHISM. s. The monastic life. 
 MON' ARCH. s. A king. s. monar- 
 chy, pi. monarchies, monarchist: 
 . adj. monarchal, monarchial. 
 MONASTERY, s. A house of reli- 
 gious retirement, pi. monasteries : 
 adj. monastic: adv. monastically. 
 MON'DAY. s. The second day of the 
 week. 
 
 MON'EY. s. Metal coined for the 
 purpose of commerce, adj. monied, 
 or pro Deri v, moneyed, moneyless. 
 MON'EY'S-WORTH. 5. Something 
 
 valuable; worth its cost. 
 MONG'ER. s. A dealer, a seller. 
 MONG'REL. adj. Of a mixed breed. 
 MONITOR, s. One who warns of 
 faults, or informs of duty. fern. 
 monitress, pi. monitresses: adj. 
 monitory, monitorial: s. monition. 
 MONK. s. One of a religious frater- 
 nity, adj. monkish. 
 MONK'EY. s. An ape , a baboon. 
 MON'OCHORD. s. An instrument 
 
 of one string. 
 MON'ODY. 5. A poem sung by one 
 
 person, pi. monodies. 
 MON'OGRAM. s. A cipher; a char- 
 acter compounded of several let- 
 ters. 
 
 MON'OLOGUE. s. A soliloquy. 
 MONOM'ACHY. s. A duel, pl.wio- 
 
 nomachies. 
 MONOPETALOUS. adj. Having 
 one leaf. 
 
 MONOPOLIZE, v. To obtain the 
 whole ; to engross exclusively, 
 pr. par. monopolizing; past, mo- 
 nopolized: s. monopolizer, monop- 
 oly, pi. monopolies, monopolist. 
 MON'OPTOTE. s. A noun used only 
 
 in some oblique case. 
 MON'OSYLLABLE. s. A word of 
 
 one syllable, adj. monosyllabic. 
 MONOTONOUS, adj. Wanting va ? 
 
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MON— MOR 
 
 riety in cadence, s. monotony: adv. 
 
 monotonously. 
 MONSOON', s. The trade wind. 
 MOiYSTER. s. Something out of 
 
 the common order of nature, adj. 
 
 monstrous: s. monstrousness : adv. 
 
 monstrously. 
 MONTH. 5. A division of time, 
 
 either by the sun or moon. adj. 
 
 and adv. monthly. 
 MON'UMENT. s. Any thing by which 
 
 remembrance is preserved; a tomb. 
 
 adj. monumental. 
 MOOD. s. A variation of a verb ; 
 
 temper of mind. 
 MOOD'Y. adj. Angry; out of humour; 
 
 sad. s. moodiness: adv. moodily. 
 MOON. s. The changing luminary 
 
 of the night : the satellite of the 
 
 earth, s. moon-beams, moonlight, 
 
 moonshine. 
 MOON'-EVED. adj. Dim-eyed ; pur- 
 blind. 
 
 MOOR. s. A marsh; a fen. s. moor- 
 cock, moor-game, moor-hen. 
 
 MOOR. s. A native of Morocco. 
 
 MOOR. v. To fasten by anchors, pr. 
 par. mooring; past, moored: s. 
 moorings. 
 
 MOOSE, s. The large American deer. 
 
 MOOT. v. To plead a mock cause, 
 pr. par. mooting; past, mooted: s. 
 mooter. 
 
 MOP. s. A utensil for cleaning a 
 floor, &c. v. mop: pr. par. mop- 
 ping ; past, mopped. 
 
 MOPE. v. To be stupid; to make 
 spiritless, pr. par. moping; past, 
 moped: adj. mopish: s. mopishness. 
 
 MOR'AL. adj. Relating, to the prac- 
 tice of men towards each other, 
 as it may be virtuous or criminal; 
 known and admitted in the general 
 business of life. s. pi. morals: s. 
 morality, moralist: adv. morally. 
 
 MOR'ALIZE. v. To make moral; 
 to explain in a moral sense, pr. 
 par. moralizing; past, moralized: 
 s. moralizer. 
 
 MORASS', s. A fen , a bog; a moor, 
 pi. jnorasscs. 
 
 MOR— MOR 
 
 MORA' V IAN. s. One of a religious 
 sect, founded in Moravia. 
 
 MOR'BID. adj. Diseased, s. morbid- 
 ness: adv. morbidly. 
 
 MORBIFIC, adj. Causing disease. 
 
 MORBO'SE. adj. Proceeding from 
 disease, s. morbosity. 
 
 MORDA'CIOUS. adj. Biting, s. mor- 
 dacity. 
 
 MOR'DICANT. adj. Biting, acrid. 
 
 s. mordication. 
 MORE. adj. In greater quantity or 
 
 quality, s. more: adv. more. 
 MOREEN', s. A kind of stuif. 
 MOREL' LO. s. A kind of cherry, pi. 
 
 morelloes. 
 MOREO'VER. adv. Besides; like- 
 I wise. 
 
 MORN, MORNING, s. The first part 
 
 of the day. 
 MOROCCO. 5. A fine sort of leathei 
 MORO'SE. adj. Of sour temper; 
 peevish, s. moroseness : adv. mo- 
 rosely. 
 
 MOR'RIS-DANCE. s. A kind of 
 dance, s. morris-dancer. 
 
 MORROW, s. The day after the 
 present day. 
 
 MOR'SEL. s. A small piece, a mouth- 
 ful. 
 
 MORTAL, adj. Doomed to death; 
 
 deadly; human, s. mortality, pi. 
 
 mortalities: adv. mortally. 
 MOR'TAR. s. A vessel in which 
 
 things are pounded; a wide can- 
 non ; a kind of cement. 
 MORTGAGE, s. A thing put into 
 
 the hands of a creditor, &c v. 
 
 mortgage; pr. par. mortgaging; 
 
 past, mortgaged. 
 MORTGAGEE', s. He that receives 
 
 a mortgage. 
 MORTGAGOR', s. He that gives 
 
 a mortgage: 
 MORTIF'EROUS. adj. Deadly, fatal. 
 MOR'TIFY. v. To destroy vital 
 
 qualities; to vex : to depress, pr. 
 
 par. mortifying ; past, mortijied: 
 
 s. mortification, mortificr. 
 MORTISE, s. A hole cut in wood, 
 
 that another piece mav be put in 
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MOR— MOU 
 
 to form a joint, v. mortise; pr. par. 
 mortising; past, mortised. 
 
 MORTMAIN, s. Such a state of 
 possession as makes it unalienable. 
 
 MORTUARY, s. A burial place; a 
 gift left by a man, at his death, to 
 his parish church, for the recom 
 pense of his personal tithes and 
 offerings not duly paid in his life- 
 time, pi. mortuaries. 
 
 MOSAIC, s. A kind of painting in 
 pebbles and shells, of sundry col- 
 ours. 
 
 MOSA'fC. adj. Denoting the writings 
 or laws of Moses. 
 
 MOSQUE, s. A Mahometan temple. 
 
 MOSS. s. A kind of plant ; a morass, 
 pi. mosses: adj. mossy: s. mossi- 
 ness: adj. moss-grown. 
 
 MOST. adj. The superlative of more. 
 adv. mostly: s. most. 
 
 MOTE. s. A small particle of mat- 
 ter. 
 
 MOTH. .5. A kind of small insect. 
 
 adi. mothy, moth-eaten. 
 MOTH'ER. 5. A woman that has 
 
 borne a child; a thick substance; 
 
 concreting in liquors, adj. mother- l 
 
 less, motherly. 
 MOTH'ER-IN-LAW. s. The mother 
 
 of a husband or wife. 
 MOTH'ER-OF-PEARL. s. A kindj 
 
 of coarse pearl ; the shell in which 
 
 pearls are generated. 
 MOTION, s. The act of moving;! 
 
 impulse communicated; proposal. j 
 
 made. v. motion; pr. par. motion- 1 
 
 ing; past, motioned: adj. motion- . 
 
 less, motive. 
 MOTIVE, s. That which incites to' 
 
 an action. 
 MOTLEY, adj. Mingled ; of various! 
 
 colours. 
 
 MOTTO, s. A sentence or word! 
 added to a device, or prefixed to; 
 any thing, pi. mottoes. 
 
 MOULD, s. A kind of concretion onj 
 things kept motionless and damp;| 
 earth; the matrix in which any; 
 thing is cast, or receives its form, j 
 v. mould; pr. par. moulding; past, J 
 
 MOU— MOW 
 
 moulded.- s. moulder: adj. mouldy: 
 s. mouldiness. 
 MOULD'ER. v. To turn to dust; to 
 crumble, pr. par. mouldering; 
 past, mouldered. 
 MOULDING, s. Ornamental cavities 
 
 in wood or stone. 
 MOULT, v. To shed or change the 
 feathers, pr. par. moulting; past, 
 moulted. 
 
 MOUND, s. A rampart ; a fence. 
 MOUNT, s. A mountain; a hill. 
 MOUNT, v. To rise on high ; to get 
 on horseback ; to attain in value ; 
 to embellish, pr. par. mounting; 
 past, mounted: s. mounter, mount- 
 ing. 
 
 MOUNTAIN, s. A large hill. adj. 
 mountain, mountainous: s. moun- 
 taineer. 
 
 MOUNTEBANK, s. Any boastful 
 
 and false pretender. 
 MOURN, v. To grieve; to be sor- 
 rowful, pr. par. mourning; past, 
 mourned: s. mourner, mourning : 
 adj. mournful: adv. mournfully, 
 m.ourningly : s. mournfulness. 
 MOUSE, s. A kind of small quad- 
 ruped, pi. mice: v. mouse; pr. par. 
 mousing; past, moused: s.mouser. 
 MOUTH, s. The aperture in the 
 head, at which food is received; 
 an entrance, adj, mouthless: s. 
 mouthful. 
 MOUTH, v. To speak big ; to vo- 
 ciferate, pr. -par. mouthing; past, 
 mouthed: s. mouth en. 
 MOUTH'-PIECE. s. The piece of a 
 trumpet, or other wind instrument, 
 to which the mouth is applied. 
 MO'VABLES. 5. Chattels, goods, 
 
 furniture. 
 MOVE. v. To put out of one place 
 into another ; to put in motion ; 
 to propose, pr. par. moving; past, 
 moved: s. move, movement, mover : 
 ad], moving, movable: adv. mov- 
 ingly. 
 
 MOW. s. A heap of corn or hay, 
 
 laid up in a barn. 
 MOW. v. To cut with a scythe. pr ; 
 par. mowing; past, mowed: s. mower-* 
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MUC— MUL 
 
 MUCH. ac[/. Large in quantity; long 
 in time: many in number- s. much. 
 MU'CID. adj. Slimy ; musty, s. mu- 
 
 ddity. 
 
 MU'CILAGE. 5. A slimy or viscous 
 body. adj. mucilaginous. 
 
 MU'COUS. adj. Slimy, viscous, s. 
 mucousness: adj. muculent. 
 
 JVJU'CUS. s. A slimy liquor, sepa- 
 rated by the mucilaginous glands. 
 
 MUD. s. 'The slimy matter at the 
 bottom of still water, v. muddy ; 
 pr. par. muddying; past, muddied: 
 adj. muddy: s. muddiness : adv. 
 muddilu. 
 
 MUD'DLE. v. To make turbid; to 
 foul. pr. par. muddling; past, mud- 
 dled. 
 
 MUFF. s. A soft warm cover for the 
 hands. 
 
 MUFFIN. 5. A kind of light cake. 
 MUF'FLE. v. To wrap; to cover. 
 
 pr. par. muffling; past, mujffled: 
 
 s. muffler. 
 MUFTI, s. The high priest of the 
 
 Mahometans. 
 MUG. s. A cup to drink out of. 
 MUGGLETO'NIAN. s. One of a sect 
 
 of enthusiasts, followers of Lodo-' 
 
 wick Muggleton. 
 MULATTO, s. One brgot between 
 
 a white and a black, pi. mulattoes. 
 MUL'BERRY. s. A kind of fruit, pi. 
 
 mulberries. 
 MULCT. 5. A fine: a penalty, v. 
 
 mulct; pr. par. mulcting; past, 
 
 mulcted. 
 
 JVIULE. s. An animal generated be- 
 tween an ass and a mare; an ani- 
 mal of a mixed breed, adj. mulish: 
 s. mulhhness. 
 
 MULETEE'R. s. A mule-driver. 
 
 MULL. v. To heat any liquor, and 
 sweeten and spice it. pr. par. mull- 
 ing; past, mulled. 
 
 MULL-MUS'LIN. s. A kind qf soft 
 
 thin muslin. 
 MUL'LEIN. s . A kind of plant. 
 MUL'LET. <?. A snecies of sea-fish. 
 MULTANG ULAR, adj. Many-cor- 
 
 perecL |j 
 
 MUL— MUM 
 
 MLLTIFA'RIOUS. adj. Haying 
 great diversity in itself, s. multi- 
 fariousness: adv. multifariously. 
 
 MULTIFORM, adj. Having various 
 shapes, s. multiformity. 
 
 MULTILATERAL, adj. Having 
 many sides. 
 
 MULTILIN'EAL. adj. Having many 
 lines. 
 
 MLLTIL'OQUOUS. adj. Very talk- 
 ative. 
 
 MULTINO'MIAL, MULTINOM1- 
 NAL, MULTINOM'INOUS. adj. 
 Having manv names. 
 
 MULTIRAROUS. adj. Bringing 
 
 manv at a birth. 
 ; MULTIPEDE. 5. An insect with 
 many feet. 
 
 MULTIPLE, s. A term in arith- 
 metic, when one number contains 
 another several times. 
 
 MULTIPLICAND', s. The number 
 to be multiplied. 
 
 MULTIPLY, v. To increase in num- 
 ber, pr. par. mult/plying; past, mul- 
 tiplied : s. multiplier, multiplicator, 
 multiplication: adj. multipli cable, 
 multiplyahle. 
 
 MULTIPLICITY, s. More than one 
 of the same kind; state of being 
 manv. 
 
 MULTI PRE S'FNCE. s. The power 
 or act of being present in man) 
 ;/aces at the same time. adj. mul- 
 
 t (present. 
 
 MULTIS'ONOUS. adj. Having many 
 sounds. 
 
 MULTITUDE. 5. The state of be- 
 ing many: a crowd or throng; the 
 vulgar, adj. multitudinous. 
 
 MUM. int. Silence; hush. 
 
 MUM. .<?. Ale brewed with wheat. 
 
 MUM'BLE. v. To speak inwardly ; 
 to grumble ; to chew. pr. par. mum- 
 bling; past, mumbled : s. mumbkr: 
 adv. mumbHngly. 
 
 MUMMER, s. A masker; one who 
 performs frolics in a personated 
 dress, s. mummery, pi. fnummerics. 
 
 MUM'MY. s. A dead bodv, preserv 
 od bv embalming, pi. mummies. 
 
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MUM— MUS 
 
 MUMP. v. To nibble; to talk low 
 and quick, pr. par. mumping; past, 
 mumped: s. mumper. 
 MUMPS, s. Sullenness; a swelling 
 % of the glands, about the throat 
 and jaws. 
 MUNCH, v. To chew by great 
 mouthfuls. pr. par. munching; 
 ? past, munched: s. muncher. 
 i MUN'DANE. adj. Belonging to the 
 world, s. mundanity. 
 MU'NERARY. adj. Having the na- 
 ture of a gift. 
 MUNG'REL. 5. See Mongrel. 
 MUNl'CIPAL. adj. Belonging to a 
 corporation, s. municipality, pi. 
 I municipalities. 
 MUNIFICENCE, s. Liberality, adj. 
 
 munificent : adv. munificently. 
 MU'NIMENT. s. Fortification 5 sup- 
 port; record; evidences; charters. 
 MUNITION, s. Ammunition; ma- 
 t terials for war. 
 I MU'RAGE. s. Money paid to keep 
 walls in repair. 
 MU'RAL. adj. Pertaining to a wall, 
 j MURDER, s. The act of killing a 
 human being unlawfully, v. mur- 
 der; pr. par. murdering; past, mur- 
 dered: s. murderer: adj. murder- 
 ous: adv. murderously. 
 MURIATIC- adj. Partaking of the 
 
 taste or nature of sea-salt. 
 MURK'Y. adj. Dirk; cloudy, s. 
 
 murkiness. 
 MUR'MUR. s. A complaint half 
 suppressed, v. murmur; pr. par. 
 murmuring; past, murmured: s. ! 
 murmuring, murmurer: adj. mur- j 
 muring: adv. murmur ingly. 
 MURRAIN, s. The plague in cattle. 
 MUSCADEL', MUS'CADINE. s. A 
 kind of sw r eet grape, sweet wine, 
 and sweet pear. 
 MUS'CLE. s. A fleshy fibre; a bi- 
 valve shell-fish. adj. muscular, 
 mu iculous. 
 MUSE. v. To ponder; to study; 
 pr. par. musing; past, mused: s. 
 muser. 
 
 j MUSE. s. One of the nine sister 
 
 MUS— MUT 
 
 goddesses, who are supposed to 
 preside over the liberal arts. 
 MUSE'UM. s. A repository of curi- 
 osities. 
 
 MUSH. 5. Food of maize-flour and 
 j water, boiled. 
 
 MUSH ROOM. s. A kind of plant. 
 
 MU'SIC. s. The science of harmo- 
 nical sounds ; instrumental or vo- 
 cal harmony, adj. musical: adv. 
 musically: s. musician. 
 
 MUSK. 5. An animal perfume. 
 
 MUSK'ET. s. A soldier's hand-gun. 
 s. musketeer. 
 
 MUSQUITO. s. A stinging fly or 
 gnat. pi. musquitoes. 
 
 MUSK'-MELON. s. A kind of fra- 
 grant melon. 
 
 MUSK'-ROSE. s. A kind of rose. 
 
 MUS'LIN. s. A fine stuff, made of 
 cotton. 
 
 MUS'SULMAN. s. A follower of 
 Mahomet, regular pi. mussulmans. 
 
 MUST. v. To be obliged: an im- 
 perfect verb. 
 
 MUST. v. To mould, pr. par. must- 
 ing; past, musted: s. must, musti- 
 ness: adj. musty.' 
 
 MUSTA'CHIO. s. A whisker; hair 
 on the upper lip. pi. mustachioes. 
 
 MUSTARD, s. A kind of plant. 
 
 MUSTER, v. To bring together; 
 to form into an army. pr. par. mus- 
 tering; past, mustered: s. muster, 
 muster-master, muster-roll. 
 
 MUTABLE, adj. Subject to change; 
 inconstant, s. mutability ; adv. mu- 
 tably : s. mutation. 
 
 MUTATION, s. Change; alteration. 
 
 MUTE. adj. Silent; dumb; not vo- 
 cal, s. mute, muteness: adv. mutely. 
 
 MUTILATE, v. To deprive of some 
 essential part. pr. par. mutilating; 
 past, mutilated: s. mutilation, mu- 
 tilator. 
 
 MUTINY, v. To rise against au- 
 thority ; to move sedition, or. par. 
 mutinying; past, mutinied : s. mu- 
 tiny, pi. mutinies: adj. mutinous; 
 adv. mutinously: s. mutineer. 
 
 MUTTER, v. To grumble; r.o mur- 
 mur, pr. par. muttering: uast, 
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MUT — MYK 
 
 MYS— MYT 
 
 muttered: s. mutter, mutterer: adv. 
 
 mutter ingly. 
 MUTTON. 5. The flesh of sheep. 
 MU'TUAL. adj. Reciprocal, adv. 
 
 mutually: s. mutuality. 
 MUZ'ZLE. s. The mouth ; a fas- 
 tening for the mouth, v. muzzle ; 
 
 pr. par. muzzling; past, muzzled. 
 MY. pron. Belonging to me. 
 MYNHEE'R. s. Sir, my lord or mas- j 
 
 ter — among the Dutch. 
 MYRIAD. 5. The number often' 
 
 thousand; proverbially, any great I 
 
 number. 
 
 MYR'MIDON. s. Any rude ruffian. 
 MYRRH. 5. A kind of gum. 
 MYR'TLE. 5. A kind of fragrant 
 tree. adj. myrtled. 
 
 MYSELF'. s. An emphatical word 
 
 added to /. 
 MYS'TERY. 5. Something above 
 human intelligence; any thing art- 
 fully made difficult; a trade, pi. 
 mysteries: adj. mysterious: adv. 
 mysteriously : s. mysteriousness. 
 MYSTICAL, adj. Containing a 
 mystery, adv. mystically: s. mys- 
 ticism. 
 
 MYTHOL'OGIZE. v. To relate or 
 explain the fabulous history of the 
 heathens, pr. par. mythologizing ; 
 past, mythologized : s. mythologisi. 
 MYTHOL'OGY. s. System of fa- 
 bles, adj. mythologic, mythological} 
 \ adv. myihologically. 
 
 NAB — NAM 
 
 NAB. v. To catch unexpectedly, pr. 
 par. nabbing; past, nabbed: s. 
 nabber. 
 
 NA'BOB. s. The title of an Indian 
 prince. 
 
 NA'DIR. 5. The point under foot, 
 directly opposite the zenith. 
 
 NAG. 5. A small horse. 
 
 NAI'AD. s. A water-nymph. 
 
 NAIL. s. The horny substance at 
 the ends of the fingers and toes ; 
 a spike of metal ; the 16th part of 
 a yard. s. nailer, nailery, pi. nail- 
 eries. 
 
 NAIL. v. To fasten with nails, pr 
 
 i>nr. nailing; past, nailed. 
 NAIVETE', s. Simplicity; ingenu- 
 ousness. 
 
 NA'KED. adj. Wanting clothes; un- 
 covered; unarmed; simple, s 
 nakedness: adv. nakedly. 
 
 NAM'BY-PAM'BY. adj. Having lit 
 tie affected prettiness. 
 
 NAME. s. Appellation ; reputation 
 renown, v. name; pr. par. naming; 
 past, named: s.narner: adj. name- 
 less: adv. namely. 
 
 NAM— NAS 
 
 NAME'SAKE. s. One that has the 
 
 same name. 
 NANKEEN', s. A kind of cottoi. 
 
 cloth. 
 
 NAP. s. A short sleep ; down. v. nap, 
 pr. par. napping; past, napped: s. 
 napper. 
 
 NAPE. s. The joint of the neck be- 
 hind. 
 
 NAPHTHA, s. A pure, clear, thin, 
 
 mineral fluid. 
 NAP'PY. adj. Hairy ; full of down. 
 
 s. 7iappiness. 
 
 NARCIS'SUS. s. The daffodil. 
 
 NARCOTIC, NARCOT'lCAL. adj 
 Producing torpor or stupefaction 
 s. narcotic. 
 
 NARRATION, s. Act of narrating: 
 historv. v. narrate: pr. par. nc.r- 
 rating: past, narrated: s. narra- 
 tor: ad], narrator*/. 
 
 NARRATIVE, s. A relation ; a sto- 
 rv. ad], narrative. 
 
 NAR'ROW. adj. Not broad or wide; 
 covetons; contracted, v. nan on*: 
 pr. par. narroicing; past, ncrro-w- 
 ed: adv. narrowly: s. narrowncB- 
 
 N VSAL. adj. Belonging to the nos^. 
 
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NAS— NAV 
 
 IS" A V— NEE 
 
 ^AS'CENT.a^'.Growing; increasing.' NA'VY. s. An assemblage of ships oF 
 
 1 war; a fleet, pi. navies: adj. naval. 
 NA Y. adv. No ; not only so, but more. 
 NAZARE'NE. 5. One of Nazareth. 
 NAZ'ARITE. s. One separated from 
 others, by a profession of some ex- 
 traordinary and special acts of re- 
 ligion. 
 
 RAS'TY. adj. Dirty ; "filthy, adv 
 
 nastily.- s. mistiness. 
 NATAL, adj. Native; relating to 
 ' nativity. 
 
 NATION, s. A people distinguished 
 
 from another people. 
 ■NATIONAL, adj. Public ; general ; 
 
 attached to one's own country.! NEAP. adj. Low, decrescent : used 
 adv. nationally: s. nationality: v.| in relation to the tide. adj. neaped. 
 \ nationalize; pr. par. nationalizing-; ! NEAPOLITAN, adj. Belonging to 
 
 past, nationalized. | Naples. 
 
 'NATIVE, adj. Produced by nature; iNEAK. adj. Close to; nigh; almost; 
 
 natural ; pertaining to the time or 
 place of birth, s. native, nativity, 
 pi. nativities. 
 NATURAL, adj. Produced or effect- 
 i pd by nature ; not born in wed- 
 lock ; following the stated course 
 of things; unaffected, adv. natu- 
 rally: s. naturalness, naturality, 
 naturalist. 
 NATURALIZE, v. To invest with 
 
 not distant, adv. nearly: s. near- 
 ness. 
 
 NEAR. v. To approach, pr. par. 
 nearing ; past, neared. 
 
 NEAR-SIGHTED, adj. Short-sight- 
 ed. 
 
 NEAT. adj. Elegant, but without' 
 dignity; clean, adv. neatly: s/ 
 neatness. 
 NEB. s. Nose ; beak ; mouth. 
 
 the privileges of a native subject ; j NEB'ULOUS. adj. Misty, cloudy. 
 
 : to make natural, pr. par. natural- 
 izing; past, naturalized: s. natu 
 ralization. 
 
 NATURE, s. An imaginary being, 
 supposed to preside over the ma- 
 terial and animal world ; the na- 
 tive state or properties of any 
 thing; disposition of mind. 
 
 VAUGHT. s. Nothing 
 
 •VAUGH'TY. adj. Bad; wicked, 
 adv. naughtily: s. naughtiness. 
 
 VAU'SEA. s. Sickness, v. nauseate; 
 pr. par. nauseating; past, nauseat- 
 ed: adj. nauseous. 
 
 VAUTTC, NAUTICAL, adj. Per- 
 taining to sailors. 
 
 NAUTILUS, s. A small shell-fish, 
 pi. nautiluses. 
 
 ^AVE. s. The middle part of a 
 wheel, in which the axle moves; 
 the middle part of a church, dis- 
 tinct from the aisles or wing's. 
 
 "J A'VEL. s. The point in the middle 
 of the bellv. 
 
 VAV'IGATE. v. To sail; to pass by 
 water, pr. par. navigating; past, 
 navigated: s. navigation, naviga- 
 tor: adj. navigable. 
 
 NE'CESSARY. adj. Needful ; irfdis/ 
 pensably requisite, adv. neeessari~ 
 ly: s. necessaries. 
 NECESSITY, s. Cogency; indis- 
 pensableness; want; poverty; com- 
 pulsion, pi. necessities, v. necessi- 
 tate; pr. par. necessitating; past,' 
 necessitated: s. necessitatioh : adj. 
 necessitous. 
 jNECK. s. That part between the 
 head and the body ; a long narrow 
 i part. s. neckcloth, necklace. 
 'NECROMANCER, s. A corjurer; 
 an enchanter, s. necromancy, pi. 
 necromancies : adj . necromantic ; 
 adv. necrornantically. 
 NECTAR. 5. The supposed drink 
 of the gods; any pleasant drink, adj. 
 nectaredn, nectareous* nectared. 
 NECTARINE, s. A fruit of the plum 
 kind. 
 
 NEED. s. Exigency ; pressing diffi- 
 culty ; want. v. need; pr. par. need- 
 ing; past, needed: s. needer, needi- 
 ness : adj. needy, needful adv. need- 
 U% needfully: s. needfulness. 
 
 NEEDLE, s. A small instrument 
 used 1 1st sewing ; the swell steel 
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NEE— NEO 
 
 NEP — NEW 
 
 bar, which, in the mariner's com- 
 pass, points north and south, s. 
 needlework. 
 
 NEED'LEFUL. s. As much thread 
 as is put at one time into a needle 
 
 NEED'LESS. adj. Unnecessary- adv. 
 needlessly: s. needlessness. 
 
 NEFA'RIOUS. adj. Wicked; abom- 
 inable. adv. nefariously: s. nefa- 
 riousness. 
 
 NEGATION, s. Denial; argument 
 drawn from denial. 
 
 NEG'ATIVE. 5. A proposition, b; 
 which something is denied ; a par- 
 ticle of denial, v. riegative; pr. 
 par. negativing,- past, negatived, 
 adj. negative: adv. negatively. 
 
 NEGLECT', v. To omit by careless- 
 ness ; to slight, pr. par. neglect 
 ing; past, neglected: s. neglect, 
 neglecter: adj. neglectful: adv. neg- 
 lectfully, neglectingly. 
 
 NEGLIGEE', s. A sort of gown 
 worn by ladies in the morning. 
 
 NEG'LIGENCE. 5. Habit of omit- 
 ting by heedlessness, or of acting 
 carelessly, adj. negUgent: adv. 
 negligently. 
 
 NEGOTIATE, v. To have inter- 
 course of business; to treat; to 
 traffic, pr. par. negotiating ; past, 
 negotiated: s. negotiation, negoti- 
 ator: adj. negotiable. 
 
 NE'GRO. s. A black person, pi. ne- 
 groes. 
 
 NE'GUS. s. A mixture of wine, 
 water, sugar, lemon, and nutmeg. 
 
 NEIGH, v. To make a noise like a 
 horse, pr. par. neighing; past, 
 neighed : s. neigh, neighing. 
 
 NEIGHBOUR, s. One who lives 
 near another, v. neighbour; pr. 
 par. neighbouring; past, neigh- 
 boured: s. neighbourhood: adj. 
 and adv. neighbourly. 
 
 NEITHER, conj. and pron. Not 
 either. 
 
 NEOLOGY, s. Invention or use of 
 
 new words and phrases, adj. neo- 
 logical : s. neologism. 
 NEOPHYTE, s. One regenerated; 
 a conv-rt. 
 
 NEPH'EW. 5. The son of a brother 
 
 or sister. 
 
 NEP'OTiSM. s. Fondness for neph- 
 ews. 
 
 IVE'REID. s. A sea-nymph. 
 
 NERVE, s. An organ of sensation ; 
 force ; strength, v. nerve ; pr. par. 
 nerving; past, nerved: adj. ner- 
 vous, nerveless : adv. nervously: s. 
 nervousness. 
 
 NES'CIENCE. s. Ignorance, adj. 
 nescient. 
 
 NEST. s. The bed formed by a bird ; 
 boxes or drawers, v. nest; pr. par. 
 nesting; past, nested: s. nest-egg. 
 
 NEST'LE. v. To lie close and snug, 
 as a bird in her nest. pr. par. nest- 
 ling; past, nestled: s. nestler. 
 
 NEST'LING. s. A young bird. 
 
 NET. s. A texture interwoven w \h 
 large interstices or meshes, v. n< i , 
 pr. par. netting; past, netted: s 
 netter, netting, network. 
 
 NET. adj. Pure, clear, genuine, & e. 
 
 NETHER, adj. Lower, infernui. 
 sup. nethermost. 
 
 NETTLE. 5. A stinging herb. 
 
 NETTLE, v. To sting; to irritate; 
 to provoke, pr. par. nettling; paut, 
 nettled: s. net tier. 
 
 NEUROL'OGY. s. A description >jf 
 the nerves. 
 
 NEUROTOMY, s. The anatomy of 
 the nerves. 
 
 NEUTER, adj. Indifferent ; not en- 
 gaged on either side; implying no 
 sex. adj. neutml: s. neutrality, pi. 
 neutralities, neutralist: adv. neu- 
 trally: v. neutralize ; pr. par. neu- 
 tralizing: past, neutralized. 
 
 NEVER, adv. At no time ; in no de- 
 gree, adv. nevertheless. 
 
 NEW. adj. Not old ; fresh; modern, 
 s. veivness: adv. neirly. 
 
 NEWFANG'LED. adj. Affected by 
 vain or foolish love of novelty, 
 v. neitf angle ; pr. par. neu fang- 
 ling: past, nc^rf angled : s. new- 
 fungledness. 
 
 NEWS. s. Fresh account of any 
 thing; something not heard before. 
 
NEX— NIG 
 
 NEXT. adj. Nearest; immediately 
 alter. 
 
 . NIB. 5, The point of any thing, gen- 
 erally of a pen. 
 NIB'BLE. v. To bite by little at a 
 I time. pr. par. nibbling; past, nib- 
 bled; s. 7iibble, nibbler. 
 NICE. adj. Accurate, scrupulous; 
 delicate; trivial, adv. nicely; s. 
 niceness, nicety, pi. niceties. 
 MCHE. s. A hollow, in which a 
 statue may be placed, adj. niched. 
 ' NICK. s. A notch ; a winning throw; 
 I exact point of time. v. nick; pr. 
 
 par. nicking; past, nicked. 
 NICK'EL. s. One of the semi-metals. 
 
 * NIC K f NAME, s. A name given in 
 I scotf or contempt, v. nickname; 
 
 pr. par. nicknaming; past, nick- 
 named. 
 
 NIDIFICATION. s. The act of 
 J building nests. 
 
 NIDULATION. 5. The time of re- 
 , maining in the nest. 
 INIECE. s. The daughter of a brother 
 J or sister. 
 
 iNIG'GARD. s. A miser; a sordid 
 I fellow, adj. niggard* adv. nig- 
 \ gardly : s. niggardliness. 
 IKlGH. adj. Near. adv. nigh. 
 fNIGHT. s. The time of darkness. 
 
 adv. nightly: adj. nightborn: s. 
 
 nightcap, nightdew, nightdress, 
 
 nightfall, nightgown. 
 NIGHTINGALE. 5. A small bird 
 1 that singrs in the night. 
 NIGHTMARE, s. A morbid op- 
 I pression, in the night, resembling 
 
 the pressure of weight upon the 
 
 breast. 
 
 NIGHTTIECE. s. A picture so col- 
 oured as to be supposed seen by 
 candle or moonlight. 
 
 NIGHTSHADE, s. The darkness 
 
 * of the night; a poisonous plant. 
 'NIGHT WALKER, s. One whoroves 
 i in the night, upon ill designs, s. 
 
 nigh t walking. 
 NTGHT'WATCH. s. A period of 
 , the night, as distinguished by 
 . change of watch, s. nightwatcher, 
 I nightwatching. 
 
 Y 
 
 f';iG— NOC 
 
 NIGRES'CENT. adj. Growing black; 
 
 approaching to blackness. 
 NIM'BLE. adj. Quick, active, ready, 
 adv. nimbly: s. nimbleness : adj. 
 nimblewitted. 
 NIN'COMPOOP. s. A fool; atrifler. 
 NINE. adj. One more than eight, s. 
 ninth: adv. ninthly: adj. ninefold: 
 s. nineholes, ninepins. 
 NINETEEN, adj. Nine and ten : or- 
 dinal adj. nineteenth. 
 NINETY, adj. Nine times ten : or- 
 dinal adj. ninetieth. 
 NIN'NY. s. A fool; a simpleton, pi. 
 ninnies. 
 
 NIN'NYHAMMER. s. A simpleton. 
 NIP. v. To pinch, to blast, pr. par. 
 nipping; past, nipped; s. nip, nip- 
 per: adv. nippingly. 
 
 NTPTERKIN. s. A little cup, * 
 
 small tankard. 
 NIPPERS, s. Small pincers. 
 NIPPLE. 5. The teat ; the dug. 
 
 NIT. s. The egg of a louse, arij.- 
 nitty. 
 
 NITRE, s. Saltpetre, adj.- nitrous ? 
 
 s. nitrosity. 
 NIVEOUS, adj. Snowy; resembling 
 snow. 
 
 NO. adv. The word of denial ; the 
 word of refusal, adj. nor s. no, 
 r>!. noes. 
 
 NOBIL'ITATE. v. To ennoble, pr. 
 par. nobilitating; p<ist y riobilitatedy 
 s. nobilitation. 
 NOBIL'ITY. 5. The class of nobles. 
 
 pi. nobilities. 
 NO'BLE. adj. Of an ancient and 
 splendid family; worthy; sublime; 
 magnificent, s. noble, nobleman, 
 pi. noblemen. 
 NOBLESSE', s. Nobility, collective- 
 lv; dignity. 
 NO'BODY. s. No one ; not any one. 
 
 pi. nobodies. 
 NO'OENT. adj. Hurtful. 
 NOCT AMBULATION, s. The act 
 
 of walking in sleep. 
 NOCTIF'EROUS. adj. Bringing 
 niehtV 
 
 NOCTMEY. s. An account tA 
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NOC — NON 
 
 what passes by night, pi. noctua- 
 
 ries. 
 
 JVGCTUR'NAL. adj. Nightly, adv. 
 
 nocturnally. 
 
 NOCUOUS, adj. Noxious; hurtful. 
 
 NOD. v. To decline the head with 
 a quick motion; to be drowsy; to 
 shake, pr. par. nodding,- past, nod- 
 ded: s. nod, nodder. 
 
 NODA'TION. s. The state of being 
 knotted, or the act of making 
 knots. 
 
 NOD'DLE. s. The head, in contempt. 
 
 NOD'DY. s. A simpleton; a species 
 of carriage, pi. noddies. 
 
 NO'DOUS. adj. Full of knots. 
 
 NOD'ULE. 5. A small lump. 
 
 NOG'GIN. s. A small mug. 
 
 NOISE, s. Any kind of sound; out- 
 cry, adj. noisy, noiseless: s. noisi- 
 ness. 
 
 NOISE, v. To spread by rumour, 
 pr. par. noising,- past, noised. 
 
 NOl'SOME. adj. Noxious ; unwhole- 
 some; offensive, adv. noisomely: 
 s. noisomeness. 
 
 NOLITION. s. Unwillingness. 
 
 NOLL. s. A head ; a noddle. 
 
 NOMENCLATURE. 5. The act of 
 naming; a vocabulary. 
 
 NOM'INAL. adj. Referring to names, 
 rather than things ; not real. adv. 
 nominally. 
 
 NOMINATE, v. To name ; to ap- 
 point, pr. par. nominating,' past, 
 nominated: s. nomination, nomina- 
 tor. 
 
 NOMINATIVE, s. The name of the 
 case that designates the name of 
 any thing. 
 
 NONAGE, s. Minority. 
 
 NONATTEND'ANCE. s. The not 
 giving personal attendance. 
 
 NONCOMPLIANCE, s. Refusal or 
 omission to comply. 
 
 NONCONFORMITY, s. Refusal of 
 compliance; refusal to join in the 
 established religion, "s. noncon- 
 formist: adj. nonconforming. 
 
 NONE. adj. Notanv; not other. 
 
 NONENTITY, s. Non-existence; a 
 thing net existing, pi. nonentities. 
 
 NON— NOR 
 
 NONE'SUCH. s. Something unique , 
 
 something superior. 
 NONEXISTENCE, s. Negation of 
 being; a thing not existing, adj. 
 nonexistent. 
 NON-JURING, adj. Belonging to 
 those who will not swear allegi- 
 ance to the Hanoverian family, s. 
 nonjuror. 
 NONPAREIL', s. Excellence une- 
 qualled; a kind of apple; printers' 
 letters of a small size ; a kind of 
 bird. 
 
 NON'PLUS. s. Puzzle; inability to 
 say or do more. v. nonplus; pr. par. 
 nonplusing ; past, nonplused. 
 NON-RES'IDENT. s. One who does 
 not reside at the proper place, 
 adj. non-rtsident : s. non-residence. 
 NON-RESIST'ANCE. 5. Passive obe- 
 dience, adj. and s. non-resistant 
 NONSENSE. s.Unmeaning language; 
 trifles, adj. nonsensical: adv. mv • 
 sensically: s. nonsensicalness. 
 NON'SUTT. s. Stoppage of a suit a I 
 law. v. nonsuit; pr. par. nonsuit- 
 ing; past, nonsuited. 
 NOODLE, s. A fool ; a simpleton 
 NOOK. 5. A corner. 
 NOON. 5. The middle of the day ; 
 
 twelve, s. noonday, noontide. 
 NOOSE, s. A running knot. v. noose; 
 
 pr. par. noosing; past, noosed. 
 NOR. One of the conjunctions. 
 NOR'MAN. adj. Relating or belong- 
 ing to Normandy. 
 NORTH. 5. The point opposite to 
 the south, adj. north, northern-. 
 adv. northerly ; s. north-star, north- 
 wind. 
 
 NORTH-EAST. s. The point mid- 
 way between the north and east 
 adj. north-eastern: adv. north-east 
 erly. 
 
 NORTH'WARD, NORTH WARDS 
 adv. Towards the north. 
 ! NORTH-WEST', s. The point mid- 
 way between the north and west, 
 adj. north-western: adv. north- 
 westerly. 
 
 1 NORWEGIAN, adj. Belonging to 
 A Norwav. 
 
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NOS— NOU 
 
 NOSE. s. The prominence on the 
 face which is the organ of scent, 
 v. nose; pr. par. nosing; past, nos- 
 ed: adj. noseless. 
 
 NOSE'GAY. s. A posy; a bunch of 
 flowers. 
 
 NOSOL'OGY. 5. Doctrine of diseases. 
 
 NOSTRIL, s. The cavity in the nose. 
 
 NOSTRUM, s. A medicine not yet 
 made public. 
 
 NOT. adv. The particle of negation, 
 or refusal. 
 
 NOTABLE, adj. Remarkable ; mem- 
 orable ; careful ; bustling, adv. 
 notably. 
 
 NOTARY, s. An officer whose busi- 
 ness it is to take notes of any 
 thing which may concern the pub- 
 lic, adj. notarial. 
 
 NOTATION, s. The act or practice 
 of recording by marks, as by fig- 
 ures or letters. 
 
 NOTCH, s. A nick; a hollow cut 
 in any thing, v. notch; pr. par. 
 notching; past, notched: s. notcher. 
 
 NOTE. s. Mark; token; notice; 
 reputation; account; tune; single 
 sound in music; short hint; a short 
 letter, v. note; pr. par. noting; 
 past, noted: s.noter: adj. notewor- 
 thy. 
 
 NOTHING, s. Negation of being ; 
 nonentity; nonexistence; no im- 
 portance, s. nothingness. 
 
 NOTICE, s. Remark; heed; inform- 
 ation, v. notice, pr. par. noticing; 
 past, noticed. 
 
 NOTIFY, v To declare ; to make 
 known, pr. par. notifying; past, 
 notified: s. notification. 
 
 NOTION, s. Thought; representa- 
 tion formed in the mind. 
 
 NOTORIOUS, adj. Publicly known; 
 apparent ; not hidden ; infamous, 
 s. notoriety, pi. notorieties. 
 
 NOTWITHSTANDING, con. With- 
 out hindrance or obstruction from ; 
 although ; nevertheless ; however. 
 
 NOUGHT. 5. Not any thing ; noth- 
 ing. 
 
 NOUN. s. In grammar, the name of 
 any thing. 
 
 NOU— NUM 
 
 NOURISH, v. To increase or sup- 
 port by food; to maintain; to en- 
 courage, pr. par. nourishing; past, 
 nourished: s. nourisher, nourish* 
 ment: adj. nourishable. 
 
 NOVEL, adj. New ; not ancient, s. 
 novelty, pi. novelties: v. novelize; 
 pr. par. novelizing; past, novelized. 
 
 NOVEL, s. A tale ; an amusing 
 book, chiefly of fiction, s. novelist. 
 
 NOVEMBER. s.The eleventh month 
 of the year. 
 
 NOVER'CAL. adj. Relating or be- 
 longing to a stepmother. 
 
 NOVICE. 5. One not acquainted 
 with any thing; a freshman; one 
 who has entered a religious house, 
 but not yet taken the vow. s. nov- 
 itiate. 
 
 NOW. adv. At this time ; at the time 
 present. 
 
 NO'WAY, NO'WAYS, NO'WISE. 
 
 adv. Not in any manner or degree. 
 NO'WHERE. adv. Not in any place. 
 NOXIOUS, adj. Hurtful, baneful. 
 
 adv. noxiously: s. noxiousness. 
 NUBIF'EROUS.ad/.Bringingclouds. 
 NU'BILATE. v. To cloud, pr. par. 
 
 nubilating; past, nubilated: s. nu- 
 
 bilation. 
 NU'BILE. adj. Marriageable. 
 NUCIF'EROUS. adj. Nut-bearing. 
 NU'CLEUS. s. A kernel; anything 
 
 about which matter is gathered or 
 
 conglomerated. Latin pi. nuclei. 
 NUDATTON. s. The act of making 
 
 bare or naked. 
 NU'DITY. s. Nakedness. 
 NU'GATORY. adj. Trifling; futile; 
 
 ineffectual. 
 NUISANCE, s. Something noxious 
 
 or offensive. 
 NULL. adj. Void; of no force, v. 
 
 nullify; pr. par. nullifying; past, 
 
 nullified : s. nullity, pi. nullities. 
 NUMB. adj. Torpid; chill, v. numb, 
 
 pr. par. numbing; past, numbedt 
 
 s. numbness. 
 NUM'BER. v. To count; to tell; 
 
 to reckon, pr. par. numbering, 
 
 past, numbered: adj. numberless. 
 
 2o5 
 
NUM*-NUR 
 
 NUR — NYM 
 
 NUM'BERS. The title ofthe fourth 
 book in the Old Testament. 
 
 NUMERAL, adj. Relating to num- 
 ber, s. numeral: adv. numerally. 
 
 NU'MERARY. adj. Belonging to a 
 certain aumber. 
 
 NU'MERATE. v. To reckon; to 
 calculate, pr. par. numerating; 
 past, numerated: s. numeration, 
 numerator: adj. numerical: adv. 
 numerically. 
 
 NUMEROUS, adj. Containing ma- 
 ny ; consisting of many. s. nume- 
 rousness: adv. numerously. 
 
 ^MUiVTSKULL. s. A dunce ; a block- 
 head, adj. numskulled. 
 
 jNUN. s. A woman secluded in a 
 cloister, and dedicated to religion, 
 s. nunnery, pi. nunneries. 
 
 NUN'CIO. 5. A messenger ; a kind 
 of spiritual envoy from the pope. 
 
 ;NUNCU'PATIVE, NUNCU'PATO- 
 RY. adj. Publicly or solemnly 
 declaratory; verbally pronounced; 
 not written. 
 
 NUPTIAL, adj. Pertaining or re- 
 lating to marriage, s. nuptials. 
 
 NURSE, s. A woman who has the 
 care of another's child, or of a sick 
 
 person; one who breeds, educates, 
 or protects, v. nurse; pr. par. 
 nursing; past, nursed: s. nurser. 
 
 NUR'SERY. s. The chamber of a 
 nurse; the place where young 
 children are nursed; a plantation, 
 of young trees, pi. nurseries. 
 
 NURS'LING. s. One nursed; a fond- 
 ling. 
 
 NURTURE, s. Food; diet; educa- 
 tion, v. nurture; pr. par. nurtur- 
 ing ; past, nurtured: s. nurturer. 
 
 NUT. s. The fruit of certain trees, 
 &c. s. nutcrackers, nutshell. 
 
 NUTATION, s. A kind of tremu- 
 lous motion. 
 
 NUTBROWN. adj. Brown like a 
 
 | ripe nut. 
 
 jNUT'GALL. s. Hard excrescence 
 I of an oak. 
 
 NUTMEG. 8. The kernel of a large 
 
 aromatic fruit. 
 NUTRIMENT, s. Food; aliment, 
 j adj. nutrimental. 
 ^NUTRITION, s. The act or quality 
 ■ of nourishing, adj. nutritious, nu- 
 I tritive. 
 
 NYMPH, s. A goddess of the woods, 
 meadows, or waters, adj. nymph- 
 j ish, nymphlike. 
 
 OAF— OBD 
 
 o 
 
 OBE-OBJ 
 
 OAF. s. A changeling ; a dolt ; an 
 idiot, adj. oafish: s. oafishness. 
 
 OAK. s. A species of tree. adj. 
 oaken. 
 
 OAK'UM. 5. Cords untwisted and 
 reduced to hemp. 
 
 nate in ill; impenitent; stubborn, 
 adv. obdurately : s. obduracy. 
 OBE DIENCE, s. Submission, obse- 
 quiousness, adj. obedient: adv. obe- 
 diently. 
 
 OBEl'SANCE. 5. A bow; a courtesv. 
 
 OAR. s. An instrument to row with. jjOB'ELISK. s. A pyramid of stone; 
 
 v. oar; pr. par. oaring; past, oared. 
 OA'SIS. s. A fertile spot, surrounded IjoBEY 
 
 by an arid desert, pi. oases. 
 OAT. s. A kind of grain, adj. oaten: 
 
 s. oatcake, oatmeal. 
 OATH. s. A solemn affirmation, cor- 
 roborated by the attestation of the 
 Divine Being. 
 
 marginal mark (f). 
 OBB'SE. adj. Fat. s. obesfty. 
 
 . T<» pay submission to ; to 
 [ comply with. pr. par. obeying; 
 \ past, obeyed: s. obeyer. 
 OBITUARY, s. A list of the dead; 
 a register of burials, pi. obituar'ns: 
 adj. obituary. 
 OB'JF.CT. s. That about which any 
 
 OB'DURATE. adj. Inflexibly obsti- 1! power or faculty is employed ; any 
 
OBJ— OBS 
 
 thing influenced by something else, 
 s. objector: adj. objective. 
 
 OBJECT', v. To urge against; to 
 oppose, pr. par. objecting'; past, 
 objected: s. objection: adj. objec- 
 tionable: adv. objectionably. 
 
 OBJUR'GATE. v. To chide; tore- 
 prove, pr. par. objurgating ; past, 
 objurgated: s. objurgation: adj. 
 objurgatory. 
 
 OBLATE, adj. Flat at the poles : 
 used of a spheroid. 
 
 OBLA'TION. s. An offering; a sac- 
 rifice. 
 
 OB'LIGATE. v. To bind by contract 
 or duty. pr. par. obligating- ; past, 
 obligated: s. obligation: adj. obli- 
 gatory. 
 
 OBLIGA'TO. adj. A musical term, 
 signifying necessary, on purpose, 
 for the instrument named. 
 
 OBLl'GE. v. To bind; to impose 
 obligation ; to indebt. pr. par. 
 obliging; past, obliged: s. obliger, 
 adj. obliging: s. obligingness. 
 
 OBLIGEE', s. The person to whom 
 another, called the obligor, is 
 bound by a legal contract. 
 
 OBLIGOR', s. The person bound to 
 the obligee. 
 
 OBLI'QUE. adj. Not direct; not 
 perpendicular, adv. obliquely: s. 
 obliqueness, obliquity. 
 
 OBLITERATE, v. to efface any 
 thing written; to destroy, pr. par. 
 obliterating; past, obliterated: s. 
 obliteration. 
 
 OBLIVION, s. Forgetfulness; am- 
 nesty, adj. oblivious. 
 
 OB'LONG. adj. Longer than broad. I 
 s. oblo7igness. 
 
 OB'LOQU Y. s. Censorious speech ; 
 blame; disgrace. 
 
 OBNOXIOUS, adj. Liable to pun- 
 ishment ; reprehensible, adv. ob- 
 noxiously : s. obnoxiousness. 
 
 OBSCE'NE. adj. Immodest, disgust- 
 ing, offensive, adv. obscenely: s. 
 obsceneness, obscenity, pi. obsceni- 
 ties. 
 
 OBSCU'RE. adj. Dark; not easily 
 intelligible; difficult; unknown.! 
 Y2 
 
 OBS— OBT 
 
 ] adv. obscurely: s. obscurity: pi. 
 
 obscurities. 
 OB'SEQCJIES. s. Funeral rites. 
 OBSE'QUIOUS. adj. Obedient; mean- 
 ly compliant, adv. obsequiously: s. 
 obsequiousness. 
 OBSERVANCE. 5. Respect ; cere- 
 monial reverence ; attention, adj. 
 observant: adv. observantly, ob 
 servabiy. 
 
 OBSERVAN'DA. s. Things to be 
 
 observed. 
 OBSER'VATORY. s. A place built 
 for astronomical observation, pi. 
 observatories. 
 OBSERVE', v. To watch; to regard 
 attentively; to note ; to obey. pr. 
 par. observing; past, observed: s. 
 observation, observer: adv. observ- 
 ingly. 
 
 OBSOLES CENT, adj. Growing ob- 
 solete. 
 
 OB'SOLETE. adj Worn out of use; 
 
 disused, s. obsoleteness. 
 OB'STACLE. s. Something opposed; 
 
 hindrance. 
 OBSTET'RIC. adj. Relating or be- 
 longing to midwifery. 
 OB'STINATE. adj. Stubborn ; con- 
 tumacious, s. obstinacy, adv. ob 
 stinately, 
 
 OBSTREPEROUS, adj. Loud; clam 
 orous; noisy, adv. obstreperously. 
 s. oh strep erousness. 
 OBSTRUCT', v. To block up; to 
 bar ; to hinder, pr. par. obstruct- 
 ing; past, obstructed: s. obstruc- 
 tion: adj. obstructive. 
 [OBTAIN', v. To gain; to acquire, 
 pr. par. obtaining; past, obtained: 
 s. obtainer, obtainment; adj. 06- 
 tainable. 
 
 OBTRUDE, v. To thrust in by force 
 or imposture ; to offer with unrea- 
 sonable importunity, pr. par. ob- 
 truding; past, obtruded: s. obtru- 
 der, obtrusion: adj. obtrusive: adv. 
 obtrusively. 
 OBTUSE, adj. Not pointed; not 
 acute ; dull. adv. obtusely : s. 
 tuseness. 
 
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OBV — OCT 
 
 OB'VIATE. v. To prevent by inter- 
 ception, pr. par. obviating; past, 
 obviated. 
 
 OB'VIOUS. adj. Easily seen; plain; 
 open. adv. obviously: s. obvious- 
 ness. 
 
 OCCA'SION. s. Occurrence; casu- 
 alty; opportunity; accidental cause, 
 y. occasion; pr. par. occasioning ; 
 past, occasioned: adj. occasional: 
 adv. occasionally. 
 
 OCCIDEN TAL, adj. Western. 
 
 OCCLU'DE. v. To shut up. pr. par. 
 occluding; past, occluded : s. oc- 
 clusion. 
 
 OCCULT', adj. Hidden; secret, s. 
 occultness : adv. occultly. 
 
 OCCUPANCY, s. The act of taking 
 possession ; state of being in pos- 
 session, s. occupant. 
 
 OCCUPY, v. To possess; to keep; 
 to busy ; to use ; to follow as busi- 
 ness, pr. par. occupying; past, oc- 
 cupied: s. occupier, occupation. 
 
 OCCUR', v. To be presented to the 
 memory or attention ; to appear ; 
 to happen, pr. par. occurring; past, 
 occurred: s. occurrence: adj. occur- 
 rent. 
 
 O'CEAN. s. The main; the great 
 
 sea. adj. oceanic. 
 OCEL'LATED. adj. Resembling the 
 
 eye. 
 
 O'CHRE. s. A species of earth, of 
 various colours, adj. ochreous. 
 
 OCTAGON. 5. A figure consisting 
 of eight sides and angles, adj. oc- 
 tagonal. 
 
 OCTANGULAR, adj. Having eight 
 angles. 
 
 OC TAVE, 5. The eighth day after 
 some festival ; an eighth, or an in- 
 terval of eight sounds. 
 
 OCTAVO. 5. A book is said to be in 
 octavo, when a sheet is folded into 
 eight leaves. 
 
 OCTEN'NIAL. adj. Happening eyery 
 eighth vear. 
 
 OCTO'BER. s. The tenth month of 
 the vear. 
 
 PCTOGEN'ARY. adj. Of eighty 
 years of age. 
 
 OCT— OFF 
 
 ; OCTUPLE, adj. Eightfold. 
 OCULAR, adj. Depending on tho 
 I eye; known by the eye. adv. ocu- 
 I larly. 
 
 OCULIST, s. One who professes to 
 j cure distempers of the eye. 
 ODD. adj. Not even ; particular ; 
 
 strange, adv. oddly: s. odds, odd- 
 
 ness, oddity, pi. oddities. 
 ODE. s. A poem to be sung to music. 
 O'DIOUS. adj. Hateful; detestable; 
 
 causing hate. adv. odiously: s. 
 ! odium, odiousness. 
 ODORIFEROUS, adj. Giving scent; 
 I fragrant, adv. odoriferously : s. 
 I odoriferousness. 
 | ODOUR. 5. Scent; fragrance, adj. 
 j odorous. 
 
 j (ECONOMICS, s. Management of 
 j household affairs. See Economy. 
 
 OF. One of the prepositions. 
 
 OFF. One of the adverbs. 
 
 OF'FAL. s. Waste meat; refuse; 
 | carrion. 
 
 OFFENCE', s. Transgression: dis- 
 pleasure given; anger, adj. of- 
 fenceless : v. offend; pr. par. offend- 
 ing; past, offended: s. offender: 
 ad;, offensive: adv. offensively: s. 
 offensiveness. 
 
 OF'FER. v. To present ; to sacrifice ; 
 
 j to attempt. . pr. par. offering: past, 
 
 I offered: s. offer, offering, offerer. 
 
 OF'FICE. 5. A public employment, 
 
 i agencv, &c. adj. official : adv. of- 
 
 I fi daily : s. officer. 
 
 iOFFI'CIATE. v. To discharge the 
 
 I duties of an office, pr. par. offlci- 
 
 | aiing; past, officiated. 
 
 OFFICl'NAL. adj. Belonging to, or 
 
 I used in a shop. 
 
 lOFFI'CIOUS. adj. Importunately 
 forward ; intrusive, adv. officiously: 
 s. offidousness. 
 
 OF'FING. .<?. Out at sea, or at a suf- 
 ficient distance from the shore. 
 
 OFF'SCOURING. s. Recrement; 
 part rubbed away in cleaning any 
 thinnf. 
 
 OFF'SKT. s. A sprout; a shoot of 
 a plant. 
 
OFF— OMI 
 
 OMN— OPE 
 
 OFFSPRING, s. Propagation ; chil* 
 dren; production. 
 
 OF'TEN. adv. Oft; frequently; ma- 
 ny times, pronounced of'-n. com p. 
 oftener; sup. oftenest: adv. often- 
 times. 
 
 O'GLE. v. To view with side glances. 
 
 pr. par. ogling; past, ogled: s. ogler. 
 O'GRE. s. An imaginary monster of 
 
 the east. fern, ogress, pi. ogresses. 
 OH. int. An exclamation denoting 
 
 pain, sorrow, or surprise. 
 OIL. s. Any fat, greasy, unctuous 
 
 matter, v. oil; pr. par. oiling; past, 
 
 oiled: adj. oily: s. oiliness. 
 OIL'COLOUR. s. Paint made by 
 
 grinding coloured substances with 
 
 oil. 
 
 OINTMENT, s. Unguent; a salve. 
 
 OLD. adj. Past the middle of life; 
 decayed by time ; of long contin- 
 uance, s. oldness: adj. oldfashioned. 
 
 OLEA'GINOUS. adj. Oily; unctuous, 
 s. oleaginousness. 
 
 OLFACTORY. a^.Having the sense 
 of smelling-. 
 
 OLIGARCHY, s. A form of govern- 
 ment which places the supreme 
 power in a small number; aristoc- 
 racy, pi. oligarchies: adj. oligar- 
 chical. 
 
 O LIO. s. A mixture; a medley. 
 OLIVE, s. A plant producing oil; 
 
 the emblem of peace. 
 OLYM'PIAD. s. A Grecian epoch ; 
 
 the soace of four years. 
 OM'BRE. s. A game at cards. 
 OM'ELET. s. A kind of pancake 
 
 made with eggs. 
 O'MEN. s. A sign ; a prognostic, adj. 
 
 omened. 
 
 O'MER. s. A Hebrew measure. 
 
 OM'IiXOUS adj. Exhibiting bad to- 
 kens of futurity; inauspicious; ex- 
 hibiting tokens good or ill. adv. 
 ominously: s. ominousness. 
 
 OMIS'SION. s. Act of omitting, adj. 
 omissive. 
 
 OMIT. v. To leave out; not to 
 mention, pr. par. omitting; past, 
 omitted. 
 
 OMN IP'OTENT. adj. All-powerful. 
 
 s. omnipotence. 
 OMNIPRES'ENCE. s. Ubiquity; un- 
 bounded presence, adj. omnipres- 
 ent. 
 
 OMNIS'CIENCE. s.Boundless know- 
 ledge; infinite wisdom, adj. om- 
 
 OMNIVOROUS, adj. All-devouring. 
 ON. One of the prepositions, adv. on. 
 ONE. adj. Single ; denoted by a unit ; 
 ! some one. s. one, oneness : adv. 
 I once. 
 
 ONE'-EYED. adj. Having only one 
 
 I eve - 
 
 ON'ERARY. adj. Fitted for carriage 
 | or burthens; comprising a burthen. 
 ONERA'TION. s. The act of loading. 
 ON'EROUS. adj. Burthensome. 
 ON'ION. 5. A species of bulbous 
 plant. 
 
 ON'LY. adv. Single ; simply ; one 
 
 and no more; this and no other. 
 ON'OMANCY. s. Divination by a 
 
 name. pi. onomancies. 
 ON'SET. s. Attack; assault; a be- 
 ginning. 
 
 ONTOL'OGY. s. The science of the 
 affections of being in general; met- 
 aphysics, s. ontologist. 
 ON'WARDS. adv. Forward; in a 
 state of advanced progression, adj. 
 onward. 
 
 ON'YX. s. A semi-pellucid gem,, pL 
 onyxes. 
 
 OOZE. s. Soft mud; slime; soft flow, 
 v. ooze; pr. par. oozing; past, ooz- 
 ed: adj. oozy. 
 OPA'CITY. s. Cloudiness ; want of 
 
 transparency, pi. opacities. 
 OPAQUE', adj. Dark ; not transpa- 
 rent, adv. opaquely. 
 OTEN. v. To unclose; to unlock, 
 to explain ; to begin, pr. par. open- 
 ing; past, opened: adj. open: adv. 
 openly: s. opener, openness, open? 
 ing: adj. openeyed, openhanded, 
 openhearted, openmouthed. 
 OP'ERA. 5. A musical drama. 
 | OPERATE, v. To act ; to produce 
 j effects, pr. par. operating; past t 
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OPE— OPT 
 
 operated: s. operation, operator: 
 adj. operative. 
 
 OPEROSE. adj. Laborious ; full of 
 trouble and tediousness. s. ope- 
 roseness, operosity. 
 
 OPHTHAL'MIA. s. A disease of the 
 eyes. adj. ophthalmic. 
 
 O'PIATE. s. A medicine that causes 
 sleep, adj. opiate. 
 
 OPIF'ICER. s. One that performs 
 any work; an artist. 
 
 OPINION, s. Persuasion of the 
 mind, without proof or certain 
 knowledge; sentiments; judg- 
 ment, adj. opinioned. 
 
 O'PIUM. s. A soporific drug. 
 
 OPODEL'DOC. s. The name of a 
 plaster; and of a popular oint- 
 ment. 
 
 OPOS'SUM. s. A kind of American 
 quadruped. 
 
 OPPONENT, adj. Opposite; ad- 
 verse, s. opponent. 
 
 OPPORTUNE, adj. Seasonable; 
 convenient; well-timed, adv. op- 
 portunely. 
 
 OPPORTUNITY, s. Fit time; con- 
 venience ; fit place, pi. opportu- 
 nities. 
 
 OPPO'SE. v. To act against; to re- 
 sist ; to put in opposition, pr. par. 
 opposing; past, opposed: s. op- 
 poser, opposition. 
 
 OPPOSITE, adj. Placed in front; 
 adverse; repugnant, s. opposite: 
 adv. oppositely. 
 
 OPPRESS', v. To crush by hard- 
 ship ; to overpower, pr. par. op- 
 pressing; past, oppressed: s. op- 
 pression, oppressor: adj. oppressive.- 
 adv. oppressively. 
 
 OPPRO'BRIOUS* adj. Reproachful : 
 causing infamy; scurrilous, adv. 
 opprobriously : s. opprobrium. 
 
 OPPUGN', v. To oppose; to attack; 
 to refute, pr. par. oppugning; 
 past, oppugned : s. oppugner. 
 
 OPTATIVE, adj. Expressive of de- 
 sire. 
 
 OPTIC, OPTICAL, adj. Visual; re- 
 lating to the science of vision, 
 adj. optical: s. optics, optician. 
 
 OPT— ORD 
 
 OPTIMISM, s. The doctrine that 
 every thing in nature is ordered 
 for the best. 
 OPTION, s. Choice; election; wish. 
 
 adj. optional. 
 OPULENCE, s. Wealth; riches. 
 
 adj. opulent: adv. opulently. 
 OR. One of the conjunctions. 
 OR'ACLE. 5. Something delivered 
 by supernatural wisdom ; one 
 famed for wisdom, adj. oracular : 
 adv. oracularly. 
 O'RAL. adj. Delivered by mouth; 
 
 not written, adv. orally. 
 OR'ANGE. s. A kind of fruit, s. 
 
 orangery, pi. orangeries. 
 ORATION, s. A speech made ac- 
 cording to the laws of rhetoric ; 
 an harangue. 
 OR'ATOR. s. A public speaker: a 
 man of eloquence, adj. oratorical : 
 adv. oratorically : s. oratory. 
 ORATO'RIO. s. A kind of sacied 
 drama, the subject being generally 
 taken from the scriptures, and set 
 to music, adj. oratorial. 
 ORB. s. A sphere; a circular body; 
 j a celestial bodv. adj. orbed. 
 ORBA'TION. 5. Privation of parents 
 
 or children; any privation. 
 | ORBICULAR, adj. Spherical. 
 ORBIT. 5. The line described by 
 
 the revolution of a planet. 
 ORCH ARD, s. A garden of fruit 
 trees. 
 
 ORCH'ESTRE, ORCH'ESTRA. s. 
 The place where musicians sit; 
 the band of musicians. 
 ORDAIN', v. To appoint; to de- 
 cree; to establish; to invest, pr. 
 par. ordaining; past, ordained: s. 
 ordination, ordainer: adj. ordaia- 
 able. 
 
 ORDE'AL. s. A trial by fire or wr.tcr. 
 ORDER, s. Method; regularity; 
 command; a rank; a religious 
 fraternity; a class, v. order; pr. 
 par. ordering; past, ordered: s. 
 orderer, orderliness : adv. orderly. 
 OR'DINABLE. adj. Such as may 
 be appointed. 
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ORD — ORR 
 
 OR'DINAL. adj. Denoting order, 
 as second, third, fourth. 
 
 ORDINANCE, s. Law; rule; ap- 
 pointment, adj. ordinant. 
 
 OR DINARY, adj. Established ; reg- 
 ular; common; mean; ugly. adv. 
 ordinarily. 
 
 ORDINARY, s. A place of eating, 
 where the meal is established at 
 a certain price, pi. ordinaries. 
 
 ORDINATE, adj. Regular; method- 
 ical. 
 
 ORDIN ANCE. 5. Cannon; great guns. 
 
 OR' DURE. s. Excrement; filth. 
 
 ORE. s. Metal unrefined. 
 
 OR'GAN. s. A natural instrument ; 
 an instrument of music, adj.or- 
 ganic, organicah adv. organically: 
 s. organism, organist. 
 
 ORGANIZE, v. To construct so 
 that one part co-operates with an- 
 other ; to form organically, pr. par. 
 organizing; past, organized: s. 
 organization. 
 
 O'RIENT. adj. Rising, as the sun ; 
 eastern; bright, adj. oriental: s. 
 orientalism. 
 
 ORIFICE, s. An opening or perfo- 
 ration. 
 
 ORIFLAMB. s. The ancient golden 
 standard of France. 
 
 OR'IGIN. s. Beginning ; source, adj 
 original: adv. originally: s. origi- 
 nality: pi. originalities: v. origi- 
 nate; pr. par. originating; past, 
 originated: s. origination. 
 
 ORIGINAL, s. First thing of the 
 kind. 
 
 ORISON. 5. A prayer; a supplica- 
 tion. 
 
 ORNAMENT, s. Embellishment; 
 honour, adj. ornamental: adv. or^ 
 namentally. 
 
 ORNITHOLOGY, s. A discourse on 
 birds, pi. ornithologies: s. orni- 
 thologist. 
 
 ORPH AN, s. A child who has lost 
 its father or mother, or both. adj. 
 
 orphan. 
 
 ORPIMENT. s. A fossil of a yellow 
 colour. 
 
 ORRERY. $. An instrument, rep- 
 
 ORT— OUN 
 
 resenting the motions of the heav* 
 enly bodies, pi. orreries. 
 ORTHODOX, adj. Right in opinion 
 
 and doctrine, s. orthodoxy. 
 ORTHO'EPY. s. The art of pro- 
 nouncing words properly, s. or* 
 thoepist. 
 
 ORTHOG'RAPHY. s. The art or 
 practice of spelling, adj. ortho- 
 graphical: adv. orthographically. 
 ORTOLAN, s. A kind of bird. 
 OSCILLATE. v. To move back- 
 ward and forward, pr. par. osciU 
 lasting; past, oscillated: s. oscilla? 
 tion: adj. oscillatory. 
 O'SIER. s. A tree of the willow 
 kind. 
 
 OS'NABURG. s. A kind of coarse 
 
 linen cloth. 
 OS'PREY. 5. A large blackish hawk. 
 OS'SEOUS. adj. Bony; resembling 
 
 a bone. 
 
 OS'SIFY. y. To change to bone. pr. 
 par. ossifying; past, ossified: s. 
 ossification: adj. ossific. 
 
 OSTEN'SIBLE. adj. Such as is prop, 
 er or intended to be shown ; co- 
 lourable ; pretended, adv. ostensi- 
 bly. 
 
 OSTENTATION, s. Outward show; 
 
 ambitious display; vain show. adj. 
 
 ostentatious: adv. ostentatiously: s. 
 
 ostentatiousness. 
 OS'TLER, HOS'TLER. s. The man 
 
 who takes care of horses at an inn. 
 
 pronounced, os'-lur. 
 OSTRACISM, s. An ancient man- 
 ner of passing sentence, in which 
 
 each vote was marked on a shell. 
 
 v. ostracize; pr. par. ostracizing; 
 
 past, ostracized. 
 OSTRICH, s. A kind of bird. pl ? 
 
 ostriches. 
 
 OTH'ER. pron. Not the same ; not 
 the one ; something besides, adv. 
 othenvise. 
 
 OTTER, s. A kind of small quad- 
 ruped. 
 
 OUGHT, v. Had a right to; to be 
 obliged bv duty ; to be fit. 
 
 OUNCE, s. A weight ; a kind of an- 
 imal, pi. ounces. 
 
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OUR— OUT 
 
 OUR. pron. Belonging to us. 
 
 CURSEL'VES. pron. Plural of my- 
 self : ourself is used, in the regal 
 style, for myself. 
 
 OUT. adv. One of the adverbs. 
 
 OUTBAL'ANCE. v. To overweigh; 
 to preponderate, pr. par. outbal- 
 ancing ; past, outbalanced. 
 
 OUTBID', v. To bid a higher price, 
 pr. par. outbidding ; past, outbid- 
 den: s. outbidder. 
 
 OUTBOUND, adj. Destined on a 
 distant voyage. 
 
 OUTCAST, adj. Thrown away as 
 refuse; banished, s. outcast. 
 
 OUTCRY, s. Cry of vehemence; 
 cry of distress ; clamour of detes- 
 tation, pi. outcries. 
 
 OUTDO', v. To excel; to surpass, 
 pr. par. outdoing; past, outdone : 
 s. outdoer. 
 
 OUT'ER. adj. That which is without: 
 sup. outermost. 
 
 OUTFA'CE. v. To brave, pr. par. 
 outfacing: past, outfaced: s. out- 
 facer. 
 
 OUTFIT, s. The equipment of a 
 ship for her voyage ; necessaries 
 for a person going abroad, v. out- 
 Jit,- pr. par. outfitting; past, out- 
 fitted. 
 
 OUTGENERAL, v. To exceed in 
 military skill, pr. par. outgeneral- 
 ing; past, outgeneraled. 
 
 OUTGO', v. To surpass; to excel; 
 to circumvent, pr. par. outgoing ; 
 past, outgone. 
 
 OUTGROW, v. To surpass in 
 growth ; to grow too large, pr. 
 par. outgrowing ; past, outgrown. 
 
 OUTHOUSE, s. A building attach- 
 ed or belonging to a dwelling- 
 house, pi. outhouses. 
 
 OUTLANDISH, adj. Not native: 
 foreign, adv. ■outlandishly. 
 
 OUTLAST, v. To surpass in dura- 
 tion, pr. par. outlasting; past, 
 outlasted. 
 
 OUTLAW, s. One excluded from 
 the benefit of the law. v. outlaw ; 
 pr. par. outlawing; past, outlawed: 
 8. outlawry. 
 
 OUT— OUT 
 
 OUTLEAF. v. To surpass in leap 
 ing. pr. par. outleaping; past, out 
 
 leaped. 
 
 OUTLET, s. Passage outwards; 
 egress. 
 
 OUTLINE, s. A line by which any 
 figure is defined; contour; ex- 
 tremity, v. outline; pr. par. out- 
 lining ; past, outlined. 
 
 OUTLI VE, v. To live beyond; to 
 survive, pr. par. outliving; past, 
 outlived: s. outliver. 
 
 OUTMARCH', v. To leave behind 
 in a march, pr. par. outmarching, 
 past, outmarched. 
 
 OUTMEAS'URE. v. To exceed in 
 measure, pr. par. outmeasuring , 
 past, outmeasured. 
 
 OUTMOST, adj. The most out- 
 ward. 
 
 OUTNUM'BER. v. To exceed in 
 number, pr. par. outnumbering; 
 past, outnumbered. 
 
 OUTPOST, s. A military station, 
 at a distance from the camp or the 
 main body of the army. v. outpost, 
 pr. par. outposting ; past, outposted. 
 
 OUTPOUR', v. To emit; to send 
 forth in a stream, pr. par. out- 
 pouring ; past, outpoured. 
 
 OUTRAGE, s. Open violence j tu- 
 multuous mischief, v. outrage; pr. 
 par. outraging; past, outraged: 
 s. outrager: adj. outrageous adv. 
 outrageously : s. outrageousness. 
 
 OUTREACH', v. To reach beyond; 
 
 I to extend, pr. par. outreachtng ; 
 
 I past, outreached. 
 
 OUTRECK'ON. v. To exceed in 
 
 I number, pr. par. outreckoning ; 
 
 | past, outreckoned. 
 
 OUTREIGN'. v. To reign through 
 the whole of ; to reign longer than 
 another, pr. par. outreigning; 
 past, outrrigned. 
 
 OUTRI'DE. v. To pass bv riding, 
 pr. par. outriding; past, outr' \hn 
 
 OUTRI OER. s. One who precedes, 
 or follows as an attendant, on 
 horseback. 
 
 OUTRIGHT, adj. Immediately; 
 
 I without delay. 
 
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OUT— OUT 
 
 OUTRUN', v. To leave behind in 
 
 running, pr. par. outrunning; past, 
 
 outrun: pret. outran. 
 OUTSAIL', v. To leave behind in 
 
 sailing, pr. par. outsailing; past, 
 
 outsailed. 
 
 OUTSELL', v. To sell for a higher 
 price, pr. par. outselling; past, 
 outsold. 
 
 OUT'SET. s. Opening; beginning. 
 OUTSHI'NE. v. To emit lustre; to 
 
 excel in lustre, pr. par. outshining; 
 
 past, outshone. 
 OUT'SIDE. s. External part; outer 
 
 pirt; show. adj. outside. 
 OUTSIT', v. To sit beyond the due 
 
 time ; to sit longer than another. 
 
 pr. par. outsitting; past, outsat. 
 OUT'SKIRT. s. Suburb; edge. 
 OUTSLEEP. v. To sleep beyond. 
 
 pr. par. oulsleeping; past, outslept. 
 OUTSPREAD', v. To extend; to 
 
 diffuse, pr. par. outspreading; past, 
 
 outspread. 
 OUTSTANU. v. To support; to 
 
 resist; to stand beyond the proper 
 
 time. pr. par. outstanding; past, 
 
 outstood. 
 
 OUTSTA'RE. v. To outface with 
 
 effrontery, pr. par. outstaring; 
 
 past, outstared. 
 OUTSTRETCH', v. To extend'; to 
 
 spread out. pr. par. outstretching; 
 
 past, outstretched. 
 OUTSTRl'DE. v. To surpass in 
 
 striding, pr. par. outstriding; past, 
 
 outstridden : pret. outstrode. 
 OUTSTRIP', v. To outgo ; to leave 
 
 behind in a race. pr. par. outstrip- 
 ping; past, outstripped. 
 OUTSWEAR'. v. To overpower by 
 
 swearing, pr. par. outswearing; 
 
 past, outsworn: pret. outswore. 
 OUTSWELL'. v. To overflow, pr. 
 
 par. outswelling; past, outswelled. 
 OUTTOF. v. To overtop; to make 
 
 of less importance, pr. par. outtop- 
 
 ping; past, outtopped. 
 OUTVEN'OM. v. To exceed in 
 
 poison, pr. par. outvenoming ; past, 
 
 outvenomed. 
 OUTVIE, v. To exceed; to sur- 
 
 OUT— OVE 
 
 pass. pr. par. outvying; past, out- 
 vied: s. outvier. 
 
 OUTVOTE, v. To conquer by plu- 
 rality of votes, pr. par. outvoting; 
 past, outvoted. 
 
 OUTWALK', v. To pass in walk- 
 ing. pr. par. outwalking; past, 
 outwalked. 
 
 OUT'WARD. adj.. External; to- 
 wards a foreign port. adv. outward, 
 outwardly, outwards. 
 
 OUTWATCH'. v. To surpass in 
 watchfulness, pr. par. outwatch- 
 ing; past, outwatched. 
 
 OUTWE'AR. v. To wear out; to 
 last longer than something else, 
 pr. par. outwearing; past, outworn. 
 
 OUTWEIGH', v. To exceed in 
 'weight, &c. pr. par. outweighing; 
 past, outweighed. 
 
 OUTWIT', v. To cheat; to over- 
 come by stratagem, pr. par. 01 1- 
 witting ; past, outwitted. 
 
 OUT'WORK. s. Parts of a fortiii- 
 cation next an enemy. 
 
 O'VAL. adj. Oblong; shaped like 
 an egg. 
 
 OVA'TION. s. A lesser triumph, 
 
 among the Romans. 
 OVEN. s. An arched cavity to bake 
 
 in. 
 
 O'VER. One of the prepositions. 
 
 adv. over. 
 OVERACT', v. To act more than 
 
 enough, pr. par. overacting; pas.t, 
 
 overacted. 
 OVERARCH', v. To cover with an 
 
 arch. pr. par. overarching; past, 
 
 overarched. 
 OVERAWE', v. To keep in awe, 
 
 by superior influence, pr. par. 
 
 overawing ; past, overawed. 
 OVERBALANCE, v. To weigh 
 
 down; to preponderate, pr. par. 
 
 overbalancing ; past, overbalanced. 
 OVERBEAR', v. To repress; to 
 
 subdue; to bear down. pr. par. 
 
 overbearing ; past, overborne: adj. 
 
 overbearing. 
 O'VERBOARD. adv. Off the ship; out 
 
 of the ship. 
 
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OVE— OVE 
 
 OVERBUR'DEN, OVERBURTH'- 
 EN. v. To load with too great 
 weight, pr. par. overburdening; 
 past, overburdened. 
 
 OVERCAST', v. To cloud ; to dark- 
 en, pr. par. overcasting; past, over- 
 cast. 
 
 OVERCHARGE', v. To charge too' 
 much; to overload, pr. par. over- 
 charging; past, overcharged: s. 
 overcharge. 
 
 OVERCLOUD', v. To cover with 
 clouds, pr. par. overclouding; past,' 
 overclouded. 
 
 OVERCO'ME. v. To subdue ; to con-; 
 quer; to surmount, pr. par. over-, 
 coming; past, overcome. 
 
 OVERCOUNT', v. To rate above the 
 true value, pr. par. overcounting ; 
 past, overcounted. » 
 
 OVERDO', v. To do more than 
 enough, pr. par. overdoing; past, 1 
 overdone. 
 
 OVERDRIVE', v. To drive too fast,' 
 
 or beyond strength, pr. par. over-, 
 
 driving; past, overdriven. 
 OVERDRY'. v. To dry too much,-| 
 
 pr. par. over drying; past, over dried: 
 
 adj. over dry. 
 OVEREA'GER. adj. Too vehement 
 
 in desire, s. overeagerness. 
 O'VERFAL. 5. Cataract. 
 OVERFLOW, v. To flow over; to 
 
 deluge; to abound, pr. par. over-\ 
 flowing; past, ovei flowed : s. over-\ 
 
 flow. 
 
 OVERFRUIT'FUL. adj. Too fruit-; 
 ful; too luxuriant, s. overfruitful- 
 ness. 
 
 OVERGO', v. To surpass; to excel.' 
 pr. par. overgoing; past, overgone.] 
 
 OVERGREAT'. adj. Too great, s. 
 overgreatness. 
 
 OVERGROW, v. To cover with' 
 growth, pr. par. overgrowing; past, 
 overgrown: s. overgroivth. 
 
 OVERHANG', v. To jut over ; to im- 
 pend over. pr. par. overhanging: 
 past, overhung. 
 
 OVERHAS'TY. adj. Too quick; in 
 too great haste, s. overhastinets : , 
 adv. overhasiily. 
 
 OVE — OVE 
 OVERHAUL', v. To unfold or loo* 
 
 en an assemblage of the tackle ; 
 
 to examine over again, pr. par. 
 
 overhauling ; past, overhauled. 
 OVERHEAD', ado. Aloft; in the 
 
 zenith; above. 
 OVERHEAR', v. To hear those who 
 
 do not mean to be heard, pr. par. 
 
 overhearing ; past, overheard. 
 OVERHEAT', v. To heat too much. 
 
 pr. par. overheating; past, over* 
 
 heated. 
 
 OVERJOY', v. To enrapture, pr. 
 
 par. overjoying ; past, overjoyed. 
 OVERLA'DE. v. To overburthen. 
 
 pr. par. overbading; past, overladen. 
 OVERLARGE'. adj. Larger than 
 
 enough. 
 
 OVERLAY', v. To smother, to cover 
 over. pr. par. overlaying; past, 
 overlayed. 
 
 OVERLEAP', v. To pass by a jump, 
 pr. par. overleaping; past, over- 
 leaped. 
 
 OVERLOAD', v. To burthen with 
 too much. pr. par. overloading ; 
 past, overloaded. 
 
 OVERLOOK', v. To view from a 
 higher place ; to superintend ; to 
 pass by indulgently; to neglect, 
 pr. par. overlooking ; past, over- 
 looked : s. overlooker. 
 
 OVERMATCH', v. To be too pow- 
 erful, pr. par. overmatching : past, 
 overmatched.- s. overmatch. 
 
 OVERMEASTRE. s. Something 
 given over the due measure. 
 
 OVERMUCH', adv. In too great a 
 degree, s. overmuch. 
 
 OVERNIGHT', adv. Night before 
 bed-time. 
 
 OVERPASS', v. To pass over; to 
 cross, pr. par. overpassing ; past, 
 overpassed. 
 
 OVERPAY', v. To pay more than 
 the price, pr. par. overpaying ; 
 past, overpaid: s. overpayment. 
 
 O'VERPLUS. s. Surplus; what re- 
 mains more than sufficient. 
 
 OVERPOWER v. To oppress by 
 power; to subdue, pr. par. mar* 
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OVE— OVE 
 
 OVE-OWN 
 
 powering; past, overpowered: s. 
 
 overpowerer: adj. overpowering. 
 OVERRATE, v. To rate at too much. 
 
 pr. par. overrating,- past, overrated. 
 OVERREACH', v. To go beyond; 
 
 to deceive, pr. par. overreaching; 
 
 past, overreached..- s. overreacher. 
 OVERRl'DE. v. To ride too much. 
 
 pr.p-Ar. overriding; past, overridden. 
 I OVERROAST, v. To roast too much. 
 
 pr. par. overroasting ; past, ouer- 
 
 roasted. 
 
 OVERRU'LE. v. To superintend; to 
 supersede, pr. par. overruling; 
 past, overruled. 
 OVERRUN', v. To harass by incur- 
 sions; to ravage; to outrun; to 
 I overspread, pr. par. overrunning ; 
 I past, overrun: s. overrunner: pret. 
 
 • overran. 
 
 OVERSEE', v. To superintend; to 
 overlook, pr. par. overseeing ; past, 
 
 * overseen: s. overseer: pret. oversaw. 
 (OVERSET', v. To turn bottom up- 
 ! : wards ; to subvert, pr. par. over- 
 setting; past, overset 
 
 ( OVERSH A'DE. v. To cover with any 
 
 j thing that causes darkness, pr. par. 
 
 ' over shading ; past, over shaded. 
 
 OVERSHAD'OW. v. To throw a 
 shadow over ; to shelter, pr. par. 
 overshadowing ; past, overshadow- 
 ed. 
 
 OVERSHOOT', v. To shoot beyond 
 the mark. pr. par. overshooting ; 
 past, overshot. 
 
 OVERSIGHT. 5. Superintendence; 
 omission ; mistake. 
 
 OVERSLEEP', v. To sleep too long, 
 pr. par. oversleeping ; past, over- 
 slept. 
 
 ( OVERSOON'. adv. Too soon. 
 
 OVERSPREAD'., v. To cover over; 
 to scatter about, yr.par. overspread- 
 ing; past, overspread. 
 
 OVERSTOCK', v. To fill too full; 
 to crowd, pr. par. overstocking;^ 
 past, overstocked. 
 
 O'VERT. adj. Open; public ; appa- 
 rent, adv. overtly. 
 
 ■OVERT A'KE. v. To come up with j 
 
 I in a pursuit ; to take by surprise. ;| 
 
 pr. par. overtaking ; past, overtax 
 ken: pret. overtook: s. overtaker. 
 OVERTAX', v. To tax too heavily, 
 pr. par. overtaxing; past, overtax- 
 ed: s. overtax. 
 ■ OVERTHROW, v. To turn upside 
 down ; to throw down ; to defeat ; 
 to conquer, pr. par. overthrowing; 
 past, overthrown: s. overthrow, 
 overthrower. 
 OVERTOP', v. To rise above; to 
 raise the head above; to excel, pr. 
 par. overtopping ; past, overtopped. 
 O'VERTURE. s. An opening; a pro- 
 posal; a musical composition, play- 
 ed at the beginning of an oratorio, 
 concert, or opera. 
 OVERTURN', v. To throw down; 
 •to subvert, pr. par. overturning ; 
 past, overturned: s. overturn, over- 
 turner: adj. overturnable. 
 OVERVAL'UE. v. To rate at too 
 high a price, pr. par. overvaluing ; 
 past, overvalued. 
 O'VERWEIGHT. s. Preponderance; 
 
 extra weight. 
 OVERWHELM', v. To crush : to 
 fill too much." pr. par. overwhelm- 
 ing ; past, overwhelmed: adv. over" 
 whelm.ingly. 
 OVERWI'SE. adj. Wise to affecta- 
 tion. 
 
 OVERWORK', v. To tire; to work 
 beyond one's strength, pr. par. 
 overworking ; past, overworked is, 
 o'verwork, work done after 1 ne 
 usual hours. 
 OVERWROUGHT', part. adj. La- 
 boured too much ; compelled to 
 work beyond one's strength. 
 OVERZEAL'OUS. adj. Too zealous. 
 O'VIFORM. adj. Having the shape 
 
 of an egg. 
 OVIP'AROUS. adj. Bringing forth 
 eggs. 
 
 ! OWE. v. To be indebted ; to be 
 obliged to. pr. par. owing ; past, 
 owed. 
 
 OW 7 L. s. A species of bird. 
 jOWN. One of the pronoun?. 
 I OWN. v. To acknowledge; to avow 
 I for one's own ; to possess ; to con- 
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ox~oxy 
 
 OYS— OYS 
 
 fess. pr. par. owning ; past, own- 
 ed: s. owner, ownership. 
 
 OX. 5. A castrated bull. pi. oxen. 
 
 OX'YGEN. s. The principle of acids, 
 and of combustions, and a neces- 
 
 sary agent in the support of hu- 
 man life. adj. oxygenated. 
 OYS'TER. s. A bivalve, testaceous 
 fish. 
 
 PAB— PAD 
 
 PAB ULAR, PAB'ULOUS. adj. Af- 
 fording aliment or provender. 
 
 PACE. s. Step; gait; manner of walk, 
 v. pace; pr. par. pacing; past, 
 paced: s. pacer. 
 
 PACIFIC. -adj. Peace-making; mild; 
 gentle, s. pacification, pacificator . 
 adj. pacificatory . 
 
 PA'CIFY. v. To appease; to quiet 
 pr. par. pacifying; past, pacified 
 s. pacifier, pacification. 
 
 PACK. s. A large bundle, tied up 
 for carriage ; a set of cards ; a num- 
 ber of hounds, &c. v.pacA;,-pr. par. 
 packing; past, packed: s. packer, 
 package. 
 
 PACK'CLOTH* s. A cloth in which 
 goods are packed. 
 
 PACK'ET. 5. A small pack ; a mail 
 of letters; a ship that carries let- 
 ters periodically, v. packet; pr 
 par. packeting; past, packeted. 
 
 PACK'HORSE. s. A horse of bur 
 then. 
 
 PACK'SADDLE. s. A saddle or 
 which burthens are laid. 
 
 PACKTHREAD, s. Strong thread 
 used in tying parcels. 
 
 PACT. s. A contract ; a bargain. 
 
 PACTION, s. A bargain ; a cove- 
 nant, adj. pactional. 
 
 PAD. 5. A footpath ; an easy paced 
 horse; a robber that infests the 
 roads on foot; a low, soft saddle, 
 v. pad; pr. par. padding; past, 
 padded. 
 
 PAD'DLE. v. To row; to play in 
 the water, pr. par. paddling; past, 
 paddled : s. paddle, paddler. 
 
 PAD'DCCK. s. A small enclosure; 
 a toad or frog. 
 
 PAD'LOCK. s. A lock hung on a 
 
 P.EA— PAL 
 
 staple, v. padlock; pr. par. pad- 
 locking; past, padlocked. 
 PiE'AN. 5. A song of triumph or 
 praise. 
 
 PA'GAN. s. A heathen; one not a 
 Christian, adj. pagan: s. pagan- 
 ism. 
 
 PAGE. s. One side of the leaf of a 
 book ; a boy attending, rather mi 
 formality than in servitude, on a 
 great person, v. page; pr. p ir. 
 paging ; past, paged. 
 
 PA'GEANT. s. Any show; a spec- 
 tacle of entertainment, adj. pag t- 
 ant- s. pageantry, pi. pageaniH s. 
 
 PA'GOD. s. An Indian idol. 
 
 PAGO'DA. s. The temple of an In- 
 dian idol; the name of an Indian 
 coin. 
 
 PAIL. s. A wooden vessel, for water, 
 &c. 
 
 PAIN. s. Sensation of uneasiness: 
 punishment, v. pain; pr. par. pain- 
 ing; past, pained: s. painer : adj. 
 painful: adv. painfully: s. pain- 
 fulness. 
 
 PAINSTAKING, adj. Laborious, 
 industrious, s. painstaker. 
 
 PAINT, v. To represent by delinea- 
 tion and colours; to colour, pr. 
 par. painting; past, painted: s. 
 painting, painter. 
 
 PAIR. s. Two things suiting one 
 another ; a man and wife ; two of 
 a sort; a couple, v. pair; pr. par. 
 pairing: past, paired: s. pairer. 
 
 PAL' ACE. s. A royal house; a house 
 eminently splendid. 
 
 PALANQUIN', s. A kind of covered 
 carriage, borne on men's shoulders. 
 
 PAL' ATE. s. The instrument of 
 taste; the upper part or roof of 
 26$ 
 
PAL — PAL 
 
 PAL^PAN 
 
 the mouth; mental relish, adj. 
 yalatablt : s. palatableness : adv. 
 palatably. 
 PALATINATE, s. The county in 
 which is the seat of a count pala- 
 tine. 
 
 PAL'ATINE. s. One invested with 
 regal rights and prerogatives, adj. 
 palatine. 
 
 PALAVER, s. Superfluous talk ; 
 deceitful conversation. 
 
 PALE. adj. Wan, whitish, s. pale- 
 ness : adj . palish. 
 
 PALE. s. A narrow piece of wood, 
 joined above and below to a rail ; 
 any enclosure ; a district or terri- 
 tory, v. pale ; pr. par. paling; past, 
 paled : s. paling. 
 
 PAL'FREY. s. A small horse, fit for 
 
 PALINDROME, s. A word or sen- 
 tence which is the same read back- 
 wards or forward. 
 
 PALINODE, s. A recantation. 
 
 PALISA'DE, PALISA'DO. s. A pale 
 set bywayof enclosure or defence, 
 pi. palisades, palisadoes: v. palisade; 
 pr. par. palisading; past, palisaded. 
 
 PALL. s. A cloak or mantle of state; 
 the covering thrown over the dead. 
 
 P VLL. v. To grow vapid; to become 
 insipid ; to be weakened, pr. par. 
 palling; past, palled. 
 
 PALLADIUM, s. A statue of Pallas, 
 pretended to be the guardian of 
 Troy — thence any security or pro- 
 tection. 
 
 PAL'LET. s. A small bed ; a mean 
 bed. 
 
 VAL'LIATE. v. To cover with ex- 
 cuse ; to extenuate, pr. par. palli- 
 ating; past, pailiated : s. palliation : 
 adj. palliative. 
 
 PAL'LID. adj. Pale; not bright, s. 
 pallidness. 
 
 * J ALM. s. A kind of tree ; victory ; 
 the inner part of the hand ; a mea- 
 sure of length, adj. palmy. 
 
 PALM. v. To conceal in the palm 
 of the hand, as jugglers; to impose 
 by fraud, pr. par. palming; past, 
 palmed. 
 
 PAL'MATED. adj. Having the feet 
 broad ; also applied, by naturalists, 
 to certain roots and stones having 
 the appearance of hands or fingers. 
 
 PALM'ER. s. A pilgrim. 
 
 PALMETTO, s. A species of palm- 
 tree, pi. palmeltoes. 
 
 PALMIF'EROUS. adj. Bearing 
 palms. 
 
 PALMISTRY, s. The pretended 
 science or practice of foretelling 
 fortunes by the lines of the palm. 
 S. palmister. 
 
 PAL'PABLE. adj. Perceptible by 
 the touch; easily detected; plain, 
 adv. palpably: s. palpableness, pal- 
 pability. 
 
 PAL'PITATE. v. To beat as the 
 heart ; to flutter, pr. par. palpi- 
 tating; past, palpitated: s. palpi- 
 tation. 
 
 PAL'SY. s. A privation of motion 
 or feeling, or both. v. palsy; pr. 
 par. palsying; past, palsied. 
 
 PAL'TRY. adj. Worthless; despi- 
 cable ; contemptible, s. paltriness. 
 
 PAM. s. The knave of clubs. 
 
 PAM'PER. v. To feed luxuriously; 
 to glut. pr. par. pampering; past, 
 pampered : s. pamperer. 
 
 PAM'PHLET. s. A small book; 
 properly a book sold unbound, 
 and only stitched, s. pamphleteer. 
 
 PAN. s. A vessel broad and shallow; 
 the part of the lock of a gun that 
 holds the powder. 
 
 PANACE'A. s. A universal medicine. 
 
 PANA'DO. s. Food made by boiling 
 bread in water, pi. panadoes. 
 
 PAN'CAKE. s. Thin pudding, baked 
 . in a frying-pan. 
 
 PAN'DECT. s. A treatise that com- 
 prehends the whole of any science; 
 the digest of the civil law. 
 
 PAN'DER. s. A pimp; a procurer, 
 v. pander; pr. par. pandering; past, 
 pandered. 
 
 PANE. s. A square of glass, wains- 
 coat, &c. adj. parted, paneless. 
 
 PANEGYRIC, s. A eulogy ; enco- 
 mium; praise, adj. panegyric, pan- 
 egyrical: s. panegyrist: v. pane* 
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PAN— PAP 
 
 gyrize; pr. par. panegyrizing; past, | 
 
 panegyrized. 
 PANG. s. Extreme pain; sudden j 
 
 paroxysm of torment. 
 PANIC, s. A sudden fright without 
 
 cause. 
 
 PAN'NIER. s. A basket ; a wicker 
 
 vessel, in which things are carried 
 
 on a horse. 
 PAN'OPLY. s. Complete armour. 
 
 pi. panoplies : adj. panoplied. 
 PANORA'MA. s. A large circular 
 
 painting, from the centre of which 
 
 the beholder views the objects of 
 
 representation. 
 PAN'SY. s. A kind of flower, pi. 
 
 pannes : adj. pansied. 
 PANT. v. To palpitate ; to long ; to 
 
 wish earnestly, pr. par. panting; 
 
 past, panted: s. panter : adv. pant- 
 
 ingly. 
 
 PANTALOON', s. A man's garment; 
 
 a character in the Italian comedy; 
 
 a buffoon in the pantomime of 
 
 modern times. 
 PuNTHE'ON. s. A temple of all the 
 
 gods. 
 
 PaN'THER. 5. A spotted wild beast; 
 a pard. 
 
 PuN'TOMIME. s. A tale exhibited 
 only in gestures and dumb show, 
 adj. pantomimic, pantomimical. 
 
 F (VN'TOGRAPH. s. A mathemati- 
 cal instrument, contrived to copyj 
 drawings and designs. 
 
 PANTOM'ETER. s. An instrument, 
 for measuring all sorts of angles,! 
 elevations, and distances. 
 
 PAN'TRY. s. The room in which | 
 provisions are deposited, pi. pan-\ 
 tries. 
 
 PAP. s. The nipple; food made for; 
 
 infants ; the pulp of fruit. 
 PAPA'. 5. A fond name for father, j 
 PA'PACY. s. Popedom; office and 
 
 dignity of bishops of Rome. pi. 
 
 papacies. 
 
 PA' PAL. adj. Popish; belonging to 
 the pope ; annexed to the bishop- 
 ric of Rome. 
 
 PAPAVEROUS, adj. Resembling 
 poppies. [j 
 
 PAP- PAR 
 
 PATER, s. A substance made from 
 rags. adj. paper : v. paper; pr. par. 
 papering; past, papered: s. pa- 
 perer. 
 
 FAPERMON'EY. s. Bills of ex- 
 change ; bank and promissory 
 notes. 
 
 PAPIL'LARY. adj. Having emul- 
 gent vessels or resemblances of 
 paps. 
 
 PA'PISM. s. Popery. 8. papist : adj, 
 papistic, papistical ; s. papistry. 
 
 PAPPOOS', PAPPOOSE'. s. The In* 
 dian name for a child. 
 
 PAPPY, adj. Soft ; succulent ; easi» 
 ly divided. 
 
 PAR. s. State of equality ; equiva- 
 lence. 
 
 PAR'ABLE. s. A similitude; a re- 
 lation under which something else 
 is figured, adj. parabolic, parabol- 
 ical: adv. parabolically. 
 
 PARAB'OLA. s. One of the conic 
 
 PA'RACLETE. 5. The title of the 
 Holy Ghost. 
 
 PARA'DE. s. Show; ostentation; 
 procession ; military order ; place 
 where troops are exercised; a pub- 
 lic walk. v. parade; pr. par. parad- 
 ing ; past, paraded. 
 
 PAR'ADISE. s. Any place of felici- 
 . tv. adj. paradisaical. 
 
 PAR'ADOX. s. A tenet contrary to 
 received opinion; an assertion con- 
 trary to appearance, pi. paradoxes: 
 adj. paradoxical: adv. paradoxi- 
 cally: s. parado iicalmss. 
 
 PARAGON E. s. A figure whereby 
 a letter or syllable is added to a 
 word. 
 
 PAR' AGON. s. A model ; a pattern ; 
 something supremelv excellent. 
 
 PAR' AG RAM. s. A kind of play up- 
 on words. 
 
 PAR'AGRAPH. 5. A distinct part of 
 a discourse, v. paragraph ; pr. par. 
 paragraphing : past, paragraphed. 
 adj. paragraphic. 
 
 PARALLAX. 5. The distance be- 
 tween the true and apparent place 
 of the sun or a star. pi. parallaxes. 
 
 2Gii 
 
PAR — PAR 
 PARALLEL, adj. Extended in the 
 same direction, and always pre- 
 serving the same distance ; equal ; 
 I like. s. parallel: v. parallel; pr. 
 par. paralleling; past, paralleled: 
 s. parallelism. 
 PARALLELOGRAM, s. A right- 
 lined, quadrilateral figure, the op- 
 posite sides of which are parallel 
 | and equal. 
 PARAL'OGY. s. False reasoning- 
 pi. paralogies: s. paralogism. 
 I PAR'ALYSE. v. To strike with the 
 
 palsy ; to render useless, pr. par 
 paralysing; past, paralysed: s 
 paralysis, paralyser. 
 PARALYTIC, PARALYT'ICAL. 
 
 adj. Palsied ; inclined to palsy 
 PAR'AMOUNT. adj. Superior; chief. 
 PAR'AMOUR.s. A lover; a mistress. 
 PARAPHERNAL! A. a-. Goods in the 
 wife's disposal, besides her fixed 
 dowry. 
 
 PAR' APHRASE. s. A loose interpre- 
 tation ; an explanation in many 
 words, v. paraphrase; pr. par 
 paraphrasing ; past, paraphrased 
 s. paraphrast: adj. paraphrastical 
 adv. paraphrastically. 
 
 PAR'ASITE. s. One who frequents 
 rich tables, and earns his welcome 
 by flattery, adj. parasitic, parasiti 
 col: adv. parasitically : s. parasit 
 ism. 
 
 P VRASOL'. s. A small umbrella 
 
 PAR'BOIL. v. To half boil. pr. par 
 parboiling ; past, parboiled. 
 
 PAR'CEL. 5. A small bundle ; a part 
 of the whole, v. parcel; pr. par. 
 parceling ; past, parceled. 
 
 PAR'CENER. s. A coheiress, adj. 
 parcenary. 
 
 PARCH, v. To burn slightly; to 
 scorch ; to dry up. pr. par. parch- 
 ing; past, parched:' s. parcher, 
 parchedness. 
 
 PARCH'MENT. s. A skin dressed 
 for writing on. 
 
 PAR' DON. v. To forgive ; to remit 
 a penalty, pr. par. pardoning; past, 
 pardoned: s. pardon, pardoner: 
 adi. pardonable: adv, pardonably. 
 Z2 
 
 PAR— PAR 
 
 PARE. v. To cut off the surface ; to 
 diminish, pr. par. paring; past, 
 pared: s. parer. 
 
 PAREGORIC, s. A medical prepa- 
 ration, for comforting and assuag- 
 ing. 
 
 PA'RENT. 5. A father or mother, 
 adj. parental, parentless: adv. pa- 
 rent-ally. 
 
 PAR'ENTAGE. s. Extraction; birth. 
 PARENTHESIS, s. A sentence, so 
 included in another sentence, that 
 it may be omitted, without injur- 
 ing the sense of that by which it 
 is enclosed: beingcommonly mark- 
 ed thus, (). pi. parentheses: adj. 
 parenthetic, parenthetical. 
 PAR'GET. s. A kind of plaster, v. 
 parget; pr. par. pargeting; past, 
 pargeted. 
 PARHELION, s. A mock sun. 
 PARIETAL, adj. Constituting the 
 
 sides or walls. 
 PARISH, s. The particular charge 
 of a secular priest, pi. parishes : s. 
 p oris! doner. 
 PARITY, s. Equality; resemblance. 
 
 pi. parities. 
 PARK. s. A piece of ground, en- 
 closed and stored with beasts of 
 chase, v. park ; pr. par. parking ; 
 past, parked. 
 PAR'LANCE. s. Conversation; talk. 
 PAR'LEY. v. To treat by word of 
 mouth ; to talk. pr. par. parleying; 
 p?ist, parleyed: s. parley. 
 PARLIAMENT, s. The assembly 
 of the king, lords, and commons 
 of England, adj. parliamentary. 
 PAR'LOUR. s. A room in a house, 
 
 furnished for reception. 
 PARMESAN', s. A sort of cheese. 
 PAROCHTAL. adj. Belonging to a 
 
 parish, adv. parochially. 
 PAR'ODY. s. A kind of writing, in 
 which the words of an author, or 
 his thoughts, are taken, and, by a 
 slight change, adapted to some 
 new purpose, pi. parodies: v. par- 
 ody ; pr. par. parodying; past, 
 parodied: adj. parodical 
 
PAR— PAR 
 
 PAROLE. 5. Spoken language; word 
 given as an assurance ; promise 
 given by a prisoner, when liberated 
 as a man of honour. 
 
 PAROQUET', s. A species of small 
 parrot. 
 
 PAR'OXYSM. 5. A fit ; periodical 
 return of a disease. 
 
 PAR'RICIDE. 5. One who has mur- 
 dered his father; the murder com-: 
 mitted. adj. parricidal. 
 
 PAR'ROT. s. A kind of bird, that can! 
 be taught to speak. 
 
 PAR'RY. v. To put aside; to fence.! 
 pr. par. parrying; past, parried. \ 
 
 PARSE, v. To resolve a sentence in-' 
 to parts of speech, pr. par. pars- 
 ing ; p ast , parsed. 
 
 PAR'SIMONY. s. Niggardliness; av- 
 arice, adj. parsimonious : adv. par- 
 simoniously : s. parsimoniousness. 
 
 PARS'LEY. s. A kind of herb. 
 
 PARS'NIP. 5. A kind of plant. 
 
 PAR'SON. s. The rector or vicar of- 
 a parish ; a clergyman. 
 
 PART. 5. Something less than the 
 whole; a portion, v. part; pr. par.! 
 parting; past, parted: adv. partly: 
 adi. partable: s. parter. 
 
 I ARTA'KE. v. To have share of; 
 to participate, pr. par. partaking; 
 past, partaken: s. partaker. 
 
 P ARTERR'E. 5. A level division of 
 ground, planted with shrubs and 
 flowers. 
 
 PARTIAL, adj. Inclined to favour! 
 one party more than another. sJ 
 partiality, pi. partialities: hdv.par-\ 
 Hall i/. 
 
 PARTlBLE..a#. Divisible, s. par-] 
 tihiUty, 
 
 PAR— PAS 
 
 PARTICULAR, adj. Relating to 
 single persons or things; not gen- 
 eral; individual, s. particular, par- 
 ticularity, p\. particularities : adv. 
 particularly .• v. particularize ; pr. 
 par. particularizing ; past, partic- 
 ularized. 
 
 PARTISAN', s. An adherent to a 
 party ; a pike. 
 
 PARTITION, s. The act of dividing; 
 state of being divided; thing th;7t 
 divides, v. partition ; pr. par. par- 
 titioning ; past, partitioned. 
 
 PARTNER, s. Partaker; sharer ; as- 
 sociate, s. partnership. 
 
 PARTOOK'. Pret. of the v. to par- 
 ■ take. 
 
 PARTRIDGE, s. A bird of game. 
 PARTU'RIENT. adj. About to bring 
 
 forth, s. parturition. 
 PARTY. 5. A faction ; one concern- 
 ed in anv affair ; cause. p\. parties, 
 PARTY-COLOURED, adj. Having 
 
 diversity of colours. 
 PARTY- WALL. s. A wall that sep, 
 
 arates one house from another. 
 PARTITUDK, PAR'VITY. s. Lit- 
 tleness ; minuteness. 
 PAS'CHAL. adj. Relating to the 
 
 passover; relating to Easter. 
 PASQUIXA'DE. s. A lampoon. 
 PASS. v. To go ; to move from one 
 place to another ; to be pro^res-! 
 sive ; to thrust, pr. par passing , 
 past, passed: adj. passable: passer. 
 PASS. s. Passage; road; a permis* 
 sion to go or come any where \ 
 push ; state, pi. passes: 
 PASS' A ELY. adv. Toierablv. 
 PAS'SANT. adj. In heraldry, stand, 
 ing on all its legs. 
 
 eller ; one 
 
 PARTICIPATE, v. To partake; to PASSENGER. s.A trav 
 have share, pr. par. participating 
 past, participated.: s. participant,^ 
 participation, participator : adj. 
 participant. 
 PARTICIPLE. 5 . A word partaking 
 the nature of both noun and verb, 
 adj. participial: adv. participially. 
 PARTICLE. 5. Any small portion] 
 of a greater substance. 
 
 who is upon the road. 
 PASSTOG-BELL. The death-bell. 
 PAS'SION. Any effect caused by 
 external agency; violent commo- 
 tion of the mind. adj. passionate\ 
 passionless : adv. passionately s. 
 passivnafencss. 
 PAS'SION-WEEK. j. The week im- 
 mediately preceding Easter. 
 
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PAS — PAT 
 
 PAS'SIVE. adj. Receiving impres- 
 sion from some external agent ; 
 unresisting. . passively : s.pas- 
 siveness. 
 
 \ PASS'OVER. s. One of the Jewish 
 
 PASSTORT. s. Permission of pas- 
 sage. 
 
 PAST. adj. Not present; gone 
 
 through, s. past : prep. past. 
 PASTE, s. Any viscous, tenacious 
 mixture ; a mixture, in imitation of 
 precious stones, v. paste ; pr. par. 
 | ' pasting,- past, pasted. 
 PASTE'BOARD. s. A kind of coarse, 
 stiff, thick paper. 
 I PASTERN, s. That part of the leg 
 of a horse between the joint next 
 I the foot and the hoof. 
 PASTIME, s. Sport; amusement. 
 PASTOR. s. m A shepherd; a clergy- 
 man, adj. pastoral. 
 PASTORAL, adj. Rural; rustic; 
 I relating or belonging to shepherds. 
 J PASTORAL. 5. A rural poem; a 
 bucolic. 
 
 •PASTRY 1 .. 5. Pies or baked paste. 
 \ nl. pastries. 
 
 ! PASTURE, s. Food; the act of 
 feeding; ground on which cattle 
 feed. v. pasture,' pr. par. pastur- 
 ing ; past, pastured : s. pasturage: 
 adj. pasturable. 
 ;PASTT. 5. A pie of crust, raised 
 
 without a dish. pi. pasties. 
 PAT. adj. Fit; convenient ; exactly 
 suitable, adv. pat,, pathj: s. pai- 
 
 \ ness. 
 
 r PAT. s. A light quick blow. v. pat; 
 pr. par. patting; past, patted. 
 
 PATCH, s. A piece sewed on, to 
 cover a hole ; a small particle or 
 piece, pi. patches: v. patch; pr. 
 par. patching; past, patched: s. 
 patcher, patchwork. 
 
 PATE. 5. The head. adj. pated. 
 1 PATEF ACTION, s. Act or state 
 of opening. 
 
 .PATENT, adj. Open to the perusal 
 of all, as letters patent; appro- 
 priated exclusively to the inventor; 
 apparent, s. patent, patentee. 
 
 TAT— PAT 
 
 PATER-NOSTER. s. The Lord's 
 
 Prayer'. 
 
 PATERNAL, adj. Fatherly; per- 
 taining to a father, s. paternity, 
 pi. paternities. 
 PATH. s. Way ; road. adj. path- 
 less : s. pathway. 
 PATHETIC, adj. Affecting the pas- 
 sions, adv. pathetically. 
 PATHOL'OGY. 5. That part of 
 medicine which relates to distem- 
 pers, with their differences, causes, 
 and effects. 
 PATH'OS. 5. Passion ; affection of 
 | mind. 
 
 PATIENCE, s. The power of suf- 
 fering ; calm endurance of pain or 
 labour, adj. patient: s. patient: 
 adv. patiently. 
 PATRIARCH, s. One who governs 
 by paternal right ; a bishop supe- 
 rior to archbishops, adj. patri- 
 archal. 
 
 j PATRFCIAN. adj. Senatorial, noble, 
 i not plebeian, s. patrician. 
 [PATRIMONY, s. An estate pos- 
 J sessed by inheritance, pi. patri- 
 monies: adj. patrimonial: adv. jt>a- 
 [] trimonially. 
 
 PATRIOT, s. One whose ruling 
 passion is love of his country, adj. 
 patriot, patriotic: adv. patrioii- 
 cally : s. patriotism. 
 PATROL', s. The act of going the 
 rounds, to observe how orders are 
 kept; those that go the rounds, 
 v. patrol; pr. par. patrolling; past, 
 patrolled. 
 PATRON, s. One who countenances, 
 supports or protects, fern, patron- 
 ess, pi. patronesses: s. patronage: 
 adj. patronal: v. patronise; pr. 
 par. patronising ; past, patronised: 
 s. patroniser. 
 PATRONYM'IC. s. A name ex- 
 pressing the name of the father or 
 ancestor. 
 
 PATTEN, s. A shoe of wood, with 
 an iron ring, worn under the com- 
 mon shoe, bv women, 
 i PATTER, v. To make a noise like 
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FAT— PEA 
 
 the quick steps of many feet. pr. 
 par. pattering; past, pattered. 
 
 PATTERN, s. The original pro- 
 posed for imitation ; a specimen. 
 
 PATTY, s. A little pie. pi. patties: 
 s. pattypan. 
 
 PAU'CITY. s. Fewness; smallness 
 of quantity. 
 
 PA QNCH. 5. The belly, pi. paunches. 
 
 PAU'PER. s. A poor person, who 
 receives alms. s. pauperism. 
 
 PAUSE, s. A stop , an intermission ; 
 suspense, v. pause; pr. par. paus- 
 ing; past, paused: s. pauser. 
 
 PAVE v. To lay with brick or stone, 
 pr. par. paving; past, paved: s. 
 paver, pavement. 
 
 PAVILION, s. A tent; a temporary 
 or movable house, v. pavilion; pr. 
 par. pavilioning; past, pavilioned. 
 
 PAW. s. The foot of a beast of 
 prey. v. paw; pr. par. pawing; 
 past, pawed: s. power. 
 
 PAWN. s. Something given as a 
 pledge ; the state of being pawn- 
 ed; a common man at chess, v. 
 pawn; pr. par. pawning; past, 
 pawned: s. vawncr. 
 
 PAWNBROKER, s. One who lends 
 money upon pledge. 
 
 PAY. v. To discharge a debt ; to re- 
 ward, pr. par. paying; past, paid: 
 s. pay, payer, payment: adj. pay- 
 able: s. payday, paymaster. 
 
 PEA. s. A kind of pulse. 
 
 PEACE, s. Respite from war; quiet, 
 adj. peaceable, peacef ul, pcaceless : 
 s. peaceablcness, peacefulness : adv. 
 peaceably: s. peacemaker. 
 
 PEACH, s. A kind of fruit, pi. 
 peaches. 
 
 PEA'COCK. s. A sort of fowl. fern. 
 peahen. 
 
 PEAK. s. The top of a hill; any 
 
 thing pointed. 
 PEAL. s. A succession of loud 
 
 sounds, v. peal; pr. par. pealing: 
 
 past, pealed. 
 PEAR. 5. A kind of fruit. 
 PEARL. 5. A precious gem ; n white 
 
 speck or film growing on the eye. 
 
 adj. pearly, pearled. 
 
 PEA— PED 
 
 PEAR'MAIN. 5. A kind of apple. 
 
 PEAS' ANT. s. A hind; one whose 
 business is rural labour, s. peas- 
 antry. 
 
 PEAT. 5. A species of turf. 
 
 PEB'BLE, PEB'BLESTONE. 5. A 
 small stone, adj. pebbled, pebbly. 
 
 PECCABLE, adj. Liable to sin. s. 
 peccability. 
 
 PECCADILLO, s. A petty fault ; a 
 venial oifeuce. pi. peccadilloes. 
 
 PECCANT, adj. Guilty; ill dis- 
 posed; injurious to health, s. pec- 
 cancy. 
 
 PECK. s. The fourth part of a bushel. 
 
 PECK. v. To strike with the beak, 
 as a bird; to pick up food with the 
 beak. pr. par. pecking ; past, ]jei k- 
 ed : s. peck. 
 
 PECTORAL, adj. Belonging to t se 
 
 PECULATION, s. Theft of tie 
 public money, v. peculate; pr. pi \ 
 peculating; past, peculated : s. pe 
 ulaiion. 
 
 PECU'LIAR. adj. Appropriate : b- 
 longing exclusively', s. peculiarity , 
 pi. peculiarities : adv. peculiarly. 
 
 PECUNIARY, adj. Relating A 
 money; 
 
 PED' AGOG UE. s. A schoolmaste- 
 j a pedant. 
 
 PE'DAL. adj. Belonging to a foot, 
 j s. pedals. 
 
 , PED' A NT. s. A schoolmaster; a 
 J man vain of low knowledge, adj. 
 
 pedantic : adv. pedantic eilly : s. ped- 
 I an try. 
 
 PED'DLE.'y.To be busy about trifles 
 to sell as a pedler. pr. par. ped- 
 dling; past, peddled: s. pedf"r, 
 pedlerip 
 
 PED'ESTAL. s. The lower memher 
 
 of a pillar; the basis of a statue. 
 PEDESTRI AN, s. One who makes 
 
 a journev on foot. adj. pedestrian, 
 PED'ICLF/. $. The footstalk. 
 PEDICULAR, adj. Having the 
 
 phthiriasis or lousy distemper. 
 PED'IGREE. .v. Genealogy, lineage. 
 PED'IMENT. s. In architecture, an 
 
 ornamental projection, &c 
 
PED— PEN 
 
 PEDOBAPTISM. s. Infant baptism. 
 
 s. pedobaptist. 
 PEDOMETER, s. A mathematical 
 instrument, by the management 
 of the wheels of which, paces are 
 numbered, and distances measur- 
 1 ed. 
 
 PEEL. v. To decorticate; to flay. 
 
 pr. par. peeling; past, peeled: s. 
 ,. peel, peeler. 
 PEEL. s. A board used by bakers ; 
 
 the rind. 
 
 , PEEP. v. To make the first appear- 
 ance ; to look slily or closely, pr. 
 par. peeping; past, peeped : s. peep, 
 peeper. 
 
 \ PEER. s. One of the same rank ; an 
 equal ; a. nobleman, fern, peeress, 
 
 I pi. peeresses: s. peerage. 
 
 I PEER. v. To come just in sight ; to 
 look narrowly, pr. par. peering; 
 past, peered : s. peerer. 
 
 i PEERLESS, adj. Unequalled"; hav- 
 
 I ing no peer. adv. peerlessly: s. 
 
 I peerlessness. 
 
 ' PEEVISH, adj. Petulant ; easily of- 
 fended, adv. peevishly : s. peevish- 
 l ness. 
 
 \ PEG. s. A wooden pin. v. peg; pr. 
 ! par. pegging; past, pegged. 
 PELF. s. Money, riches. 
 PELICAN, s. A kind of bird. 
 PELISSE', s. A kind of coat or robe. 
 PELLET, s. A little ball. v. pellet; 
 
 pr. par. pelleting; past, pelleted, i 
 PELLICLE, s. A thin skin. 
 PELLMELL. adv. Confusedly; tu- 
 
 multuously. 
 PELLU'CID adj. Clear; not opaque. 
 
 s. pellucidity, pellucidness. 
 , PELT. s. A skin ; a hide ; a blow 
 
 from something thrown, v. pelt; 
 
 pr. par. pelting; past, pelted: s. 
 
 pelter. 
 
 PELTRY, s. Furs or skins, pi* pel- 
 tries. 
 
 PEN. 5. An instrument for writing ; 
 a small enclosure, v. pen ; pr. par. 
 penning; past, penned : s. penner, 
 penman, pi. penmen, penmanship 
 
 PE'NAL. adj. Denouncing a penal- 
 I ty. adv. penally. 
 
 PEN— PEN 
 
 P EN'ALTY. 5. Punishment; cen- 
 sure ; fine. pi. penalties. 
 
 PEN'ANCE. s. Infliction suffered as 
 an expression of repentance for 
 sin ; repentance. 
 
 PENCE, s. Plural of penny. 
 
 PENCIL, s. A small brush of hair ; 
 a black lead pen. v. pencil; pr. 
 par. penciling; past, penciled: s. 
 penciler. 
 
 PEN'DANT. s. Something hanging ; 
 a flag. adj. pendant. 
 
 PEN'DENCE. s. State of hanging; 
 inclination, s. pendency: adj. pen- 
 dent. 
 
 PENDULOUS, adj. Hanging, s.pen- 
 dulosity. 
 
 PEN'DULUM. s. A weight hung so 
 
 that it may easily swing backwards 
 
 and forwards. 
 PEN'ETRABLE. adj. Such as may 
 
 be pierced, s. penetrability. 
 PEN'ETRATE. v. To pierce; to 
 
 enter beyond the surface, pr. par. 
 
 penetrating; past, penetrated: s. 
 
 penetration: adj. penetrative, pen- 
 
 etrant. 
 
 PENGUIN, s. A kind of bird. 
 
 PENIN'SULA. 5. A piece of land 
 almost surrounded with water, 
 adj. peninsulated, peninsular. 
 
 PENITENCE, s. Repentance ; sor- 
 row for crime, adj. penitent, peni- 
 tential: s. penitent: adv. penitently, 
 penitentiary. 
 
 PENITENTIARY, adj. Relating to 
 the rules and measures of pen- 
 ance, s. penitentiary, pi. peniten- 
 tiaries. 
 
 PEN'KNIFE. s. A knife used to cut 
 pens. pi. penknives. 
 
 PEN'NANT. s. A small flag. 
 
 PEN'NATED. adj. Winged. 
 
 PEN'NILESS. adj. Poor. 
 
 PEN'NON. s. A small flag. 
 
 PENNY, s. A small coin. pi. pennies, 
 pence: adj. pennywise: s- penny- 
 worth. 
 
 PENNYROYAL. 5. A species of 
 plant. 
 
 PEN'NYWEIGHT. 5. A weight con- 
 taining 24 grains, troy. 
 
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PEN— PER 
 
 T\JN'SILE. adj. Hanging. 
 
 PENSION. 5. A payment made an- 
 nually, for services performed, v. 
 pension ; pr. par. pensioning ; past. 
 pensioned: s. pensioner: adj. pen- 
 sionary . 
 
 PEN'SIVE. adj. Sorrowfully thought- 
 ful, adv. pensively : s. pensiveness, 
 
 PENT. adj. Shut up. 
 
 PENTACHORD, s. An instrument 
 with five strings. 
 
 PENTAGON. 5. A figure with five 
 angles, adj. pentagonal. 
 
 PENTAM'ETER. 5. A verse of five 
 feet. adj. pentameter. 
 
 PENTANG'ULAR. adj. Five cor- 
 nered. 
 
 PENTAPET'ALOUS. adj. Having 
 
 five leaves. 
 PENT A STYLE. 5. A building in 
 
 which are five rows of columns. 
 PENTATEUCH, s. The five books 
 
 of Moses, pronounced pen'-ta-tuke. 
 PENTECOST, s. Whitsuntide. 
 PENT'HOUSE. 5. A shed sloping 
 
 iVom the main wall. 
 PEN ULTIMA, s. The last syllable 
 
 but one. adj . penultimate. 
 PENUM'BRA. s. An imperfect 
 
 madow. 
 
 PENU'RIOUS. adj. Niggardly ; spar- 
 ing, adv.penuriously: s. penurious- 
 
 Pli!i\'URY. s. Poverty. 
 
 I E'ONY. s. A kind of flower, pi. 
 
 peonies. 
 
 PE'OPLE. s. A nation ; the vulgar, 
 v. people; pr. -par. peopling; past, 
 peopled. 
 
 PEPPER, s. A kind of spice, v. 
 pepper; pr. par. peppering ; past, 
 peppered. 
 
 PEPPERCORN, s. Something of on- 
 lv nominal value. 
 
 PEPPERMINT, s. A kind of aro- 
 matic herb. 
 
 PEPTIC, adj. Helping digestion. 
 
 PERADVEN'TURE. adv. Perhaps; 
 mav be. 
 
 PERAM'BULATE. v. To walk 
 through; to survey, pr. par. pcra/n- 
 
 PER-PER 
 
 bulating; past, perambulated: s. 
 
 perambulation, perambulator. 
 PERCEF VE. v. To discover by some 
 
 sensible effects, pr. par. perceiving; 
 
 past, perceived: s. perceiver: adj. 
 
 perceivable.- adv. perceivably. 
 PERCEPTIBLE, adj. Such as may 
 
 be known or observed, s. percept 
 
 Hon: adj. perceptive: adv . percep- 
 tibly : s. perceptibility. 
 PERCH, s. A kind of fish ; a measure 
 
 of five yards and a half; a pole; 
 
 something on which birds sit. v. 
 
 perch; pr. par. perching; past, 
 
 perched: s. percher. 
 PERCHANCE', adv. Perhaps. 
 PERCIPIENT, adj. Perceiving, s. 
 
 percipient. 
 PER'COLATE. v. To strain through. 
 
 pr. par. percolating; past, percolat- 
 ed : s. percolation. 
 PERCUSS', v. To strike, pr. par. 
 
 percussing; past, per cussed : s.per- 
 
 cussion. 
 
 PEKCUTIENT. adj. Striking. 
 
 PERDITION, s. Destruction ; ruin. 
 
 PER'EGRINATE. v. To travel, pr. 
 par. peregrinating ; past, peregri- 
 nated : s. peregrination, peregrina- 
 tor. 
 
 PEREMPTORY, PEREMPTORY. 
 
 adj. Dogmatical ; absolute, adv. 
 peremptorily : s. peremptor'auss. 
 
 PEREN'NIAL. adj. Lasting through 
 the year ; perpetual, s. perennial, 
 perennity. 
 
 PERERRATION. 5. Travel. 
 
 PER'EECT. adj. Complete; finish- 
 ed, v. perfect'; pr. par. perfecting : 
 past, perfected: s. perfection, per- 
 fect ness, perfecter: adj. perfective: 
 adv. perfectly, perfectivehj. 
 
 PERFIDIOUS, adj. Treacherous, s. 
 perfidy : adv. perfidiously. 
 
 PERFLATE, v. To blow through, 
 pr. par. perflating; past, peifahd: 
 s. perflation. 
 
 PER' FOR ATE. r.To pierce through; 
 to bore. pr. par. perforating ; past, 
 perforata!.- s. perforation, perfo- 
 rator i adj. perforative. 
 
 PERFORCE', adv. By violence. 
 
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PER — PER 
 
 PERFORM', v. To do; to accom- 
 plish, pr. par. performing ; past, 
 performed: s. performance, per- 
 
 . former: adj. performable. 
 
 PERFUME, s. Strong odour; fra- 
 grance, v. perfume ; pr. par. per- 
 fuming; past, perfumed: s. per- 
 
 I f timer, perfumery : adj. perfuma- 
 tory. 
 
 f PERFUSE, v. To overspread; to 
 I tincture, pr. par. perfusing; past, 
 J perfused : s. perfusion. 
 PERHAPS', adv. Peradventure. 
 liPERICAR'DIUM. s. A thin mem- 
 j brane, that encloses the heart. 
 PERICAR'PIUM. 5. A membrane 
 • enclosing the fruit of a plant. 
 'PERICRANIUM. 5. The membrane 
 { that covers the skull. 
 IPERIGEE, PERIGE'UM. s. The 
 
 nearest possible distance of a 
 
 planet from the earth. 
 iPERIHE'LIUM. s. That point of a 
 , planet's orbit, wherein it is near- 
 I est the sun. 
 
 PERIL. 5. Danger; hazard, v. peril; 
 
 pr. par. periling; past, periled: 
 j adj. perilous: adv. perilously. 
 I ^ERIM'ETER. s. The compass or 
 
 sum of all the sides which bound 
 
 a figure. 
 
 'VE'RIOD. s. A circuit; era, epocha, 
 1 length of duration; a fall stop. 
 
 adj. periodical : adv. periodically. 
 l^RIPH'ERY. s. Circumference, pi. 
 
 peripheries. 
 PERIPHRASIS, s. Circumlocution, 
 pi. periphrases : v. periphrase ; pr. 
 par. periphrasing ; past, peri- 
 phrased: adj. periphrastical : adv. 
 periphrastically. 
 PER ISH, v. To die ; to be destroy- 
 ed, pr. par. perishing ; past, per- 
 '' ished: adj. perishable : s. pefish- 
 
 ableness. 
 .PERIWIG, s. A wig. 
 PERIWINKLE. 5. A small shell- 
 fish;* a kind of plant, 
 j PERJURE, v. To swear falsely 
 and corruptly, pr. par. perjuring; 
 { past, perjured: s. perjurer, per- 
 jury, pi. perjuries. 
 
 PER— PER 
 
 PER'MANENT. adj. Durable; un- 
 changed, adv. permanently: s. 
 permanence. 
 
 PERMEATE, v. To pass through 
 pr. par. permeating; past, per 
 meated: s. permeation: adj. pet 
 meable. 
 
 PERMISSIBLE, s. Such as may be 
 mingled, s. permistion, permixtion. 
 
 PERMIT', v. To allow, without 
 command ; to suffer, pr. par. per- 
 mitting; past, permitted: s. per mit, 
 permission: adj. permissible, per- 
 missive: adv. permissively. 
 
 PERMUTE, v. To exchange- pr. 
 par. permuting; past, permuted t 
 s. permuter, permutation. • 
 
 PERNFCIOUS. adj. Destructive; 
 very hurtful, s. perniciousness 
 adv. perniciously. 
 
 PERNOCTA'TION. s. Act of sta 
 ing or watching all night. 
 
 PERORA'TION. s. The conclusici 
 of an oration. 
 
 PERPENDICULAR, adj. Hanging 
 at a right angle with the horizon; 
 crossing any other line at righl 
 angles, s. perpendicular, perpen 
 dicularity : adv. perpendicularly. 
 
 PER'PETRATE. v. To commit ; t > 
 act. pr. par. perpetrating ; pasl , 
 perpetrated: s. perpetration, perpi- 
 petrator. 
 
 PERPETUAL, adj. Never ceasing; 
 eternal, adv. perpetually. 
 
 PERPE.T'UATE. v. To make per- 
 petual, pr. par. perpetuating; past, 
 perpetuated : s. perpetuation, per- 
 petuity, pi. perpetuities. 
 
 PERPLEX'.v.To disturb with doubts; 
 to entangle ; to vex. pr. par. per- 
 plexing ; past,' perplexed: s. per- 
 plexedness, perplexity, pi. perplexi- 
 ties: adv. perplexedly. 
 
 PER'QUISITE. 5. Something gain- 
 ed, by a place, over and above the 
 settled wages. 
 
 PER'RY. s. A drink made of pears. 
 
 PER'SECUTE. v. To pursue with 
 malignity; to oppress, pr. par. 
 persecuting ; past, persecuted : s,- 
 persecution, persecutor. 
 
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PER — PER 
 
 PERSEVE'RANCE. s. Steadiness 
 in pursuits ; constancy in progress, 
 v. persevere ; pr. par. persevering ; 
 past, persevered: s. perseverer : 
 adv. per sever ingly. 
 
 PERSIST', v. To persevere; to con- 
 tinue firm. pr. par. persisting; 
 past, persisted: s. persistence, per- 
 sistency. 
 
 PER'SON. s. An individual ; a par- 
 ticular man or woman ; exterior 
 appearance, adj. personal: $. per- 
 sonality, pi. personalities: adv. per- 
 sonally. 
 
 PERSONABLE, adj. Handsome; 
 graceful. 
 
 PERSONATE, v. To represent by 
 a fictitious or assumed character; 
 to act ; to feign, pr. par. persona- 
 ting ; past, personated : s. person- 
 ation, personator. 
 
 PERSON'IFY. v. To change from a 
 thing to a person, pr. par. person- 
 ifying; past, personified: s. per- 
 sonification. 
 
 PERSPECTIVE. 5. Forward view; 
 view of futurity; the science by 
 which things are ranged in a pic- 
 ture according to their real ap- 
 pearance, adj. perspective: adv. 
 perspectively. 
 
 PERSPICA'CIOUS. adj. Quick sight- 
 ed, s. perspicacity. 
 
 PERSPICUOUS, adj. Transparent ; 
 clear to the understanding, s. per- 
 spicuity: adv. perspicuously. 
 
 PERSPI'RE. v. To sweat, pr. par. 
 perspiring; past, perspired: s. per- 
 spiration: adj. perspiratory, per- 
 spirative. 
 
 PERSUA'DE. v. To bring to any 
 
 particular opinion; to inculcate 
 
 by argument or expostulation, pr. 
 
 par. persuading; past, persuaded : 
 
 s. persuader. 
 PERSUA'SION. s. Act of persuading. 
 
 adj. persuasive, persuasory : adv. 
 
 persuasively. 
 PERT. adj. Smart ; saucy, s. pert- 
 
 ness ndv. pertly. 
 PERTAIN, v. To' belong; to relate. 
 
 pr. par. pertaining; past,/>o iuined. 
 
 PER— PET 
 
 PERTINA'CIOUS. adj. Obstinate, 
 stubborn, adv. pertinaciously : s. 
 pertinacity. 
 
 PER'TINENCE, PERTINENCY, s. 
 Fitness to the purpose, adj. perti- 
 nent: adv. pertinently. 
 
 PERTURBATION, s. Dis-quiet of 
 mind; disturbance; disorder. 
 
 PERTU'SED. adj. Pierced with 
 holes, s. perfusion. 
 
 PERUKE, s. A periwig. 
 
 PERU'SE. v. To read through ; to 
 examine, pr. par. perusing; past, 
 perused : s. perusal, peruser. 
 
 PERVA'DE. v. To pass through; to 
 be general, pr. par. pervading, 
 past, pervaded: s. pervasion ; adj. 
 pervasive. 
 
 PERVERSE', adj. Obstinate, stub- 
 born, untractable. s. perverseness, 
 perversity: adv. perversely. 
 
 PERVERT', v. To distort from i\e 
 true end or purpose; to corrupt ; 
 to mislead, pr. par. perverting; 
 past, perverted : s. perverier : a^j. 
 pervertible. 
 
 PERVERSION, s. Act of perverting, 
 adj . perversive. 
 
 PERVIOUS, adj. Admitting passage, 
 s. perviousness. 
 
 PEST. 5. Plague; pestilence. 
 
 PESTIF'EROUS. adj. Pestilential, 
 infectious. 
 
 PES'TER. v. To disturb ; to perplex ; 
 pr. par. pestering; past, pestered: 
 s. pester er : adj. pesterous. 
 
 PEST'HOUSE. s. An hospital for 
 persons infected with the plague. 
 
 PEST ILENCE, s. Plague; pest. ad;. 
 pestilent, pestilential i adv. pestilent- 
 ly, pestilentially. 
 PESTLE, s. An instrument with 
 which any thing is broken in a 
 mortar, s. pesfillation. 
 PET. s. A slight passion ; a fit of 
 peevishness ; any creature fondled 
 and indulged, v. pet : pr. par. pet- 
 ting; past, petted: adj. pettish: s. 
 petti shness : adv. pettishly. 
 PETAL. The leaf of a flower 
 adj. petalous. 
 
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PET— PHA 
 
 PHA— PHL 
 
 PETARD', s. An explosive engine, 
 used to break down gates or bar- 
 riers. 
 
 PET'EREL. s. A kind of sea-bird. 
 PETITION, s. Request; entreaty. 
 
 v. petition; pr. par. petitioning; 
 
 past, petitioned : s. petitioner : adj. 
 
 petitionary. 
 PETRES'CENT. adj. Growing to 
 
 stone. 
 
 PETRIFY, v. To change to stone. 
 
 pr. pur. petrifying; past, petrified: 
 
 s. petrifaction, petrification: adj. 
 
 petrifactive. 
 PETTICOAT, s. Part of a woman's 
 
 dress. 
 
 PETTIFOGGER. 5. A petty lawyer. 
 PETTITOES, s. The feet of a suck- 
 ing pig. 
 
 PETTO. 5. The breast ; figurative- 
 ly, privacy: as "in petto" i. e. in 
 reserve. 
 
 PETTY, adj. Small; inconsiderable, 
 s. pettiness. 
 
 PET'ULANT. adj. Saucy; perverse, 
 s. petulance, petulancy: adv. petu- 
 lantly. 
 
 PEW. s. A seat enclosed in a church. 
 PEWTER, s. A compound metal. 
 
 s. pewterer. 
 PHiENOM'ENON. s. See Phenomo- 
 
 NON. 
 
 PHA'ETON. 5. A kind of lofty, open, 
 
 four-wheeled chaise. 
 PHAL'ANX. s. A troop of men, 
 
 closelv imbodied. pi. phalanxes. 
 PHANTASM, PHANTAS'MA. s. 
 
 Vain and airy appearance. 
 PHANTASY, s. See Fantasy. 
 PHANTOM, s. A spectre ; a fancied 
 
 vision. 
 
 PHARlSA'IC,PHARISA'ICAL.adj. 
 Externally religious, s. pharisaism, 
 pharisaicalness. 
 
 PHAR'ISEE. s. One of a religious 
 sect amongst the Jews. 
 
 PHARMACEUTIC, PHARMA- 
 CEUTICAL, adj. Relating to the 
 art of preparing medicines. 
 
 PHARMACOL'OGY. s. The know- 
 ledge of drugs and medicines. 
 
 PHARMACO'PCETA. s. A book of 
 rules for the composition of med- 
 icines. 
 
 PHARMACOP'OLIST. s. An apoth- 
 ecary. 
 
 PHAR'MACY. s. The trade of an 
 apothecary. 
 
 PH A'RO, PH A'ROS. s. A light-house. 
 
 PH ARYNGOT'OM Y. s. the act of 
 making an incision into the wind- 
 pipe. 
 
 PHEA'SANT. s. A species of game 
 bird. 
 
 PHE'NIX, PHCE'NIX. s. A fabulous 
 bird. pi. phenixes. 
 
 PHENOMENON, s. Appearance-* 
 visible quality, pi. phenomena. jjj 
 
 PHFAL. $. A small bottle. 1 ' 
 
 PHILANTHROPY, s. Love of Man- 
 kind, adj. philanthropic, philan- 
 thropical : s. philanthropist. 
 
 PHIL'IBEG. s. See Filibeg. 
 
 PHILIPPIC, s. Any invective Re- 
 clamation, v. philippize; pr. par. 
 philippizing 7 past, philippized. 
 
 PHILOL'OGY. s. Criticism; gram- 
 matical learning, adj. philologic, 
 philological : s. philologist. 
 
 PHIL'OMATH. 5. A lover of learn- 
 
 PHIL'OMEL, PHiLOME'LA. 5. The 
 nightingale. 
 
 PHILOS'OPHY. s. Desire of acquir- 
 ing wisdom ; knowledge, natural 
 
 " or moral ; reasoning, adj. philo- 
 sophic, philosophical: s. philoso- 
 pher: adv . philosophically : v. phil- 
 osophize; pr. par. philosophizing; 
 past, philosophized. 
 
 PHILTER, s. A charm to cause 
 love. x. philter; pr. par. philtering; 
 past, philter ed. 
 
 PHIZ. s. The face, in contempt. 
 
 PHLEBOTOMY, s. Blood-letting, 
 s. phlebotomist : v. phlebotomize; 
 pr. par. phlebotomizing ; past, phle- 
 botomized. 
 
 PHLEGM, s. The watery humour 
 of the body; coolness; indifference, 
 ad] .phlegmatic- adv.phlegmatically. 
 
 PHLEGMONOUS, adj. Inflamma- 
 tory. 
 
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PHL — PIB 
 
 PHLEME. s. An instrument to 
 bleed with, particularly used for 
 horses. 
 
 PHLOGISTON, s. An exploded chy- 
 mical name for an imaginary sub- 
 stance, thought to be a constituent 
 part of all inflammable bodies. 
 
 PHO'N ICS. s.The doctrine of sounds. 
 
 PHOS'PHORUS. s. The morning 
 star ; a chymical substance, which, 
 when exposed to the air, takes 
 fire. adj. phosphorated. 
 
 PHRASE, s. An idiom; style; ex- 
 pression. 
 
 PHRASEOL'OGY. s. Style ; diction. 
 
 PHRENETIC, adj. Mad. 
 
 PHRENOL'OGY. s. The science of 
 cerebral pathology ; craniology. s. 
 phrenologist. 
 
 PHREN'S Y. s. Madness, plphren- 
 sies: adj. phrensied. 
 
 PHRY'GIAN. ac?/'.Denoting, amongst 
 the ancients, a sprightly and ani- 
 mating kind of music. 
 
 PHTHIS'IC, PHTHISIS, s. A con- 
 sumption, adj. phthisical. 
 
 PHYSICAL, adj. Relating to nature, 
 or to natural philosophy; medici- 
 nal, adv. physically. 
 
 PHYSIC, s. The science of healing; 
 medicine, v. physic; pr. par. phys- 
 icking; past, physicked: s. physi- 
 cian. 
 
 PHYSIOG'NOMY. 5. The art of dis- 
 covering the temper, and forer 
 knowing the fortune, by the fea- 
 tures of the face; the face. pi. 
 physiognomies : s. physiognomist. 
 
 PHYSIOL'OGY. s. The doctrine of 
 the constitution of the works of 
 nature, adj. physiologic, physiolo- 
 gical: s. physiologist. 
 
 PIAC'ULAR, PIAC'ULOUS. adj. 
 Expiatory ; such as requires expi- 
 ation. 
 
 PLANET, s. A kind of bird. 
 
 PIAN'O-FORTE. s. A kind of mu- 
 sical instrument. 
 
 PIASTER, s. An Italian coin. 
 
 PIAZ'ZA. s. A walk under a roof, 
 supported bv pillars. 
 
 PIBRACH o/PI'BROCH. 5. A kind 
 
 PIC-PI& 
 
 of martial music, amongst the 
 
 Highlanders of Scotland. 
 PI'CA. 5. A particular sized type. 
 PICAROON', s. A robber. 
 PICK. v. To choose ; to select ; to 
 
 gather; to open a lock, &c. pr. 
 
 par. picking ; past, picked : s. pick, 
 
 picker. 
 
 PICK'ET. 5. A sharp stake ; a guard 
 posted before an army. v. picket; 
 pr. par. picketing ; past, picketed. 
 
 PICK'LE. s. A salt liquor; thing 
 pickled, v. pickle; pr. par. pick- 
 ling; past, pickled. 
 
 PICK'NIC. s. An assembly where 
 each person contributes provisions 
 to the general entertainment. 
 
 PICKTOCKET. s. A thief, who 
 steals from the pocket. 
 
 PICKTHANK. s. A talebearer ; a 
 flatterer. 
 
 PICT. 5. A painted person ; one 
 the ancient inhabitants of Scotlam v 
 
 PICTO'RIAL. adj. Produced by a 
 painter. 
 
 PICTURE, s. A resemblance of 
 persons or things in colours, v. 
 picture; pr. par. picturing; past, 
 pictured 
 
 PICTURESQUE', adj. Expressing 
 that peculiar kind of beauty which 
 is agreeable in a picture, s. pictu- 
 resqueness. 
 
 PIE. s. Any crust baked, with some- 
 thing in it ; a magpie. 
 
 PIE'BALD. adj. Of* various colours. 
 
 PIECE, s. A part of the whole; .1 
 fragment ; a picture ; a perform- 
 ance ; a gun ; a coin. 
 
 PIECE. v. "To enlarge by the addi- 
 tion of a piece ; to join. pr. par. 
 piecing; past, pie ce d : s. piecer. 
 
 PIED. adj. Variegated, s. picdness. 
 
 PIER. s. A column on which the arch 
 of a bridge is raised. 
 
 PIERCE, v. To penetrate; to entf r. 
 pr. par. piercing ; past, pierced s. 
 picrcingness, piercer: adj . piercing, 
 pierceable : adv. piercingly. 
 
 PI'ETV. s. Discharge of dutv to 
 God. 
 
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PIG- PIL 
 
 PIG. s. A sow or boar.; a mass of 
 unforged lead, &c. v. pig; pr. par. 
 pigging 1 past, pigged. 
 jX'GEON. s. A kind of bird. 
 PI'GEON HEARTED, adj. Timid. 
 PI'GEONHOLES. s. An old English 
 game: cavities or divisions in 
 which papers are deposited. 
 PIG'GIN. s. A small wooden vessel. 
 PIG'MENT. s. Paint. 
 PIG'MY, PYG'MY. s, A dwarf, pi. 
 
 pigmies, pygmies. 
 PIGNORATION, s. The act of 
 
 pledging, adj. pignorative. 
 PIG'NUT. s. A kind of nut that 
 
 grows in the earth. 
 PIGTAIL. 5. A cue; a kind of 
 
 twisted tobacco. 
 PIKE, s A fish; a lance used by 
 
 foot-soldiers, adj. piked. 
 PIKE'LET. 5. A light cake. 
 PIKE'MAN. 5. A soldier armed with 
 
 a pike. pi. pikemen. 
 PIKE'STAFF. s. The wooden staff 
 
 of a pike. 
 PILAS'TER. s. A small square col- 
 umn. 
 
 PILCH' A RD. s. A kind of fish. 
 
 PILE. 5. Aheap; a strong piece of 
 wood driven into the ground, to 
 make a firm foundation, v. pile; 
 pr. par. piling; past, piled : s. piler. 
 
 V^L'FER. v. To steal, pr. par. pil- 
 fering; past, pilfered ■ s. pilferer: 
 adv. pilferingly. 
 
 PIL'GRIM. s. A traveller ; a wan- 
 derer ; one who travels to sacred 
 places, for devotion, s. pilgrimage. 
 
 PILL. s. Medicine made into a small 
 ball. 
 
 PIL'LAGE. v. To plunder; to spoil, 
 pr. par. pillaging; past, pillaged; 
 s. pillager. 
 
 PIL'L AR. s. A column ; a supporter, 
 adi- pillared. 
 
 PIL'LION. s. A low soft saddle, 
 placed behind another, on which 
 a woman rides. 
 
 PIL'LQRY. s. A kind of punish- 
 ment, pi. pillories, pr. par. pil- 
 lowing ; past, jnllored. 
 
 PIL— PIN 
 
 PIL'LOW. s. A support for the head, 
 v. pillow; pr. par. pillowing; past, 
 pillowed: s. pillow-case. 
 PILOS'ITY. s. Hairiness, adj. pilous. 
 PI'LOT. s. He whose office is to 
 steer a ship. v. pilot ; pr. par. pi* 
 loting; past, piloted : s. pilotage. 
 PIMENTO, s. A kind of spice, pi. 
 
 pimentoes. 
 PIMP. v. To pander, pr. par. pimp* 
 
 ing ; past, pimped. 
 PIM'PLE. s. A small red pustule, 
 
 adj. pimpled. 
 PIN. s. A short wire, used to fasten 
 clothes ; any thing driven to hold 
 parts together, v. pin; pr. par, 
 pinning ; past, pinned : s. pincase, 
 pincushion, pinhole. 
 PINASTER, s. The wild pine. 
 PIN'CERS. s. An instrument for 
 
 drawing nails, &c. 
 PINCH, v. To squeeze, to gripe, to 
 be frugal, pr. par. pinching; past, 
 pinched: s. pinch, pi. pinches, 
 pincher. 
 
 PINCH'BECK. s. Mixed gold-col^ 
 
 oured metal. 
 PINDAR'IC. s. An ode, in the man- 
 ner of Pindar, adj, pindaric. 
 PINE. s. A species of tree. adj. piny. 
 PINE. v. To languish; to wear 
 away with misery or pain. pr. par 
 pining; past, pined. 
 PINE'APPLE. s. A kind of fruit. 
 PI'NEAL. adj. Resembling a pine^ 
 apple. 
 
 PI'NERY. s. A place where pine- 
 apples are raised, pi. pineries. 
 PIN'FOLD. s. A place in which 
 
 beasts are confined. 
 PIN'GUID. adj. Fat. 
 PINTON. s. A joint of the wing; 
 fetters, v. pinion; pr. par. pinion- 
 ing; past, pinioned. 
 PINK. 5. A flower ; a colour ; a 
 kind of heavy, narrow-sterned 
 ship. 
 
 PINK. v. To work in eyelet holes ; 
 to stab; to pierce, pr. par. pink* 
 ing; pnst, pinked. 
 PINK'EYED. adj. Having small eyes, 
 
 2)7Q 
 
PIN— PIS 
 
 PWSTERNED. adj. Having a nar- 
 row stern. 
 
 PiN'MONEY. s. An annual sum, 
 settled on a wife, to defray her 
 own charges. 
 
 PINNACE, s. A boat belonging to 
 a ship of war. 
 
 PINNACLE, s. A turret, or high 
 spiring point, adj. pinnacled. 
 
 PIN'NER. 8. The lappet of a head- 
 dress, which flies loose. 
 
 PINT. s. Half a quart. 
 
 PIONEE'R. s. One who opens the 
 road for an army. 
 
 PI'ONY. s. A kind of flower, pi. 
 pionies. 
 
 PI'OUS. adj. Devout; godly; reli- 
 gious; careful of the duties of a 
 near relation, adv. piously. 
 
 PIP. s. A disorder of fowls. 
 
 PIPE. s. A tube ; a musical instru- 
 ment ; a liquid measure, contain- 
 ing two hogsheads. 
 
 PIPE. v. To play on the pipe; to; 
 emit a shrill sound, pr. par. pip- 1 
 ing; past, piped: s. piper. 
 
 PITING. adj. Weak; hot; boiling.' 
 
 PIPKIN. 5. A small earthen vessel. 
 
 PIPPIN, s. A kind of apple. 
 
 PI'QUANT. adj. Pricking; stimu- 
 lating to the taste; sharp, adv. 
 piquantly : s. piquancy. 
 
 PIQUE, s. Ill-will; petty malice; 
 grudge, v. pique; pr. par. piquing; 
 past, piqued. 
 
 PIQUET', s. A game at cards. 
 
 PI'RACY. s. The act of robbing on' 
 the sea. pi. piracies: s. pirate^ 
 adj. piratical: adv. piratically. 
 
 PIS'CARY. s. A privilege of fish- 1 
 ing. s.piscation: adj. piscatory. | 
 
 PIS'CES. s. A sign of the zodiac; 
 the fishes. 
 
 PISCIVOROUS, adj. Fish-eating. I 
 
 PISH. int. A contemptuous exci t- 
 ation. 
 
 PIS'?v[lRE. s. \a ant. 
 PISTILLA'TION. s. The act of 
 
 pounding in a mortar. 
 PIS'TOL. s. A small hand-gun. v.; 
 
 pistol; pr. par. pistoling; past, 
 
 pistoled. 
 
 PIS-PLA 
 PISTO'LE. s. A coin of many coun 
 tries, and'many degrees of value. 
 PIS'TON. s. A rod moving within 
 
 a cylinder. 
 PIT. s. A hole ; an abyss ; the mid- 
 dle part of a theatre, v. pit; pr. 
 par. pitting; past, pitted. 
 PITAPAT, s. A flutter; a light, 
 
 quick step. 
 PITCH, s. The resin of the pine; 
 any degree of elevation ; degree ; 
 rate. pi. pitches. 
 PITCH, v. To fix; to throw head- 
 long ; to smear with pitch, pr. par. 
 pitching; past, pitched: s. pitch, 
 pitchiness: adj. pitchy. 
 PITCH'ER. s. An earthen vessel ; a 
 
 water-pot. 
 PITCH'FORK. s. An instrument 
 with which hay or corn is pitched 
 upon a wagon. 
 PITCH'PIPE. s. An instrument to 
 
 regulate the voice. 
 PIT'COAL. s. Fossil coal. 
 PIT'EOUS. adj. Sorrowful ; mourn- 
 ful : compassionate, s. piteousness: 
 adv. piteously. 
 PIT'FALL. s. A covered pit. 
 PITH. 5. The marrow of a plant : 
 energy; strength, adj. pithless, 
 pithy: s. pithiness: adv. pithily. 
 PIT'SAW. 5. A large saw, used by 
 
 two men. 
 PITTANCE, s. An allowance; a 
 
 small portion. 
 PIT'Y. s. Compassion ; sympathy 
 formiserv. v. pity; pr. par. pitying; 
 past, pitied: adj. pitiable, pitifi/l, 
 pitiless : s. pitifulness : adv. piii- 
 fully. 
 
 PI V'OT. s. A pin on which any thing 
 turns. 
 
 FIX. s. A box for the consecrated 
 
 host. 
 
 PLACABLE, adj. Possible tg be 
 
 appeased, s. placability : ad d Jac- 
 ahh/. 
 
 PLACARD', s. An edict ; a mani- 
 festo ; an advertisement or public 
 notification, v. placard; pr. par. 
 placarding ; past, placarded. 
 PLACE, s. Particular portion of 
 280 
 
PLA — PLA 
 space: locality; office, v. place;] 
 
 spaoc , wv,ttntj , 7 j 
 
 pr. par. placing; past, placed: s 
 
 PLACEMAN, s. One who exercises 
 a public employment, pi. placemen. 
 
 PLA'CID. adj. Gentle ; quiet ; soft, 
 s. placidness, placidity: adv. pla- 
 cidly. 
 
 PL VGIARY. s. A thief in literature: 
 literary theft, s. plagiarism, plagi- 
 arist: adj. plagiary. 
 
 PLAGUE, s. Pestilence; anything 
 troublesome or vexatious, v. plague; 
 nr.™. plaguing; past, plagued: 
 s.plaguer: idy plaguy : adv. pla- 
 
 guily. mtt n , 
 
 PLAICE, s. A kind of flat fish. 
 PLAID, s. A variegated cloth; a 
 
 cloak made of plaid. 
 PLAIN, adj. Smooth ; level ; open 
 clear; simple, s. plain, plainness : 
 adv. plainly: adj. plmndmlmg, 
 plainhearted, plainspoken. 
 PLAINT, s. Lamentation; complaint, 
 adj. plaintful, plaintless, plaintive: 
 s plamtiveness : ^.plaintively. 
 PLAINTIFF. 5. One that brings a 
 
 suit. „ , 
 
 PuAlN'WORK: s. Needlework, as 
 
 distinguished from embroidery. 
 P^AIT. s. A fold; a double, pro- 
 'nounced plate, v. plait i pr. par. 
 plaiting; past, plaited: s. plaiter. 
 Pi, AN. s. A scheme; a model, v. 
 plan; pr. par. planning ; pzsUplan- 
 ned: s. planner. 
 PLANE. 5. A level surface ; an in 
 strument for smoothing boards, 
 pr. par. planing; past, planed: s. 
 planer. 
 
 PLAN'ET. s. One .of the erratic 
 stars, adj. planetary. 
 
 PL\NE'-TREE. s. A kind of tree. 
 
 PLANIM'ETRY. s. The mensura- 
 tion of plane surfaces, ^.plani- 
 metrical. 
 
 PLANISPHERE, s. A sphere pro- 
 jected on a plane. 
 
 PLANK, s. A thick, strong board 
 v. plank; pr. par. planking; past 
 planked. m 
 
 jPLA'NO-CON'VEX. adj. Flat on one 
 
 PLA— PLE 
 side, and convex on the other, s, 
 
 piano-convexity. 
 PLANT. 5. Any vegetable produc* 
 tion. y. plant; pr. par. planting; 
 past, planted: s. plantation, planter. 
 PLAN TAIN, s. A kind of tree, and 
 its fruit. 
 
 PLAS'TER. 5. A glutinous or adhe- 
 sive mixture, v. plaster; pr. par, 
 plastering; past, plastered : s. plas- 
 tering, plasterer. 
 PLASTIC, adj. Having the power 
 
 to give form. 
 PLAT. v. To weave, pr. par. plaU 
 
 ting; past, platted: s. platter. 
 PLAT. 5. A small piece of ground. 
 PLATE. 5. A piece of metal, beat 
 out into breadth ; wrought silver ; 
 a dish to eat off. v. plate; pr. par. 
 plating; past, plated. 
 PLATFORM, s. A level place be^ 
 fore a fortification; an elevated 
 stage ; a scheme. 
 PL\fl'NA. s. A recently discover- 
 ed metal, of the colour of silver; 
 heavier than gold; and, next to 
 iron, the hardest of metals. 
 PLATONIC, adj. Relating to tie 
 philosophy, opinions, or school of 
 Plato. s.plato7iism,platonist: adv. 
 platonically. 
 PLATOON', s. A small square body 
 
 of musketeers. 
 PLATTER. 5. A large dish, gener- 
 ally of earth or wood. 
 PLAU'DIT. s. Applause. 
 PLAU'SIBLE. adj. Superficially 
 pleasing; specious, adyplausive: 
 adv. plausibly : s. plausibility. 
 PLAY. v. To sport; to game; to 
 touch a musical instrument; to 
 operate ; to personate a drama, 
 pr. par. playing; past, played: s. 
 play, player: ^dy playful: s. play- 
 fulness: adv. playfully: splay book, 
 playday, play debt, playfellow, play- 
 house, playmate, plaything. 
 PLEA. s. The act or form of plead- 
 ing ; an apology. 
 PLEAD, v. To enter a plea ; to ar- 
 gue before a court of justice ; to 
 r eason with another, pr. V^P lead ' 
 281 
 
PLE-PLI 
 
 in g ; past, pleaded ; s. pleader: adj 
 pleadable. 
 PLEAS' A NT. adj. Delightful; good 
 humoured; gay. s. pleasantness, 
 pleasantry, pi. pleasantries: adv. 
 pleasantly. 
 PLEASE, v. To gain approbation, 
 to like. pr. par. pleasing; past, 
 pleased: s. pleaser, pleasingness .- 
 adv. pleasingly. 
 PL EAST RE. s. Delight; gratifica- 
 tion; choice, adj. pleasurable: s. 
 pleasurableness : adv. pleasurably 
 PLEBEIAN. 5. One of the lower 
 
 people, adj. plebeian. 
 PLEDGE, s. A pawn ; a gage ; i 
 surety, &c. v. pledge; pr. par 
 pledging; past, pledged: s. pledger 
 PLEi'ADES, PLEI'ADS. s. A north- 
 ern constellation. 
 PLEN'ARY. adj. Full; complete. 
 
 adv. plena rily. 
 I LENIP'OTENCE. s. Fulness of 
 
 power, adj. plenipotent. 
 } LENIPOTEN'TJARY. s. A nego 
 tiator invested with full power, pi 
 plenipotentiaries: adj. plenipoten- 
 tiary. 
 
 PLE'NIST. s. One that holds all 
 space to be full of matter. 
 
 PLEN'ITUDE. s. Fulness; replc 
 tion. 
 
 PLEiYTEOUS. adj. Copious; abun 
 dant. s. plenteousness : adv. plen- 
 teously. 
 
 PLENTY, s. Abundance; fruitful- 
 ness. adj. plentiful: s. plentiful 
 ness: adv. plentifully. 
 PLE'ONASM. 5. A figure of rhet- 
 oric, by which more words are 
 used than are necessary. 
 PLETH'ORA. s. The state in which 
 the vessels are fuller of humours 
 than is agreeable to a natural state 
 of health. 
 PLEU RISY, s. An inflammation of 
 the pleura, pi. pleurisies: adj. pleu- 
 ritic, pleuriticnl 
 PLI'ABLE. adl Easy to be bent; 
 flexible, s. fysMLty, pi. pUabtli-, 
 ties: adv. pliably. 
 
 PLI— PLU 
 
 PLI'ANT. adj. Bending, flexible; 
 
 easy to take a form. s. pliancy. 
 PLICATION, PLIC'ATURE. 5. 
 
 Fold; double. 
 PLI'ERS. s. An instrument by which 
 
 any thing is laid hold of, to bend 
 
 it. 
 
 PLIGHT, v. To pledge, pr. par. 
 1 plighting; past, plighted: s. plight- 
 
 PLIGHT, s. Condition; state. 
 PLINTH. 5. The lowermost part of 
 a pillar. 
 
 PLOD. v. To toil ; to travel labori- 
 ously; to study dully, pr. par. plod- 
 ding; past, plodded: s. plodder. 
 PLOT. 5. A small extent of ground; 
 a scheme; a stratagem, v. plot; 
 pr. par. plotting; past, plotted : s . 
 plotter. 
 
 PLOUGH, s. An instrument of ag- 
 riculture, v. plough; pr. par 
 ploughing; past, ploughed.- s. 
 plougher, ploughboy, plougldund, 
 ploughman, ploughshare. 
 PLOVER. s . A kind of bird. 
 PLUCK, v. To pull with nimble- 
 ness or force; to snatch, pr. par. 
 plucking, past, plucked . s. pluck 
 plucker. 
 
 PLUCK. 5. The heart, liver, and 
 
 lights of an animal; courage. 
 PLUG. s. Any thing driven in, to 
 stop a hole. v. plug; pr. par. plug- 
 gmg ; past, plugged. 
 PLUM. s. A kind of fruit, s. plum- 
 cake. 
 
 PLU'MAGE. s. Feathers. 
 PLUMB. 5. A plummet, v. plumb; 
 
 pr. par. plumbing; past, plumbed. 
 1 LUMB. adj. Perpendicular to the 
 horizon. 
 
 PLUM'BEAN. adj. Consisting of 
 lead. 
 
 PLUM'BEOUS.a^/.Resemblinrrlead. 
 PLUMB'ER. s. One who makes 
 
 things of lead. 
 PLUME, s. A feather of birds; a 
 feather worn as an ornament, v. 
 plume; pr. par. pluming: past. 
 plumed - ndj. plumrless. 
 PLUMIG'EROUS. adj. Feathered. 
 
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PLU— POE 
 
 PLU'MIPEDE. s. A fowl that has 
 
 feathers on the foot. 
 PLUM'MET. s. A leaden weight 
 hung to a string, used for measur- 
 ing depths. 
 PLU'MOUS, PLU'M Y.adj. Feathery- 
 resembling feathers, s. plumosity. 
 PLUMP, adj. Inclining to fatness; 
 sleek; full and smooth, s. plump- 
 ness: adv. plumply. 
 PLUMP, v. To fall like a stone into 
 water, pr. par. plumping; past, 
 plumped: adv. plump. 
 PLUiYDER. v. To pillage, pr. par. 
 plundering; past, plundered: s. 
 plunder, plunderer. 
 PLUNGE, v. To put or immerse 
 suddenly under water, &c. pr. 
 par. plunging; past, plunged: s. 
 plunge, plunger. 
 PL U'R AL. adj. Implying more than 
 one. s. plurality: adv. plurally. I 
 PLUSH, s. A kind of cloth. 
 PLU' VIAL, PLUVIOUS, adj. Re- 
 lating to rain. 
 PLY 7 , v. To work diligently; to so-' 
 licit, pr. par. plying; past, plied: 
 s. ply,plier. 
 PLY'ERS. s. Spe Pliers: 
 PNEUMATICS, s. The science of 
 the density and pressure of the 
 atmosphere, adj. pneumatic. 
 POACH, v. To boil slightly; to 
 plunder by stealth, pr. par. poach- 
 ing; past, poached : s. poacher. 
 POCK. s. A pustule. 
 POCKET, s. The small hag inserted 
 into clothes, pr. par. pocketing; 
 past, pocketed. 
 POC'ULENT. adj. Fit for drink. 
 POD. s. The case of leguminou 
 seeds. 
 
 POIJA'GRAL. adj. Afflicted with the 
 gout ; relating to the gout. 
 
 PO'EM. s. A metrical composition. 
 
 PO'ESY. s. The art of writing 
 poems ; a poem ; a short conceit, 
 engraved on a ring or other things. 
 
 PO'ET. s. A writer of poems, fern. 
 poetess, pi. poetesses: adj. poetic, 
 poetical: adv. poetically: s. poetics, 
 
 POE— POL 
 
 poetry: v. poetize; pr. par. poetiz 
 ihg; past, poetized. 
 PO'ET ASTER, s. A vile, petty poet 
 POl'GNANT. adj. Sh arp; penetrat 
 ing; severe, s. poignancy: adv 
 poignantly. 
 POINT, s. A sharp end ; a moment 
 particular place, &c. v. point ; pr 
 par. pointing; past, pointed: s 
 pointer, pointednejs: adj. point less 
 adv. pointedly. 
 POINTER, s. Anything that points; 
 
 a setting-dog. 
 POl'SON. s. Venom ; any thing ma- 
 lignant, v. poison; pr. par. poison- 
 ing; past, poisoned: s. poisoner: 
 adj. poisonous: s. poisonousness : 
 adv. poisonously. 
 POIZE, s. Weight; balance; a reg- 
 ulating power, v. poize; pr. par. 
 I poizing; past, poized. 
 .POKE. s. A bag; a sack; a kind of 
 I berry. 
 
 POKE. v. To feel in the dark; to 
 search any thing with a long in- 
 strument, pr. par. poking; past, 
 poked s. poker. 
 PO'LAR. adj. Relating or belonging 
 to the poles, s. polarity, tendency 
 towards the poles. 
 POLE, s. The extremity of the axis 
 of the earth ; a long staff; a mea- 
 sure of length containing five yards 
 and a half, &c. adj. polar: &. po- 
 larity. 
 
 FOLE'AXE. s. An axe fixed to a long 
 pole. 
 
 POLE'CAT. s. A kind of animal. 
 POLEMIC, POLEMICAL, aij. 
 
 Controversial. 
 POLE'STAR. s. A star near the pole. 
 POLI'CE. s. The regulation of a city 
 or country; officers employed in 
 preserving the peace. 
 POLICY. 5. The art of government ; 
 
 prudence, &c. pi. policies. 
 POLISH, v. To smooth ; to brighten; 
 to refine, pr. par. polishing ; past, 
 polished: s. polish, pousher.- adj. 
 polishable. 
 POLITE, adj. Po./snea; refined 
 
POL— POM 
 of elegant manners, s. politeness : 
 adv. politely. 
 
 POLITIC, adj. Political ; civil ; pru- 
 dent; artful- adv. politically. 
 
 POLITICS. 5. The science of gov- 
 ernment, adj. political : adv. politi- 
 cally: s. politician. 
 
 PQL'iTY. s. A form of government ; 
 policy ; art. pi. polities. 
 
 f OLL. 5. The head ; a catalogue or 
 list of those who vote. v. poll; 
 pr. par. polling; past, polled. 
 
 POULARD, s. A tree lopped ; the 
 chub-fish; a mixture of bran and 
 meal. v. pollard. 
 
 POL'LEN. s. A sort of fine bran. 
 
 POLL-E'ViL. s. A disorder in a 
 horse's neck. 
 
 POLLUTE, v. To make unclean; 
 to defile ; to corrupt, pr. par. pol- 
 luting; past, polluted: s. pollution, 
 polluter, pollutedness. 
 POLTROON', s. A coward, s. pol- 
 troonry. 
 
 POLYANTHUS, s. A kind of plant. 
 
 pi. polyanthuses. 
 POLYEDRON. s. A multiplying 
 
 glass. 
 
 •POLYG'AMY. s. The act of having 
 
 more than one wife. s. polygamist. | 
 POL' YG LOT. adj. Containing many 
 
 languages, s. polyglot. 
 POL'YGON. 5. A figure of many 
 
 angles, adj. polygonal 
 POL'YGRAM. 5. A figure of many 
 
 lines. 
 
 POI7YPUS. s. A sea animal with 
 many feet ; any thing with many 
 roots or feet. pi. polypuses: adj. 
 polypous. 
 
 POLYS YL'L ABLE. 5. A word of 
 many syllables; a word of more 
 than three syllables, adj. polysyl-\ 
 labic, polysyllabical. 
 
 POLYTHEISM, s. The doctrine of 
 a plurality of gods. s. polytheist : 
 adj. polytheistic, polytheistical. 
 
 POM'ACE. 5. The dross of cider- 
 pressings. 
 
 POMA'CEOUS. adj. Consisting of 
 apples. 
 
 POM— POP 
 POMA'DE. 5. A fragrant ointment. 
 POMAN'DER. 5. A perfumed bal) 
 
 or powder. 
 POMATUM, s. An ointment for the 
 hair. v. pomatum; pr. par. poma- 
 tuming; past, pomatumed. 
 POME'GRANATE. s. A kind of tree, 
 
 and its fruit. 
 POM'MEL. s. A round ball or knob ; 
 the knob that balances the blade 
 of a sword; the protuberant part 
 of a saddle, before. 
 POM'MEL. v. To beat with any thing 
 thick and bulky; to bruise, pr. par. 
 pommeling; past, pomeled. 
 POMP. s. Splendour, pride, ostenta- 
 tion, adj. pompous: s. pomposity: 
 adv. pompously. 
 POMP'ION. 5. See Pumpkin. 
 POND. s. A small pool of water; 
 a lake. 
 
 PON'DER. v. To consider; to muse, 
 pr. par. pondering; past, ponder- 
 ed: s. ponderer. 
 PONDERA'TION. 8. The act of 
 weighing, adj. ponderable, porn- 
 deral. 
 
 PON'DEROUS. adj. Heavy, weight \ 
 s . pan dcj-ousncss .-adv. pon dereusl y 
 PON'IARD. s. A dagger, v. poniard 
 pr. par. poniarding; past, ponia rd- 
 ed. 
 
 PONTAGE, s. Duty paid to repair 
 
 bridges. 
 
 PONTIFF. 5. A high priest; the 
 pope. adj. pontific, pontijical: s. 
 voniifiroic : adv. poniifcally. 
 PONTON'. 5. A floating bridge of 
 
 boats, pronounced pon-toonf, 
 PO'NY. s. A small horse, pi. ponie*. 
 POOL. s. A lake of standing water 
 POOP. 5. The hindmost part of e 
 ship. 
 
 POOP. t'. A ship is said to be |poo] 
 ed. when Bhe receives on her pooj 
 the shock of a high and heavy sea 
 POOR. adj. Not rich; necessitous 
 paltry; loan. s. poorness: adv. pom 
 hi: adj. poorspirited : s. poor spirit 
 less. 
 
 POP. s. A small, smart, quick souik 
 
POP— POR 
 
 POP. v. To move or enter with a 
 quick, sudden, and unexpected 
 m tion. pr. par. popping; past, 
 popped. 
 
 POPE. s. The bishop of Rome; a 
 small fish. ad). popish: s. popedom, 
 popery: adv. popishly. 
 
 POPE-JOAN', s. A game at cards. 
 
 POPES-EYE'. 5. The gland surround- 
 ed with fat, in the middle of the 
 thigh. 
 
 POPINJAY. s. A parrot; a wood- 
 pecker ; a trifling fop. 
 
 POPLAR, s. A kind of tree. 
 
 POPLIN, s. A kind of stuff, made of 
 silk and worsted. 
 
 POPPET, s. See Puppet. 
 
 POPPY, s. A kind of flower, pi. 
 poppies. 
 
 POPULACE, s. The vulgar; the 
 multitude. 
 
 POPULAR, adj. Vulgar; pleasing 
 to the people, s. popularity : adv. 
 popularly. 
 
 Pi >PULATE. v. To breed people ; 
 to fill with inhabitants, pr. par. 
 populating; past, populated : s. pop- 
 ulation: adj. populous: s. popu- 
 lousness : adv. populously. 
 
 P >R CELAIN. s. China ware. 
 
 F)RCH. 5. A portico; a covered 
 walk. pi. porches. 
 
 P( R'CUPINE. s. A kind of animal. 
 
 PORE. s. Spiracle of the skin. adj. 
 porous : s. porousness. 
 
 PORE. v. To look with great in- 
 tenseness and care. pr. par. poring; 
 past, pored. 
 
 PORK. s. Swine's flesh, s. porker, 
 porket, porkling. 
 
 POR'PH YRY. s. Marble of a partic- 
 ular kind. 
 
 PORPOISE, POR'PUS. 5. The sea- 
 hog, pi. porp ise . porpuses. 
 
 ^ORREC'^ION. s. The act of reach- 
 ing forth. 
 
 PORTJDGE. s. A kind of broth. 
 
 POR'RINGER. s. A vessel to eat out 
 of. 
 
 PORT. 5. A harbour; a gate; the 
 aperture in a ship, out of which] 
 
 POR-POS 
 the gun is projected; mien; a 
 kind of wine. 
 PORT. v. To carry, pr. par. port- 
 ing; past, ported: adj. portable: s. 
 portableness. 
 PORTAGE, s. Carriage; price of 
 carrying ; land-road between two 
 navigable waters. 
 POR'TAL. s. A gate ; the arch of a 
 gate. 
 
 PORTCUL'LIS. s. A sort of ma- 
 chine hung over the gates of a city, 
 pi. portcullises: adj. portcullised. 
 PORTEND'-, v. To foretoken; to fore- 
 show, pr. par. portending; past, 
 portended : s. portension, portent. 
 PORTER, s. One who has the charge 
 of a gate; a carrier; a kind of 
 strong beer. fern, portress, pi. por- 
 tresses: s. porterage. 
 PORTFO'LIO. 5. A case for keep- 
 ing loose papers. 
 PORTHOLE, s. A hole in a ship's 
 
 side, where the guns are placed. 
 PORTICO, s. A covered walk, in 
 
 front of a house, pi. porticoes. 
 PORTION, s. A part assigned, v. 
 portion ; pr. par. portioning ; past, 
 portioned: s. portioner : adj. por- 
 
 PORT'LY. adj. Of stately mien; 
 
 bulky, s. portliness. 
 PORTMANTEAU. 5. A chest or 
 bag in which clothes are carried. 
 PORT'MOTE. s. A court held in 
 
 port towns. 
 PORTRAIT. 5. A picture drawn 
 
 from life. s. portraiture. 
 PORTRAY', v. To paint ; to describe 
 by picture, pr. par. portraying ; 
 past, portrayed. 
 PORTREVE. s. The bailiff of a port 
 town. 
 
 POSE. v. To puzzle, pr. par. pos- 
 ing; past, posed: s. poser. 
 POSITION, s. State of beirg placed; 
 
 situation, adj. positional. 
 POSITIVE, adj. Not negative; real ; 
 absolute ; direct, s. positiveness : 
 adv. positively. 
 POS'SE. $. An armed power ; a low 
 1 §285 
 
POS—POS 
 word, from posse comitatus, the 
 power of the shire. 
 
 POSSESS', v. To have as an owner; 
 to seize ; to make master of. pr. 
 par. possessing ; past, possessed : s. 
 possession, possessor: adj. posses- 
 sive, possessory. 
 
 POS'SET. s. Milk curdled. 
 
 POS'SIBLE. adj. Having the power 
 to be, or to be done. adv. possibly.- 
 s. possibility, pi. possibilities. 
 
 POST. s. A messenger; quick course 
 or manner of travelling; situation; 
 military station ; a piece of tim- 
 ber set erect, &c. v. post; pr. par. 
 posting; past, posted: s. postage, 
 poster, postboy, postchaise, post- 
 haste, posthorse, posthouse, post- 
 man, postmaster, post-office, post- 
 town. 
 
 POSTDATE, v. To date later than 
 the real time. pr. par. postdating ; 
 past, postdated. 
 
 POSTDILU'VI AN. adj. Posterior to 
 the flood. 
 
 POSTE'RIOR. adj. Happening after ; 
 placed after, s. posteriors, poste- 
 riority. 
 
 POSTERITY, s. Succeeding gene- 
 rations, pi. posterities. 
 
 POS'TERN. s. A small gate. 
 
 POSTEXISTENCE. 5. Future ex- 
 istence. 
 
 POSTHUMOUS, adj. Done, had, 
 or published, after a person's 
 death, adv. posthumously. 
 
 POSTILION, s. A driver of a coach 
 or postchaise. 
 
 POSTLIMINY AR, POSTLIMIN'- 
 IOUS. adj. Done or contrived sub- 
 sequently. 
 
 POSTMERID'I AN. adj. Being in the 
 afternoon. P.M. 
 
 POSTPO'NE. v. To put off; to de- 
 lay, pr. par. postponing; past, 
 postponed: s. postponement. 
 
 POSTSCRIPT, s. Something added 
 to the end of a letter. 
 
 POSTULATE, v. To assume with- 
 out proof, pr. par. postulating; 
 past, postulated : s. postulate, pos 
 
 POS— POU 
 
 tulatum, poslulation : adj. postula? 
 tory. 
 
 POSTURE, s. Position, disposition. 
 POST UREM ASTER, s. One who 
 
 teaches or practises artificial con • 
 
 tortious of the body. 
 PO'SY. s. A motto on a ring; a bunch 
 
 of flowers, pi. posies. 
 POT. 5. A vessel to hold liquids, 
 
 &c. v. pot; pr. par. potting; past, 
 
 potted : s. potherb, pothook. 
 POTABLE, adj. Drinkable, s. po, 
 
 tableness. 
 
 POTASH. 5. An alkaline salt. pi. 
 
 potashes. 
 
 POT ATI ON. .s. Drinking bout; drink. 
 
 'POTATO, s. A kind of esculent 
 root. pi. potatoes. 
 
 POTCOMPANION. s. A fellow- 
 drinker. 
 
 POTENT, adj. Powerful; strong, 
 s. potent, potency, pi. potencies. 
 
 POTENTATE. 5. A monarch, a 
 prince, a sovereign. 
 
 POTENTIAL, adj. Existing in pos- 
 sibility, not in act; powerful, adv. 
 potentially: s. potentiality. 
 
 POTHER, s. Bustle; tumult. 
 
 POTHOUSE, s. An ale-house. 
 
 POTION, s. A draught ; commonly 
 a medicinal draught. 
 
 POTTAGE, s. Any thing boiled for 
 food. 
 
 POTTER. 5. A maker of earthen 
 
 vessels, s. pottery, ^.potteries. 
 POTTLE, s. A measure containing 
 
 two quarts. 
 POTVALIANT. adj. Heated to 
 i courage by strong drink. 
 POUCH. A small bag; a pocket. 
 
 pi. pouches: v. pouch; pr. par. 
 
 pouching; past, pouched. 
 POULTERER s. One who sells 
 
 fowls. 
 
 POULTICE, s. A soft, mollifying 
 application, v. poultice; pr. par. 
 jjou/t/cing : past, poulticed. 
 
 I POULTRY. 5. Domestic fowls, pi. 
 
 | poultries. 
 
 POUNCE. t. The talcn of a bird c.f 
 j pivv; the powder of gum sanda- 
 236 
 
POU — PR A 
 
 rach or rosin, v. pounoe ; pr. par. 
 pouncing-; past, pounced. 
 
 POUN CETBOX. s. A small box, 
 perforated, pi. pouncetboaes. 
 
 POUND, s, A weight ; twenty shil- 
 lings ; an enclosure. 
 
 POUND, v. To beat; to shut up. pr. 
 par. pounding; past, pounded : s. 
 pounder. 
 
 POUND' AGE. s. A certain sum de- 
 ducted from a pound; confine- 
 ment of cattle in a pound. 
 
 POUR. v. To empty liquid out of 
 a vessel; to flow. pr. par. pour- 
 ing; past, poured : s. pourer. 
 
 POURTRAY'. v. See Portray. 
 
 POUT. v. To look sullen, by thrust- 
 ing out the lips ; to frown, pr. par. 
 pouting; past, pouted: s. pout, 
 pouter. 
 
 POVERTY, s. Indigence, meanness, 
 defect. 
 
 POWDER, s. Dust ; any body com- 
 minuted, v. powder; pr. par. pow- 
 dering; past, powdered: s. pow- 
 derer, powderhorn, powdermill. 
 
 POWDERING-TUB. 5. A vessel in 
 which meat is salted. 
 
 POWER, s. Authority; influence; 
 ability; strength, adj. powerful, 
 powerless: s. powcrfulness : adv. 
 powerfully. 
 
 POX. s. Pustules. 
 
 POZE. v. To puzzle, pr. par. poz- 
 ing; past, pozed. 
 
 PRACTICABLE, adj. Performable; 
 possible to be accomplished, s. 
 practicability, pi. practicabilities: 
 adv. practicably. 
 
 PRACTICE, s. Frequent repetition 
 of an act ; use ; actual perform- 
 ance, adj. practical: s. practical- 
 ness: adv. practically. 
 
 PRACTISE, v. To repeat an act 
 frequently; to do; to exercise, 
 pr. par. practising; past, practis- 
 ed: s. practiser, practitioner. 
 
 PRAGMATIC, PRAGMATICAL. 
 adj. Meddling ; impertinently bu- 
 sy, s. pragmaticalness : adv. prag- 
 matically. 
 
 PRAIRIE- s. A tract of land, in the 
 
 PRA — PRE 
 
 valley of the Mississippi, and other 
 parts of the west, destitute of trees, 
 and covered with long, coarse' 
 grass. 
 
 PRAISE. 5. Commendation; ap- 
 plause; honour, v. praise; pr. par. 
 praising; past, praised: s.praiser. 
 
 PRAISE' WORTHY, adj. Commend- 
 able, s. praiseworthiness : adv. 
 praiseworthily. 
 
 FRAME, s. A flat -bottomed boat. 
 
 PRANCE, v. To spring and bound, 
 pr. par. prancing; past, pranced. 
 s. prancer. 
 
 PRANK, s. A frolic ; a mischievous 
 trick. 
 
 PRATE, v. To talk idly ; to chat- 
 ter, pr. par. prating; past, prated: 
 s. prate, prater : adv. pratingly. 
 PRAT'TLE. v. To talk lightly, pr. 
 par. prattling; past, prattled: s.- 
 prattle, prattler. 
 PRAV'ITY. s. Corruption, badness,- 
 PRAWN, s. A small crustaceous fish/ 
 PRAY. v. To petition ; to entreat/ 
 pr. par. praying ; past, prayed: s^ 
 prayer: adv . prayingly : s. prayer- 
 book. 
 
 PREACH, v. To pronounce a pub* 
 lie discourse, upon sacred subjects, 
 pr. par. preaching; past, preached: 
 s. preacher. 
 
 PRE ADMONISH, v. To caution of 
 advise beforehand, pr. pat.pread- 
 monishing ; past, preadmonished : 
 s. preadmoniiion. 
 
 PREAM'BLE. s. Something previ- 
 ous; introduction, v. preamble; pr. 
 par. preambling ; past, preambled. 
 
 PREAM'BULATE. v. To walk be- 
 fore, pr. par.preambulating; past, 
 preambulated : s. preambulation : 
 adj. preamb ulatory. 
 
 PREAUDIENCE, s. The right or 
 state of being heard before an- 
 other. 
 
 PRE'BEND. s. A stipend granted in 
 cathedral churches, adj . prebendal: 
 s. prebendary, pi. prebendaries. 
 
 PFlECA'RlOUS. adj. Dependent; 
 uncertain, s. precariousness: adv 
 precariously. 
 
 m 
 
PRE— PRE 
 
 PRE— PRE 
 
 PRECATORY, adj. Suppliant. 
 
 PRECAU TION, s. Preservative cau- 
 tion, adj. precauHonal. 
 
 PRECE'DE. v. To go before, in rank 
 or time. pr. par. preceding ; past, 
 'preceded : s. precedence, precedent : 
 adj. precedent. 
 
 fRElCES'SION. 5. Act of preceding. 
 
 PRECEPTOR, s. He that leads a 
 choir. 
 
 PRE'CEPT. s. A command, injunc- 
 tion, mandate, s. preceptor : adj. 
 preceptive, preceptory. 
 
 PRE'CINCT. s. Outward limit, 
 boundary. 
 
 PRE'CIOUS. adj. Valuable ; costly, 
 s. preciousness : adv. preciously. 
 
 PRECIPICE, s. A headlong steep. 
 
 PRECIPITATE, v. To throw head- 
 long; to hasten unexpectedly, 
 pr. par. precipitating; past, precip- 
 itated: s. precipitation, precipitance, 
 precipitancy : adj. precipitate, pre- 
 cipitant: adv. precipitately. 
 
 PRECIPITATE, s. A corrosive med- 
 icine, made by precipitating mer- 
 cury. 
 
 PRECI'SE. adj. Exact ; strict ; nice, 
 s. precisian, precision, preciseness : 
 adv. precisely. 
 
 PRECLU'DE. v. To shut out or hin- 
 der, by some anticipation, pr. par. 
 precluding ; past, precluded. 
 
 PRECLU'Sl ON. s. Act of precluding, 
 adj. 'preclusive : adv. preclusivdy. 
 
 PRECO'CIOUS. adj. Ripe before the 
 usual time. s. precocity, pi. pre- 
 cocities. 
 
 PRECCGIT A TE. v. To consider or 
 scheme beforehand, pr. par. pre- 
 cogitating ; past, precogitated. 
 
 PRECOGNITION, s. Previous know- 
 ledge. 
 
 PRECOMPO'SE. v. To compose be- 
 forehand, pr. par. precomposing ; 
 past, nreeorn posed. 
 
 PRECONCEIT'. s. An opinion pre- 
 viously formed. 
 
 PRECONCEI VE, v. To form an 
 opinion beforehand, pr. par. pre-\ 
 conceiving ; past, preconceived. j 
 
 PRECONCEPTION, s. Act of pr* 
 
 conceiving ; notion preconceived. 
 PRECONTRACT, s. A previous 
 contract, v. precontract'; precon- 
 tracting; past, precontracted. 
 PRECUR'SOR. *. Forerunner; har- 
 binger, adj. precursory. 
 PREDA'CEOL'S. adj. Living by prey. 
 PRE'DAL. adj. Practising plunder. 
 PRE'DATORY. adj. Plundering; ra- 
 pacious. 
 
 PREDECES'SOR. 5. One who pre- 
 ceded in time ; an ancestor. 
 PREDESTINATE, v. To appoint by 
 '* irreversible decree, pr. par. pre- 
 destinating; past, predestinated: 
 s. predestination, predestinarian^ 
 predestinator. 
 PREDESTINE, v. To decree before- 
 hand, pr. par. predestining ; past, 
 predestined. 
 PREDETERMINE, v. To determine 
 beforehand, pr. par. predeter rail- 
 ing; past, predetermined: adj.pre- 
 determinaie : s. predetermination. 
 PRE'DIAL. adj. Consisting of farms; 
 
 belonging to a farm. 
 PREDICAMENT. 5. A class or ar- 
 rangementof beings or substances, 
 ranked according to their nature*, 
 adj. predicamental. 
 PREDICATE, v. To affirm any thlLf 
 of a subject, pr. par. predicating ; 
 past, predicated: adj. predicahle, 
 predicatory : s. predicate, predica- 
 tion, predicability. 
 PREDICT', v. To foretel ; to fore- 
 show, pr. par. predicting; past, 
 predicted : s. prediction, predictor. 
 
 PREDILECTION, s. Prepossession 
 in favour of any particular person 
 or thing. 
 
 PREDISPO'SE. v. To adapt previ- 
 ously to any certain purpose, pr. 
 par. predisposing; past, predispos- 
 ed: s. predisposition. 
 PREDOMINATE, v. To prevail; 
 to be ascendant, pr. par. predom- 
 inating; past, predominated: s. 
 ! p redomin a n ce, predomina tion ; adj . 
 predominant: adv. prsdominantlu 
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PRE—PRE 
 
 PRE— PRE 
 
 PRE-ELECT. v. To choose by pre- 
 vious decision, pr. par. preelecting; 
 past, preelected: s. preelection : adj. 
 
 PREEMINENCE, s. Superiority of 
 excellence; precedence, adj.^re- 
 eminent: adv. preeminently. 
 
 PREEM'PTION. s. The right of 
 purchasing before another. 
 
 PREENGA'GE. v. To engage by 
 precedent ties or contracts, pr. 
 par. preengaging; past, preengag- 
 • ed : s. preengagement. 
 
 PREEXIS'TENCE. s. Existence be- 
 fore, adj. preexistent. 
 
 PREF'ACE. 5. An introduction to a 
 book, &c. v. preface; pr. par. pref- 
 acing; past, prefaced. 
 1 PR EF' A TOR Y, adj. Introductory. 
 ' PRE'FECT. s. A governor, a com- 
 mander, s. prefecture. 
 
 PREFER', v. To regard more; to 
 exalt ; to present ceremoniously, 
 pr. par. preferring; past, preferred: 
 s. preference, preferment, preferrer: 
 adj. preferable : adv. preferably. 
 
 PREFiG'URE. v. To exhibit by an- 
 tecedent representation, pr. par. 
 prefiguring; past, prefigured : s. 
 pre figuration : adj pre figurative. 
 
 PREFIX', v. To appoint beforehand ; 
 to put before another thing, pr. 
 par. prefixing; past, prefixed; s. 
 prefix, prefixion. 
 
 PREG'NABLE. adj. That may be 
 won bv force. 
 
 PREG'NANT. adj. Teeming, breed- 
 ing, fruitful, full. s. pregnancy: 
 adv. pregnanthf. 
 
 PREJUDGE 1 ', v. To determine with- 
 out due testimony, pr. par. pre- 
 judging ; past, prejudged : s. pre- 
 judgment. 
 
 PREJUDICATION. 5. The act of 
 prejudging, adj. prejudicative. 
 
 PREJUDICE, s. Judgment formed 
 without examination ; preposses- 
 sion of mind. v. prejudice; pr. par. 
 prtjudicing; past, prejudiced. 
 
 PREJUDICIAL, adj. Exciting preju- 
 dice; injurious, hurtful. n.dv. preju- 
 dicially, _ 
 
 PRE'LATE. s. An ecclesiastic of 
 the highest order, adj. prelatic, 
 prelaiical: s. prelacy, pi. prelacies : 
 adj. prelatically. 
 
 PRELATION. s. Preference; the 
 setting of one before another. 
 
 PRELECTION. 5. Reading; lecture, 
 s. prelector. 
 
 RRELIBA'TION. 5. Taste before- 
 hand. 
 
 PRELIMINARY, adj. Previous; in- 
 troductory. 8. preliminary, pl./vre- 
 
 PRE'LUDE. s. Some short flight of 
 music, played before a full con- 
 cert; something introductory, v. 
 prelude; pr. par. preluding; past, 
 preluded. 
 
 PRELU'SIVE. adj. Previous, intro- 
 ductory, proemial. adj. prelusory.- 
 
 PREMATU'RE. adj. Ripe too soon ? 
 too early, s. prematureness, prema- 
 
 1 turity: adv. prematurely. 
 
 PREMEDITATE, v. To think of 
 contrive beforehand, pr. par. pre-' 
 meditating; past, premeditated : s.- 
 premeditahon : adj. premeditated 
 adv. premeditately. 
 
 PRE'MIER. s. A principal minister 
 of state. 
 
 PREMI'SE. v. To explain previous- 
 ly. pr. par. premising; past, pre* 
 mined: s. premises, (in law lan- 
 guage) houses or lands ; previous 
 expressions. 
 
 PRE'MIUM. s. Something given to 
 invite a loan or bargain ; a reward 
 proposed. 
 
 PREMON'ISH. v. To admonish be- 
 forehand, pr. par. premonishing ,* 
 past, premonished : s. premonition: 
 adj. premonitory. 
 
 PREMONSTRA'TION. 5. Act of 
 showing beforehand 
 
 PRENOM'INATE. v. To forename, 
 pr. par. p renominating; past, pre- 
 nominated: s. pre nomination. 
 
 PREOCCUPY, v. To take previous 
 possession of; to prepossess, pr. 
 par* preoccupying; past, preocc** 
 pied f §. preoccilpctii&n. 
 
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PRE — PRE 
 
 PREOPIN'ION. s. Opinion antece- 
 dently formed. 
 PREOPTION, s. Right of first 
 
 choice. 
 
 PREORDAIN', v. To ordain before- 
 hand, pr. par. preordaining; past, 
 preordained : s. preordinance, pre- 
 ordination: adj. preordinate. 
 
 PREPA'RE. v. To take previous 
 measures; to fit for; to adjust to. 
 pr. par. preparing; past, prepared i 
 s. preparation, preparer, prepared- 
 ness: adj. preparatory , preparative 
 adv. preparedly, preparatively. 
 
 PREPENSE', adj. Forethought ; pre- 
 conceived : as malice prepense. 
 
 PREPONDERATE, v. To outweigh; 
 to overpower by weight, pr. par. 
 preponderating ; past, preponder- 
 ated: s. preponderance, preponder- 
 ation: didy preponderant 
 
 PREPOSITION. (In grammar) a 
 particle governing a case. 
 
 PREPOSSESS', v. To preoccupy; to 
 prejudice, pr. par. prepossessing ; 
 past, prepossessed : s. prepossession, 
 
 PREPOSTEROUS, adj. Absurd ; 
 perverted, s. preposterousness . 
 adv. preposterously. 
 
 PREREQUISITE, adj. Previously 
 necessary, s. prerequisite. 
 
 PREROGATIVE, s. Exclusive priv- 
 ilege or right, adj. prerogatived. 
 
 PRE'SAGE. 5. Prognostic; percep 
 tion of futurity, v. presa'ge; pr 
 par. presaging; past, presaged. 
 ad], presage ful : s. presager. 
 
 PRES'BYTER. s. A priest; a pres- 
 byterian. s. presbytery, pi. presby- 
 teries. 
 
 PRESBYTERIAN, adj. Consisting 
 of elders; governed by elders, s. 
 presbyterian, presbyterianism. 
 
 PRES'CIENT. adj. Foreknowing; 
 prophetic, s. prescience. 
 
 FRESCRI'BE. v. To influence by 
 long custom ; to give law; to write 
 medical directions, pr. par. pre- 
 scribing; past, prescribed : s. pre- 
 server : adj. prescriptive. 
 
 PRESCRIPTION, s. Actof prescrib-j 
 
 PRE-PRE 
 
 ing; written direction, adj. pre- 
 
 scriptive. 
 
 PRESENCE-CHAMBER, s. The 
 room, in which a great person re- 
 ceives company. 
 
 PRES'ENT. adj. Not absent; not 
 past; not future, s. presence: adv. 
 presently. 
 
 PRES'ENT. s. A gift; something 
 ceremoniously given, v. present'; 
 pr. par. presenting; past, present- 
 ed: adj. presentable. 
 
 PRESENTATION, s. Act of pre- 
 senting; exhibition. 
 
 PRESENTIMENT, s. Previous idea; 
 notion previously formed. 
 
 PRESERVE', v. To save ; to defend 
 from evil; to keep; to season 
 fruits and other vegetables w ; th 
 sugar, pr. par. preserving; pa it, 
 preserved : s. preserve, preserver. 
 
 PRESI'DE. v. To be set over; »o 
 have authority over; to act s 
 chairman or governor, pr. p; i. 
 presiding; past, presided. 
 
 PRESIDENT. 5. One placed wi ;h 
 authority over others ; a chairma i ; 
 a governor, adj. presidential: h. 
 Presidency, pi. presidencies. 
 
 PRESS, v. To squeeze: to crush; \$ 
 distress ; to constrain, pr. pa/. 
 pressing; past, pressed: s. pre *, 
 presser, pressure : adv. pressingly. 
 
 PRESS'-BED. s. A bed, so formed as 
 to be shut up in a case. 
 
 PRESS'GANG. 5. A crew emploved 
 to force men into the naval ser- 
 vice. 
 
 PRESS'MAN. 5. One who makes 
 the impression of print by the 
 press, pi. pressmen. 
 
 PRESTO, adv. Gayly; with quick- 
 ness : a musical term. 
 
 PRESU'ME. v. To suppose ; to be- 
 lieve previously, without examina- 
 tion ; to make confident or arro- 
 gant attempts, pr. par. presuming; 
 past, presumed. 
 
 PRESUMPTION, s. Act of presum- 
 ing; supposition previously form- 
 ed. 
 
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PRE— PRI 
 
 PRESUMPTUOUS, adj. Arrogant; 
 confident; irreverent, adv. pre- 
 sumptuously. 
 
 PRESUPPOSE', v. To suppose pre- 
 viously, pr. par. presupposing; past, 
 presupposed: s. presupposal, pre- 
 supposition. 
 
 PRETEND', v. To hold out ; to make 
 false appearances or representa- 
 tions ; to claim, pr. par. pretend- 
 ing; past, pretended: s. pretence, 
 pretension, pretender : dAv.pretend- 
 • edh/, pretendingly. 
 
 PRETERIT, adj. Past. 
 
 PRETERNATURAL. ad/.Notnatu- 
 
 . ral; irregular, adv. preternatur ally. 
 ; PRETEXT, s. Pretence ; false alle- 
 gation. 
 
 PRETEX'TA. 5. The robe that was 
 tvorn by the Roman youths under 
 seventeen years of age. 
 
 PHE'TOR. s. A Roman judge, adj. 
 pretorial, pretorian. 
 
 P lET'TY. adj. Neat ; elegant; beau- 
 tiful without grandeur, s. pretti- 
 ness: adv . prettily. 
 
 V iEVAIL'. v. To be in force; to 
 have effect ; to overcome, pr. par. 
 prevailing; past, prevailed: s. preva- 
 lence: adj. prevalent : adv. preva- 
 ently. 
 
 I tfEVARTCATE. v. To evade by 
 rome quibble; to cavil, pr. par. 
 prevaricating ; past, prevaricated : 
 s. prevarication, prevaricator. 
 
 PREVENT', v. To obstruct ; to hin- 
 der ; to obviate, pr. par. prevent- 
 ing; past, prevented: s. preven- 
 tion, preventive: adj. preventable, 
 preventive. 
 
 PRE'VIOUS. adj. Antecedent; go- 
 ing before, adv. previously. 
 
 PREY. s. Something to be devoured 
 or seized; plunder, v. prey; pr. 
 par. preying; past, preyed: s.preyer. 
 
 PRICE, s. Equivalent paid; value, 
 v. price ; pr. par. pricing ; past, 
 priced. 
 
 PRICK, v. To pierce with a small 
 puncture ; to spur. pr. par. prick- 
 ing; past, pricked: s. prick, pricker. 
 
 PRI— PRI 
 PRICft'LE. s. A small, sharp point, 
 
 s. prickliness : adv. prickly. 
 
 PRICK'LEBACK. s. A small fish. 
 
 PRIDE, s. Inordinate self-esteem , 
 dignity of manner ; generous ela- 
 tion of heart, v. pride; pr. par. 
 priding; past, prided: adj. pride- 
 less. 
 
 PRIEST, s. One who officiates in 
 sacred offices, fern, priestess, pi. 
 priestesses : s. priesthood, priestli- 
 ness : adj. priestlike, priestly: s. 
 priestcraft. 
 
 PRIEST'RID DEN. adj. Managed or 
 
 governed by priests. 
 I PRIG. s. A pert, conceited little fel- 
 low. 
 
 PRIM. adj. Formal ; affectedlv nice. 
 
 PRI'MARY. adj. First in order; chief; 
 principal, adv. primarily. 
 
 PRI'MATE. 5. The chief ecclesias- 
 tic, s. primacy. 
 
 PRIME. 5. The first part of the day; 
 the beginning; the best part; the 
 height of perfection, adj. prime.* 
 s. primeness, primer : adv. primely. 
 
 PRIME, v. To put powder into the 
 pan of a gun ; to lay the ground on 
 a canvas, to be painted, pr. par. 
 priming ; past, primed. 
 
 PRIME VAL, adj. Original. 
 
 PRIMITIVE, adj. Original; estab- 
 lished from the beginning; ancient, 
 s. primitive, primitiveness : adv. 
 primitively. 
 
 PRIMOGENITURE. 5. Seniority ; 
 state of being first born. s. primo- 
 genitor: adj. primogeneal. 
 
 PRIMOR'DEAL. adj. Original, 
 j PRIM'ROSE. 5. A flower that ap- 
 I pears early in the year. 
 
 PRINCE, s. A sovereign ; a chief ru- 
 ler; a king's son. fern, princess, 
 pi. princesses: adj. and adv. prince- 
 ly: s. princeliness. 
 
 PRIN'CIPAL. adj. Chief; of the first 
 rate; important, s. principal: adv. 
 principally. 
 
 PRINCIPALITY, s. Sovereignty 
 
 I the country which gives title to a 
 
 I prince, pi. principalities. 
 
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PRINCIPLE. 8, Element; constitu- 
 ent part ; motive. 
 
 PRIiNT. v. To mark by pressing ; to 
 form by impression, pr. par. print- 
 ing; past, printed : s. print, print- 
 ings printer. 
 
 PRI'OR. adj. Former; antecedent, 
 s. priority.- adv. priorly. 
 
 PRI'OR. 5. The head of a convent 
 of monks, fern, prioress, pi. prior- 
 esses : s. priory, pi. priories. 
 
 PRISM. 5. A kind of mathematical 
 glass, adj. prismatic. 
 
 PRJS'MOID. s. A body approaching 
 to the form of a prism. 
 
 ^PRIS'ON. 5. A jail. s. prisoner. 
 
 jPRIS'TlNE. adj. First; ancient. 
 
 JPRITH'EE. A familiar corruption 
 of 41 pray thee." 
 
 PRIVACY, s. Secrecy; retirement, 
 pi. privacies. 
 
 PRI'VATE. adj. Secret ; alone ; par- 
 ticular; not public ; sequestered, 
 s. privateness : adv. privately. 
 
 PRIVATEE'R. s. A private ship of 
 war. v. privateer; pr. par. priva- 
 teering-; past, privateered. 
 
 PRIVATIVE, adj. Causing priva- 
 tion ; negative, s. privation, priv- 
 ative. 
 
 PRIVILEGE, s. Peculiar advantage; 
 immunity, v. privilege; pr. par. 
 privileging; past, privileged. 
 
 PRIVY, adj. Private ; secret ; clan- 
 destine, s. privity: adv. privily. 
 
 PRIZE, s. A reward gained ; plunder, 
 s. prizefighter. 
 
 PRIZE, v. To rate ; to value highly: 
 to act upon, as a lever, pr. par. 
 prizing; past, prized. 
 
 PRO. For; in defence of. 
 
 PROB'ABLE. adj. Likely; capable 
 of being proved, adv. probably: 
 s. probability, pi. probabilities. 
 
 PRCfBATE. 5. The proof of a will. 
 
 PROBATION, s. Proof; trial ; no- 
 vitiate, adj. probational, proba- 
 tionary: s. probationer. 
 
 PROBE, s. An instrument with! 
 which surgeons search the depth ! 
 of wounds, v. probe ; pr. par. prob- i 
 tig; past, probed. j 
 
 PRO — PRO 
 
 IjPROB'ITY. s. Honesty, sincerity. 
 |! pi. probities. 
 
 i PROB'LEM. s. A question proposed 
 for solution, adj. problematical: 
 adv. problematically. 
 PROBOS CIS, s. A snout : the trunk 
 
 of an elephant, pi. probosces. 
 PROCEED', v. To go forward ; to 
 tend to the end designed ; to issue ; 
 to advance, pr. par. proceeding; 
 past, proceeded: s. proceeds, pro- 
 I cedure. 
 
 jPROCER'ITY. s. Tallness; height 
 I of stature. 
 
 FRO'CESS. 5. Progressive course ; 
 course of law ; methodical man- 
 agement, pi. processes. 
 PROCES'SION. s. A train, march- 
 ing in solemnity, adj. procession- 
 ary. 
 
 PROCLAIM', v. To publish solemn- 
 ly; to tell openly, pr. par. pro- 
 claiming; past, proclaimed: s. proc- 
 lamation, proclaimer. 
 PROCLIVITY, s. Tendency; natu- 
 ral inclination; readiness, adj. 
 proclivovs. 
 PROCON'SUL. s. A Roman gover- 
 nor, adj. proconsular: s. procon- 
 sulship. 
 
 PROCRASTINATE, v. To defer; 
 to delay, pr. par. procrastinating; 
 past, procrastinated: s. procrasti- 
 nation, procrastinator. 
 PRO'CREATE. v. To generate; to 
 | produce, pr. par. procreating; 
 J past, procreated: s. procreation^ 
 I procrcator .- adj. procrcatice. 
 PROCTOR. 5. A manager of another 
 j man's affairs; an attorney in the 
 i spiritual court. 
 
 TROCU'RE. v. To manage; to ob- 
 tain ; to pimp. pr. par. procuring; 
 past, procured: s. procuration^ 
 procurer, procure?*, p\. procuress-. 
 <°<?, procurator: adj. procurable. 
 PROD'IGAL. adj. Profuse, wasteful, 
 j lavish, s. prodigal, prodigality, pl« 
 ! prodigalities: adv. irroJisrally. 
 PRODIGIOUS, adj. Amazing; as- 
 tonishiog; enormous, adv. 
 
 di-iously. 
 
PRO— PRO 
 
 PRODIGY, s. A preternatural thing; 
 
 a monster, pi. prodigies. 
 PRODUCE, v. To offer to the view 
 
 or notice; to bring forth; to cause. 
 
 pr. par. producing; past, produced: 
 
 s. prod' uce, producer : adj. produ- 
 
 PRO'DUCT. s. Thing produced; 
 work; effect, s. production: adj. 
 productive : s. productiveness. 
 
 PRO'EM. s. Preface, introduction, 
 adj. proemial. 
 
 PROFA'NE. adj. Not sacred ; irrev- 
 erent; secular; polluted, v. pro- 
 Jane; pr. par. profaning; past, 
 profaned: s. profanation, pro- 
 finer, profaneness, profanity: adv. 
 profanely. 
 
 PROFESS', v. To declare openly; 
 to follow as a profession, pr. par. 
 professing; past, professed : s. pro- 
 fession, professor: adj. profession- 
 al, professorial: adv. professedly, 
 professionally. 
 
 PROF'FER. v. To propose; to offer 
 to acceptance, pr. par. proffering; 
 past, proffered: s. proffer, pr of- 
 ferer. 
 
 1'ROFI'CIENT. s. One who has made 
 advancement in any study or bus- 
 iness, s. prqficience,pr efficiency , pi. 
 'proficiencies. 
 
 1 RO'FlLE. s. The side face. 
 
 PROFIT, s. Gain; pecuniary ad- 
 vantage ; accession of good. v. 
 profit; pr. par .. profiting ; past, 
 prcfited: ad), profitable: adv. prof- 
 itably. 
 
 PROF'LIGATE. adj. Wicked; aban- 
 doned; shameless, s. profligate, 
 profligacy : adv. profligately. 
 
 PRO'FLUENT. adj. Flowing for- 
 ward, s. prqfluence. 
 
 PROFOUND', adj. Deep; descend- 
 ing far below the surface ; lowly, 
 s. profound, profoundness: adv. 
 profoundly. 
 
 PROFUNDITY, s. Depth. 
 
 PROFU'SE. adj. Lavish : prodigal ; 
 exuberant, s. profusion, profuse- 
 ness: adv. profusely. 
 
 PROGENITOR, s. A forefather. 
 2B2 
 
 PRO — PRO 
 
 PRO'GENY. s. Offspring; race. pi. 
 
 progenies. 
 PROGNOS'TIC. adj. Foretokening; 
 foreshowing, v. prognosticate ; pr. 
 par. prognosticating ; past, prog- 
 nosticated : s. prognostic, prognos- 
 tication, prognosticator. 
 PROG'RESS. s. Course, procession, 
 advancement, v. progress'; pr. par. 
 progressi?ig ; past, progressed: s. 
 progression: adj. progressional t 
 progressive : adv. progressively. 
 PROHIBIT, v. To forbid; to inter- 
 dict; to debar, pr. par. prohibit- 
 ing ; past, prohibited : s. prohibi- 
 tion, prohibiter: adj. prohibitive, 
 prohibitory. 
 PROJECT', v. To throw forward; 
 to jut out; to contrive, pr. par. 
 projecting; past, projected : s. pro- 
 jection, projectment, projector : adj. 
 projectile. 
 PRO'LATE. adj. Extended beyond 
 
 an exact round, s. prolation. 
 PROLEP'SIS. s. A form of rhetoric, 
 in which objections are antici* 
 pated ; an error in chronology, by 
 which events are dated too early. 
 PROLIFIC, adj. Fruitful; produc- 
 tive, s. prolificness : adv. prolif- 
 ically. 
 
 PROLIX', adj. Long ; tedious ; not 
 concise, adv. prolixly: s. prolixity. 
 PROLOCUTOR, s. The speaker of 
 
 a convocation. 
 PRO'LOGUE. 5. Preface ; introduc- 
 tion. 
 
 PROLONG', v. To lengthen ; to con- 
 tinue, s. prolongation, prolonger. 
 PROMENA'DE. s. A walk. v. prom- 
 enade;^, par. promenading; past, 
 promenaded 
 PROMINENCE, s. A jutting out; 
 protuberance, part. adj. prominent: 
 adv. prominently. 
 PROMIS'CUOUS. adj. Mingled ; 
 confused, s. promiscuousness : adv. 
 promiscuously. 
 PROMISE, s. Declaration of design; 
 hopes ; expectation, v. promise , 
 pr. par. promising; past, promised^ 
 j $,promiser: adj. promissory. 
 
PRO— PRO 
 
 PRO— PRO 
 
 PROMATORY, s. A headland ; a 
 cape. pi. promontories. 
 
 PROMOTE, v. To forward ; to ad- 
 vance, pr. par. promoting; past, 
 promoted: s. promoter, promotion: 
 adj. promotive. 
 
 PROMPT, adj. Quick; ready, s. 
 promptitude, promptness: adv. 
 promptly. 
 
 f ROM PT. v. To assist by private in- 
 struction ; to help when at a loss ; 
 to incite, pr. par. prompting; past, 
 prompted: s. prompter. 
 
 PROMULGATE, v. To publish; to 
 make known by open declaration, 
 pr. par. promulgating ; past, pro- 
 mulgated: s. promulgation, pro- 
 mulgator. 
 
 PRONE, adj. Bending downward; 
 not erect ; lying with the face 
 downwards; inclined, s. proneness: 
 adv. pronely. 
 
 PRONG, s. A fork ; a pitch-fork. 
 
 PRONOMINAL, adj. Having the 
 nature of a pronoun. 
 
 PRO'NOUN. s. A word used instead 
 of a noun. 
 
 PRONOUNCE', v. To speak; to ut- 
 ter ; to declare, pr. par. pronounc- 
 ing; past, pronounced: adj. pro- 
 nounceable: s. pronunciation, pro- 
 nouncer. 
 
 PROOF, s. Evidence; testimony; 
 trial; test. adj. proof, -impenetra- 
 ble, able to resist. 
 
 JPRQP. v. To support, to sustain. 
 
 tff, par. propping; past, propped: 
 . prop. 
 
 PROPAGATE, v. To generate ; to 
 increase ; to extend, pr. par. prop- 
 agating ; past, propagated: s. 
 propagation, propagator. 
 
 PROPEL', v. To drive forward, pr. 
 par. propelling ; past, propelled: s. 
 propeller. 
 
 PROPENSITY, s. Moral inclination: 
 natural tendencv. pi. propensities, 
 
 PROPER, adj. Peculiar; not com- 
 mon; natural; fit; suitable, adv. 
 properly. 
 
 PROPERTY. s. Peculiar quality;] 
 
 right of possession ; thing possessr 
 ed. pi. properties. 
 
 PROPH'ECY. s. A declaration of 
 something to come ; prediction, 
 pi. prophecies. 
 
 PROPH'ESY. v. To predict ; to fore- 
 tell, pr. par. prophesying ; past, 
 prophesied : s. prophesier. 
 
 PROPH'ET. 5. One who predicts ; a 
 foreteller, fern. prophetess, pi. pro- 
 phetesses: adj. prophetic, propheti- 
 cal: adv. prophetically. 
 
 PROPIN'QUATE. v. To approach; 
 to draw near. pr. par. propinquat- 
 ing; past, propinquated : s. propin- 
 quity. 
 
 PROPITIATE, v. To induce to fa- 
 vour; to conciliate, pr. par. pro- 
 pitiating; past, propitiated: s. pro- 
 pitiation, propitiator : adj. propiti- 
 ator y, prop it ious : s. propitiouinets: 
 adv. propitiously. 
 
 PROPORTION. 5. Comparative re- 
 lation of one thing to another ; ra- 
 tio; size. v. proportion; pr. par. 
 proportioning ; past, proportioned: 
 adj. proportionable, proportional, 
 proportionate: adv. proportionably, 
 proportionally , proportional tUi : s. 
 proportionality. 
 
 PROPO'SE. v. To offer to consider- 
 ation- pr. par. proposing: past, 
 proposed: s. proposal, proposition, 
 proposer: adj. prepositional. 
 
 PROPOUND', v. To offer to consid- 
 eration ; to propose, pr. par. pro- 
 pounding; past, propounded: s. 
 propounder. 
 
 PROPRI'ETARY. s. Possessor in his 
 own riffht. pi. proprietaries. 
 
 PROPRIETOR. 5. One to whom 
 property belongs : owner. 
 
 PROPRl'ETY. 5. Fitness; accura- 
 cv ; justness. 
 
 FROPUGN'. v. To defend; to vindi- 
 cate, s. propugner. 
 
 PROPULSION, ^s. The act of pro- 
 pelling. 
 
 PROROGUE', v. To protract ; to put 
 off ; to delay, pr. par. proroguing ; 
 past, prorogued. 
 
PRO— PRO 
 
 PHOSCRI'BE. v. To censure capi- 
 tally ; to doom to destruction, pr. 
 par. proscribing ; past, proscribed: 
 s. proscription : adj. proscriptive. 
 
 PROSE, s. Language written or spo- 
 ken in the usual way; opposed to 
 verse ; not restrained to harmonic 
 sounds, adj. prosaic. 
 
 PROSE, v. To write prose ; to make 
 a tedious relation, pr. par. prosing; 
 past, prosed: s. proser. 
 
 PROS'KCUTE. v. To pursue; to 
 continue ; to sue at law. pr. par. 
 prosecuting,' past, prosecuted: s. 
 prosecution, prosecutor. 
 
 PROS'ELYTE. s. One brought over 
 to any new opinion, s. proselytism. 
 
 PROS'ODY. 5. That part of gram- 
 mar, which teaches the just sound 
 and quantity of syllables, and the 
 measure of verse, adj. prosodiacal, 
 prowdical: s. prosodian, prosodist. 
 
 PROSOPOPCE'I A. s. Personification. 
 
 PROS'PECT. 5. View of something 
 distant ; series of objects open to 
 the eye. s. prospection : adj. pros- 
 pective: adv. prospectively. 
 
 PROSPECTUS, s. Plan, generally 
 of a proposed literary work. pi. 
 prospectuses. 
 
 PROS' PER. v. To make happy; to 
 favour; to be successful, pr. par. 
 prospering; past, prospered: adj. 
 prosperous: s. prosperity: adv. 
 prosperously. 
 
 PROSPI'CIENCE. s. The act of look- 
 ingr forward, ad^. prospicient. 
 
 PROSTERNATION. s. Dejection; 
 depression. 
 
 PROSTITUTE. V. To sell to wick- 
 edness; to expose upon vile terms, 
 pr. par. prostituting ; past, prosti- 
 tuted: s. prostitute, prostitution, 
 proHitutor. 
 
 PROSTRATE, adj. Lying at length; 
 lying at mercy, v. prostrate; pr.par. 
 prostrating; past, prostrated: s. 
 prostration. 
 
 PROTECT', v. To defend ; to cover 
 from evil. pr. par. protecting; past, 
 protected: s. protection, protector, 
 
 PRO — PRO 
 
 fern, protectress, pi. protectresses. 
 adj. protective. 
 
 PROTECTORATE, s. Government 
 by a protector. 
 
 PROTEND', v. To hold out; to 
 stretch forth, pr. par. protending; 
 past, protended. 
 
 PROTER'VITY. s. Peevishness. 
 
 PROTEST', v. To give a solemn 
 declaration of opinion or resolu- 
 tion ; to show ; to call as a wit- 
 ness ; to object, pr. par. protest- 
 ing; past, protested: s. pro'test, 
 protestation, protester. 
 
 PROT'ESTANT. s. An adherent of 
 those, who, at the beginning of the 
 Reformation, protested against the 
 doctrines of the church of Rome, 
 adj. protectant : s. protestantism. 
 
 PROTHON'OTARY. s. The head 
 register, pi. prothonotaries. 
 
 PROTOCOL. 5. The original copy 
 of a writing. 
 
 PROTOMARTYR. s. The first mar- 
 tvr. 
 
 PROTOTYPE, s. The original of a 
 copy. 
 
 PROTRACT', v. To draw out, to 
 delay, pr. par. protracting ; past, 
 protracted : s. protraction, protrac- 
 ter, protractor: adj. protract ive: 
 adv. protr actively. 
 
 PROTRU'DE. v. To thrust forward, 
 pr. par. protruding; past, protrud- 
 ed: s. protrusion: adj. protrusive: 
 adv. protrusively. 
 
 PROTU'BERANCE. s. Something 
 swelling above the rest; promi- 
 nence, adj. protuberant. 
 
 PROUD, adj. Too much pleased with 
 oneVself ; elated: haughty, adv. 
 proudly : s. pride. 
 
 PROVE, v. To evince ; to show by 
 argument or testimony ; to try ; to 
 experience, pr. par. proving; past, 
 proved: adj. provable, proveable. 
 
 PROVE'DORE. s. One who under- 
 takes to procure supplies or pro^ 
 visions. 
 
 PROVENDER. 5. Dry food for cattle, 
 PROVERB, s. An adage ; a short, 
 295 
 
PRO— PRU 
 
 PRU— PUD 
 
 moral sentence, adj. proverbial- 
 adv. proverbially. 
 
 PROVl'DE. v. To procure before- 
 hand ; to get ready ; to supply, 
 pr. par. providing; past, provided .- 
 s. provider. 
 
 PROVIDENCE, s. Foresight ; time- 
 ly care; divine superintendence, 
 adj. provident, providential: adv. 
 providently, providentially. 
 
 PROVINCE, s. A conquered coun- 
 try ; a district ; the proper office 
 or business of any one. adj. pro- 
 vincial: s. provinciality, provincial- 
 ism. 
 
 PROVISION, s. The act of provid- 
 ing; measures taken; stock col- 
 lected; food. v. provision; pr. par. 
 provisioning; past, provisioned: 
 adj . provisional, provisionary : ad v . 
 provisionally. 
 
 PROVI'SO. s. Stipulation; caution, 
 adj. provisory. 
 
 PROVO'KE. v. To rouse ; to excite 
 by something offensive; to anger; 
 to incite, pr. par. provoking; past, 
 vrovoked: s. provocation, pro/ooca- 
 tive: adj. provocative: adv. pro- 
 vokinglv. 
 
 PROVOST, s. The chief of any cor-! 
 porate body; the executioner of 
 an army, pronounced pro-vo'. 
 
 PROW. s. The head or fore-part of 
 a ship. 
 
 PROWL, v. To rove over ; to wan- 
 der for prey. pr. par. prowling,- 
 past, prowled: s. prowler. 
 
 PROXIMATE, adj. Next; near and 
 immediate: adv. proximately : s. 
 proximity. 
 
 PROX'Y. s. The agency or substitu- 
 tion of another ; the person sub- 
 stituted, pi. proxies. 
 
 PRUDE. 5. A woman over-nice and 
 scrupulous, s. prudery: adj. pru- 
 dish: adv. prudishly. 
 
 PRU' DENT. adj. Practically wise; 
 provident: discreet, s. prudence:- 
 adj. prudential i s. prudentials : 
 adv. prudently, prudent /all i/. 
 
 PRUNE, v. To lop; to divest of su-lj 
 perfluities. pr. par. pruning; past,| 
 
 pruned: s. pruner, pruninghook, 
 pruningknife, pi. pruningknives. 
 PRUNE, s. A dried plum. adj. pru- 
 niferous. 
 
 PRUNEL'LO,PRUNELLE'. s. A kind 
 of stuff. 
 
 PRUTUENCE, PRU'RIENCY. s. An 
 itching or great desire, adj. pru- 
 rient. 
 
 PRY. v. To peep narrowly; to in- 
 spect curiously or impertinently, 
 pr. par. prying; past, pried: s. 
 prier: adv. pryingly. 
 PSALM, s. A holy song, adj.psaZm- 
 odic, psalmodical: s. psalmist, 
 ' psalmodist, psalmody. 
 PSALTER, s. A psalm-book; the 
 
 volume of psalms. 
 PSALTERY, s. A kind of harp. pi. 
 
 psalteries. 
 iPSEU'DO. adj. False, counterfeit, 
 | pretended. 
 
 jPSHAW. int. An expression of con- 
 I tempt. 
 
 PTOLEMA'IC. adj. Belonging to the 
 I system of Ptolemy. 
 PU ; BERTY. s. Sexual maturity, pi. 
 puberties: s. pubescence: adj. pu- 
 bescent. 
 
 PUB'LICAN. s. A toll-gntherer; a 
 
 man that keeps a public house. 
 PUB'LIC. adj. Belonging to a state 
 or nation; not private; generally 
 known, s. public, publication, pub- 
 licity: adv. publicly: adj. public- 
 spirited. 
 
 PUB'LISH. v. To make public ; to 
 sell, after being printed, pr. par. 
 publishing ; past, published: s. pub- 
 lisher. 
 
 PUCE. adj. Of a dark brown colour. 
 PU'CELAGE. s. State of virginity. 
 PUCK. A supposed sprite or fairy. 
 PUCK'ER. v. To gather into plaits 
 or folds, pr. par. puckering ,\ past, 
 puckered: s. pucker. 
 PUD'DER. s. Noise, tumult. 
 PUD DING, s. A kind of food; the 
 
 gut of an animal. 
 PUD'DLE. 5. A small muddy lake; 
 a ( J irtv plash, v. puddle: pr. par. 
 puddling; past, puddled: adj .puddly. 
 
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PUE-r-FUM 
 
 PUERILE, adj. Childish; boyish. 
 
 s. puerility, pi. puerilities. 
 PUER' PER A L. adj. Relating to child- 
 
 birth. 
 
 PUFF. s. A small breath or blast of 
 wind ; any thing light and porous ; 
 something to sprinkle powder on 
 the hair; an exaggerated statement 
 or recommendation, v. puff ; pr. 
 par. puffing; past, puffed: adj. 
 puffy. 
 
 . PUF'FIN. 5. A water-fowl ; a kind 
 offish ; a fungus filled with dust. 
 
 PUG. s. A kind name of a monkey. 
 
 PUGH. int. A word of contempt. 
 
 PU'GILISM. 5. The practice of box- 
 ing, s. pugilist: adj. pugilistic. 
 
 PUGNA'CIOUS. adj. Quarrelsome; 
 fighting, s. pugnacity. 
 
 PU'lSNE. adj. Young; inferior; 
 petty ; inconsiderable, pu'ny. 
 
 PUIS'SANT. adj. Powerful ; strong, 
 s. puissance: adv. puissantly. 
 i PUKE. 5. Vomit; medicine causing 
 vomit, v. puke; pr. par. puking; 
 past, puked. 
 
 PIL'CHRITUDE. s. Beauty. 
 
 P» JLE. v. To whine, to cry. pr. par. 
 outing ; past, puled .- s. puling. 
 
 PMLL. v. To draw violently; to 
 pluck; to tear. pr. par. pulling; 
 Dast, pulled: s. pull, puller. 
 
 PUL'LET. s. A young hen. 
 
 PUL'LEY. s. A small wheel with a 
 furrow on its outside, in which a 
 rope runs. 
 
 PUL'MONARY. adj. Belonging to 
 the lungs. 
 
 PULP. s. Any soft mass ; the soft 
 part of fruit, adj. pulpous, pulpy. 
 
 PUL'PIT. 5. A place raised on high, 
 where a speaker stands. 
 
 PULSE, s. Motion of the blood; 
 vibration ; leguminous plants, s. 
 pulsation: adj. pulsatory. 
 
 PULVERIZE, v. To reduce to pow- 
 der, pr. par. pulverizing; past, pul- 
 verised : s. pulverization. 
 
 PUM'ICE. s. A cinder of some fos- 
 sil, formed by fire. 
 
 PUM'MEL. s. SeePoMMFX. 
 
 PUM— PUP 
 
 PUMP. 5. An engine by which water 
 is drawn up from wells ; a shoe 
 with a thin sole. v. pump ; pr. par. 
 pumping; past, pumped : s. pumper. 
 
 PUM'PION, PUMP'KIN. s. A kind 
 of plant, and also its fruit. 
 
 PUN. s. An equivocation; a quibble; 
 an expression in which a word has 
 at once different meanings, v. pun; 
 pr. par. punning; past, punned: 
 s. punster. 
 
 PUNCH, v. To bore or perforate 
 with a punch ; to push or strike 
 with the fist. pr. par. punching; 
 past, punched : s. puncher. 
 
 PUNCH, s. A kind of pointed in- 
 strument ; a blow ; a drink made 
 by mixing spirits with water, sugar, 
 and lemon-juice ; the harlequin of 
 a puppet-show. pi. punches. 
 
 PUNCH'EON. s. A cask containing 
 84 gallons. 
 
 PUNCHINEL'LO. s. A sort of buf- 
 foon. 
 
 PUNCTILIO, s. A small nicety of 
 behaviour, adj, punctilious: s. 
 punctiliousness : adv. punctiliously 
 
 PUNCTUAL, adj. Exact, nice, in 
 strict time. s. punctualist, punctu- 
 ality: adv. punctually. 
 
 PUNCTUATE, v. To distinguish 
 by pointing, pr. par. punctuating ; 
 past, punctuated : s. punctuation. 
 
 PUNCTURE, s. A small prick; a 
 hole made with a very sharp point. 
 v. puncture; pr. par. puncturing; 
 past, punctured. 
 
 PUN'GENT. adj. Sharp on the 
 tongue; acrid; piercing, s. pun- 
 gency : adv. pungently. 
 
 PUN'ISH. v. To chastise ; to afflict 
 with penalty for a crime, pr. par. 
 punishing; past, punished: adj. 
 punishable: s. punisher, punish- 
 ment. 
 
 PUNK. s. A common prostitute. 
 PUNT. s. A flat-bottomed boat. 
 PU'NY. adj. Young; inferior ; petty. 
 
 s. puniness. 
 PUP. v. To produce whelps, pr. 
 
 par. pupping; past, pupped: s, 
 
PUP— PUR 
 
 > U'PIL. s. The apple of the eye ; a 
 
 scholar, s. pupilage. 
 PUPPET, s. A small image, moved 
 
 by wire, in a mock drama. 
 PUP'PY. s. A whelp; a name of 
 
 contemptuous reproach to a man. 
 
 pi. puppies : s. puppyism. 
 PUR. s. A gentle noise, made by a 
 
 cat. v. pur,- pr. par. purring; past, 
 
 purred. 
 
 PUR'BLIND. adj. Near-sighted; dim- 
 sighted. 
 
 PURCHASE, s. Any thing bought 
 or obtained for a price, v. pur- 
 chase; pr. par. purchasing ; past, 
 purchased : s. purchaser. 
 
 PURE. adj. Not sullied; unmingled; 
 chaste, s. pureness, purity: adv. 
 purely. 
 
 PURGATION, s. The act of cleans- 
 ing or purifying, adj. purgative: 
 s. purgative. 
 
 PUR'GATORY. s. A place in which 
 souls are supposed to be purged 
 from carnal impurities, before they 
 are received into heaven. 
 
 PURGE, v. To cleanse; to purify, 
 &c. pr. par. purging; past, purg- 
 ed : s. purge. 
 
 PU'RIFY. v. To make pure. pr. par. 
 purifying; past, purified: s. puri- 
 fication, purifier: adj. purificative, 
 purificatory. 
 
 PURITAN, s. A sectary pretending 
 to eminent purity of religion, adj. 
 puritan, puritanic, puritanical : s. 
 puritanism: adv. puritanically. 
 
 PURL. v. To murmur; to flow with 
 a gentle noise; to rise or appear 
 in undulations, pr. par. purling; 
 past, purled : s. purl. 
 
 PURLIEU, s. The grounds on the 
 borders of a forest; border; en- 
 closure. 
 
 PURLOIN', v. To steal any thing in- 
 trusted, pr. par. purloining; past, 
 purloined: s. pui-louu r. 
 
 PURPLE, adj. Red tinctured with 
 blue. v. purple; pr. par. purpling; 
 past, purpled: s. purple: adj. pur- 
 plish. 
 
 PUR-PUT 
 
 PURTORT. s. Design, tendency, 
 meaning, v. purport; pr. par. pur- 
 porting; past, purported. 
 
 PURPOSE, s. Intention; design; 
 the end desired, v. purpose ; pr. 
 par. purposing; past, purposed: 
 adv. purposely. 
 
 PURR. v. See Pur. 
 
 PURSE, s. A small bag in which 
 money is kept. adj. purseproud. 
 
 PURSE, v. To put into a purse; to 
 contract as a purse, pr. par. purs- 
 ing ; past, pursed : ad], pursy. 
 
 PURSER, s. The paymaster of a 
 ship. 
 
 PURS'LAIN. s. A kind of plai t. 
 
 PURSUE', v. To chase; to follow 
 in hostility; to continue; to imi- 
 tate, pr. par. pursuing; past, pur- 
 sued: s. pursuance, j/ursuer, pur- 
 suit : adj. pur suable, pursuant. 
 
 PUR'SUIVANT. s. An attendant on 
 a herald. 
 
 PURULENT, adj. Consisting of 
 corrupt matter or pus. s. pui-u- 
 lence, purulency. 
 
 PURVEY', v. To provide with con- 
 veniences; to buy provisions, pr. 
 par. purveying; past, purveyed: 
 s. purveyance, purveyor. 
 
 PURVIEW. 5. Proviso; providing 
 clause. 
 
 PUS. s. The matter of a sore. 
 
 PUSH. v. To strike with a thrust ; 
 to force or drive by impulse: to 
 press forward, pr. par. pushing; 
 past, pushed : s. push, pusher. 
 
 PUSILLANIMOUS. adj. Mean- 
 spirited; cowardly, s. pusillanim- 
 ity: adv. pusillanimoush/. 
 
 PUSS. s. The fondling name of a 
 cat; the sportsman's term for a 
 hare. 
 
 PUSTULE, s. A small swelling: a 
 pimple, v. pustulate; pr par. pus- 
 tulating; past, pustulated : a. pus* 
 t>iidtii.it adj. pustulous* 
 
 PUT. v. To lay; to place: to pro- 
 pose; to throw off the hand, cVe. 
 pr. par. putting; past,;wr.- s. putter, 
 puttingstone. 
 
 PUTREFY, V. To make rotten ; to 
 2SR 
 
PUT— PYR 
 
 PYR — PYX 
 
 corrupt, pr. par. putrefying; past, 
 mitrejied: s. putrefaction : adj. pu- 
 trefactive. 
 
 PUTRESCENT, adj. Growing rot- 
 ten, s putrescence: adj. putrescible. 
 
 PUTRID, adj. Rotten; corrupt, s. 
 putridity. 
 
 PUT'TY. s. A kind of cement, used 
 by glaziers, v. putty ; pr. par. put- 
 tying ; past, puttied. 
 
 PUZ'ZLE. v. To perplex; to em- 
 barrass, pr. par. puzzling ; past, 
 puzzled: s. puzzle, puzzler. 
 
 PYE: s. See Pie. 
 
 PYE'BALD. adj. See Piebald. 
 
 PYG'MY. s. A dwarf, pi. pygmies: 
 ac U- Pyg mv i pygmean. 
 
 PYR' AMID. s. A solid figure, the 
 
 base of which is a polygon, and the 
 sides plain triangles, adj. pyramid' 
 a/, pyramidic, pyramidical. 
 
 PYRE. s. A pile to be burned. 
 
 PY'RITES. s. Firestone. 
 
 PYR'OMANC Y. s. Divination by fire 
 
 PYROM'ETER. s. An instrument 
 to measure the heat of ovens, fur- 
 naces, and intense fires. 
 
 PYROTECH'NICS. s. The art of 
 making fire- works, adj. pyrotech 
 nic. 
 
 PYRRHONISM. s. Scepticism; uni 
 versal doubt, s. pyrrhonist. 
 
 PYTHAGO'REAN. s. A follower of 
 Pythagoras, adj. pythagorean. 
 
 PYX. s. The box in which the Ro- 
 manists keep the host. 
 
 QUA— QUA 
 
 QUACK, v. To cry like a duck. pr. 
 par. quacking; past, quacked: s. 
 quack, a boastful pretender: s. 
 quackery. 
 
 QUADRAGESIMAL, adj. Lenten; 
 belonging to Lent. 
 
 QUAD'R ANGLE, s. A square; a 
 figure with four right angles, adj. 
 quadrangular. 
 
 QUAD'RANT. 5. The fourth part; 
 the quarter of a circle; an instru- 
 ment with which altitudes are 
 taken, adj. quadranlal. 
 
 QUAD'RATE. adj. Square; having 
 four equal and parallel sides; di- 
 vided into four equal parts, s. 
 quadrate: v. quadrate; pr. par. 
 quadrating; past, quadrated. 
 
 QUADRATIC, adj. Square ; belong- 
 ing to a square. 
 
 QUADRATURE, s. The act of 
 squaring; the first and last quar- 
 ter of the moon ; state of being 
 square. 
 
 QUADREN'NIAL. adj-. Comprising 
 four years ; happening once in four 
 years. 
 
 * QUA— QUA 
 
 QUAD'RIBLE. adj. Capable of b > 
 ing squared. 
 
 QUADRILATERAL, adj. Having 
 four sides. 
 
 QUADRILLE'. 5. A game, or a dance. , 
 in which four persons are engaged. 
 
 QUADRIPARTITE, adj. Having 
 four parts ; divided into four party. 
 
 QUAD'RIREME. s. A galley with 
 four banks of oars. 
 
 QUADRUPED, s. An animal that 
 has four legs. 
 
 QUAD'RUPLE. adj. Fourfold. 
 
 QUADRUPLICATE, v. To double 
 twice-; to make fourfold, pr. par 
 quadruplicating; past, quadrupli- 
 cated: s. quadruplicaiion : adv. 
 quadruply. 
 
 QUtE'RE, QUE'RE. s. A word used 
 when any thing is questioned, pi. 
 quceries, queries. 
 
 QUAFF, v. To drink; to swallow 
 in large drafts, pr. par. quaffing, 
 past, quaffed : s. quajfer. 
 
 QUAGGY, adj. Boggy; soft. 
 
 QUAG'MIRE. s. A shaking marsh. 
 
 QUAIL, s. A species of bird of game. 
 
 QUAIL, v. To languish; to de- 
 299 
 
QUA— QUA 
 
 press, pr. par. quailing; past, 
 quailed. 
 
 QUAINT, adj. Nice; strange; un- 
 usual ; affected, s. quaintness: adv. 
 quaintly. 
 
 QUAKE, v. To shake with cold or 
 fear; to tremble, pr. par. quak- 
 ing; past, quaked: s. quake, quakcr, 
 quakerism: adv. quakerly. 
 QUALIFY, v. To furnish with qual- 
 ifications ; to soften; to modify, 
 pr.par. qualifying; past, qualified: 
 adj. qualifiable: s. qualification. 
 QUALITY, s. Property; accidental 
 
 adjunct; temper, pi. qualities. 
 QUALM. 5. A sudden fit of sick- 
 ness, adj. qualmish. 
 QUANDA'RY. s. A doubt, a diffi- 
 culty, an uncertainty : a low word, 
 pi. quandaries. 
 QUANTITY, s. That property in 
 any thing which may be increased 
 or diminished ; any indeterminate 
 weight or measure, pi. quantities. 
 QUARANTINE. 5. The space of 
 forty days. v. quarantine; pr.par. 
 quarantining ; past, quarantined. 
 QUAR'JREL. 5. A breach of concord ; 
 a brawl ; a petty fight, v. quarrel; 
 pr. par. quarreling ; past, quar- 
 reled: s. quarreller : adj. quarrel- 
 some: s. quarrelsomeness. 
 QUARRY, s. Game flown at bv a 
 hawk ; a stone mine. pi. quarries: 
 v. quarry; pr. par. quarrying; 
 past, quarried. 
 QUART, s. The fourth part of a gal- 
 lon; a sequence of four cards, at 
 the game of piquet. 
 QUARTAN, s. The fourth dav ague. 
 QUARTA'TION. s. A kind of cbym- 
 
 ical operation. 
 QUARTER, s. A fourth part; a re-| 
 gion of the skies, as referred to 
 the seaman's card; a particular 
 region of a town or country; (pi. 
 quarters,) the place where soldiers' 
 are lodged ; proper station ; mercy 
 shown by an enemy; a measure 
 of eight bushels, v. quarter: pr. 
 par. quartering; past, quartered: 
 adj. and adv. quarterly. 
 
 QUA -QUE 
 
 QUARTERDECK, s. The short up- 
 per deck. 
 QUARTERMASTER, s. One who 
 regulates the quarters of soldiers. 
 QUARTERSTAFF. s. A staff of 
 
 defence, pi. quarter staves. 
 QUARTILE. s. An aspect of the 
 planets, when they are three signs, 
 or ninety degrees, distant irom 
 each other. 
 QUARTO, s. A book, in which every 
 leaf, being twice doubled, makes 
 four leaves, pi. quartoes. 
 QUARTZ, s. A kind of stone. 
 QUASH, v. To crush; to subdue 
 suddenly; to annul, pr. par. quash- 
 ing ; pnst, quashed. 
 QUAS'SIA. s. A kind of medicinal 
 bitter. 
 
 QUATERCOUSINS. s. Those with 
 in the first four degrees of kindred 
 pronounced ka'-ter- cousim. 
 QUATERNARY, QUATER'NIC H 
 QUATERN1TY. s. Thenumlci 
 four. 
 
 QUATRAIN, s. A stanza of f( ui 
 
 lines, rhyminsr alternatelv. 
 QUAVER v. To shake the voir e ; 
 to produce a shake on a musi< al 
 instrument, pr. par. quavering, 
 past, quavered. 
 QUAVER, s. A shake: a musicnJ 
 note, equal in time to half a 
 crotchet. 
 
 QUAY. 5. An artificial bank to the 
 sea, or to a river, on which goods 
 are unladen; a wharf, pronounced 
 kay. 
 
 QUEA'SY. adj. Sick with nausea; 
 
 fastidious, s. queasints*. 
 QUEEN, s. The wife of a king: a 
 woman who is sovereign of a king- 
 dom, adv. queenly. 
 QUEER, adj. Odd, strange, adv. 
 
 queerly : s. queemess. 
 QUELL, v. To crush, to subdue, pr. 
 par. quelling; past, qutllcd: s. 
 qveller. 
 
 QUENCH, v. To extinguish fire; to 
 allay, pr. par. quenching; past, 
 quenched: adj. quenchabk: s. 
 quencher: adj. quenchless. 
 
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QUE— QUI 
 
 QTJE'RENT. s. The complainant j 
 the plaintiff; an enquirer. 
 
 ,QUERIMO'NIOUS. adj. Querulous, 
 complaining, adv. querimoniously: 
 s. qucrimoniousness. 
 
 QUE'RIST. s. An enquirer. 
 
 *QUERN. 5. A handmill, for grinding 
 
 i corn. 
 
 QUER'ULOUS. adj. Mourning; 
 whining ; habitually complaining, 
 adv. querulously: s. querulousness. 
 
 QUE'RY. s. See Qujery. 
 
 QUEST, s. Search ; act of seeking. 
 
 QUESTION, s. Interrogatory; any 
 thing inquired ; inquiry ; disquisi- 
 tion, pr. par. questioning,- past, 
 questioned: adj. questionable : adv. 
 questionably: s. questioner. 
 
 QUES'TOR. s. A Roman public treas- 
 urer. 
 
 QUIB'BLE. s. A slight cavil ; a sort 
 of pun. pr. par. quibbling ; past, 
 quibbled: s. quibbler. 
 
 QUICK, adj. Living; not dead; swift; 
 ready, adv. quickly: s. quickness, 
 adj. quickeyed, quickscented, quick- 
 sighted, quickwitted: s. quicklime, 
 quicksand. 
 
 QUICK'EN. v. To make alive; to 
 hasten, pr. par. quickening; past, 
 quickened: s. quickener. 
 
 QUICKSET, s. A living plant, set 
 to grow. 
 
 QUICK'SILVER. 5. A fluid metal, 
 called mercury, by chymists. adj. 
 quicksilvered. 
 
 QUID'DITY. s. A trifling nicety; a 
 cavil, pi. quiddities. 
 
 QUIESCENCE, s. Rest, repose, adj. 
 quiescent. 
 
 QUIET, adj. Still; free from dis- 
 turbance ; peaceable, adv. quietly: 
 s. quiet, quietness, quietude. 
 
 ^UIE'TUS. s. Final discharge; com- 
 plete acquittance. 
 
 QUILL, s. The strong feather of a 
 wing, &c. 
 
 <QUILL. v. To plait; to form in 
 plaits or folds, like quills, pr. par. 
 quilling; past, quilled. 
 
 QUILT, s. The covering of a bed. 
 2C 
 
 QUI- QUO 
 
 v. quilt; pr. par. quilting; past, 
 quilted. 
 
 QUI'NARY. adj. Consisting of five. 
 
 QUINCE. 5. A species of fruit. 
 
 QUIN'CUNX. s. A plantation of 
 trees, disposed originally in 
 squares, consisting of five trees, 
 one at each corner, and a fifth in 
 the middle, adj. quincuncial. 
 
 QUINQUAGES'lMA. s. Quinqua- 
 gesima Sunday; Shrove Sunday. 
 
 QUINQUANG'ULAR. adj. Having 
 five corners. 
 
 QUINQUEN'NIAL. adj. Lasting five 
 years; happening once in five years. 
 
 QUIN'SY. s. A tumid inflammation 
 in the throat. 
 
 QUINTAL, s. A hundred weight. 
 
 QUINTESSENCE, s. A fifth being; 
 an extract from any thing, con- 
 taining all its virtues, in a snv, U 
 quantity, adj. quintessential. 
 
 QUINTUPLE, adj. Fivefold. 
 
 QUIP. s. A sharp jest; a taunt. 
 
 QUIRE. 5. A body of singers; a 
 choir; the part of the chun h 
 where the service is chanted; a 
 bundle of paper, consisting n) 
 twentv-four sheets. 
 
 QUIR'ISTER. s. A chorister. 
 
 QUIRK, s. A taunt, jest, subtility. 
 
 QUIT. v. To discharge an obliga- 
 tion ; to clear one's-self of an af- 
 fair; to repay; to requite; to ac- 
 quit ; to resign ; to depart from, 
 v. quit; pr. par. quitting; past, 
 quitted: s. quittance. 
 
 QUIVER, s. A case for arrows, adj. 
 quivered. 
 
 QUIVER, v. To quake ; to shiver, 
 pr. par. quivering; past, quivered. 
 
 QUIX'OTISM. s. Romantic or ab- 
 surd notions or actions. 
 
 QUOIT, s. A kind of discus, to 
 throw at a mark. 
 
 QUO'RUM. s. A bench of justices; 
 such a number of any officers as 
 is sufficient to do business. 
 
 QUO'TA. 5. Share; proportion as- 
 signed to each. 
 
 QUOTE, v. To cite an author; to 
 adduce the words of another, pr. 
 
 301 
 
QUO— QUO 
 
 par. quoting ; past, quoted : s. quo- 
 tation, quotcr. 
 
 QUOTH, v. Quoih /, say I, or said 
 I ; quoth he, says he, or said he. 
 
 QUO— QUO 
 
 QUOTID'IEN. adj. Daily; happen- 
 ing every day. 
 
 QUOTIENT, s. The number pro- 
 duced by dividing two given num< 
 bers, the one by the other. 
 
 , RAB— RAD 
 
 RABA'TE. v. To recover a hawk to 
 the hand. pr. par. rabating ; past, 
 rabated. 
 
 RAB'BET. v. To pare pieces of 
 wood so as to fit each other, pr. 
 par. rabbeting; past, rabbeted: s. 
 rabbet. 
 
 RABBI, RAB'BIN. 5. A Jewish doc- 
 tor, adj. rabbinical. 
 
 RAB'BIT. s. A species of furry 
 quadruped. 
 
 RAB'BLE. s. An assemblage of low 
 people. 
 
 RAB'ID. adj. Fierce, furious, mad. 
 s. rabidness. 
 
 RACE. s. A family, ascending or 
 descending ; a generation ; a par- 
 ticular breed; a water-course; race 
 ginger, ginger in the root; con- 
 test in running; course, v. race; 
 pr. par. racing; past, raced: s. 
 racer. 
 
 RACK. 5. An engine of torture; tor- 
 ture ; a neck of mutton ; a grate ; 
 a woodeu grate, in which hay is 
 placed, for cattle ; arrack. 
 
 RACK. v. To torment by the rack ; 
 to torment; to draw from the lees, 
 pr. par. racking; past, racked. 
 
 RACK'ET. 5. An irregular clattering 
 noise ; an instrument to strike a 
 ball. v. racket; pr. par. racketing; 
 past, racketed: adj. rackety. 
 
 RACK'RENT. s. Annual rent, raised 
 to the uttermost. 
 
 RACOON', s. A species of small 
 quadruped. 
 
 RA'CY. adj. Strong, flavorous; tast- 
 ing of the soil. s. racine s\ 
 
 RA'DIANT. adj. Emitting rays; 
 
 R 
 
 RAD— RAI 
 
 shining; brightly sparkling, adv. 
 
 radiantly : s. radiance. 
 RA'DIATE. v. To emit rays; to 
 
 shine, pr. par. radiating; past, rad- 
 iated: s. radiation. 
 RADICAL, adj. Affecting the root; 
 
 primitive ; implanted by nature. 
 
 s. radicality: adv. radically. 
 RAD'ICATE. v. To take root; to 
 
 plant firmly and deeply, s. radua- 
 
 tion. 
 
 RAD'ICLE. s. That part of the seed 
 of a plant, which, upon its vege- 
 tation, becomes its root. 
 
 RADISH, s. A species of esculent 
 root. pi. radishes. 
 
 RA'DIUS. s. The semi-diameter of 
 a circle. Latin pi. radii. 
 
 RAF'FLE. s. A species of lottery 
 v. raffle; pr. par. raffling; past. 
 raffled: s. rqffller. 
 
 RAFT. s. A float of timber, v. raft, 
 pr. par. rafting; past, rafted. 
 
 RAFTER, s. The secondary tim- 
 bers of a house, adj. raftered. 
 
 RAG. s. A piece of cloth, torn from 
 the rest ; a tatter, adj. ragged: s 
 raggedness. 
 
 RAG'AMUFFIN. j. A paltry, mean 
 fellow. 
 
 RAGE. 5. Violent anger; fury; en- 
 thusiasm ; newest fashion, v. rage: 
 pr. par. raging; past, raged: adv. 
 ragingly. 
 
 RAG'MAN. s. One who deals in rags, 
 pi. ragmen. 
 
 RAGOUT. 5. Meat stewed and high- 
 ly seasoned, pronounced ra-goo'. 
 
 RAIL. s. A cross beam, fixed at the 
 ends, in two upright posts ; a kin<* 
 302 
 
RA1— RAN 
 of bird. v. rail; pr. par. railing;! 
 past, railed. 
 
 ;IAIL. v. To use insolent and re- 
 proachful language, pr. par. rail- 
 ing; past, railed: s. railer, rail- 
 lery, pi. railleries. 
 
 lAi'MENT. s. Vesture, garment, 
 dress. 
 
 *AIN. v. To fall in drops, from the 
 clouds, pr. par. raining; past, 
 rained: s. rain: adj. rainy: s. 
 
 | rainbow. 
 
 SIAIN'DEER. s. A large northern 
 I deer. 
 
 RAISE, v. To lift, to elevate, pr. 
 par. raising ; past, raised. 
 
 RAl'SIN. s. The fruit of the vine 
 dried, pronounced raz'n. 
 
 RAJAH, s. A Hindoo prince. 
 
 RAKE, s. An agricultural instru- 
 ment, with teeth ; a man addicted 
 to pleasure, pr. par. raking; past, 
 raked: s. raker: adj. rakish: adv. 
 rakishly. 
 
 sRAL'LY. v. To put disordered or 
 dispersed forces into order; to 
 treat with satirical merriment, pr. 
 S par. rallying ; past, rallied. 
 RAM. s. A male sheep; Aries, the 
 vernal sign; an instrument for 
 battering walls, adj. rammish, 
 strong scented. 
 
 RAM. v. To drive by violence ; to 
 stuff hard. pr. par. ramming; past, 
 rammed: s. rammer. 
 
 RAM'BLE. v. To rove loosely and 
 irregularly; to wander, pr. par. 
 rambling; past, rambled: s. ram- 
 ble, rambler. 
 
 RAMIFY, v. To separate into 
 branches, pr. par. ramifying; past, 
 ramified: s. ramification. 
 
 RAM'OUS. adj. Branchy. 
 
 RAM' PANT. adj. Exuberant; over- 
 growing restraint. In heraldry, 
 reared up, as if ready to combat 
 an enemv. s. rampancy. 
 
 RAM' PART. s. The platform of the 
 wall behind the parapet. 
 
 RAN'CID. adj. Ill scented, s. ran- 
 cidness, rancidity. 
 
 RAN'COROUS. adj. Malignant ; ma- 
 
 RAN— RAP 
 licious in the highest degree. 8. 
 rancour : adv. rancorously. 
 RANDOM, s. Want of direction ; 
 want of rule or method ; chance, 
 adj. random. 
 RANG. Fret, of the v. to ring. 
 RANGE, v. To place in order ; to 
 put in ranks ; to rove ; to lie in 
 a particular direction, pr. par. 
 ranging; past, ranged: s. range, 
 ranger. 
 
 RANK. adj. High growing; luxu- 
 riant; strong scented; gross, s. 
 rankness. 
 RANK. s. A class; an order; dig- 
 nity; a line of men placed abreast, 
 pr. par. ranking; past, ranked. 
 RANKLE, v. To fester ; to be in- 
 flamed in body or mind. pr. par. 
 rankling; past, rankled. 
 RAN'SACK. v. To pillage ; to search 
 narrowly, pr. par. ransacking; 
 past, ransacked. 
 RAN'SOM. s. Price paid for liberty, 
 v. ransom; pr. par. ransoming; 
 past, ransomed: s. ransomer. 
 RANT. v. To rave in violent or 
 high-sounding language, without 
 proportionable dignity of thought, 
 pr. par. ranting; past, ranted: s. 
 ranter, rant. 
 RANUN'CULUS. s. A kind of gar- 
 den plant, pi. ranunculuses. 
 RAP. s. A quick, smart blow ; coun- 
 terfeit coin. pr. par. rapping; past, 
 rapped. 
 
 RAPA'CIOUS. adj. Addicted to plun. 
 der ; seizing by violence, adv. ra* 
 paciously: s. rapacity. 
 RAPE. 5. Act of taking away; vio- 
 lent defloration of chastity; a kind 
 of plant. 
 
 RAPID, adj. Quick, swift, s. rapid* 
 ity : adv. rapidly : s. rapids, a part 
 of a river where the water is rapid 
 over a moderate descent. 
 R A' PIER. s. A kind of sword, used 
 
 onlv in thrusting. 
 RAP'INE. s. Act of plundering. 
 RAPAREE'. s. A wild Irish plun* 
 
RAP—RAT 
 
 RAPTURE, s. Ecstacy; transport; 
 
 enthusiasm, adj. rapturous. 
 RARE. adj. Scarce; uncommon; not 
 
 frequent; thin ; raw. s. rareness, 
 
 rarely, pi. rareties: adv. rarely. 
 RA'REESHOW. s. A show carried 
 
 in a box. 
 
 RAREFY, v. To make thin; con- 
 trary to condense, pr. par. rare- 
 fying ; past, rarefied : s. rarefac- 
 tion: adj. rare/table. 
 
 RAS'CAL. s. A mean fellow ; ? 
 scoundrel, s. rascality: adv. ras- 
 cally. 
 
 RASH. adj. Hasty; violent: acting 
 without caution or reflection, adv. 
 rashly: s. rashness. 
 
 RASH. 5. An eruption on the body. 
 
 RASH'ER. s. A thin slice of bacon. 
 
 RASP. v. To rub to powder, with a 
 very rough file. pr. par. rasping; 
 past, rasped: s. rasp, rasper. 
 
 RASPBERRY. 5. A kind of fruit, 
 pi. raspberries. 
 
 RA'SURE. s. Act of scraping or shav- 
 ing; a mark in writing, where 
 something has been scraped out. 
 
 RAT. 5. An animal of the mouse 
 kind. 
 
 F ATAFI'A, RATIFI'A. s. A kind of 
 
 cordial. 
 R \TAN'. s. An Indian cane. 
 RATE. s. Fixed price; settled al- 
 lowance; degree, v. rate; pr. par. 
 
 rating; past, rated: adj. ratable: 
 
 adv. ratably. 
 RATE. v. To chide, pr. par. rating; 
 
 past, rated. 
 RATH. s. A mound. 
 RATH'ER. adv. More willingly; 
 
 with better liking; with better 
 
 reason. 
 
 RAT IFY, v. To confirm, pr. par 
 ratifying: past, ratifed: s. ratifi- 
 cation, rotifer. 
 
 RA'TIO. 8. The relation which one 
 thins has to another of the same 
 kind, in respect to magnitude or 
 quantitv; rule of proportion. 
 
 RATIO'CINATE. n. To reason, to 
 argue, pr. par. ratiocinating; past, 
 
 RAT— RAY 
 
 I ratiocinated: s. ratiocination: adj. 
 
 ! ratiocinative. 
 
 RA'TION. s. A certain allowance or 
 share of provisions. 
 
 RATIONAL, adj. Having the power 
 of reasoning ; agreeable to reason; 
 judicious, s. rationality : adv. ra- 
 tionally. 
 
 RATSBANE, s. Poison for rats; 
 
 arsenic. 
 RATEEiY. s. A kind of stuff. 
 RATTLE, v. To make a quick, 
 
 sharp noise, with bodies not very 
 
 sonorous, pr. par. rattling; past, 
 
 rattled: s. rattle. 
 RATTLEHEADED, adj. Giddy; not 
 
 steady. 
 
 RATTLESNAKE, s. A kind of ser- 
 pent. 
 
 RAITCITY. s. Hoarseness. 
 
 RAVAGE, v. To lay waste ; to plun- 
 der, pr. par. ravaging; past, rav- 
 aged: s. ravage, ravager. 
 
 RAVE. v. To be delirious ; to talk 
 irrationally; to be unreasonably 
 fond. pr. par. raving; past, raved: 
 adv. ravingly. 
 
 RAVEL: v. To entangle, pr. par. 
 raveling; past, raveled. 
 
 RAVELIN, s. In fortification, a 
 work consisting of two faces, that 
 make a salient angle, commonly 
 called a half moon, by soldiers. 
 
 RA'VEN. s. A species of crow 
 
 RA'VEN. v. To obtain by violence ; 
 to devour with great rapacity: to 
 prey with rapacitv. pr. par. raven- 
 ing; past, ravened: adj. ravenous: 
 adv. ravenously : s. ravenousness. 
 
 RAVl'NE. s. A de»p hollow, usually 
 formed by a f.ood: any hollow pass. 
 
 RAVISH, v. To take away by vio- 
 lence; to constuprate by force; 
 to delight; to transport, pr. par. 
 ravishing; past, ravished: s. rav* 
 isher, ravishment. 
 
 RAW. adj. Immature; unripe; not 
 fully cooked: new; bleak: cold; 
 not spun ; not covered with the 
 skin. adv. rawty: s. rawness. 
 
 RAY. s. A beam of light; lustre ; a 
 kind of flat fish. 
 
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RAZ-REA 
 
 RAZE. v. To efface; to extirpate; 
 
 to overthrow, pr. par. razing; past, 
 
 razed: s. r azure. 
 RAZOR, s. A knife used in shaving 
 ; the beard. 
 
 RE-ACCESS', s. Visit renewed. 
 
 REACH, v. To touch with the hand 
 extended ; to arrive at ; to stretch 
 forth ; to extend to. pr. par. reach- 
 ing; past, reached: s. reach. 
 
 REACT', v. To return the impulse 
 or impression, pr. par. reacting; 
 past, reacted : s. reaction. 
 
 READ. v. To peruse any thing writ- 
 ten or printed, pr. par. reading; 
 past, read: s. reader, reading. 
 
 READMIS'SiON. s. Act of admitting 
 again. 
 
 READMIT', v. To admit again, pr. 
 par. readmitting; past, readmitted: 
 s. readmittance. 
 
 READY, adj. Prompt; prepared; 
 eager ; near ; easy ; expedite, adv. 
 readily: s. readiness. 
 
 REAL. adj. Relating to things, not 
 persons ; not personal ; not ficti- 
 tious; genuine; consistingof things 
 immovable, as land. s. reality, pi. 
 realities, realty: adv. really. 
 
 RE'ALIZE. v. To bring into being 
 or act ; to make real. pr. par. re- 
 alizing; past, realized: s. realiza- 
 tion. 
 
 REALM, s. A kingdom; a king's 
 
 dominion. 
 REAM. s. A bundle of paper, con- 
 taining 20 quires. 
 REANIMATE, v. To revive; tore- 
 store to life. pr. par. reanimating; 
 past, reanimated. 
 REAP. v. To cut corn ; to obtain, 
 pr. par. reaping; past, reaped: s. 
 reaper, reapinghook. 
 REAPPEAR', v. To appear again, 
 pr. par. reappearing; past, reappear- 
 ed: s. reappearance. 
 REAPPLICA'TION. s. Act of apply- 
 in? anew. 
 REAR. s. The hinder part ; the last 
 
 in order. 
 REAR. adj. Raw; half-roasted. 
 BEAR. v. To raise up ; to move up- 
 2C2 
 
 REA — REC , 
 wards; to bring to maturity; to 
 breed, pr. par. rearing; past, rear- 
 ed. 
 
 REASCEND'. v. To climb again ; to 
 mount again, pr. par. reascending; 
 past, reascended: s. reascension. 
 REA'SON. s. The rational faculty ; 
 cause ; argument ; moderation, v. 
 reason; pr. par. reasoning; past, 
 reasoned: adj. reasonable: s. rea- 
 sonableness: adv. reasonably: s. 
 reasoner. 
 
 REASSEM'BLE. v. To collect anew, 
 pr. par. reassembling; past, reas- 
 sembled. 
 
 REASSERT', v. To assert anew, 
 pr. par. reasserting; past, reassert- 
 ed. 
 
 REASSU'ME. v. To resume ; to take 
 again, pr. par. reassuming; past, 
 reassumed. 
 REBAPTI'ZE. v. To baptize again, 
 pr. par. rebaptizing; past, rebap- 
 tized. 
 
 | REBATE, v. To blunt; to beat to 
 obtuseness. pr. par. rebating; past, 
 rebated. 
 
 REB'EL. s. One who opposes lawful 
 authority by violence, v. rebel'; 
 pr. par. rebelling; past, rebelled: 
 s. rebellion: adj. rebellious: adv. 
 rebelliously. 
 REBOUND', v. To spring back ; to 
 be reverberated, pr. par. rebound- 
 ing; past, rebounded: s. rebound. 
 REBUFF', s. Quick and sudden re- 
 sistance. 
 
 REBUILD', v. To build anew. pr. par. 
 
 rebuilding; past, rebuilt. 
 REBU'KE. v. To chide; to repre- 
 hend, pr. par. rebuking; past, re- 
 buked: s. rebuke, rebuker. 
 RE'BUS. s. A word or name repre- 
 sented by things ; a sort of riddle, 
 pi. rebuses. 
 REBUT', v. To retire back ; to re* 
 turn an answer to a rejoinder, pr. 
 par. rebutting; past, rebutted: s. 
 rebutter. 
 
 RECALL', v. To call back; to revoke, 
 pr. par. recalling; past, recalled ■ 
 s. recall. 
 
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REC — REC 
 
 EEC A NT', v. To retract ; to recall ; 
 to contradict what one has said or 
 done. pr. par. recanting; past, re- 
 canted: s. recantation, recanter. 
 
 RECAPIT ULATE, v. To repeat the 
 sum of a former discourse, pr. par. 
 recapitulating,- past, recapitulated: 
 s. recapitulation: adj. recapitulato- 
 ry. 
 
 RECAPTURE, v. To retake a prize. I 
 pr. par. recapturing ; past, recap- 
 tured: s. recapture. 
 
 RECAST', v. To throw again ; to 
 cast anew. pr. par. recasting; past, 
 recast. 
 
 RECE'DE. v. To fall back; tore- 
 treat ; to desist, pr. par. receding; 
 past, receded. 
 
 RECEIPT', s. Act of receiving; 
 a written acknowledgment of 
 something paid or received; pre- 
 scription. 
 
 RECEI'VE. v. To take or obtain ; j 
 to embrace intellectually; to ad- 
 mit ; to entertain as a guest, pr. 
 par. receiving; past, received: s. 
 receiver. 
 
 KE'CENT. adj. New, late, fresh, s. 
 recentness: adv. recently. 
 
 RECEPTACLE, s. A vessel or place ! 
 into which any thing is received. I 
 
 RECEPTION. 5. Act of receiving: 
 state of being received, s.-recep- I 
 tibility: adj. receptive. 
 
 RECESS', s. Retirement; retreat;, 
 place of retirement ; remission or i 
 suspension, pi. recesses ; recession. 
 
 RECHARGE', v. To accuse in re- 
 turn ; to charge again, pr. par. re- 
 charging; past, recharged. 
 
 RE'CIPE. s. A prescription. 
 
 RECIPIENT, s. A receiver ; that to 
 which any thing is communicated. 
 
 RECIPROCAL, adj. Acting in vi- 
 cissitude ; alternate ; done by each ! 
 to each; mutually interchange- 1 1 
 able. adv. reciprocally: s. recip- 
 rocity. 
 
 RECITATIVE, RECITATi'VO. s. j 
 A kind of tuneful pronunciation, 
 more musical than common speech, | 
 
 REC-REC 
 
 ; [] and less musical than song ; chant, 
 
 r adv. recitatively. 
 ■ RECI'TE. v. To rehearse; to repeat; 
 
 I to enumerate, pr. par. reciting; 
 3 past, recited: s. recital, recitation. 
 . jRECK'LESS. adj. Careless; heed- 
 less ; untouched, s. recklessness. 
 
 - RECK'ON. v. To number ; to count; 
 I to esteem, pr. par. reckoning; past, 
 
 reckoned: s. reckoner, reckoning. 
 
 - RECLAIM', v. To reform; to cor- 
 rect; to recall, pr. par. reclaiming? 
 
 > past, reclaimed: adj. reclaimable : 
 j s. reclamation. . 
 RECLl'NE. v. To lean back; to rest, 
 pr. par. reclining; past, reclined: 
 • s. reclination. 
 
 RECLO'SE. v. To close again, pr. 
 . par. reclosing; past, reclosed. 
 1 RECLU'SE. s. One shut up; a re- 
 tired person, adj. recluse.- s. re- 
 I cluscness. 
 
 RECOGNISE, v. To acknowledge; 
 to recover and avow knowledge 
 of; to review, pr. par. recognis- 
 ing; past, recognised: s. recogni- 
 sance, recognition: adj. recogniz- 
 I able. 
 
 RECOIL', v. To rush or fall back; 
 ! to slink, pr. par. recoiling; past, 
 I recoiled: s. recoil. 
 RECOIN'. v. To coin over again. 
 ! pr. par. recoining ; past, recoined » 
 I s. recoinage. 
 
 RECOLLECT', v. To recover to 
 memory ; to recover reason or 
 resolution ; to gather again., pr, 
 par. recollecting; past, recdlectedi 
 s. recollection. 
 RECOMBI'NE. v. To join again, pr, 
 par. recomb-inirr; past, recombin* 
 ed : s. recombination. 
 RECOMMENCE', v. To begin anew, 
 pr. par recommencing ; past, re- 
 con.mcnced. 
 RECOMMKMV. v. To pnise to an- 
 other: to !mk« acceptable, pr. 
 par. recomnunding; past, recom- 
 nu nded : adj. rtcoi/imoidablc : s. re- 
 commendation, recommender : adj. 
 recommendatory. 
 
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REC— REG 
 
 REC— RED 
 
 RECOMMIT', v. To commit anew; 
 to send back. pr. par. recommit- 
 ting; past, recommitted. 
 
 RECOMPENSE, v. To repay, to re- 
 quite, pr. par. recompensing ; past, 
 recompensed : s. recompense. 
 
 RECONCILE, v. To restore to fa- 
 vour; to make consistent, pr. par. 
 reconciling; past, reconciled: s. 
 reconcilement , reconciliation: adj. 
 reconciliatory. 
 
 RECON'DITE. adj. Hidden, pro- 
 found, abstruse. 
 
 RECONDUCT'. V. To conduct back 
 again, pr. par. reconducting; past, 
 reconducted. 
 
 RECONQ'UER. v. To conquer again, 
 pr. par. reconquering; past, recon- 
 quered. 
 
 RECONNOITRE, v. To examine; 
 to view. pr. par. reconnoitring; 
 past, reconnoitred. 
 
 RECONSID'ER-y. To consider anew, 
 pr. par. reconsidering; past, recon- 
 sidered. 
 
 RECONVEY'. v. To convey again; 
 to reassign, pr. par. reconv eying ; 
 past, reconveyed. 
 
 RECORD', v. To register; to cause 
 to be remembered, pr. par. record- 
 ing; past, recorded : s. rec' or d, re- 
 corder. 
 
 rRECOUNT'. v. To relate in detail ; 
 to tell distinctly, pr. par. recount- 
 ing; past, recounted. 
 
 RECOURSE', s. Frequent passage ; 
 return ; recurrence, &c. 
 
 RECOVER, v. To restore from sick- 
 ness or disorder; to grow well 
 from a disease; to regain, pr. par. 
 recovering; past, recovered: adj. 
 recoverable : s. recovery. 
 
 RF/CREANT. adj. Subdued ; false ; 
 cowardly. 
 
 RECREATE, v. To refresh after 
 toil ; to amuse, pr. par. recreating; 
 past, recreated: s. recreation: adv. 
 recreative. 
 
 rRE'CREMENT. s. Dross ; superflu- 
 ous or useless parts, adj. recre- 
 mental, recrementitious. 
 
 RECRIMINATE, v. To return one 
 accusation with another, pr. par. 
 
 recriminating; past, recriminated 
 s. recrimination, recriminator: adj 
 recriminatory. 
 
 RECRUIT', v. To repair with new 
 supplies, pr. par. recruiting; past, 
 recruited: s. recruit. 
 
 RECTANGLE, s. A figure having 
 four sides, of which the opposite 
 sides are equal, and all its angles 
 right angles, adj. rectangled, rect- 
 angular. 
 
 RECTIFY, v. To make right ; to re- 
 form ; to improve by repeated dis- 
 tillation, pr. par. rectifying; past, 
 rectified: adj. rectijiable: s. rectifi- 
 cation, rectifier. 
 
 RECTILIN'EAR. adj. Consisting of 
 right lines. 
 
 RECTITUDE, s. Straightness; just- 
 ness; uprightness. 
 
 RECTOR. 5. A ruler ; a governor ; 
 a parson of an unappropriated par- 
 ish, adj. rectorial: s. rectory, pi. 
 rectories. 
 
 RECUBATION. s. Act of lying and 
 
 RECUMBENCE, RECUM'BENCY. 
 
 s. Act of reposing, or resting in 
 
 confidence. 
 RECUR', v. To come back to the 
 
 thought; to have recourse to. pr. 
 
 par. recurring; past, recurred.- s. 
 
 recurrence: adj. recurrent. 
 RECURSION, s. Return. 
 RECUR' V ATE. v. To bend back. 
 
 pr. par. recurvating; past, recur- 
 
 vated: s. recurvation, recurvity : 
 
 adj. recurvous. 
 RECU'SANT. adj. Refusing to con- 
 form, s. recusant, recusancy. 
 RED. adj. Of the colour of blood, s. 
 
 red, redness: v. redden; pr. par. 
 
 reddening; past, reddened: adj. 
 
 reddish: s. reddishness. 
 RED'BREAST. s. A kind of bird. 
 RED'DLE. s. A sort of red mineral 
 
 enrth. 
 
 REDEEM', v. To ransom ; to relieve 
 from forfeiture or captivity, by 
 paying a price, pr. par. redeem' 
 
RED— REE 
 
 REE— REF 
 
 ing; past, redeemed: adj. redeema-} 
 able: s. redeemer. 
 
 REDEMPTION, s. Act of redeem- 
 ing; state of being redeemed, adj. 
 redemptory : s. redemptioner, a for- 
 eigner who pays his passage to the 
 United States by service for a cer- 
 tain time. 
 
 RED' HOT. adj. Heated to redness. 
 
 REDINTEGRATE, v. To restore; 
 to make new. pr. par. redintegrat- 
 ing; past, redintegrated: s. redin- 
 tegration. 
 
 REDOLENT, adj. Of sweet scent, 
 s. redolence, redolency. 
 
 REDOUB'LE. v. To become twice 
 as much ; to increase in a twofold 
 degree, pr. par. redoubling; past, 
 redoubled. 
 
 REDOUBT', s. The outwork of a 
 fortification. 
 
 RE DOUBT' ABLE. adj. Formidable; 
 terrible to foes. 
 
 I EDOUND\ v. To be sent back, by 
 reaction ; to conduce in the con- 
 sequence, pr. par. redounding; 
 past, redounded. 
 
 REDRESS', v. To set right; to amend; 
 to remedy, pr. par. redressing; 
 past, redressed: s. redress, redress- 
 er: adj. redressive. 
 
 REDSHANK. 5. A kind of bird. 
 
 UEDU'CE. v. To bring back; to 
 make less ; to degrade ; to impov-j 
 erish; to subdue, pr. par. reducing; 
 past, reduced: ad], reducible. 
 
 REDUCTION, s. Act of reducing ;| 
 state of being reduced, adj. reduc- 
 tive. 
 
 REDUN'D ANT. adj. Superabundant, I 
 exuberant, s. redundance, redun-\ 
 dancy: adv. redundantly. 
 
 REDU PLICATE, v. To double, pr.! 
 par. reduplicating ; past, redupli- 
 cated: s. reduplication: adj. redu- 
 plicative. 
 
 RED' WING. s. A kind of bird. 
 
 REED. s. A species of small cane ; 
 an instrument through which the 
 threads are drawn, in a loom. adj. 
 reedy. 
 
 REEF. s. A certain portion of sail, 
 
 contracted by being tied up; a 
 chain of rocks, v. reef; pr. par. 
 reejing; past, reefed. 
 REEK. s. Smoke, steam, pr. par. 
 
 reeking; past, reeked: udj. reeky. 
 REEL. s. A turning frame, upon 
 which yarn is wound; a kind of 
 dance, pr. par. reeling; past, reeled. 
 REEL. v. To stagger, pr. par. reel- 
 ing ; past, reeled. 
 RE-ELECT', v. To elect again, pr. 
 par. re-electing ; past, re-eledied : s. 
 re-election. 
 RE-ENACT', v. To enact again, pr. 
 par. re-enacting; past, re-enacted : 
 s. re-enactment. 
 RE-ENFORCE', REINFORCE', v. 
 To strengthen with new assistance 
 or support, pr. par. re-enforcing ; 
 past, re-enforced : s. re-enforce- 
 ment, reinforcement. 
 RE-ESTAB'LISH. v. To establish 
 anew. pr. par. re-establishing; past, 
 re-established : s. re-establishment. 
 RE-EXAM'INE. v.To examine anew, 
 pr. par. re-examining ; past, re-ex- 
 amined : s. re-examination. 
 REFECTION, s. Refreshment, s. 
 refectory, a room of refreshment; 
 pi. refectories. 
 REFER', v. To dismiss for informa- 
 tion or judgment; to betake to, 
 for decision ; to reduce to, as to 
 I the ultimate end. pr. par. refer- 
 ring; past, referred: adj. refera- 
 ble, referrible : s. referee, reference. 
 REFl'NE. v. To purify ; to polish ; 
 
 to affect nicety, pr. par. refining; 
 j past, refined: adv. refinedly : s. Ttr 
 finement, refiner. 
 REFIT', v. To repair ; to equip 
 again, pr. par. refitiing; past, re- 
 fitted. 
 
 REFLECT', v. To throw or bend 
 ! back; to consider attentively ; to 
 I throw reproach or censure ; to 
 bring reproach, pr. par. refecting, 
 past, reflected: adj. reflectent, re 
 ffective : s. reflection, reflector. 
 I RE'FLEX.mfy'.iv.Mit or directed back 
 wards, adj. inflexible: s. refiexibil 
 
REF— REG 
 RE'FLUENT. adj. Flowing back. 
 
 s. refluence. 
 REFLUX, s. Backward course of 
 
 water. 
 
 REFORM', v. To form again; to 
 amend, pr. par. reforming; past, 
 reformed: s. reform, reformation, 
 reformer, reformist. 
 ' REFRACT', v. To break the natural 
 course of rays. pr. par. refracting; 
 past, refracted: s. refraction: adj. 
 refractive. 
 
 REFRACTORY, adj. Obstinate, 
 contumacious, s. refractoriness. 
 
 REFRAIN', v. To hold back; to 
 forbear, pr. par. refraining ; past, 
 refrained. 
 
 REFRAN'GIBLE. adj. Capable of 
 being refracted, s. refrangibUity. 
 
 REFRESH', v. To recreate ; to re- 
 lieve after pain, fatigue, or want ; 
 to freshen; to cool. pr. par. re- 
 freshing,- past, refreshed: s. re- 
 fresher, refreshment. 
 
 REFRI'GERATE. v. To cool. pr. 
 par. refrigerating; past, refrige- 
 rated: ad}, refrigerant: s. refrige- 
 ration, refrigerator. 
 
 REF'UGE. s. Shelter from danger 
 or distress, s. refugee. 
 
 REFUL'GENT. adj. Bright, shining, 
 splendid, s. refulgence: adv. re- 
 fulgently. 
 
 REFUND', v. To pour back ; to re- 
 pay, pr. par. refunding ; past, re- 
 funded. 
 
 REFU SE, v. To deny what is soli- 1 
 cited or required; to reject, pr. 
 par. refusing; past, refused: s. re- 
 fusal, ref'use. 
 
 REFUTE, v. To prove false or erro- 
 neous, pr. par. refuting; past, re- 
 futed: adj. refutable: s. refutation. 
 
 REGAIN', v. To recover, to gain 
 anew. pr. par. regaining; past, 
 regained. 
 
 RE'GAL. adj. Royal, kingly, s. re- 
 gality: adv. regally. 
 
 REGA'LE. v. To refresh ; to gratify, 
 pr. par. regaling; past, regaled: s. 
 regalement. 
 
 REGALIA, s. Ensigns of royalty. 
 
 REG— REG 
 
 REGARD', v. To respect; to look 
 towards ; to observe ; to value, 
 pr. par. regarding; past, regard- 
 ed: adj. regardful, regardless : adv. 
 regardfully, regardlessly. 
 RE'GENT. adj. Governing ; exercis- 
 ing vicarious authority, s. regent^ 
 regency, pi. regencies. 
 REGERMINA'TION. 5. Act of 
 
 sprouting again. 
 RE'GICIDE. s. A murderer of his 
 king; the murder of one's king 
 adj. regicidal. 
 RE'GIMEN. s. That care in diet and 
 living, that is suitable to every 
 particular course of medicine, or 
 state of body. 
 RE'GIMENT. s. A body of soldiers, 
 commanded by a colonel, adj. regi- 
 mental: s. regimentals, the uni- 
 form dress. 
 . RE'GION. 5. Tract of land; country; 
 
 tract of space. 
 RE'GISTER. s. An account of any 
 thing, regularly kept ; the officer 
 who registers, &c. v. register; pr. 
 par. registering; past, registered: 
 s. registry, registration. 
 RE'GISTRAR. s. The officer who 
 
 keeps the register. 
 REG'NANT. adj. Reigning; reign- 
 ing in one's own right ; not reign- 
 ing as a regent. 
 REGRA'TE. v. To engross ; to fore- 
 stall, pr. par. regrating; past, re- 
 grated: s. regrater. 
 REGRESS', s. Passage back. v. re? 
 gress ; pr. par. regressing; past, 
 regressed ; s. regression. 
 REGRET', s. Vexation at something 
 past ; grief ; sorrow, v. regret; pr. 
 par. regretting; past, regretted. 
 REG'ULAR. adj. Agreeable to rule; 
 consistent with the mode prescrib- 
 ed ; governed by strict regulations ; 
 orderly, s. regular, regularity: adv. 
 regularly. 
 REG' UL ATE. v. To adjust by rule 
 or method ; to direct, pr. par. regr 
 ulating; past, regulated: s. regu- 
 lation, regulator. 
 
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REG— REJ 
 / vEGUR'GlTATE. v. To throw back ; 
 to pour back. pr. par. regurgitat- 
 ing; past, regurgitated : a. regur- 
 gitation. 
 
 REHEAR', v. To hear again, pr. par. 
 rehearing; past, reheard: s. re- 
 hearing. 
 
 REHEARSE', v. To repeat ; to re- 
 cite ; to recite previously to exhi- 
 bition, pr. par. rehearsing; past, 
 rehearsed : s. rehearsal. 
 
 REIGN, v. To enjoy or exercise 
 sovereign authority ; to be pre- 
 dominant, pr. par. reigning; past, 
 reigned: s. reign. 
 
 RE1MBODT. v. To embody again, 
 pr. par. reimbodying; past, reim- 
 bodied. 
 
 REIMBURSE', v. To repay; to re- 
 pair loss or expense by an equiva- 
 lent, pr. par. reimbursing ; past, 
 reimbursed: s. reimbursement. 
 
 REIN. s. The part of the bridle 
 which is held in the driver's hand, 
 pr. par. reining; past, reined. 
 
 FEINS, s. The kidneys ; the lower 
 part of the back. 
 
 REINSERT', v. To insert a second 
 time. pr. par. reinserting; past, 
 reinserted: s. reinsertion. 
 
 REINSPI'RE. v. To inspire anew, 
 pr. par. reinspiring; past, rein- 
 spired. 
 
 REINSTALL. To seat again; to 
 put again in possession, pr. par. 
 reinstalling; past, reinstalled. 
 
 REINSTATE, v. To put into the 
 same state or condition as before, 
 pr. par. reinstating; past, reinstat- 
 ed. 
 
 REINTEGRATE, v. To renew with 
 regard to any state or quality ; to 
 repair; to restore, pr. par. rein- 
 tegrating; past, reintegrated: s. 
 reintegration. 
 
 REINVEST', v. To invest anew. pr. 
 pnr. reinvesting ; past, reinvested. 
 
 REITERATE, v. To repeat again 
 and again, pr par. reiterating : 
 past, reiterated: s. reiteration. 
 
 REJECT', v. To dismiss without] 
 compliance ; to cast oil'; to refuse;. 
 
 REJ — REL 
 
 to throw aside, pr. par. rejecting; 
 past, rejected : s. rejection. 
 
 REJOrCE. v. To be glad; to exult; 
 to exhilarate ; to gladden, pr. par. 
 rejoicing; past, rejoiced: s. rejoicer: 
 adv. rejoicingly. 
 
 REJOIN', v. To join again : to meet 
 again ; to answer to an answer, 
 pr. par. rejoining; past, rejoined: 
 s. rejoiner. 
 
 REJUDGE'. v. To re-examine; to 
 review, pr. par. rejudging; past, 
 re judged. 
 
 REJUVENESCENCE, s. State of 
 being young again. 
 
 RELAPSE', v. To slide or fall back ; 
 to fall back from a state of re- 
 covery to sickness, pr. par. relaps- 
 ing ; past, relapsed: s. relapse. 
 
 RELATE, v. To tell ; to recite ; to 
 ally by kindred ; to have relation 
 to. pr. par. relating; past, related: 
 s. relater, relation. 
 
 REL'ATIVE. adj. Having relation ; 
 considered not absolutely, but as 
 belonging to, or respecting some- 
 thing else. s. relative: adv. rela- 
 tively. 
 
 RELAX', v. To slacken ; to remit ; 
 
 to make less secure or rigorous; 
 
 to ease. pr. par. relaxing; past, 
 
 relaxed: s. relaxation, relax at ire. 
 RELAY', s. Dogs held in reserve: 
 
 horses on the road, to relieve 
 
 others, on a journev. 
 RELEA'SE. v. To set'free; to free 
 
 from obligation or penalty, pr. par. 
 
 releasing; past, released : s. release. 
 RELENT', v. To soften; to grow 
 
 tender; to feel compassion, pr. 
 
 par. releniing ; past, relented: adj. 
 
 relentless. 
 
 REL'EVANT. udj. Relieving; f- 
 fording something to the purpose; 
 having relation to. s. relevancy. 
 
 REL'IC. s. That which is left, after 
 the loss or decay of the rest; some- 
 thing held in superstitious vene- 
 ration. 
 
 RELICT, s. A widow. 
 
 RELIEF', s. Aid, help, alleviation, 
 mitigation. 
 
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REL— REM 
 
 RELIE'VE. v. To afford relief, pr. 
 par. relieving; past, relieved: adj. 
 relievable: s. reliever. 
 
 RELIEVO, s. The prominence of a 
 figure or picture. 
 
 RELrGION. s. Reverence of a Su- 
 preme Being; a particular system 
 of divine faith and worship, adj. 
 religious : adv. religiously : s. reli- 
 giousness. 
 
 RELINQUISH, v. To forsake; to 
 abandon; to leave; to quit. pr. 
 par. relinquishing; past, relin- 
 quished: s. relinquishment. 
 
 RELISH, s. Taste; effect on the 
 palate; liking; delight, v. relish; 
 pr. par. relishing; past, relished: 
 adj. relishable. 
 
 RELUCENT. adj. Shining; trans- 
 parent, s. relucency. 
 
 RELUCTANT, adj. Struggling 
 against ; unwilling, adv. reluc- 
 tantly: s. reluctance. 
 
 RELU'ME. v. To light anew; tore- 
 kindle, pr. par. reluming ; past, 
 relumed. 
 
 RELY', v. To lean upon with con- 
 fidence; to trust in. pr. par. rely- 
 ing; past, relied: s. reliance. 
 
 REMAIN', v. To be left; to stay 
 behind, pr. par. remaining; past, 
 remained: s. remainder, remains. 
 
 REMAND', v. To send back; to 
 call back. pr. par. remanding; past, 
 remanded. 
 
 REMARK', s. Observation; note; 
 notice taken, v. remark ; pr. par. 
 remarking; past, remarked: adj. 
 remarkable : adv. remarkably. 
 
 REM'EDY. s. A medicine by which 
 any illness is cured; that which 
 counteracts any evil ; reparation, 
 v. remedy; pr. par. remedying; past, 
 remedied: adj. remediable, remedial, 
 remediless. 
 
 REMEM'BER. v. To bear in mind; 
 to put in mind. pr. par. remember- 
 ing; past, remembered: s. remem- 
 brance, remembrancer. 
 
 REMIND', v. To put in mind. pr. 
 par. reminding , past, reminded. 
 
 REMINIS'CENCE. s. Recollection. 
 
 REM— REN 
 
 REMISS', adj. Not careful; sloth- 
 ful, adv. remissly: s. remissness. 
 REMISSION, s. Act of remitting. 
 REMIT', v. To relax; to forgive; 
 to abate ; to send money to a dis- 
 tant place, pr. par. remitting; past, 
 remitted: s. remittance, remitter. 
 REM'NANT. s. Residue. 
 REMOD'EL. v. To model anew. pr. 
 
 par. remodeling; past, remodeled. 
 REMONSTRATE, v. To show rea- 
 son against, pr. par. remonstrating; 
 past, remonstrated: s. remon- 
 strance: adj. remonstrant. 
 REMORSE', s. Pain of guilt ; pity. 
 
 adj. remorseless. 
 REMO'TE. adj. Distant; far re- 
 moved; alien; not agreeing, adv. 
 remotely: s. remoteness. 
 REMOUNT', v. To mount agai i. 
 pr. par. remounting; past, re- 
 mounted. 
 
 REMOTE, v. To put from its plac<>; 
 to place at a distance; to go froi,i 
 one place to another, pr. par. n- 
 moving; past, removed: adj. re- 
 movable: s. removal. 
 REMUNERATE, v. To repay; to 
 reward; to compensate, pr. pai. 
 remunerating; past, remunerated: 
 s. remuneration, remunerator: adj. 
 remunerative. 
 RENAS'CENCE. 5. State of being 
 
 produced again, adj. renascent. 
 RENCOUNTER, s. Clash; colli- 
 sion ; personal opposition; sudden 
 combat. 
 
 REND. v. To tear with violence. 
 
 pr. par. rending ; past, rent. 
 RENDER, v. To return; to pay 
 back ; to invest with qualities ; to 
 yield ; to show. pr. par. rendering; 
 past, rendered. 
 RENDEZVOUS, s. Assembly; meet- 
 ing appointed; place appointed 
 for assembling, v. rendezvous; pr. 
 par. rendezvousing: past, rendez- 
 voused. 
 
 RENEGADE, RENEGA'DO. s. An 
 apostate ; a deserter, pi. renegades, 
 renegadoes. 
 I RENEW, v. To renovate; to re- 
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REN— REP 
 
 peat; to begin again, pr. par. re- 
 newing; past, renewed: adj. re- 
 newable: s. renewal^ renewedness. 
 
 REN'NET. s. See Runxet. 
 
 REN'NET, REN'NETING. s. A kind 
 of apple. 
 
 RENOUNCE', v. To disown ; to quit 
 upon oath. pr. par. renouncing; 
 past, renounced. 
 
 REN'OVATE. v. To renew ; to re- 
 store to the first state, pr. par. reno- 
 vating; past, renovated: s. reno- 
 vation. 
 
 RENOWN'. 5. Fame ; praise widely 
 spread, adj. renowned. 
 
 RENT. s. A break ; a laceration. 
 
 RENT. s. Revenue; periodical pay- 
 ment, pr. par. renting ; past, rent- 
 ed s. rental, renter, rent-roll. 
 
 RENUNCIATION, s. Act of re- 
 nouncing. 
 
 REPAIR', v. To restore after injury 
 or dilapidation; to mend. pr. par. 
 repairing; past, repaired: s. re- 
 pair. 
 
 REPARABLE, adj. Capable of be- 
 ing repaired, s. reparation. 
 
 REPARTEE', s. A smart reply. 
 
 REPASS', v. To pass again ; to pass 
 or travel back. pr. par. repassing; 
 past, repassed. 
 
 REPAST', s. A meal; act of taking 
 food ; victuals. 
 
 REPAY', v. To payback; to com- j 
 pensate ; to requite, pr. par. re- 
 paying; past, repayed: s. repay- 
 ment. 
 
 REPEAL', v. To revoke: to abro- 
 gate, pr. par. repealing; past, re- 
 pealed: s. repeal. 
 
 REPEAT', v. To iterate, to use 
 again ; to do, speak, or try again ; 
 to recite, pr. par. repeating; past, 
 repeated: s. repeater, one that re- 
 peats; a watch that strikes the 
 hours. 
 
 REPEL', v. To drive back. pr. par. 
 repelling; past, repelled: adj. re- 
 pellent. 
 
 REPENT', v. To think on any thing 
 past with sorrow; to change the 
 mind. pr. par. repenting; past, re- k 
 
 REP—REP 
 
 pented: s. repentance: adj. and s 
 repentant. 
 
 REPEOTLE. v To stock with peo- 
 ple anew. pr. par. repeopling; past, 
 repeopled. 
 
 REPERCUS'SION. s. Rebound, adj. 
 repercussive. 
 
 REPERTORY, s. A magazine; a 
 book in which any thing is to be 
 found, pi. repertories. 
 
 REPETI TION, s. Act of repeating; 
 thing repeated. 
 
 REPI'NE. v. To fret; to be discon- 
 tented, pr. par. repining; past, 
 repined: s. repiner: adv. repiningly. 
 
 REPLA'CE. v. To put into the former 
 place ; to put into a new place, pr. 
 par. replacing; past, replaced. 
 
 REPLANT', v. To plant anew. pr. 
 par. replanting; past, replanted. 
 
 REPLENISH, v. To fill again; to 
 stock; to furnish, pr. par. repltn- 
 ishing ; past, replenished. 
 
 REPLETE, adj. Full; full to ex- 
 uberance, s. repletion: adj. repie- 
 tive. 
 
 REPLEVIN.^. Totakeback or set at 
 liberty any thing seized, pr. par. 
 replevining; past, replevined: s. 
 replevin. 
 
 REPLICATION, s. Act of replying; 
 
 answer to a plea in law. 
 REPLY', v. To answer, pr. par. re- 
 plying; past, replied: s. reply, pi. 
 replies, replyer. 
 REPORT', v. To cause a rumour; 
 to give repute ; to give an account 
 of ; to return ; to rebound, pr. par. 
 reporting; past, reported: s. re- 
 port, reporter. 
 'REPO'SE. v. To lay to rest; to be 
 at rest ; to confide, pr. par. repos- 
 ing; past, reposed: s. repose, re- 
 posal, reposedness. 
 REPOSITORY, s. A place where 
 any thing is safely deposited, s, 
 repositories. 
 REPREHEND', v. To reprove : to 
 censure, pr. par. reprehending; 
 past, reprehended adj. reprehensi- 
 ble, reprehensive: r&v . rcprehensibly. 
 REPRESENT', v. To exhibit as if 
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.REP — REP 
 
 REP — RES 
 
 present; to describe; to person-! 
 ate. pr. pax. representing; past, 
 represented: &. representation: adj. 
 and s. representative. 
 
 REPRESS', v. To crush; to subdue, 
 pr. par. repressing; past, repress- 
 ed: s. repression: adj. repressive. 
 
 REPRIEVE', v. To respite, after 
 sentence of death ; to respite, pr. 
 par. reprieving; past, reprieved : s. 
 reprieve, reprieval. 
 
 REPRIMAND', v. To chide; to re- 
 prove, pr. par. reprimanding; past, 
 reprimanded: s. reprimand. 
 
 REPRINT', v. To print again, pr. 
 par. reprinting; past, reprinted: 
 s. reprint. 
 
 REPRI'SAL. s. Act of seizing, by 
 way of retaliation ; thing seized. 
 
 REPROACH', v. To censure in op- 
 probrious terms; to upbraid, pr. 
 par. reproaching ; past, reproach- 
 ed: s. reproach: adj. reproachable, 
 reproachful: adv. reproachfully. 
 
 REPROBATE, adj. Lost to virtue ; 
 lost to grace ; abandoned, s. rep- 
 robate. 
 
 REP'ROBATE. v. To disallow; to 
 reject ; to abandon, pr. par. rep- 
 robating; past, reprobated: s. rep- 
 robation. 
 
 REPRODUCE', v. To produce again, 
 pr. par. reproducing ; past, repro- 
 duced. 
 
 REPRODUCTION, s. Act of repro- 
 ducing ; thing reproduced. 
 
 REPRO VE, v. To blame ; to cen- 
 sure ; to check, pr. par. reproving; 
 past, reproved: adj. reprovable: s. 
 reprover, reproof. 
 
 REPTILE, adj. Creeping upon many 
 
 REPU^Lia^l Commonwealth ; 
 popular government, adj. and s. 
 republican: e. republicanism. 
 
 REPUB'LISH. v. To publish anew, 
 pr. par. republishing ; past, repub- 
 lished : s. republication. 
 
 REPU'DI ATE. v. To put away ; to 
 reject ; to divorce, pr. par. repu- 
 diating; past, repudiated : adj. re- 
 pudiable: s. repudiation. 
 2 D 
 
 REPUG'NANT. adj. Contrary, op- 
 posite, inconsistent, s. repugnance, 
 repugnancy : adv. repugnantly. 
 
 REPULSE', s. Act of driving back ; 
 state of being driven back ; defeat, 
 v. repulse ; pr. par. repulsing; past, 
 repulsed : adj . repulsive. 
 
 REPU'TE. s. Character; reputation ; 
 established opinion, v. repute; pr. 
 par. reputing; past, reputed : adj. 
 reputable: s. reputation. 
 
 REQUEST', s. Petition; entreaty; 
 demand ; state of being desired, 
 pr. par. requesting; past, requested. 
 
 RE'QUIEM. s. A hymn in which 
 rest is implored for the dead. 
 
 REQUI RE, v. To demand; to make 
 necessary; to need; to request, 
 pr. par. requiring; past, required. 
 
 REQ'UISITE. adj. Needful; neces- 
 sary ; required, s. requisite. 
 
 REQUISITION, s. Demand; appli- 
 cation for a thing, as of right. 
 
 REQUITE, v. To repay; to retali- 
 ate; to recompense, pr. par. re- 
 quiting; past, requited: s. requital. 
 
 RESCIND', v. To cut ofF; to abro- 
 gate, pr. par. rescinding; past, 
 rescinded. 
 
 RESCISSION, s. Act of rescinding. 
 
 RE'SCRIPT. s. Written answer; 
 edict of an emperor. 
 
 RES'CUE. v. To set free from vio- 
 lence, confinement, or danger, 
 pr. par. rescuing; past, rescued: s. 
 rescue, rescuer. 
 
 RESEARCH', s. Inquiry, search. 
 
 RESEM'BLE. v. To compare ; to be 
 like ; to have likeness to. pr. par. 
 resembling; past, resembled : s. re- 
 semblance. 
 
 RESENT', v. To take ill ; to consid- 
 er as injury or affront, pr. par. re- 
 senting; past, resented: adj. resent" 
 ful : s. resentment. 
 
 RESERVE', v. To keep in store ; to 
 save for some other purpose ; to 
 retain, pr. par. reserving ; past, re- 
 served: s. reservation, reserve, re- 
 servedness : adv. reservedly. 
 
 RE SERVOIR, s. A place where any 
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RES— RES 
 
 thing is kept in store ; an artificial 
 pond. 
 
 JlESI'DE. v. To have abode; to 
 dwell; to sink; to subside, pr. 
 par. residing; past, resided: s. res- 
 idence: adj. and s. resident. 
 
 RESIDUE, s. The remaining part ; 
 that which is left. adj. residuary. 
 
 RESIGN', v. To give up; to yield; 
 to submit, pr. par. resigning; past, 
 resigned: s. resignation: adv. re- 
 signedly. 
 
 RESILIENCE, s. The act of start- 
 ing or leaping back. adj. resilient. 
 
 RES'IN. s. A vegetable substance 
 that easily ignites, adj. resinous. 
 
 RESIST', v. To oppose ; not to ad- 
 mit impression or force, pr. par. 
 resisting; past, resisted: s. resist- 
 ance: adj. resistible: s. resistibility. 
 
 RES OLUTE, adj. Determined ; fix- 
 ed; constant, adv. resolutely 
 resolution. 
 
 RESOLVE', v. To free from doubt 
 or difficulty; to solve; to deter- 
 mine ; to analyze ; to reduce, pr. 
 par. resolving; past, resolved : adj. 
 resolvable: adv. resolvedly. 
 
 RE'SONANT. adj. Resounding, s. 
 resonance. 
 
 RESORT', v. To have recourse ; to 
 repair to. pr. par. resorting ; past, 
 resorted: s. resort, resorter. 
 
 RESOUND', v. To echo ; to sound 
 back ; to be much and loudly men- 
 tioned; pr. par. resounding ; past, 
 resounded: s. resound. 
 
 RESOURCE', s. New or unexpected 
 means ; resort ; expedient. 
 
 RESPECT', v. To regard ; to rever- 
 ence in a moderate degree; to have 
 relation to. pr. par. respecting; 
 past, respected: s. respect: adj. re- 
 spectful: adv. respectfully. 
 
 RESPECT' ABLE. adj. Venerable :j 
 meriting respect, s. respectability A 
 adv. respectably. 
 RESPECTIVE, adj. Particular; rel- 
 ative ; not absolute, adv. respect- 
 ively. 
 
 RESPIRE, v. To breathe; to catch j 
 breath. 
 
 pr. par. respiring, past 
 
 RES— RES 
 
 respired: s. respiraiion: adj re" 
 spirable, respiratory. 
 RES'PITE. 5. Reprieve; suspension 
 of a capital sentence ; pause ; in- 
 terval, v. respite; pr. par. respiting; 
 past, respited. 
 RESPLEN'DENT. adj. Bright; shin- 
 ing, s. resplendence, resplendency: 
 adv. resplendentiy. 
 
 RESPOND', v. To answer; to cor- 
 respond ; to suit. pr. par. respond- 
 ing; past, responded: s. respondent. 
 RESPONSE', s. An answer; answer 
 made by a congregation, speaking 
 alternately with the priest, adj. 
 responsive, responsory. 
 RESPONSIBLE, adj. Answerable; 
 accountable; capable of discharg- 
 ing an obligation, s. responsibility, 
 pi. responsibilities. 
 REST. s. Repose; cessation or ab- 
 sence of motion ; quiet ; peace ; 
 pause; remainder, v. rest ; pr. pg r 
 resting; past, rested: adj. resiles*: 
 adv. re-tlessly : s. restlessness. 
 RESTAURA'f ION. s. Act of recov- 
 ering to the former state. 
 RES'TIFF, RESTIVE, adj. Unwil- 
 ling to stir; stubborn, s. restiu< ■ 
 ness. 
 
 RESTITUTION, s. Act of restor- 
 ing ; retribution. 
 RESTORE', v. To give back to the 
 owner; to bring back; to retrieve; 
 to cure; to recover from disease, 
 pr. par. restoring; past, restored: 
 s. restoration: adj. and s. restora- 
 tive. 
 
 RESTRAIN', v. To hold back; to 
 withhold; to repress; to hinder; 
 to limit, pr. par. restraining; pa>r, 
 restrained: adj. restrainable : s. re- 
 straint. 
 
 RESTRICT 7 . B». To limit: to confine, 
 pr. par. restricting: past, restricted: 
 s. restriction • adj. restrictive. 
 RESULT', v. To leap back ; to arise 
 as a consequence ; to be produced 
 as an effect, pr.par. resulting; past, 
 resulted: s. result. 
 RESU'Mfc 9 To take back ; to be- 
 314 
 
RES-RET 
 gin again, pr. par. resuming; past, 
 resumed. 
 
 RESUMPTION, s. Act of resuming. 
 
 adi. resumptive. 
 RESURRECTION, s. Revival from 
 
 the dead ; return from the grave. 
 RESUS'CITATE. v.To stir up again; 
 
 to revive, pr. par. resuscitating ; 
 
 past, resuscitated: s. resuscitation ■ 
 
 adi. resuscitative. 
 RETAIL', v. To sell in small quan- 
 tities ; to tell in broken parts, or 
 
 at second-hand. pr. par. retailing;. 
 
 past, retailed : s. re'tail, retailer. 
 RETAIN', v. To keep ; not to dis 
 
 miss ; to keep in pay ; to withhold. 
 
 pr. par. retaining ; past, retained : 
 
 s. retainer, 
 RETA'KE. v. To take again, pr. par. 
 
 retaking; past, retaken; pret. re- 
 took. 
 
 RETALIATE, v. To return, by giv- 
 ing like for like; to requite, pr 
 par. retaliating; past, retaliated 
 s. retaliation. 
 
 RETARD', v. To delay, to hinder, 
 pr. par. retarding ; past, retarded ■ 
 s. retardation, retarder. 
 
 RETCH, v. To force up from the 
 stomach, pr. par. retching ; past 
 
 RETENTION, s. Act of retaining 
 adj. retentive: s. retentiveness. 
 
 RETICLE, s. A small net. adj. re- 
 ticular, reticulated, retiform. 
 
 RET'INUE. s. A number attending 
 upon a principal person ; a train. 
 
 RETI RE. v.To retreat, to withdraw, 
 pr. par. retiring; past, retired: s 
 retiredness, retirement. 
 
 RETORT', v. To throw back; to 
 curve back ; to return any argu- 
 ment, censure, or incivility, pr. 
 par. retorting; past, retorted: s 
 retort, retorter. 
 
 RETOUCH', v. To improve by new 
 touches, pr. par. retouching; past 
 retouched. 
 
 RETRA'CE. v. To trace back; to 
 trace again, pr. par. retracing ■ 
 pnst, retraced. 
 RETRACT', v. To take back ; to re 
 
 RET— REV 
 call ; to recant, pr. par. retracting 
 past, retracted: s. retraction: adj. 
 retractive. 
 RETREAT', s. Act of retiring ; re- 
 tirement ; place of privacy, v. re- 
 treat; pr. par. retreating; past, re- 
 treated. 
 
 RETRENCH', v. To cut off ; to les- 
 sen, pr.par. retrenching ; past, re- 
 trenched : s. retrenchment. 
 RETRIBU'TION. s. Repayment ; re- 
 turn accommodated to the action, 
 adj. retributive, retributory. 
 IRETRIE'VE. v. To recover; tore- 
 store; to repair, pr. par. retrieving; 
 I past, retrieved: s. retrieve: adj. re- 
 trievable. . 
 RETROACTIVE, adj. Having a 
 backward action ; acting upon the 
 past. s. retroaction. 
 RETROGRADE, adj. Going back- 
 ward; contrary, v. retrograde, 
 pr. par. retrograding; past, retro- 
 graded: s. retrogression: adj. re- 
 trogressive. 
 RETROSPECT, s. Backward view, 
 s. retrospection: adj. retrospective. 
 RETURN', v. To turn back ; to come 
 again to the same place ; to make 
 answer ; to retort, pr. par. return- 
 ing; past, returned: s. return: adj. 
 returnable. 
 REUNITE, v. To join again, pr. par. 
 
 reuniting; past, reunited: s.reunion. 
 REVEAL', v. To discover ; to show ; 
 to lay open. pr. par. revealing; 
 past, revealed: s. revelation, reveal- 
 
 REVEI'LLE, REVETLLE'. s. The 
 morning beat of drum. 
 
 REVEL, v. To feast with loose and 
 clamorous merriment, pr. par. rev- 
 eling; past, reveled: s. reveller, rev- 
 elry, pi. revelries. 
 
 REVENGE', v. To return an injury, 
 pr. par. revenging; past, reveng- 
 ed: s. revenge, revenger: adj. re- 
 vengeful: adv. revengefully. 
 
 REVENUE, s- Income; annual prof* 
 
 REVERBERATE, v. To beat back; 
 to be driven back ; to resound, pr, 
 31i? 
 
REV — REV 
 
 par. reverberating; past, reverbe- 
 rated: adj. reverberant, reverbera- 
 tory: s. reverberation. 
 
 REVE'RE. v. To reverence ; to hon- 
 our, pr. par. revering; past, rever- 
 ed: s. reverer. 
 
 REVERENCE, s. Veneration, re- 
 spect ; act of obeisance ; title of 
 the clergy, v. reverence; pr. par. 
 reverencing; past, reverenced: adj 
 reverend, reverent, reverential: adv 
 reverently. 
 
 REVERSE', v. To turn upside down; 
 to overturn ; to turn back 1 ; to re- 
 peal ; to put each in the place of 
 the other, pr. par. reversing; past, 
 reversed: s. reverse, reversal: adv. 
 reversely: adj. reversible. 
 
 REVERSION, s. Act of reverting ; 
 estate reverted, adj. reversionary. 
 
 REVERT', v. To return; to fall 
 back. pr. par. reverting; past, re- 
 verted. 
 
 REV'ERY. s. Loose musing ; irreg- 
 ular thought, pi. reveries. 
 
 REVEST', v. To clothe again ; to 
 vest again in a possession or office, 
 pr. par. revesting; past, revested. 
 
 REVIEW, v. To look back ; to view 
 again ; to survey ; to examine, 
 pr. par. reviewing; past, reviewed: 
 s. review, reviewer. 
 
 REVl'LE. v. To vilify; to reproach; 
 pr. par. reviling ; past, reviled ■ s. 
 reviler, revilement. 
 
 REVl'SE. v. To review, pr. par. re- 
 vising; past, revised: s. revisal, 
 revise, reviser, revision. 
 
 REVIS'lT. v. To visit again, pr.par. 
 revisiting ; past, revisited. 
 
 REVI'VE. v. To return to life; to 
 reanimate; to renew, pr. par. re- 
 viving; past, revived: s. revival, 
 reviver. 
 
 REVOKE', v. To call back; to re- 
 peal; to annul; to renounce at! 
 cards, pr. par. revoking ; past, re- 
 voked: s. revoke^ revocation. 
 
 REVOLT', v. To fall off from one 
 to another ; to turn ; to rebel, pr. 
 par. revolting: past, revolted: s. 
 revolt % revolkr. 
 
 REV— RIB 
 
 REVOLUTION, s. Act of revolv- 
 ing; rotation; change, adj. revo- 
 lutionary: s. revolutionist. 
 REVOLVE', v. To roll in a circle; 
 to perform a revolution ; to con- 
 sider, pr. par. revolving ; past, re- 
 volved. 
 
 REVUL'SION. s. Act of withhold- 
 ing or drawing back. 
 REWARD', v. To give in return ; 
 to repay; to compensate, pr. par. 
 rewarding ; past, rewarded : s. re- 
 ward, rewarder. 
 RHAPSODY, s. A collection of 
 songs or verses; thoughts joined 
 together without necessary de- 
 pendence or necessary connexion, 
 pi. rhapsodies: adj. rhapsodical: 
 s. rhapsodist. 
 RHETORIC, s. The act of speak- 
 ing with propriety and elegance ; 
 power of persuasion; oratory, s. 
 rhetorician: adj. rhetorical: adv. 
 rhetorically. 
 RHEUM. 5. A thin, watery matter, 
 oozing through the glands. 
 
 RHEUMAT'IC.arfj.Proceedingfrom 
 rheum ; denoting the pain which 
 attacks the joints, &c. s. rheu- 
 matism. 
 
 RHINO'CEROS. s. A species of 
 
 quadruped, pi. rhinoceroses. 
 RHODODENDRON, s. A kind of 
 plant. 
 
 RHOMB, s. A term in geometry, s. 
 
 rhomboid: adj. rhombuidal. 
 RHU'BARB. s. A kind of medicinal 
 plant. 
 
 RHYME, s. An harmonical succes- 
 sion of sounds; the correspondence 
 of the last sound of one verse to 
 the last sound or syllable of an- 
 other, v. rhyme; pr. par. rhym- 
 ing; past, rhymed: s. rhymer-, 
 rhymester. 
 RHYTHM. 5. Metre: verse: pro- 
 portion applied to any motion 
 whatever, adj. rhythmical. 
 RI'AL. s. A Spanish coin. 
 RIB. s. One of the bones which en- 
 compass the body, &c. adj n'hhed. 
 
 31t> 
 
RIB— RIG 
 
 RIB'ALD. adj. Base, mean, lewd, 
 
 scandalous, s. ribaldry. 
 RIB' AND, RIB'BON. s. A fillet of 
 
 silk. 
 
 RICE. s. One of the esculent grains. 
 
 RICH. adj. Wealthy ; opulent ; pre- 
 cious; splendid; plentiful; fertile, 
 s. riches, richnejss ; adv. richly. 
 
 RICK. s. A pile of corn or hay, reg- 
 ularly heaped up. 
 
 RICK'ETS. s. A distemper in chil- 
 dren, adj. rickety. 
 
 RID. v. To set free; to clear; to 
 disencumber. p*. par. ridding ; 
 past, ridded: s. riddance. 
 
 RIDDEN. Past par. of the v. to ride. 
 
 RID'DLE. s. An enigma; a puzzling 
 question; a coarse sieve, pr. par. 
 riddling; past, riddled: s.riddler. 
 
 RIDE. v. To travel on horseback ; 
 to travel in a vehicle ; to be on the 
 water ; to be supported by some- 
 thing subservient, pr. par. riding; 
 past, ridden: s.ride, rider, riding. 
 
 RtD'ICULE. s. Wit of that species 
 that provokes laughter; folly, v.. 
 ridicule; pr. par. ridiculing ; past, 
 ridiculed: adj. ridiculous: adv. 
 ridiculously. 
 
 R\'DINGHABIT. s. A dress worn 
 by women, when they ride on 
 horseback. 
 
 RIFFRAFF, s. Refuse. 
 
 RI'FLE. v. To rob ; to plunder, pr. 
 par. rifling ; past, rifled : s. i-ifler. 
 
 RI'FLE. 5. A kind of whetstone ; a 
 sort of gi^n, having within its bar- 
 rel indented lines, s. rifleman, 
 pi. riflemen. 
 
 RIG. s. A small ridge, made by 
 digging, in a field; form of the 
 sails and spars of a ship. 
 
 RIG. v. To dress ; to accoutre ; to 
 fix the masts, spars, and sails, of 
 a ship. pr. par. rigging; past, rig- 
 ged : s. rig, rigger, rigging. 
 
 RIGADOOiY. s. A kind of brisk 
 dance. 
 
 RIGHT, adj. Fit, proper, suitable, 
 true, just, straight ; not left. s. 
 right: adv. right, rightly: v. 
 2D2 
 
 RIG-RIS 
 
 right; pr. par. righting; past, 
 righted. 
 
 RIGHT'EOUS. adj. Just, honest ; 
 agreeing with right, adv. right' 
 eously : s. righteousness. 
 
 RI'GID. adj. Stiff ; not to be bent ; 
 strict; severe, s. rigidity: adv. 
 rigidly: s. rigidness. 
 
 RIG'MAROLE. s. A repetition of 
 idle words. 
 
 RIG'OUR, RIG'OR. s. Cold, stiff- 
 ness, severity, austerity, strict- 
 ness, adj. rigorous: adv. rigor- 
 ously. 
 
 RILL. s. A little streamlet. 
 RIM. s. A border, a margin. 
 RIMPLE. s. A wrinkle, a fold, a 
 
 pucker, v. rimple; pr. par. rim- 
 
 pling; past, rimpled. 
 RIND. 5. Bark, husk. 
 RING. 5. A circle ; a circle of metal; 
 
 a number of bells harmoniously 
 
 tuned ; the sound of bells, &c. 
 
 pr. par. ringing; past, rung: s. 
 
 ringer. 
 
 RING'DOVE. s. A kind of pigeon. 
 RING'LEADER. s. One who leads 
 
 the ring ; the head of a riotous 
 
 body. 
 
 RING' LET. s. A small ring; a curl. 
 RING'STREAKED. adj. Circularly 
 
 streaked. 
 RING' WORM. s. A circular tetter 
 RINSE, v. To wash slightly, pr. par. 
 
 rinsing; past, rinsed: s. rinser. 
 RIOT. 5. An uproar ; a disturbance 
 
 caused by three or more persons. 
 
 v. riot; pr. par. rioting; past, 
 
 rioted: s. rioter : adj. riotous: adv. 
 
 riotously: s. riotousness. 
 RIP. v. To tear; to lacerate; to cut 
 
 asunder, pr. par. ripping; past, 
 
 ripped. 
 
 RIPE. adj. Brought to perfection in 
 growth; mature, s. ripeness: v. 
 ripen; pr. par. ripening; past, 
 ripened. 
 
 RIPPLE, v. To fret on the surface; 
 
 to clean flax. pr. par. rippling , 
 
 past, rippled : s. ripple. 
 RISE. v. To become erect ; to get 
 
 up from rest ; to advance ; to 
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RIS-ROB 
 
 ROB— ROM 
 
 swell; to ascend ; to make an in- 
 surrection, pr. par* rising ; past, 
 risen ; pret. rose : s. rise, riser. 
 
 RIS'IBLE. adj. Having the faculty 
 or power of laughing; exciting 
 laughter, s. risibility. 
 
 RISK. s. Hazard ; danger, v. risk ; 
 pr. par. risking; past, risked: s. 
 risker. 
 
 RITE. s. Solemn act of religion; 
 external observance, s. and adj. 
 ritual. 
 
 RI'VAL. s. A competitor, adj. ri- 
 val: v. rival ; pr. par. rivaling ; 
 past, rivaled ? s. rivalry. 
 
 RIVE. v. To split; to cleave, pr. 
 par. riving; past, rioen. 
 
 RIVER, s. A land current of water, 
 of the first class. 
 
 RIVET. 5. A fastening pin, clench- 
 ed at both ends. v. rivet; pr. par. 
 riveting; past, riveted. 
 
 RIVULET*, s. A small river; a 
 brook. 
 
 RTXA'TION. s. A quarrel ; a brawl. 
 
 RIX' DOLLAR, s. A German coin, 
 worth about four shillings and six- 
 pence sterling. 
 
 ROACH s. A kind of fish. pi. 
 roaches. 
 
 ROAD. s. A large way; a path. 
 R 3AD'STEAD. s. A place in which 
 
 ships can anchor. 
 ROAM. v. To ramble; to rove. pr. 
 
 par. roaming; past, roamed: s. 
 
 roamer. 
 
 ROAN. adj. Bay, sorrel, or black 
 colour, mixed with gray or white 
 spots. 
 
 ROAR. v. To cry as a lion, or any 
 other wild beast ; to make a loud 
 noise, pr. par. roaring; past, roar- 
 ed: s. roar, roarer. 
 
 ROAST, v. To dress meat by turn- 
 ing it round before the fire. pr. 
 par. roasting; past, roasted: s. 
 roast, roaster. 
 
 ROB. v. To take forcibly from the 
 person; to plunder, pr. par. rob- 
 bing; past, robbed: $. robber, rob- 
 bery, pi. robberies. 
 
 ROBE. s. A gown of state; a dress 
 
 of dignity, v. robe ; pr. par. robing; 
 past, robed. 
 
 ROBTN, ROBIN-RED'-BREAST. s. 
 A kind of bird. 
 
 ROBUST', adj. Strong; vigorous. 
 
 ROCK. s. A vast mass of stone, 
 fixed in the earth ; a diatulT. adj, 
 rocky : s. rockiness. 
 
 ROCK. v. To shake ; to move back 
 wards and forwards, pr. par. rock' 
 ing ; past, rocked: s. rocker. 
 
 ROCK'ET. s. A kind of fire-work , 
 a species of plant. 
 
 ROD. 5. A long twig, &c. 
 
 RODE. Pret of the v. to ride. 
 
 RODOMONTA'DE. s. An empty, 
 noisy bluster or boast ; a rant. v. 
 rodomontade; pr. par. rodomon- 
 tading; past, rodomontaded: s. ro- 
 domontador. 
 
 ROE. s. A species of deer; — the 
 eggs of fish. 
 
 ROGATION, s. Litany, supplica- 
 tion. 
 
 ROGUE, s. A vagabond; a knave; 
 a villain, adj. roguish: aav. ro- 
 guishly : s. roguishness. 
 
 ROIST, ROISTER, v. To behave 
 turbulently; to be at free quar- 
 ters ; to bluster, pr. par. roisting, 
 roistering; past, roisted, roistered: 
 s. roister. 
 
 ROLL. v. To move by volutation ; 
 to move round on its axis ; to wrap 
 round upon itself ; to involve in 
 bandage ; to run on wheels, pr. 
 par. rolling; past, rolled: s. roll, 
 roller. 
 
 ROL'LINGPIN. s. A round piece of 
 wood, used by bakers. 
 
 RO'MAN. s. A native or citizen of 
 Rome; a papist, adj. Reman: s. 
 Romanist. 
 
 ROMANCE'. 5. The ancient cor- 
 rupt Latin language, such as was 
 spoken, during the middle ages, 
 in France; a military fable of the 
 middle ages; a tale of wild ad- 
 ventures, in war and love; a lie; 
 a fiction, v. romance; pr. par. ro- 
 mancing; past, romanced: s. ro- 
 mancer. 
 
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ROM— ROT 
 
 ROMANTIC, adj. Resembling a ro- 
 mance ; wild ; false ; full of wild 
 scenery. 
 
 ROMP. s. A rude, awkward, bois- 
 terous, untaught girl; rough, rude 
 play. v. romp , pr. par. romping ; 
 past, romped: adj. rompish. 
 
 RON'DEAU. s. A kind of ancient 
 poetry; a kind of jig, or lively 
 tune, which ends with the first 
 strain repeated. 
 
 ROOD. s. The fourth part of an 
 acre; a pole; a measure of I62 
 feet. 
 
 ROOF. s. The cover of a house, v. 
 roof; pr. par. roofing; past, roof- 
 ed: adj. roofless. 
 
 ROOK. s. A species of small crow ; 
 one of the pieces used in the game 
 of chess, s. rookery, pi. rookeries. 
 
 ROOM. s. Space; sufficient space ; 
 chamber; place of another, adj. 
 roomy. 
 
 ROOST, s. That on which a bird 
 
 sits, to sleep, v. roost; pr. par. 
 
 roosting; past, roosted. 
 FOOT. s. That part of a plant which 
 
 rests in the ground, v. root ; pr. 
 
 par. rooting; past, rooted: adj. 
 
 rooty. 
 
 ROPE. s. A cord; a string, s. ropi- 
 ness: adj. ropy: s. rope-dancer, \ 
 rope-ladder. 
 
 RO'SARY. s. A bunch of beads, on| 
 which the Romanists number their, 
 prayers ; a place where roses grow, 
 pi. rosaries. 
 
 ROS'CID. adj. Dewy. 
 
 ROSE. s. A kind of flower, adj. rosy; 
 s. rosiness, rosewater. 
 
 ROSE. Pret of the v. to rise. 
 
 RO'SEATE. adj. Rosy; blooming; 
 purple as a rose. 
 
 ROSE'MARY. 5. A kind of plant. 
 
 ROS'IN. s. Inspissated turpentine; 
 juice of the pine. v. rosin; pr. par. 
 rosining; past, rosined. 
 
 ROSTRUM, s. The beak of a bird; 
 the beak of a ship ; the scaffold 
 whence orators harangued. 
 
 ROT. v. To putrefy; to lose the co- 
 hesion of its parts, pr. par. rotting; 
 
 ROT— ROU 
 
 past, roiled: s. rot adj. rotten : s. 
 rottenness. 
 
 ROTARY, ROTATORY. adj. 
 Whirling as a wheel. 
 
 ROTATION, s. Act of whirling 
 round like a wheel ; revolution. 
 
 ROTE. s. A musical instrument; 
 words uttered by mere memory, 
 without judgment; memory of 
 words, without comprehension of 
 the sense. 
 
 ROTUND', adj. Round, spherical, s, 
 rotundity. 
 
 ROTUN'DA, ROTUN'DO. 5. A cir- 
 cular building, such as the Pan- 
 theon at Rome. 
 
 ROUGE, s. Red paint, pronounced 
 rooje. v. rouge; pr. par. rouging ; 
 past, rouged. 
 
 ROUGH, adj. Rugged; having ine- 
 qualities on the surface ; coarse ; 
 tempestuous, adv. roughly: s. 
 roughness: v. roughen; pr. par. 
 roughening ; past, roughened. 
 
 ROUGH'CAST. v. To mould. with- 
 out nicet y or elegance ; to form 
 with asperities and inequalities; 
 to dash with pebbles and mortar, 
 pr. par. roughcasting; past, rough- 
 casted : s. roughcast. 
 
 ROUGH'RIDER. s. One who breaks 
 horses for riding. 
 
 ROUGH'SHOD. adj. Having rough- 
 ened shoes, to prevent slipping. 
 
 ROUND, adj. Circular; spherical; 
 whole; not broken, v. round; pr. 
 par. rounding; past, rounded: s. 
 round: adv. round, roundly: prep. 
 round: adj. roundish: s. roundness. 
 
 ROUND' ABOUT, adj. Indirect. 
 
 ROUND'ELAY. s. A rondeau. 
 
 ROUND'HEAD. s. A puritan; so 
 named from the practice of crop- 
 ping the hair round. 
 ROUND-ROB'IN.s. A written petition 
 or remonstrance, signed by several 
 persons, around a ring or circle. 
 ROUSE, v. To wake from rest ; to 
 excite, pr. par. rous ig; past, 
 roused: s. rouser. 
 ROUT. s. A clamoroiii gr titude; 
 a rabble \ confti*&4 * defeated 
 
ROU — RUF 
 
 army, v, rout; pr. par. routing; 
 
 past, routed, 
 ROUTE, s. Road, way. 
 ROUTJ'NE. s. Custom, practice. 
 ROVE. v. To ramble; to range; to 
 
 wander over. pr. par. roving; past 
 
 roved: s. rover. 
 ROW. s. A number of things ranged 
 
 in a line ; a rank or file. 
 BOW. 5. A riotous noise ; a drunk- 
 en debauch. 
 ROW. v. To impel by oars. pr. par. 
 
 rowing; past, rowed: s. rower. 
 ROWEL, s. A little, flat ring or 
 
 wheel, in horses' bits; the points 
 
 of a spur, turning on an axis ; a 
 
 seton. 
 
 ROY'AL. adj. Kingly; regal, s. roy- 
 alist, royalty, pi. royalties: ad 
 royally. 
 
 RUB. v. To move one body upon 
 another; to wipe; to remove by 
 friction, pr. par. rubbing; past, 
 rubbed: s. rub, rubber. 
 
 RUB'BISH. s. Ruins of building; 
 fragments of matter used in build- 
 ing; any thing vile and worthless. 
 
 RU'BICUND. adj. Inclining to red- 
 ness, s. rubicundity. 
 
 RU'BRIC. 5. Directions printed in 
 books of law, and in prayerbooks ; 
 so called, because they were ori- 
 ginally distinguished by being in 
 red ink, 
 
 RU'BY s. A precious stone, of a 
 red colour, adj. ruby. 
 
 RUOTA'TION. s. Belching. 
 
 RUDDER, s. A helm. 
 
 BUD DY, adj. Approaching to red- 
 ness, s. ruddiness. 
 
 RUDE. adj. Raw; barbarous; un- 
 taught; uncivil ; unpolished; art- 
 less, adv. rudely: s. rudeness. 
 
 RU'DIMENT. s. First principles; 
 first elements of a science; begin 
 ning. adj. rudimental. 
 
 RUE. v. To grieve for; to regret, 
 pr. oar. ruing; p-ist, rued: adj. 
 rueful: adv. ruefully: s. rueful- 
 ness. 
 
 RUFF. s. A puckered linen or mus- 
 
 RUF— RUN 
 
 lin ornament, for the neck ; a state 
 
 of roughness. 
 RUF'FIAN. s. A brutal, boisterous, 
 mischievous fellow ; a cut-throat ; 
 a robber, adj. ruffianly, ruffianlike. 
 RUFFLE, v. To disorder; to put 
 out of form ; to make less smooth ; 
 to grow rough or turbulent, pr. 
 par. ruffling; past, ruffled: s. ruf 
 ffe. 
 
 RUG. 5. A coarse, nappv, woollen 
 cloth. 
 
 RUG'GED. adj. Rough; full ofun- 
 evenness and asperity, adv. rug- 
 gedly : s. ruggedness. 
 RUIN, s. Fall, destruction, over 
 throw; thing fallen, w.ruin; pr. 
 par. ruining; past, ruined: s. ru- 
 iner : adj. ruinous: adv. ruinously. 
 RULE, 5. Government; sway; nsn 
 on, &c. v. rule; pr. par. ruling; 
 past, ruled: s. rvler. 
 RUM. s. A kind of spirits, distilled 
 
 from molasses. 
 RUM'BLE. v. To make a honr>e, 
 low, continued noise, pr. par. rum- 
 bling ; past, rumbled: s. rambler. 
 RU'MINATE. v. To chew the cud ; 
 to muse. pr. par. ruminating; past, 
 ruminated: adj. ruminant: s. ru- 
 mination, ruminntor. 
 RUM'MAGE. v. To search rudely, 
 pr. par. rummaging; past, rum- 
 maged. 
 
 RU'MOUR. s. Flying or popular re- 
 port, v. rumour; pr. par. rumour- 
 ing; past, rumoured. 
 RUMP. s. The end of the back 
 
 bone : the buttocks. 
 RUM'PLE. s. A pucker; a rude 
 plait, v. rumple; pr. par immpling; 
 past, rumpled. 
 RUN. v. To move swiftly; to make 
 haste, (fee. pr. par. run rim g: nast, 
 run; pret. ran: s. run, runiur. 
 RUN'AGATE. s. A fugitive, an apos- 
 tate. 
 
 RUN'DLE. 5. A step of a ladder; 
 
 something put round an axis. 
 RUN'DLET. s. A small barrel. 
 RUNG. Past par. of the v. to ring, 
 MO 
 
RUN— RUS 
 
 RUS— RYE 
 
 RUNG. 5. A round or step of a lad- 
 der, &c. 
 
 RUNIC, adj. Denoting the letters 
 and language of the ancient north- 
 ern nations. 
 
 RUN'NET. s.A liquor made by steep- 
 ing the stomach of a calf in hot 
 water, and used to coagulate milk 
 for curds and cheese ; sometimes 
 written rennet. 
 
 RUNT. s. A dwarf animal. 
 
 RUPEE', j. An East Indian silver 
 coin, worth about two shillings and 
 four-pence sterling. 
 
 RUPTURE, s. The act of breaking; 
 state of being broken ; hernia, v. 
 rupture; pr. par. rupturing; past, 
 ruptured: s. ruption. 
 
 RU'RAL. adj. Relating or belonging 
 to the country, adv. rurally: s. 
 ruralness. 
 
 RUSH. s. A kind of plant, pi. rushes: 
 adj. rushy • s. rushiness. 
 
 RUSH. v. To enter or move with 
 violence, pr. par. rushing; past, 
 rushed: s. rush. 
 
 RUSK. s. Hard bread, made from rye. 
 
 RUS'SET. adj. Reddishly brown; 
 gray ; homespun, s. russet. 
 
 RUST. s. Oxide of iron ; tarnished 
 surface of any metal ; matter bred 
 by corruption or degeneration, v. 
 rust ; pr. par. rusting ; past, rust- 
 ed ; adj. rusty: s. rustiness. 
 
 RUSTIC, adj. Rural; rude; un- 
 taught, s. rusticity. 
 
 RUSTICATE, v. To reside in the 
 country; to banish into the coun- 
 try, pr. par. rusticating ; past, rus- 
 ticated: s. rustication. 
 
 RUT- s. The track of a carriage- 
 wheel. 
 
 RUTH'FUL. adj. Merciful; sor- 
 rowful, adv. ruthfully : adj. ruth- 
 less : s. ruthlessness. 
 
 RYE. A kind of esculent grain. 
 
 SAB— SAC 
 
 SAB'BATH. s. A day appointed for 
 public worship, and rest from la- 
 bour, adj. sabbatic, sabbatical. 
 
 SA'BLE. s. A kind of fur. 
 
 S.i'BLE. adj. Black. 
 
 SABOT', s. A sort of wooden shoe. 
 
 SA'BRE. s. A cimetar; a short 
 sword with a convex edge. v. sa- 
 bre; pr. par. sabring; past, sabred. 
 
 SACCHARINE, adj. Having the 
 taste or any other of the chief 
 qualities of sugar. 
 
 SACERDOTAL, adj. Priestly; be- 
 longing to the priesthood. 
 
 SACH'EL. s. A small sack or bag. 
 
 SACH'EM. s. The title of some 
 American chiefs. 
 
 SACK. s. A bag, a pouch, a large 
 basr; a kind of sweet wine. 
 
 SACK. v. To take by storm ; to pil- 
 lage, pr. par. sacking , past, sack- 
 ed: s. sack, sacker. 
 
 SACK'BUT. s. A kind of trumpet. 
 
 SACK'CLOTH. t. Cloth of which 
 
 SAC— SAC 
 
 sacks are made ; coarse cloth 
 sometimes worn in mortification. 
 
 SA'CRAMENT. s. An oath; any 
 ceremony producing an obligation; 
 the eucharist. adj. sacramental: 
 adv. sacramentally . 
 
 SA'CRED. adj. Immediately relating 
 to God; devoted to religious uses; 
 holy; consecrated, adv. sacredly: 
 s. sacredness. 
 
 SACRIFICE, v. To offer to heaven; 
 to immolate as an atonement or 
 propitiation; to destroy; to kill, 
 pr. par. sacrificing; past, sacri- 
 ficed: s. sacrifice, sacr ; Jice.r: adj. 
 sacr'ific- sad ifical, sacrificatory, 
 sacrificial. 
 
 SACRILEGE, s. The crime o*' ap- 
 propriating to one's-self what is 
 devoted to religion ; the crime of 
 robbing heaven, adj. sacrilegious : 
 adv. sacrilegiously: s. sacrihg ou.s- 
 ness. 
 
 SACRISTY, s. An apartment where 
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the coii&ecrateu Yessc:* or mova- 
 bles of a church are deposited, pi. 
 
 sacristies: s. sacristan. 
 
 SAD. adj. Sorrowful ; gloomy ; se- 
 rious, v. sadden; pr. par. sadden- 
 ing; past, saddened: adv. sadly.- 
 s. sadness. 
 
 SAD'DLE. s. The seat which is put 
 upon a horse, for the accommoda- 
 tion of the rider, v. saddle; pr. 
 par. saddling; past, saddled: s. 
 saddler. 
 
 SAD'Dl/CEE. s . One of the most 
 ancient sects amongst the Jews. 
 
 SAFE. adj. Free from danger - free! 
 from hurt. adv. safely: s. safe- 
 ness, safety, pi. safeties. 
 
 SAFECON'DUCT. s. Convoy; guard; 
 through an enemy's country; pass. 
 
 SAFEGUARD, s. Defence, protec- 
 tion, convoy. 
 
 SAF'FLOWER. s. A species of 
 plant. 
 
 SAF'FRON. s. A kind of plant. 
 
 SAGA'CIOUS. adj. Of quick scent; 
 of quick thought, adv. sagacious- 
 ly: s. sagacity, pi. sagacities. 
 
 SAGE. s. A species of plant. 
 
 SAGE. adj. Wise, grave, prudent, 
 adv. sagely: s. sage, sageness. 
 
 SAGIT TAL, adj. Belonging to an 
 arrow. 
 
 SAGITTA'RIUS. s. One of the signs' 
 
 of the zodiac. 
 SA'GO. s. The granulated juice of; 
 
 an East-India plant. 
 SAID. Pret. and past par. of the v. 
 
 to say: adj. aforesaid, declared, 
 
 shown. 
 
 SAIL. s. The expanded sheet which 
 catches the wind, and propels a 
 vessel on the water, v. sail; pr. 
 par. sailing; past, sailed. 
 
 SAIL'ER, SAIL'OR. s. A seaman: 
 one who practises or understands 
 navigation. 
 
 SAIN'FOIN, SAINT'FOIX. s. A kind 
 of herb. 
 
 SAINT, s. A person eminent for 
 piety and virtue, v. saint ; pr. par. 
 sai)iti?ig ; past, sainted adj saint- 
 ly, saintlike. ,. 
 
 SAKE. „ Fiiiai cauae , end; pur- 
 pose; account. 
 SAL. s. Salt. 
 
 SAL' AD. 5. Food of raw herbs; a 
 
 kind of vegetable. 
 SALAMANDER, s. An animal sup- 
 
 posed to live in the fire. 
 SAL'ARY. s. Stated hire ; annual or 
 
 periodical payment, pi. salaries. 
 SALE. 5. The act of selling; vent; 
 
 market, adj. saleable.- s. saleable- 
 
 ness: adv. saleably. 
 SALES'MAN. s. One who sells, pi. 
 
 salesmen. 
 
 SAL'lENT. adj. Leaping, bounding. 
 SALIQUE'. adj. Belonging to the 
 
 law, by virtue of which males only 
 
 inherit. 
 
 SALINE, adj. Consisting of salt; 
 constituting salt. 
 
 SALl'VA. > The juice which is 
 separatea b) the salival glands, 
 adj . salivous. 
 
 SAL'IV ATE. v. To purge by the 
 salival glands, pr. par. salivating; 
 past, salivated: s. salivation. 
 
 SAL'LOW. s. A tree of the genus 
 of willow. 
 
 SAL'LOW. adj. Sickly, yellow, s. 
 sallowness. 
 
 SAL'LY. s. Eruption ; issue from 
 a place besieged; quick egress, 
 pi. sallies: v. sally; pr. par. sally- 
 ing; past, sallied. 
 
 SAL'LYPORT. s. A gate from which 
 ! sallies are made. 
 
 SALMAGUNDI, s. A mixture of 
 | chopped meats. 
 
 SALM'ON. 5. A species of fish. 
 
 SALOON', s. A spacious hall or 
 room; a sort of state-room. 
 
 SALT. s. A substance used to pre- 
 serve meat, fish, and other things 
 from corrupting, v. salt; pr. par. 
 salting; past, salted: adj. salt,sal(- 
 ish: s. salt ness. 
 
 SAL'TANT. adj. Jumping, danc- 
 ing-, s. saltation. 
 
 SALTCELLAR, s. A vessel of salt, 
 set on the table. 
 
 SALt:'BRIOr< tdj. Wholesome, 
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SAL-SAN 
 
 SAN— SAR 
 
 healthful, promoting health, s. sa- 
 lubrity. 
 
 SAL'UTARY. adj. Wholesome, 
 i healthful, safe, advantageous, s. 
 salutariness. 
 
 SALU TE, v. To greet, to hail, to ad- 
 dress, pr. par. saluting; past, sa- 
 luted: s. salute, salutation, saluta- 
 tory, pi. salutatories. 
 
 SALUTIF'EROUS. . adj. Healthy, 
 bringing health. 
 
 SAL'VABLE. adj. Possible to be 
 saved. 
 
 SAL'VAGE. s. Recompense allow- 
 ed by the law, for saving goods 
 from a wreck. 
 
 SALVATION, s. Act of saving ; 
 preservation from eternal death ; 
 reception to the happiness of 
 heaven. 
 
 SALVE, s. A glutinous matter, ap- 
 plied to wounds and hurts; help; 
 remedy, v. salve; pr. par. salving; 
 past, salved. 
 
 SALVER, s. A plate on which any 
 thing is presented. 
 
 SAL'VO. s. An exception; a reser- 
 vation ; an excuse, pi. salvoes. 
 
 SAME. adj. Not different ; identi- 
 cal ; not another, s. sameness. 
 
 SAMPHIRE, s. A plant preserved 
 in pickle. 
 
 SAMPLE, s. A specimen, an ex- 
 ample. 
 
 SAMPLER, s. A pattern of work, 
 a specimen. 
 
 SAN'ABLE. adj. Curable ; suscep- 
 tive of remedy; remediable. 
 
 SAN'ATIVft. adj. Powerful to cure ; 
 healing, s. sanativeness. 
 
 SANCTIFY, v. To make holy; to 
 free from the power of sin for the 
 time to come. pr. par. sanctifying; 
 past, sanctified: s. sanciification, 
 san£tifier . 
 
 SANCTIMONIOUS, adj. Saintly ; 
 having the appearance of sancti- 
 ty, adv. sanctimoniously: s. sancti- 
 moniousness, sanctimony, pi. sane- 
 ttmonies. 
 
 SANCTION, s. The act of confir- 
 mation, which gives to any thing 
 
 its obligatory power ; ratification, 
 v. sanction ; pr. par. sanctioning ; 
 past, sanctioned. 
 
 SANCTITY, s. Holiness ; the state 
 of being holy. pi. sanctities. 
 
 SANCTUARY, s. A holy place; a 
 sacred asylum, pi. sanctuaries. 
 
 SAND. 5. Particles of stone not con- 
 joined, or stone broken to powder, 
 v. sand; pr. par. sanding; past, 
 sanded: s. sandiness : adj. sandy. 
 
 SAN'DAL. 5. A loose shoe. 
 
 SAND'BLIND. adj. Having a defect 
 in the eyes, by which small par- 
 ticles appear to fly before them. 
 
 SANE. adj. Sound, healthy. 
 
 SANG. Pret. of the v. to sing. - 
 
 SAN'GUINE. adj. Red; having the 
 colour of blood ; warm ; ardent ; 
 confident, adj. sanguineous: s. san^ 
 guineness, sanguinity. 
 
 SANG'UINARY. adj. Cruel, bloody, 
 murderous. 
 
 SANHE'DRIM. s. The chief coun<r 
 cil among the Jews. 
 
 SANITY. 5. Soundness of mind, pL 
 sanities. 
 
 SANK. Pret of the v. to sink- 
 SAP, s. The vital juice of plants > 
 the juice that circulates in tree^ 
 and herbs, adj. sapless, sapjjy : s»- 
 soppiness. 
 
 SAP. v. To undermine; to enter 
 under ground, pr. par. sapping, 
 past, sapped : s. sap, sapper. 
 
 SA'PIENCE. s. Wisdom, sageness, 
 knowledge, adj. sapient. 
 
 SAP'LING. s. A young tree; a young 
 plant. 
 
 SAPONA'CEOUS. adj. Soapy; re 
 sembling soap; having the quali 
 ties of soap- 
 
 SAPPHIC, adj. Denoting a kind of 
 verse, after the manner of Sap- 
 pho. 
 
 SAPPHIRE, sr. A precious stone, of 
 a blue colour. 
 
 SAR'CASM. s. A keen reproach ; a 
 taunt; a gibe. adj. sarcastic, sar 
 castical: adv. sarcastically. 
 
 SARCENET, s. Fine, thin, woven 
 
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SAR — SAT 
 
 SARCOPH'AGUS. s. A sort of stone 
 coffin or grave, in which the an- 
 cients laid those bodies which 
 were not to be burned. Latin pi. 
 
 sarcophagi. 
 SARDONIC, adj. Forced or feigned, 
 as applied to laughter, sniiljs, or 
 grins. 
 
 SAR'DONYX. s. A kind of precious 
 
 stone, pi. sardonyxes. 
 SARSAPARIL'LA. s. A kind of tree; 
 
 a kind of herb. 
 SASH. s. A belt, worn by way of 
 
 distinction; a ribbon worn round 
 
 the waist, by ladies; a window, 
 
 so formed as to let up and down, 
 
 by pulleys. 
 SAS'SAFRAS. s. A kind of tree. 
 SAT. Pret. and past par. of the v. 
 
 to sit. 
 
 SATAN, s. The devil, adj. satanic, 
 satanical: adv. satanically. 
 
 SATCHEL. 5. A little bag; com- 
 monly a basr used by school-boys. 
 
 SATE. v. To satiate, to glut, to pa" 
 pr. par. sating; past, sated. 
 
 SAT ELLITE. 5. A small planet, re- 
 volving round a larger. 
 
 SATIATE, v. To satisfy, to fill, to 
 glut, to pall. pr. par. satiating 
 past, satiated: s. satiety. 
 
 SATIN, s. A soft, close, and shin- 
 ing silk. 
 
 SATINET', s. A sort of slight satin. 
 
 SATIRE, s. A poem, in which wick- 
 edness or folly is censured, adj. 
 satirical: adv. satirically: s. satir- 
 ist: v. satirize; pr. par. satirizing; 
 past, satirized. 
 
 SATISFACTION, s. The act of 
 satisfying; the state of being 
 pleased ; gratification ; amends ; 
 atonement for a crime, adj. satis 
 factory: adv. satisfactorily: s. sat- 
 tsfactoriness. 
 
 SATISFY, v. To content; to please 
 to such a degree, that nothing 
 more is desired, pr. par. satisfy- 
 ing; past, satisfied: s. satisfier. 
 
 SATRAP, s. In Persia, a governor 
 of a district; a kind of vicerov; 
 a nobleman in power. 
 
 SAT— SAV 
 
 SATURATE, v. To impregnate till 
 no more can be received or im- 
 bibed, pr. par. saturating; past, 
 saturated : s. saturation. 
 
 SATURDAY, s. The last day of the 
 w^ek. 
 
 j SATURN, s. A remote planet of 
 
 the solar system. 
 SATURNA'LIAN. adj. Sportive, 
 
 loose; like the feasts of Saturn. 
 SATUR'NIAN. adj. Happy, golden. 
 SATURTNINE. adj. Gloomy, grave, 
 
 melancholy. 
 SATYR, s. A sylvan god. 
 SAUCE, s. Something eaten with 
 
 food, to improve its taste. 
 SAUCETAN. s. A small skillet, with 
 
 a long handle, in which sauce or 
 
 small things are boiled. 
 SAU'CER. s. A small pan or platter, 
 
 in which sauce is set on a table; 
 
 a piece of china, into which a tea- 
 cup is set. 
 SAU'CY. adj. Pert, petulant, invo- 
 
 lent, impudent, adv. saucily: ft. 
 
 sauciness. 
 SAUNTER, v. To wander about 
 
 idly; to loiter; to linger, pr. par. 
 
 sauntering; past, sauntered: s. 
 
 SAUS'AGE. s. A roll or ball of meA, 
 minced very small, and sometimes 
 stuffed into skins. 
 
 SAVAGE, adj. Wild, uncultivated, 
 untamed, barbarous, s. savage: 
 adv. savagely: s. savageness. 
 
 SAVAN'NA. 5. An open meadow, 
 without a wood. 
 
 SAVE. v. To preserve from danger 
 or destruction ; not to spend or 
 lose. pr. par. saving; past, saved: 
 s. saver, saving, savingness : adv. 
 savingly. 
 
 SAVE. prep. Except, not including. 
 SAVE'ALL. s. A small pan, insert- 
 
 ed into a candlestick, to save the 
 
 ends of candles. 
 SAV'FN. s. A species of plant. 
 SAVIOUR. 5. The Redeemer; 
 
 Christ. 
 
 SA VORY, s. A kind of plant, pi. 
 savories, 
 
 324 
 
8AV—SCA 
 
 r SA'VOUR. s. A scent, odour, taste, 
 v. savour,' pr. par. savouring; past, 
 savoured: adj. savoury ; s. savour- 
 mess. 
 
 i SAVOY', s. A sort of colewort. 
 SAW. Pret. of the v. to see. 
 SAW. 5. A dentated instrument, by 
 the attrition of which, wood or 
 metal is cut. v. saw; pr. par. saw 
 ing; past, sawed: s. sawer, saivyer. 
 : SAWDUST. 5. Dust made by the 
 attrition of a saw. 
 SAW'PlT. 5. A pit, over which tim- 
 ber is laid to be sawed. 
 SAX'ON. s. One of the people who 
 inhabited the northern part of Ger- 
 many, adj. Saxon. 
 I SAY. v. To speak: to utter in words; 
 
 to tell. pr. par. saying; past, said: 
 . s.. say, saying. 
 
 ■ SCAB. s. An incrustation, formed 
 over a sore, by dried matter, adj 
 scabbed, scabby, scabious : s. scab- 
 bedness, sca.bbiness. 
 
 SCAB'BARD. s. The sheath of a 
 sword. 
 
 SCAR'ROUS. adj. Rough; rugged; 
 pointed on the surface; harsh, s. 
 scabrousness. 
 
 SCAF'FOLD. 5. A temporary gal- 
 lery or stage, raised either for 
 shows or spectators; the gallery 
 raised for the execution of great 
 malefactors; frames of timber 
 erected on the side of a building, 
 for the workmen, v. scaffold; pr. 
 par. scaffolding ; past, scaffolded : 
 s. scaffolding. 
 
 SCALA'DE. s. The act of storming 
 a place, by raising ladders against 
 the walls. 
 
 SCALD, v. To burn with hot liquid, 
 pr. par. scalding; past, scalded: s- 
 scald. 
 
 SCALE, s. A balance; a vessel sus- 
 pended by a beam, against another 
 vessel; the small shells or crusts, 
 which, lying over another, make< 
 the coats of fishes, v. scale; pr. 
 par. scaling; past, scaled: adj. 
 scaled, scaty: s. scalmess. 
 
 SCA— sr:\ 
 
 SCAL'LION. s. A kind of onion. 
 SCAL'LOP. s. A fish with a hollow, 
 
 pectinated shell. 
 SCAL'LOP. v. r l o mark on the edge 
 
 with segments of circles, pr. par. 
 •scalloping; past, scalloped. 
 SCALP, s. The skull ; the cranium; 
 
 the bone that encloses the brain. 
 
 v. scalp; pr. par. scalping; past, 
 
 scalped. 
 
 SCAMTER. v. To fly with speed 
 and trepidation, pr. par. scamper- 
 ing; past, scampered. 
 
 SCAN. v. To examine a verse by 
 Counting the feet; to examine 
 nicely, pr. par. scanning; past, 
 scanned. 
 
 SCAN'DAL. s. Offence given by the 
 faults of others; reproachful as- 
 persion ; opprobrious censure; in- 
 famy, y. scandalize; pr. par. scan- 
 dalizing; past, scandalized: adj^ 
 scandalous: adv. scandalously: s^ 
 scandalousness. 
 
 SCANT, v. To limit, to straiten,/ 
 pr. par. scanting; past, scanted:' 
 adj. scant, scanty: adv. scantily^ 
 scantly : s. scantiness, scantness. 
 
 SCANT'LING. s. A quantity cut for 
 a particular purpose ; a certain* 
 proportion. 
 
 SCAPEGOAT, s. The goat set at 
 liberty by the Jews, on the day of 
 solemn expiation. 
 
 SCAPE'MENT. s. A general term 
 for the manner of communicating 
 the impulse of the wheels to the 
 pendulum. 
 
 SCAP'ULARY. s. Part of the habit 
 of a friar, consisting of two narrow 
 slips of cloth, covering the back 
 and the breast, pi. scapularies. 
 
 SCAR. 5. A mark made by a hurt or 
 fire; a cicatrix, v. scar; pr. par. 
 scarring ; past, scarred. 
 
 SCAR'AMOUCH. 5. A buffoon ia 
 motley dress. 
 
 SCARCE, adj. Not plentiful; rare; 
 not common, adv. scarcely: g. 
 scarceness, scarcity, pi. scarcities. 
 
 SCARE, v. To frighten, to terrify, 
 pr. par. scaring; past, sestred. 
 
 S3S 
 
SCA— SCH 
 
 SCARECROW, s. An image or clap- 
 per, set up to frighten birds. 
 
 SCARF, s. Any thing that hangs 
 loose upon the shoulders or dress. 
 
 SCARF'SKIN. s. The cuticle; the 
 epidermis ; the outer scaly integ- 
 uments of the body. 
 
 SCAR IFY, v. To let blood by the 
 incisions of the skin, commonly 
 after the application of cupping- 
 glasses, pr. par. scarifying; past, 
 scarified: s. scarification, scarifi- 
 cator, scarifier. 
 
 SCARLET, s. A colour compound- 
 ed of red and yellow, adj. scarlet. 
 
 SCARP. 5. The slope on that side 
 of a ditch which is next to a for- 
 tified place, and looks towards the 
 fields. 
 
 SCATE. s. A kind of wooden shoe, 
 with a steel plate underneath, used 
 to slide on the ice. v. scate; pr. par. 
 seating ; past, seated. 
 
 SCATE. 5. A fish of the species of 
 thorn back. 
 
 SCATTER, v. To throw loosely 
 about ; to sprinkle ; to disperse "; 
 to spread thinly, pr. par. scattering; 
 past, scattered: adv. scatteringly. 
 
 SCAVENGER. 5. A person whose 
 province is to keep the streets 
 clean, more commonly employed 
 to remove the dirt. 
 
 SCENE, s. The stage ; the general 
 appearance of any action ; a dis- 
 play, part of a play. s. scenery: 
 pi. sceneries: adj. scenic. 
 
 SCENT, s. The power of smelling; 
 the smell ; odour, good or bad. v. 
 scent; pr. par. scenting; past, 
 scented: adj. scentless. 
 
 SCEPTIC, s. See Skeptic 
 
 SCEP'TRE. 5. The ensign of royalty, 
 borne in the hand. adj. sccptercd. 
 
 SCHED ULE. s. A writing, addi- 
 tional or appendant; a small scroll: 
 a little inventory. 
 
 SCHEME. 5. A plan; a combination 
 of various things in one view; a 
 project; a contrivance, v. scheme; 
 pr par. scheming; past, schemed: 
 e. schemer. 
 
 SCH-SCL 
 
 I SCHISM, s. A separation or division 
 in the church of God. s. schismatic: 
 adj. schismatical: adv. schismati- 
 cally: v. schematize; pr. par. 
 schismatizing ; past, schismatized. 
 
 SCHOL'AR. s. One who learns of a 
 master; a disciple ; a man of let- 
 ters, adj. scholastic, scholastical : 
 adv. scholastically. 
 
 SCHOTJAST. s. A writer of ex- 
 planatory notes. 
 
 SCHaLIUM. s. A note ; an explan- 
 atory observation. 
 
 SCHOOL, s. A house of discipline 
 and instruction ; a place of literary 
 education, v. school; pr. par. 
 schooling; past, schooled: s. school- 
 ing. 
 
 SCHOOL'FELLOW. s. One bred at 
 
 the same school. 
 SCHOOL'MAN. 5. One versed in f.ae 
 
 niceties and subtleties of acadeit i- 
 
 cal disputation, pi. schoolmen. 
 SCHOOL'MASTER. s. A man w, 0 
 
 presides and teaches in a school 
 SCHOOLMISTRESS, s. A worm n 
 
 who governs a school, pi. scAo</- 
 
 mistresses 
 SCHOON ER, s. A small vessel w\ii 
 
 two masts. 
 SCl'ENCE. s. Knowledge ; certain y 
 
 grounded on demonstration ; ai.if 
 
 art or species of knowledge, aiij. 
 
 scientific. 
 
 SCIENTIFIC, SCIENTIF'ICA L. 
 adj. Producing demonstrati re 
 knowledge; producing certaintw 
 
 SCIM'ITAR. s. A short sword, with 
 a convex edge. 
 
 SCINT ILLATE, v. To sparkle : to 
 emit sp;irks. pr. par. scintillating: 
 past, scintillated: adj. scintillaut: 
 s. scintillation. 
 
 SOPOLISM. s. Superficial know- 
 ledge; not sound knowledge, s. 
 sciolist. 
 
 SCT'ON. s. A small twig, taken 
 from one tree, to be engrafted in- 
 to another. 
 
 SCIS'SORS. 5. A small pair of shears, 
 or blades moving on a pivot. 
 
 SCLAVONIC, SCLAVO'NIAN. adj. 
 
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SCO— SCO 
 
 Relating to the language or man- 
 ners of the Sclavi, or people of 
 Sclavonia. 
 
 i SCOFF, v. To treat with insolent 
 ridicule, or contumelious language. 
 
 I pr. par. scoffing; past, scoffed: s. 
 scoffs scoffer: adv. scqffingly. 
 
 i SCOLD, v. To quarrel clamorously 
 and rudely, pr. par. scolding; past, 
 scolded: s. scold, scolder, scolding: 
 adv. scoldingly. 
 SCOL'LOP. s. A pectinated shell- 
 
 ■ fish. 
 
 ■? SCONCE, s. A fort ; a bulwark ; the 
 head; a pensile candlestick, gen- 
 erally with a mirror to reflect the 
 light, v. sconce; pr. par. sconcing; 
 past, sconced. 
 
 I SCOOP, s. A kind of large ladle ; 
 a vessel with a long handle, used 
 to throw out liquor; a sweep: a 
 mtroke. v. scoop; pr. par. scooping; 
 past, scooped: s. scooper. 
 Si :OPE. 5. Aim, intention, drift, 
 
 ■ room, space, liberty, license. 
 
 i S« OP'ULOUS. adj. Full of rocks. 
 & ORBU'TIC, SCORBU'TICAL. 
 udj. Diseased with the scurvy, adv. 
 tcorbutically. 
 S' 'ORCH. v. To burn superficially, 
 pr. par. scorching; past, scorched: 
 scorch. 
 
 SC ORE. s. A notch or long incision ; 
 i line drawn ; an epoch ; an era; 
 debt imputed; sake; twenty, v. 
 score; pr. par. scoring; past, 
 scored. 
 
 SCO'RIA. s. Dross, recrement, adj. 
 scorious. 
 
 SCORN, v. To despise, to slight, to 
 revile, to contemn, pr. par. scorn- 
 ing; past, scorned: s. scorn, scorner: 
 adj. scornful: adv. scornfully. 
 
 ' SCORTION. s. A reptile with a ven- 
 omous sting ; one of the signs of 
 the zodiac. 
 
 i SCOT. s. Shot, payment, parish pay- 
 ments. 
 
 SCOT. s. A native of Scotland, adj. 
 Scotch, Scottish: s. Scotticism. 
 
 SCOT'-FREE. adj. Without pay- 
 ment, untaxed, unhurt. 
 
 SCO— SCR 
 
 SCOUN'DREL. s. A mean rascal 
 
 a low, petty villain, 
 SCOUR, v. To rub hard with any 
 
 thing rough, in order to clean the 
 
 surface ; to cleanse; to whiten ; to 
 
 rove; to range, pr. par. scouring; 
 
 past, scoured: s. scourer. 
 SCOURGE, s. A whip, a lash, a 
 
 punishment, v. scourge; pr. par. 
 
 scourging; past, scourged: s. 
 
 scourger. 
 
 SCOUT, s. One who is sent privily 
 to observe the motions of an en- 
 emy, v. scout; pr. par. scouting; 
 past, scouted. 
 
 SCOW. s. A large flat boat. 
 
 SCOWL, v. To frown ; to look an- 
 gry, sour, or sullen, pr. par. scowl- 
 ing ; past, scowled: s. scowl: adv. 
 scowli7igly. 
 
 SCRAB'BLE. v. To make unmean- 
 ing or idle marks, pr. par. scrab- 
 bling; past, scrabbled. 
 
 SCRAG, s. Any thing thin or lean ; 
 the small end of the neck. adj. 
 scraggy: s. scraggedness, scrag- 
 giness. 
 
 SCRAM'BLE. v. To catch at any 
 thing, eagerly and tumultuously, 
 with the hands; to catch with 
 haste, pr. par. scrambling ; past, 
 scrambled : s. scramble, scrambler. 
 
 SCRAP, s. A small particle ; a little 
 piece; a fragment; crumb. 
 
 SCRAPE, v. To deprive of the sur- 
 face, by the light action of a sharp 
 instrument ; to erase, pr. par. 
 scraping ; past, scraped : s. scrape, 
 scraper. 
 
 SCRATCH, v. To tear or mark with 
 slight incisions; to tear with the 
 nails, pr. par. scratching; past, 
 scratched: s. scratch, scroicher. 
 
 SCRATCH'ES. 5. Cracked ulcers or 
 scabs, in a horse's foat 
 
 SCRAWL, v. To draw or mark 
 irregularl) or clumsily, pr. par. 
 scrawling; past, scrawled: s. scrawl, 
 
 SCREAK, v. To make a shrill or 
 loud noise, pr. par. screaking; past, 
 screaked, 
 
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SCR— SCR 
 
 SCREAM, v. To cry out shrilly, as 
 in agony or terror, pr. par. scream- 
 ing; past, screamed: s. scream, 
 screamer. 
 
 SCREECH, v. To cry out as in ter- 
 ror or anguish, pr. par. screeching; 
 past, screeched: s. screech, pi. 
 screeches. 
 
 SCREEN, s. Any thing that affords 
 shelter or concealment. V. screen; 
 pr. par. screening; past, screened. 
 
 SCREW, s. One of the mechanical 
 powers, v. screw; pr. par. screw-l 
 ing; past, screived. 
 
 £CRIB'BLE. v. To nil with artless' 
 or worthless writing; to write with 
 out use or elegance, pr. par. sm'6 
 bling ; past, scribbled: s. scribble, 
 scribbler. 
 
 SCRIBE, s. A writer; a public no- 
 tary ; a Jewish teacher or doctor 
 of the law. 
 
 SCRIMP, adj. Short, scanty. 
 
 SCRIP. 5. A small bag; a satchel 
 
 SCRIPTURE, s. Writing; sacred 
 writing ; the Bible, adj. scriptural. 
 
 SCRIVENER, s. One who draws 
 contracts; one who engrosses 
 writings first drawn by a lawyer. 
 
 SCROF'ULA. s. A depravation of 
 the humours of the body, which 
 breaks out in sores, commonly 
 called the king's evil. 
 
 SCROLL, s. A writing wrapped up. 
 
 SCRUB, v. To rub hard with some- 
 thing coarse and rough, pr. par. 
 scrubbing; past, scrubbed. 
 
 SCRUB. 5. A mean fellow; any 
 thing mean or despicable;' a worn- 
 out broom, adj. scrubby. 
 
 SCRUF. s. The same with scurf. 
 
 SCRU'FLE. s. Doubt; difficulty of 
 determination; perplexity; twenty 
 grains, v. scruple; pr. par. scru- 
 pling; past, scrupled: s. scrupler. 
 
 SCRUTULOUS. adj. Nicely doubt- 
 ful ; hard to satisfy in determina- 
 tions of conscience; captious, s. 
 scrupulosity. 
 
 SCRUTINY, s. Inquiry, search, ex- 
 amination with nicety, pi. «$r*-|j 
 
 SCR— SCU 
 
 iinies: v. scrutinize; pr. par. scru- 
 tinizing; past, scrutinized. 
 
 SCRUTOi'RE. s. A case of drawers 
 for writing. 
 
 SCUD. v. To flee; to run away with 
 precipitation, pr. par. scudding; 
 past, scuddtd. 
 
 SCUD. s. A cloud swiftly driven by 
 the wind. 
 
 SCUF'FLE. 5. A confused quarrel ; 
 a tumultuous broil, v. scuffle; pr. 
 par. scuffling; past, scuffled: s. 
 scuffler. 
 
 SCULK. v. To lurk in hiding places; 
 
 to lie close, pr. par. sculking; past, 
 
 sculked: s. sculker. 
 SCULL, s. The bone which incases 
 
 and defends the head; the arched 
 
 bone of the head. 
 SCULL, v. To propel a boat by 
 
 means of a single oar, at the stern. 
 
 pr. par. sculling; past, sculled. 
 SCULL'CAP. s. A head-piece; a 
 | night-cap. 
 
 SCUL'LER. 5. A cock-boat; a boat 
 in whicli there is but one rower ; 
 I one that rows a cock-boat. 
 SCUL'LERY, s. The place where 
 | common utensils, as kettles or 
 I dishes, are cleaned and kept. pi. 
 | sculleries. 
 
 SCUL'LION. s. The lowest domes- 
 tic servant. 
 
 SCULPTOR, s. A carver; one who 
 cuts wood or stone into images. 
 
 SCULPTURE, s. The art of carving 
 wood, or hewing stone, into im- 
 ages ; carved work. v. sculpture; 
 pr. par. sculpturing ; past, sculp- 
 tured. 
 
 SCUM. s. That which rises to the 
 top of any liquor ; the dross; the 
 refuse, v. scum; pr. par. scum- 
 ming; r>ast, scummed s. scummer. 
 
 SCUPPER. 5. In a ship, a small 
 hole in the side, above the deck, 
 by which water is discharged. 
 
 SCURF. 5. A kind of dry, miliary 
 scab: any thing sticking on the 
 surface, adj. scurfy ; s. scurjintss. 
 
 SCUUTULOUS. adj. Grossly oppro- 
 brious; lewdlv jocular ; vile: low. 
 
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SCU — SEA 
 
 SEA- SEA 
 
 adv. scurrilously : s. scurrility, pi. 
 scurrilities. 
 ' SCUR'VY. adj. .Scabbed; covered 
 with scabs ; diseased with the 
 scurvy; vile; bad. s. scurvy, pi. 
 scurvies. 
 
 SCUTCHEON, s. The shield repre- 
 sented in heraldry; the ensigns 
 armorial of a family. See Escutch- 
 eon. 
 
 ; SCUT1FORM. adj. Shaped like a 
 shield. 
 
 SCUTTLE, s. A wide, shallow bas- 
 ket; a small grate; a quick pace. 
 SCUTTLE, v. To cut holes in the 
 deck or sides of a ship, for the 
 purpose of sinking her. pr. par. 
 scuttling; past, scuttled. 
 , SCYTHE, s. An instrument for cut- 
 ting grass. 
 ; SEA. s. The ocean ; the water ; a 
 collection of water. 
 SEA'BOARD. s. The land near the 
 sea. 
 
 'BEA'BOAT. s. A vessel capable of 
 resisting a rough sea. 
 
 SEA' BREEZE, s. Wind blowing 
 from the sea. 
 
 SEA'CALF. s. The seal. pi. sea- 
 calves. 
 
 ,*>EA'COAL. s. Coal, so called, not 
 because found in the sea, but be- 
 cause brought to London by sea ; 
 pitcoal. 
 
 SEA'COAST. s. Shore; edge of the 
 sea. 
 
 SEA'-COMPASS. s. The card and 
 needle of mariners, pi. sea-com- 
 passes. 
 
 SEA'FARING. adj. Travelling by 
 
 sea. 
 
 SEA'GIRT. adj. Girded or encircled 
 
 by the sea. 
 SEA'GREEN. adj. Resembling the 
 
 colourof the distant sea; cerulean. 
 SEA'GULL. 5. A bird common on 
 
 the sea-coasts. 
 SEA' HORSE, s. A kind of fish. 
 SEA'MAN. s. A sailor, a navigator, 
 
 a mariner, pi. seamen: s. seamanship. 
 $E A/MEW. s. A fowl that frequents 
 
 the sea. 
 
 2E? 
 
 SEA'PIECE. s. A picture represent- 
 ing any thing at sea. 
 
 SEA'PORT. s. A harbour. 
 
 SEA'ROOM. s. Open sea; spacious 
 main. 
 
 SEA'ROVER. s. A pirate. 
 SEA'SERVICE. s. Service at sea. 
 SEA'-SHORE. s. The coast of the 
 sea. 
 
 SEA'SICK. adj. Sick, as new voy- 
 agers on the sea. 
 SEA'-SIDE. s. The edge of the sea. 
 SEA'-TERM. s. A word of art used 
 
 by the seamen, 
 SEA' WORTHY, adj. Fit to go to 
 sea ; applied to a ship. s. seawor- 
 thiness. 
 SEAL. s. The sea-calf. 
 SEAL. s. A stamp engraved with a 
 particular impression ; the impres- 
 sion made in wax. v. seal; pr. par. 
 sealing; past, sealed: s. sealer. 
 SEALiNG-WAX. s. Hard wax, used 
 
 to seal letters. 
 SEAM. s. The suture where the 
 two edges of cloth are sewed to- 
 gether ; a cicatrix ; a scar. v. seam; 
 pr. par. seaming; past, seamed: 
 adj. seamless. 
 SEAMSTRESS, s. A woman whose 
 occupation is to sew. pi. seams- 
 tresses. 
 SEA'POY. s. See Sepoy. 
 SEAR. v. To burn, to cauterize. 
 
 pr. par. searing; past, seared. 
 SEARCH, v. To examine, to ex- 
 plore, to inquire, pr. par. search- 
 ing ; past, searched: s. search, pi. 
 searches, searcher. 
 SEA'SON. s. One of the four parts 
 of the year; a fit time. adj. sea- 
 sonable: adv. seasonably: s. sea- 
 sonableness. 
 SEA'SON. v. To mix with food any 
 thing that gives a high relish ; to 
 qualify by admixture of another 
 ingredient; to inure to another 
 climate, pr. par. seasoning; past, 
 seasoned: s. seasoning. 
 SEAT. s. A chair; any thing on 
 329 
 
SEC— SED 
 
 which one may sit. v. seat; pr. 
 par. seating ; past, seated. 
 
 SECE'DE. v. To withdraw from; to 
 leave, pr. par. seceding; past, se- 
 ceded t s. seceder, secession. 
 
 SECJvU'DE. v. To confine from ; to 
 sh'Jt up apart, pr. par. sec hiding ; 
 past, secluded : s. seclusion. 
 
 JSgC'O'ND. adj. The next in order to 
 the first; next in order or dignity, 
 adj. secondary: adv. secondly, sec- 
 ondarily. 
 
 SECOND, s. One who accompanies 
 another in a duel; one who sup- 
 ports or maintains; the sixtieth 
 part of a minute, v. second; pr. 
 par. seconding ; past, seconded. 
 
 SE'CRET. adj. Hidden, not reveal- 
 ed, concealed, retired, s. secrecy ,! 
 secret: adv. secretly. 
 
 SECRETARY, s. One intrusted with] 
 the management of business; one 
 who writes for another, pi. secre- 
 taries. 
 
 SECRETE, v. To hide; to conceal; 
 to separate, pr. par. secreting; past, 
 secreted: s. secretion: adj. secretory. 
 
 SECT. 5. Men united in certain te- 
 nets, s. sectary, pi. sectaries. 
 
 SECTA'RIAN. adj. Belonging to 
 sectaries, s. sectarian, sectarianism. 
 
 SECTION. The act of cutting or 
 dividing; a part divided from the 
 rest. adj. sectional. 
 
 SECTOR, s. A geometrical instru- 
 ment. 
 
 JSEC'P^AR. adj. Not spiritual; re- 
 |$tiflg to the affairs of the present! 
 World, s. secularity, secularization:- 
 v. secularize; pr. par. secularizing; 
 past, secularized : adv. secularly. 
 
 SECU'RE. adj. Free from fear ; ex- 
 empt from terror; confidential; 
 safe. v. secure; pr. par. securing; 
 past, secured: adv. securely.- s. 
 security, pi. securities. 
 
 SEDAN', s. A kind of portable coach; 
 a chair. 
 
 SEDATE, adj. Calm, quiet, unruf- 
 fled, adv. sedately : s. sedateness : 
 adj. sedative. 
 
 fBED'ENTARY. adj ; Wanting mo- 
 
 SED— SEG 
 
 tion or action ; inactive. 8. seden* 
 iariness. 
 
 SEDGE, s. A growth of narrow flags; 
 a narrow flag. adj. sedgy. 
 
 SED'IMENT. s. That which settles 
 at the bottom. 
 
 SEDITION, s. A tumult, an insur- 
 rection, adj. seditious: adv. sedu 
 tiously : s. seditionary, pi. sedition- 
 aries, seditiousness. 
 
 SEDU'CE. v. To draw aside from 
 the right; to tempt; to corrupt, 
 pr. par. seducing; past, seduced: 
 s. seducer, seduction : adj. seductive. 
 
 SED'ULOUS. adj. Assiduous, indus- 
 trious, diligent, adv. sedulously: 
 s. sedulousness. 
 
 SEE. s. The diocese of a bishop. 
 
 SEE. v. To perceive by the eye ; to 
 observe, pr. par. seeing; past, seen. 
 
 SEED. s. The organized particle 
 produced by plants and animals, 
 from which new plants and ani- 
 mals are generated, v. seed; pr. par. 
 seeding; past, seeded: s. seedling, 
 scedplot. 
 
 SEEDTEARL. s. Small grains of 
 pearl. 
 
 SEEDS'MAN. s. One who sells seed. 
 
 pi. seedsmen. 
 SEEK. v. To search for; to solicit. 
 
 pr. par. seeking; past, sought: s. 
 
 seeker. 
 
 SEEM. v. To appear; to make a 
 show ; to have semblance, pr. par. 
 seeming; past, seemed: adv. seem- 
 inscly : s. seemingness. 
 
 SEEM'LY. adj. Decent, becoming, 
 fit. adv. seemly : s. seemliness. 
 
 SEER. s. A prophet ; one who fore- 
 sees future events. 
 
 SEE'SAW. s. A reciprocating mo- 
 tion, v. seesaw; pr. par. seesawing; 
 past, seesawed. 
 
 SEETHE, v To boil; to be hot. 
 pr. par. seetning; past, seethed. 
 
 SEGAR', CIGAR'. 5. A little roll of 
 tobacco, smoked without a pipe. 
 
 SEG'MENT. s. A figure contained 
 between a chord and an arc of a 
 circle, or so much of a circle as is 
 cut off bv that chord. 
 
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SEG — SEM 
 
 SEGREGATE, v. To set apart; to 
 separate, pr. par. segregating; 
 past, segregated: s. segregation. 
 
 jSEI'GNIOR. s. A lord; the title of 
 honour given by Italians. 
 
 SEI'GNIORY. s. A lordship, a terri- 
 tory, pi. seigniories. 
 
 SEINE, s. A large net, used in fish- 
 ing. 
 
 SEIZE, v. To take hold of; to grasp ; 
 
 to take by force, pr. par. seizing ; 
 
 past, seized : s. seizure. 
 : SEL'DOM. adv. Rarely, not. often. 
 SELECT', v. To choose in prefer- 
 ence to others rejected, pr. par. 
 
 selecting; past, selected: adj. select: 
 
 s. selection, selectness. 
 SELENOG'RAPHY. s. A description 
 
 of the moon. 
 SELF. One of the pronouns, pi. 
 
 selves: adj. selfsame. 
 SELF'ISH. adj. Attentive only to 
 
 one's own interest, adv. selfishly : 
 
 s. selfishness. 
 SELL. v. To give for a price; to 
 
 vend. pr. par. selling; past, sold: 
 
 s. seller. 
 
 SEL'VAGE, SEL'VEDGE. s. The 
 pd^e of cloth, &c. adj. selvedged. 
 
 SEM'BLANCE. s. Likeness, resem- 
 blance. 
 
 SEM'l. s. A word which, used in 
 composition, signifies half. 
 
 SEM'IBREVE. s'. A note in music, 
 containing half the quantity of a 
 breve. 
 
 SEM'ICIRCLE. 5. Half a circle, 
 adj. semicircular. 
 
 SEMICOLON, s. Half a colon (;). 
 
 SEMIDIAM'ETER. s. Half a diame- 
 ter. * 
 
 SEM'IMETAL. s. A half metal; an 
 imperfect metal. 
 
 SEM'INAL. adj. Belonging to seed; 
 contained in the seed. 
 
 SEMINARY, s. A seed plot ; a place 
 of education, pi. seminaries. 
 
 SEMIQUAVER, s. A note in mu- 
 sic, containing half the quantity of 
 a quaver. 
 
 SEMITONE, s. In music, half a tone. 
 
 SEM — SEN 
 
 SEMIVOWEL. s.A consonant which 
 makes an imperfect sound: they 
 are six in number, f, 1, m, n, r, s. 
 SEN'ATE. s. An assembly of coun- 
 sellors, who share in the govern" 
 ment; a parliament, s. senator: 
 adj. senatorial. 
 SEND. v. To despatch, to commis- 
 sion, &c. pr. par. sending; past, 
 
 SENES'CENCE. s. The state of 
 
 growing old ; decay. 
 SEN'ESCHAL. s. The judge of a 
 
 certain court of justice. 
 SENILE, adj. Relating or belonging 
 
 to old age. s. senility. 
 SE'NIOR. 5. One older than another, 
 s. seniority, pi. seniorities, seniory, 
 pi. senior ies. 
 SEN'NA. s. A kind of medicinal tree. 
 SEN'NIGHT. s. The space of seven 
 
 nights and days; a week. 
 SENSATION, s. Perception by the 
 senses. 
 
 SENSE, s. Faculty of perceiving; 
 perception by the senses; under- 
 standing, meaning, import, adj. 
 sensible: s. sensibility : adv. sensi- 
 bly : adj. senseless: adv. senseless* 
 ly : s. senselessness. 
 SENSITIVE, adj. Having sense or 
 perception, but not reason ; easily 
 affected, adv. sensitively. 
 SENSO'RIUM. 5. The part where 
 the senses transmit their percep- 
 tions to the mind; the seat of sense, 
 SEN'SUAL. adj. Pleasing to the 
 senses ; carnal, s. sensualist, sen* 
 svality: adv. sensually. 
 SEN'TENCE. s. Determination or 
 decision, as of a judge; doom; a 
 maxim ; a short paragraph, v. sen- 
 tence ; pr. par. sentencing; past, 
 sentenced. 
 SENTENTIOUS, adj. Short and 
 energetic, adv. sententiously : s. 
 senfentiousness. 
 SENTIENT, adj. Perceiving; hav- 
 ing perception. 
 SENTIMENT, s. Thought, notion, 
 opinion, sensibility, adj. sentimen* 
 tal; s. sentimentality, sentimentalist, 
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SEN— SER 
 
 SENTINEL, SENTRY, s. One who 
 
 watches or keeps guard to prevent 
 
 surprise, pi. sentinels, sentries. 
 SEPARABLE, adj. Susceptive of 
 
 disunion, s. separability.- 
 SEPARATE, v. To divide into parts 
 
 to disunite, pr. par. separating; 
 
 past, separated: adj. separate: adv. 
 
 separately: s. separation, separator. 
 SE'POY. s. An Indian native, who 
 
 is a soldier in the infantry of the 
 
 East India Company. 
 SEPTAN'GULAR. adj. Having sev 
 
 en corners or angles. 
 SEPTEMBER, s. The ninth month 
 
 of the vear. 
 SEPTENNIAL, adj. Lasting seven 
 
 years ; happening once in seven 
 
 years. 
 
 SEPTENTRIONAL, adj. Northern, 
 s. septentrionality. 
 
 SEPTIC, adj. Having the power to 
 promote putrefaction. 
 
 SEPTILATERAL, adj. Having sev- 
 en sides. 
 
 SEPTUAGEN'ARY. adj. Consisting 
 of seventy- 
 
 JEPTUAGES'IMA. s. The third 
 Sunday before Lent. 
 
 !?EPTUAGINT. s. The ancient 
 Greek version of the Old Testa- 
 ment. 
 
 SEPTUPLE, adj. Seven times as 
 much. 
 
 SEPULCHRE, s. A grave; a tomb, 
 adj. sepulchral. 
 
 SEPULTURE. 5. Interment, burial. 
 
 SEQUA'CIOUS. adj. Following ; at- 
 tendant, s. sequacwusness. 
 
 SE'QUEL. s. Succeeding part; con- 
 sequence ; event. 
 
 SEQUESTER, v. To separate from j 
 others, for the sake of privacy ; to 
 put aside ; to remove, pr. par. se- 
 questering; pnst, sequestered. 
 
 SEQUESTRATE, v. To sequester; 
 to separate ; to take away. pr. par. 
 sequestrating ; past, sequestrated: 
 s. sequestration. 
 
 JSERA'GLIO. s. In the east, a house 
 for concubines, pronounced se- 
 raHio. j 
 
 SER— SET 
 SER'APH. s. One of the order of 
 
 angels, pi. seraphim: adj. seraphic. 
 SERENA'DE. s. Music or songs with 
 which ladies are entertained, by 
 their lovers, in the night, v. sere- 
 nade; pr. par. serenading; past, 
 serenaded. 
 SERE'NE. adj. Calm, placid, quiet. 
 
 s. serene, serenity : adv. serenely. 
 SERF. s. A slave ; one bound to the 
 soil. 
 
 SERGE, s. A kind of woollen cloth. 
 SER' J E ANT. s. A degree in law, 
 next below a judge ; a petty offi- 
 cer in the army, &c. s. sergeantry. 
 SE'RIES. 5. Sequence, order, suc- 
 cession. 
 
 SE'RIOUS. adj. Grave, solemn, im- 
 portant, adv. seriously: s. serious- 
 ness. 
 
 SERMON, s. A discourse pronounc- 
 ed by a divine. 
 SE'ROUS. adj. Thin, watery, s. se- 
 
 rosity. 
 
 SERPENT, s. A kind of venomous 
 animal. 
 
 SERPENTINE, adj. Winding like a 
 
 serpent ; curvilinear. 
 SERRATED, adj. Formed with in- 
 dentures like the edge of a saw. 
 s. serration. 
 SERVE, v. To work for ; to attend 
 at command ; to assist, pr. par. 
 serving; past, served: s. servarit, 
 service, sei-vitude: adj. serviceable: 
 ndv. serviceably. 
 SER'VILE. adj. Slavish, mean, fawn- 
 ing, adv. servilely: s'. servility. 
 SESQUIPE'DAL, SESQLTPEDA'- 
 LIAN. adj. Containing a foot and 
 a half. 
 
 SESS. s. Rate; cess charged; tax. 
 
 pi. sesses. 
 
 SES'SION. s. The act of sitting ; the 
 space during which an assembly 
 sits. 
 
 SET. v. To place ; to put in any 
 situation or place, fcc. pr. par. sct- 
 ting; pn?t,s67; adj. set: s. set, setter. 
 SETA'CEOUS. adj. Bristly. 
 SET'-OFF. s. Any counterbalance ; 
 a recommendation ; a decoration, 
 33* 
 
SET-SHA 
 
 SE'TON. s. An issue; a rowel. 
 SETTEE', s. A long seat, with a 
 back. 
 
 \ SETTLE, v. To place in any cer- 
 tain state ; to establish ; to fix. 
 pr. par. settling; past, settled: s. 
 sdtledness, settlement, settler. 
 SEVEN, adj. Four and three, ordi- 
 nal adj. seventh: adv. seventhly: 
 
 , adj. sevenfold. 
 
 I SEVENTEEN, adj. Seven and ten. 
 
 ordinal adj. seventeenth. 
 SEVENTY, adj. Seven times ten. 
 
 ordinal adj. seventieth. 
 SEVER, v. To part by violence ; to 
 
 force asunder, pr. par. severing; 
 
 past, severed : s. severance. 
 SEVERAL, adj. Different; distinct 
 
 from one another; divers, adv. 
 
 severally: s. severalty. 
 SEVE'RE. adj. Sharp, censorious, 
 
 rigorous, adv. severely : s. severity, 
 
 pi. severities. 
 SEW. v. To join by the use of a 
 
 needle, pr. par. sewing; past, sew- 
 ed: s. sewer. 
 SEWER, s. A passage for water. 
 SEX. s. The property by which any 
 
 animal is male or female, pi. sexes: 
 
 adj. sexual. 
 SEXAGEN'ARY. adj. Threescore. 
 SEXAGES'IMA. s. The second Sun- 
 day before Lent. adj. sexagesimal. 
 SEXAN'GULAR. adj. Having sixj 
 
 corners or angles. 
 SEXEN'NIAL. adj. Lasting six years; 
 
 happening once in six years. 
 SEXTANT, s. The sixth part of a 
 
 circle; an astronomical instrument. 
 SEX'TON. s. An under officer of a 
 
 church. 
 SEX'TUPLE. adj. Sixfold. 
 SHAB'BY. adj. Mean, paltry, adv. 
 
 shabbily: s. shabbiness. 
 SHACK'LE. v. To chain, to fetter, 
 
 to bind. pr. par. shackling; past, 
 
 shackled: s. shackle. 
 SHAD. s. A kind of fish. 
 SHADE. 5. The cloud or opacity 
 
 made by interception of the light: 
 
 cjarkness; obscurity, v. shade; pr. 
 
 SHA— SHA 
 
 par. shading; past, shaded: s. 
 
 shadiness : adj. shady. 
 SHAD'DOCK. s. A kind of orange. 
 SHAD'OW. s. The representation 
 
 of a body by which the light is 
 
 intercepted ; opacity ; shade, v. 
 
 shadow; pr. par. shadowing; past, 
 
 shadowed: adj. shadowy. 
 SHAFT. 5. An arrow; the handle 
 
 of a weapon ; the pole of a car- 
 riage, &c. adj. shafted. 
 SHAG. s. Rough hair; a kind of 
 
 cloth, adj. shaggy: s. shaggedness. 
 SHA'GREEN. s. The skin of a kind 
 
 of fish. 
 
 SHAKE, v. To put into a vibrating 
 motion; to agitate, pr. par. shak- 
 ing; past, shaken : s. shake, shaker. 
 
 SHALL, v. A defective verb. 
 
 SHALLOON', s. A slight woollen 
 stuff. 
 
 SHAL'LOP. s. A small boat. 
 SHALLOT', s. See Eschalot. 
 SHAL'LOW. adj. Not deep. s. shah 
 
 SHAM. v. To trick ; to cheat ; to 
 delude with false pretences, pr. 
 par. shamming; past, shammed: 
 s. sham : adj. sham. 
 
 SHAM'BLES. s. The place where 
 butchers kill or sell their meat. 
 
 SHAM'BLING. adj. Moving awk- 
 wardly and irregularly. 
 
 SHAME, s. The passion felt when 
 reputation is supposed to be lost; 
 ignominy ; disgrace, v. shame ; pr. 
 par. shaming; past, shamed: adj. 
 shameful, shameless: adv. shame- 
 fully, shamelessly: adj. shamefaced. 
 
 SHAM'ROCK. s. A three-leaved 
 clover. 
 
 SHANK, s. The middle joint of the 
 
 leg ; the handle. 
 SHAN'TY. adj. Showy, gay. 
 SHAPE, v. To form, to mould, pr. 
 
 par. shaping; past, shaped: s. shape, 
 
 shapeliness: adj. shapeless, shapely. 
 SHARE, v. To divide, to part, to 
 
 partake, pr. par. sharing; past, 
 
 shared: s. share, sharer. 
 SHARK, s. A kind of fish, 
 i SHARP, adj. Keen, piercing, cut? 
 
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SHA— SHE 
 
 ting. v. sharp; pr. par. sharping;] 
 
 past, sharped: s. sharper, sharp-l 
 
 ness: adv. sharply. 
 SHARPEN, v. To make keen; to 
 
 point; to edge. pr. par. sharpen-] 
 
 ing; past, sharpened. 
 SHARP-SIGHTED, adj. Having 
 
 quick sight. 
 SHARP-WITTED, adj. Having an 
 
 acute mind. 
 SHATTER, v. To break into pieces; 
 
 to impair, pr. par. shattering; past, 
 
 shattered. 
 
 SHAVE, v. To pare off with a ra- 
 zor; to pare close to the surface, 
 pr. par. shaving; past, shaved: s. 
 shaveling, shaver, shaving. 
 
 SHAWL. 5. A part of modern fe- 
 male dress. 
 
 SHE. The female pron. personal. 
 
 SHEAF, s. A bundle of stalks of 
 corn bound together, pi. sheaves. 
 
 SHEAR, v. To clip or cut. pr. par. 
 shearing; past, sheared, shorn: s. 
 shears, shearer. 
 
 Vi HEATH, s. The case of any thing; 
 the scabbard, v. sheath, sheathe; 
 pr. par. sheathing; past, sheathed. 
 
 SHED. s. A shelter made of boards. 
 
 FHED. v. To pour out ; to spill, pr. 
 par. shedding ; past, shed: s. shed- 
 der. 
 
 SHEEP. 5. A species of animal, adj. 
 sheepish: adv. sheepishly: s. shcep- 
 ishness, sheepcot, sheepfoid, sheep- 
 walk. 
 
 SHEER, adj. Pure, clear, unmingled. 
 
 SHEET, s. Any thing broad and 
 thin, such as linen or paper, v. 
 sheet; pr. par. sheeting; past, sheet- 
 ed: s. sheeting. 
 
 SHEET-ANCHOR, s. The largest 
 anchor. 
 
 SHEK'EL. 5. An ancient Jewish 
 com. 
 
 SHELF, s. A board fixed against a 
 wall, &c to place things on; a 
 Band-bank or rock in the sea. pi. 
 shelves: adj. shelvy. 
 
 SHELL, s. The external crust, v. 
 shell; pr. par. shelling; past, shell- 
 ed; adj. shelly.- s. shellfish. 
 
 SHE— SHI 
 
 SHELL'BARK. 5. A kind of hickory 
 nut. 
 
 SHELTER, s. A cover 1'rom injury; 
 protection, v. shelter; pr. par. shel- 
 tering; past, sheltered: adj. sheltery. 
 
 SHEL'TIE. s. A Scotch pony. 
 
 (SHELVE, v. To place on shelves; 
 to furnish with shelves; to slope, 
 pr. par. shelving; past, shelved: 
 
 I adj. shelving, shelvy. 
 
 j SHEPHERD, s. One who tends 
 sheep, fem. shepherdess, pi. shep- 
 herdesses. 
 
 SHERBET', s. A kind of drink. 
 
 SHERIFF. 5. An officer to whom 
 is intrusted, in each county, the 
 execution of the laws. s. shriev- 
 alty, the office or jurisdiction of a 
 sheriff. 
 
 SHERRY, s. A kind of Spanish 
 wine. 
 
 SHIELD, s. A buckler; defence: pro- 
 tection, v. shield; pr. par. shield- 
 ing; past, shielded. 
 
 SHIFT, v. To change place; to 
 change; to find some expedient, 
 pr. par. shifting; past, shifted: s. 
 shift, shifter: adj. shiftless. 
 
 SHIL LING, s. A coin, equal to 12 
 pence. 
 
 SHIN. s. The fore-part of the leg. 
 
 SHINE, v. To glitter, to glisten, 
 pr. par. shining ; past, shone. 
 
 SHIN'GLE. s. A thin board, to cover 
 houses, v. shingle; pr. par. shin- 
 gling; past, shingled. 
 
 SHIP. s. A large vessel of burden, 
 with sails, v. ship; pr. par. ship* 
 ping; past, shipped: s. shipping, 
 shipwreck, shipwright. 
 
 SHIPBOARD, adv. In a ship. 
 
 SHIRE, s. A division of a kingdom; 
 a county. 
 
 SHIRK, v. To practise mean or art- 
 ful tricks, pr. par. shirking; past, 
 shirked. 
 
 SHIRT. s. The under garment of a 
 
 man. v. shirt; pr. par. shirting i 
 
 past, shirted. 
 SHIVER, v. To break at once into 
 
 many parts ; to quake : to tremble. 
 
 pr. par. shivering; past, shivered. 
 
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SHO— SHO 
 
 SHO-S1IR 
 
 SHOAL, s. A great multitude; a 
 throng; a shallow place, adj. shoal. 
 SHOCK, s. Conflict; concussion; 
 offence ; a pile of sheaves of corn. 
 I v. shock,- pr. par. shocking; past, 
 
 shocked: adv. shockingly. 
 ; SHOD. Fret, and past par. of the v. 
 to shoe. 
 
 SHOE. s. The outer cover of the 
 foot. v. shoe; pr. par. shoeing; 
 i past, shod; s. shoe?', shoeblack, 
 shoemaker. 
 
 SHONE. Pret. and past par. of the 
 : v. to shine. 
 
 SHOOK. Pret. of the v. to shake. 
 
 SHOOT, v. To discharge any thing, 
 so as to make it fly with speed or 
 violence ; to strike with any thing 
 shot. pr. par. shooting; past, shot: 
 s. shoot, shooter. 
 
 SHOP. 5. A place in which goods 
 are sold by retail; a place for work, 
 v. shop; pr. par. shopping; past, 
 shopped: s. shopper, shopboard, 
 shopkeeper, shopman, pi. shopmen. 
 ■ SHOPLIFTER, s. One who, under 
 pretence of buying, steals goods 
 out of a shop. 
 
 SHORE. Pret. of the v. to shear. 
 past par. shor?i. 
 
 SHORE, s. The coast of the sea ; 
 the bank of a river; a drain ; the 
 support of a building, v. shore; 
 pr. par. shoring ; past, shored. 
 
 SHORT, adj. Not long ; defective; 
 scanty, v. shorten; pr. par. short- 
 ening; past, shortened: adv. short- 
 ly: s. shortness: adj. shortlived, 
 shortsighted. 
 
 SHORT'HAND. s. A method of 
 writing in compendious charac- 
 ters ; stenography. 
 
 SHOT. Pret. and past par. of the v. 
 to shoot. 
 
 SHOT. s. The act of shooting ; the 
 missile weapon emitted by any in- 
 strument. 
 SHOULD. Pret. of the v. shall 
 SHOUL'DER. 5. The joint which 
 connects the arm to the body. v. 
 shoulder; pr. par. shouldering; past, 
 shouldered. 
 
 SHOUT, s. A loud cry of triumph 
 or exultation, <fce. v. shout j pr. 
 par. shouting; past, shouted: s. 
 shout&r. 
 
 SHOVE, v. To push. pr. par. shov- 
 ing; past, shoved: s. shove. 
 
 SHOVEL, s. An instrument for lift- 
 ing earth, &c. v. shovel; pr. par. 
 shoveling; past, shoveled. 
 
 SHOW. v. To exhibit to view; to 
 prove, pr. par. showing; past, 
 shown: s. show: adj. showy. 
 
 SHOWER, s. A fall of rain ; a 
 storm of any thing, falling thick, 
 v. shower; pr. par. showering; 
 past, showered: adj. showery. 
 
 SHRED, v. To tear into small pieces, 
 pr. par. shredding; past, shredded: 
 s. shred. 
 
 SHREW, s. A peevish, maligna! t, 
 clamorous woman, adj. shrewirhj 
 adv. shrewishly : s. shrewishness. 
 
 SHREWD, adj. Cunning, smait. 
 adv. shrewdly: a. shrewdness. 
 
 SHRIEK, v. To scream, pr. par-. 
 shrieking; past, shrieked: s.shrieh. 
 
 SHRIEVALTY, s. The office of & 
 sheriff, pi. shrievalties. 
 
 SHRILL, adj. Sounding with a pier. - 
 ing, tremulous, or vibratory soun J. 
 s. shrillness: adv. shrilly. 
 
 SHRIMP, s. A small fish. 
 
 SHRINE, s. A case in which some- 
 thing sacred is deposited. 
 
 SHRINK, v. To contract ; to shrivel, 
 pr. par. shrinking; past, shrunk. 
 
 SHRIVEL, v. To contract into wrin- 
 kles, pr. par. shriveling; past, 
 shriveled. 
 
 SHROUD, s. A dress for the dead; 
 a shelter; the ropes which sup- 
 port a mast. v. shroud; pr. par. 
 shrouding; past, shrouded. 
 
 SHROVETIDE, SHROVE-TUES'- 
 DA Y. s. The day before Ash-Wed- 
 nesday, or Lent. 
 
 SHRUB, s. A bush ; a small tree ; a 
 kind of drink, s. shrubbery, pi. 
 shrubberies. 
 
 SHRUG, v. To express horror or 
 dissatisfaction by motion of the 
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SHR—SIE 
 
 shoulders, pr. par. shrugging; 
 
 past, shrugged ; s. shrug. 
 SHRUNK. Pret. and past par. of the 
 
 v. to shrink. 
 SHUD'DER. v. To quake with fear, 
 
 or aversion, pr. par. shuddering ; 
 
 past, shuddered: s. shudder. 
 SHUFFLE, v. To throw into disor- 
 der; to play mean tricks; to evade. 
 
 pr. par. shuffling,- past, shuffled: 
 
 s. shuffle, shuffler. 
 SHUN. v. To avoid ; to endeavour 
 
 to escape, pr. par. shunning; past, 
 
 shunned. 
 
 SHUT. v. To close; to confine ; to 
 exclude, pr. par. shutting; past, 
 shut: s. shutter. 
 
 SHUTTLE, s. An instrument used 
 in weaving. 
 
 SHUT'TLECOCK. s. A cork stuck 
 with feathers, and beaten back- 
 ward and forward. 
 
 SHY. adj. Wary, cautious, reserved, 
 adv. shyly : s. shyness. 
 
 SIBILANT, adj. Hissing, s. sibila- 
 tion. 
 
 SIB'YL. s. A prophetess amongst 
 the pagans, adj. sibylline. 
 
 SICCA'TION. s. The act of drying. 
 
 SICK. adj. Afflicted with disease; 
 disgusted, v. sicken ; pr. par. sick- 
 ening; past, sickened: s. sickliness, 
 sickness: adv. and adj. sickly. 
 
 SICK'LE. s. A reaping.hook. 
 
 SIDE. s. The parts of animals for- 
 tified by the ribs; edge; party; 
 faction, adj. side: v. side; pr. par. 
 siding ; past, sided. 
 
 SIDE'BOARD. s. The side-table on 
 which conveniences are placed. 
 
 SIDE'LONG. adj. Lateral, oblique, 
 adv. sidelong. 
 
 SI'DERAL, SIDE'REAL. adj. Star- 
 ry, astral. 
 
 SIDE'S ADDLE, s. A woman's saddle. 
 
 SIDE'WAYS, SIDE' WISE. adv. Lat- 
 erally ; on one side. 
 
 Sl'DLE. v. To go with the side fore- 
 most, pr. par. sidling ; past, sidled. 
 
 SIEGE, s. The act of besetting a 
 fortified place. 
 
 SIE-SIL 
 SIEVE, s. A bolter ; hair, &c. strain- 
 j ed upon a hoop, to sift through. 
 SIFT. v. To separate by a sieve. 
 ! pr.par. sifting; nast, sifted: s.sifier. 
 SIGH. v. To emit the breath audi- 
 bly, as in grief, pr. par. sighing; 
 past, sighed: s. sigh. 
 SIGHT, s. Perception by the eve; 
 view, &c. adj. sightless, sightly: 
 s. sightliness. 
 SIGN. s. A token; that by which 
 any thing is shown; a constellation, 
 v. sign; pr. par. signing; past, 
 signed: s. signer. 
 SlG'NAL. s. Notice given by a sign . 
 
 a sign that gives notice, adj. signxil 
 SlG'NAL. adj. Eminent; remarkable, 
 v. signalize; pr. par. signalizing 
 past, signalized .- adv. signally. 
 SIGNATURE. 5. A sign or mark ; 
 amongst printers, a letter or num- 
 ber, to distinguish different sheet s. 
 SIG'NET. s. A seal. 
 SIGNIFICANT, adj. Expressive, 
 betokening, important, adv. rf- 
 j nif canity: s. significance. 
 SJG'NIFV. v. To declare by sone 
 sign or token; to mean ; to i .\ - 
 press, pr. par. signifying; pae^ 
 signified: s. signification: adj. 
 ntficative. 
 SI'GNIOR. s. A title of hon< ir 
 amongst the Italians; with ltd 
 Turks, the grand signior is the 
 emperor. 
 
 SJ'LEXCE. s. Still ness, taciturnity, 
 secrecy, v. silence; pr. par. silenc- 
 ing: past, silenced: adj. silent: adv. 
 silently. 
 
 SILI'CIOUS. adj. Partaking of the 
 | nature of flint. 
 
 SILK. s. The thread of a certain 
 ! worm ; the cloth made from the 
 i thread, adj. silken, silky : s. silki- 
 I ness, silkworm. 
 
 SILK'MERCER. s. A dealer in silk. 
 SILL. s. The foot of a door-case, &c. 
 j SILLABUB, s. A liquor made of 
 milk and wine, or cider and sugar. 
 SIL'LV. adj. Foolish, simple, weak, 
 adv. sillily : s. silliness. 
 
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SIL— SIN 
 
 SILVAN, adj. Woody; full of woods; 
 belonging to a wood. 
 
 SIL'VER. s. One of the metals, v. sil- 
 ver; pr. par. silvering; past, sil- 
 vered: adj. silvery: s. silversmith. 
 
 SIMILAR, adj. Resembling, s. sim- 
 ilarity, pi. similarities: adv. simi- 
 larly. 
 
 SIM'ILE. s. A comparison by which 
 any thing is illustrated, pronounc- 
 ed sim' -il-e. 
 
 SIMILITUDE, s. Likeness, resem- 
 blance, comparison. 
 
 SIM'MER. v. To boil gently, pr. 
 par. simmering; past, simmered. 
 
 SI'MONY. s. The crime of buying 
 or selling church preferments" pi. 
 simonies: adj. simoniacal: s. simo- 
 niac adv. simoniacally. 
 
 SIMTER. v. To smile foolishly, pr. 
 par. simpering; past, simpered s. 
 simper: adv. simperingly. 
 
 SIM'PLE. adj. Single, uncompound- 
 ed, artless, harmless, silly, s. sim- 
 ple, simplicity: adv. simply. 
 
 SIM'PLETON. s. A silly person. 
 
 SIM'PLIFY. v. To render plain; to 
 bring back to simplicity, pr. par. 
 simplifying; past, simplified: s. 
 simplification. 
 
 SIMULATE, v. To feign; to coun- 
 terfeit, pr. par. simulating; past, 
 simulated : s. simulation. 
 
 SIMULTANEOUS, adj. Acting to- 
 gether ; existing at the same time, 
 adv. simultaneously. 
 
 SIN. s. An act against the laws of 
 God. v. sin; pr. par. sinning; past, 
 sinned: adj. sinful : adv. sinfully: 
 s. sinfulness, sinner. 
 
 SINCE, conj. Because that, from the 
 time that. prep, since. 
 
 SINCE' RE. adj. Candid, honest, un- 
 corrupt. adv. sincerely: s. sincerity. 
 
 SINE. s. A term in geometry. 
 
 SI'NECURE. s. An office which 
 yields revenue, without any em- 
 ployment. 
 
 SIN'EW. 5. A tendon ; the ligament 
 by which the joints are moved, 
 adj. sinewed, sinewy. 
 
 SING. v. To form the voice to mel- 
 2F 
 
 SIN — SIT 
 
 ody ; to articulate musically, pr. 
 par. singing; past, sung: s. sing<r, 
 singing. 
 
 SINGE, v. To scorch, to burn slightly 
 
 or superficially, pr. par. singing ; 
 
 past, singed: s. singe. 
 SIN'GLE. adj. One; not double; 
 
 particular; alone, v. single; pr. 
 
 par. singling ; past, singled : s. 
 
 singleness : adv. singly. 
 SINGSONG, s. A contemptuous ex- 
 pression, for bad singing. 
 SING'ULAR. adj. Single; not plural; 
 
 particular; rare; remarkable, s. 
 
 singularity, pi. singularities: adv. 
 
 singularly. 
 SINISTER, adj. Being on the left 
 
 hand; deceitful; bad. adj. sinis- 
 
 trous : adv. sinistrously. 
 SINK. v. To fall gradually; to de- 
 cline, pr. par. sinking ; past, sunk. 
 SINK. s. A drain ; a place of filtl . 
 SIN'UATE. v. To bend in and 01 
 
 pr. par. sinuating ; past, sinuate^. 
 
 s. sinuation, sinuosity, pi. sinuot- 
 
 ities: adj. sinuous. 
 SIP. v. To drink by small draugh t 
 
 pr. par. sipping; past, sipped: j. 
 
 sip. 
 
 SI'PHON, SY'PHON. s. A pij.e 
 through which liquors are con- 
 veyed. 
 
 SIR. s. A word of respect, to me i ; 
 a title applied to a knight. 
 
 SIRE. s. A father; a title given to 
 a monarch. 
 
 SI'REN. s. A goddess who enticed 
 men bv singing. 
 
 SIR'LOIN. s. The loin of beef. 
 
 SIR'NAME. s. The family name. 
 
 SIROCCO, s. The south-east or Sy, 
 rian wind. 
 
 SIRRAH, s. An appellation of re- 
 proach and insult. 
 
 SIR'UP, SYR'UP. s. A vegetable 
 juice, boiled with sugar. 
 
 SIS'TER. 5. A woman born of the 
 same parents, adj. sisterly: s. sis- 
 terhood. 
 
 SIS'TER- IN-LAW. s. A husband or 
 
 wife's sister. 
 SIT. v. To reoose on a seat ; to 
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SIT — SKI 
 
 incubate, pr. par. sitting; past, 
 sat. 
 
 SITE. s. Situation ; local position. 
 SITUATION. s. Position, condition, 
 s*ate. 
 
 SIX. adj. Twice three, ordinal adj. 
 sixth: adv. sixthly. 
 
 SIXTEEN', adj. Six and ten. ordinal 
 adj. sixteenth. 
 
 SIXTY, adj. Six times ten. ordinal 
 adj. sixtieth. 
 
 SIZE. s. Bulk; comparative magni- 
 tude ; any viscous or glutinous 
 substance, v. size ; pr. par. sizing; 
 past, sized. 
 
 SIZ'ER, SER'VITOR. s. A certain 
 rank of students in the university 
 of Cambridge, and in some other 
 colleges. 
 
 SKATE, s. A sort of shoe armed 
 
 with iron, for sliding on the ice. 
 
 v. skate; pr. par. skating; past, 
 
 skated : s. skater. 
 SKATE, s. A flat fish. 
 SKEIN, s. A knot of thread or silk, 
 
 wound and doubled. 
 SKEL'ETON. s. Bones preserved, as 
 
 in their natural situation. 
 SKEP. s. A little coniform house 
 
 for bees. 
 
 SKEPTIC, SCEPTIC, s. One who 
 assents or believes only after see- 
 ing unquestionable evidence, adj. 
 skeptical: adv . skeptically : s. skep- 
 ticism. 
 
 SKETCH, v. To draw a plan, by 
 tracing the outline, pr. par. sketch- 
 ing ; past, sketched : s. sketch. 
 
 SKEWER. 5. A wooden or iron pin, 
 used to keep meat in form. v. 
 skewer; pr. par. skewering; past, 
 skewered. 
 
 SKIFF. 5. A small, light boat. 
 
 SKILL, s. Knowledge of any prac- 
 tice or art. adj. skilful, skilled: adv. 
 skilfully: s. skilfulness. 
 
 SKIL'LET. s. A small kettle or 
 boiler. 
 
 SKIM. v. To clear off from the up- 
 per part; to glide along, pr. par. 
 skimming; past, skimmed : s. skt?n- 
 mer, scum. 
 
 SKI— SLA 
 
 SKIMMILK'. 5. Milk from which 
 
 the cream has been taken. 
 SKIN. s. The natural covering of the 
 
 flesh; a hide; a pelt ; a husk. v. 
 skin ; pr. par. skinning; past, skin- 
 ned: s. skinner, skinniness : adj. 
 skinny. 
 
 SKIN FLINT, s. A niggardly per- 
 son : a very low word. 
 
 SKIP. v. To pass by quick leaps ; to 
 bound lightly and joyfully, pr. par. 
 skipping; past, skipped: s. skip, 
 skipper. 
 
 SKIPPER, s. The captain of a small 
 vessel ; a kind of worm. 
 
 SKIR'MISH. s. A slight fight ; a con- 
 test, v. skirmish; pr. par. skirmish* 
 ing; past, skirmished: s. skir- 
 misher. 
 
 SKIRT, s. That part of a garmi nt 
 
 which hangs loose below the wai rt; 
 
 edge; margin, v. skirt; pr. p.ttr. 
 
 skirting ; past, skirted. 
 SKITTISH, adj. Shy; easily frigl t- 
 
 ened; volatile, adv. skittishly: p. 
 
 skittishness. 
 SKITTLES, s. Ninepins. 
 SKREEN. s. A riddle or coarse sie* t; 
 
 a shade ; shelter or concealment. 
 
 v. skreen; pr. par. skreening ; pa^t, 
 
 skreened. 
 
 SKULK, v. To hide; to lurk in fear 
 or malice, pr. par. skulking: past, 
 skulked. 
 
 SKULL, s. The bone that encloses 
 the head. 
 
 SKULL'CAP. 5. A headpiece. 
 
 SKY. s. The region which appears 
 to surround this earth beyond the 
 atmosphere; the heavens, pi. skies: 
 adj. sky coloured: s. skylark, sky- 
 light, skyrocket. 
 
 SLAB. s. A plane of stone ; the out- 
 side piece of timber, when sawed 
 into boards. 
 
 SLAB'BER. v. To daub when sup- 
 ping; to smear with spittle, pr. 
 par. slabbering; past, slabbered: 
 s. slahberer. 
 
 SLAB'BY. adj. Thick; viscous: wot. 
 
 SLACK, adj. Not tense; relaxed; 
 
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SLA— SLE 
 
 loose ; remiss, v. slack, slacken ; 
 pr. par. slacking, slackening; past, 
 slacked, slackened: adv. slackly: s. 
 slackness. 
 SLACK, s. Coal broken into small 
 parts. 
 
 SLAIN. The past par. of the v. to 
 
 slay. 
 
 SLAKE, v. To quench; to extinguish, 
 pr. par. slaking ; past, slaked. 
 
 SLAM. v. To push violently; to 
 shut rudely, pr. par. slamming; 
 past, slammed. 
 
 SLAM'KIN, SHAM'MERKIN. s. A 
 slatternly woman ; a trollop. 
 
 SLAN'DER. v. To censure falsely ; 
 to scandalize, pr. par. slandering; 
 past, slandered: s. slander, slan- 
 derer, slander ousness : adj. slan- 
 derous : adv. slanderously. 
 
 SLANG, s. Vulgar cant. 
 
 SLANT, adj. Oblique ; not perpen- 
 dicular, v. slant; pr. par. slanting; 
 past, slanted: adv. slantwise. 
 
 SLAP. 5. A blow with the open hand, 
 v. slap ; pr. par. slapping ; past, 
 slapped: adv. slapdash. 
 
 SiASH. v. To cut ; to lash ; to cut 
 with long cuts. pr. par. slashing ; 
 past, slashed : s. slash, slasher. 
 
 SfiATE. s. A kind of flat, fissile 
 stone, v. slate; pr. par. slating; 
 past, slated: s. slater. 
 
 SLATTERN, s. A slovenly woman. 
 
 SLAUGHTER, s. Massacre; act 
 of slaving, v. slaughter; pr. par. 
 slaughtering; past, slaughtered: 
 s. slaughterer, slaughter-house. 
 
 SLAVE, s. One held to involuntary 
 servitude, s. slavery, slavishness : 
 adj. slavish: adv. slavishly. 
 
 SLAVER, s. Spittle running from 
 the mouth, v. slaver; pr. par. slav- 
 ering; past, slavered: s. slaverer. 
 
 SLAY. v. To kill ; to butcher, pr. 
 par. slaying; past, stayed: s. slayer. 
 
 SLED, SLEDGE, s. A carriage drawn 
 without wheels. 
 
 SLEDGE, s. A smith's large hammer. 
 
 SLEEK, adj. Smooth, glossy, adv. 
 sleekly: s. sleekness. 
 
 SLEEP, v. To take rest, by suspen- 
 
 SLE— SLI 
 
 sion of the mental and corporal 
 
 powers ; to be motionless, pr. par. 
 sleeping ; past, slept : s. sleep, sleep- 
 er, sleepiness, sleeplessness: adj. 
 sleepless, sleepy. 
 
 SLEET, s. A kind of smooth, small 
 hail or snow. v. sleet; pr. par. sleet- 
 ing ; past, sleeted: adj. sleety. 
 
 SLEEVE, s. The part of a garment 
 that covers the arms. 
 
 SLEIGHT, s. Artful trick ; dextrous 
 practice. 
 
 SLEN'DER. adj. Thin; small; not 
 bulky; sparing, adv. slenderly: s. 
 slendemess. 
 
 SLEPT. Pret. and past par. of the v. 
 
 to sleep. 
 
 SLEW. Pret. of the v. to slay. 
 SLEY. s. The frame which contains 
 
 a weaver's reed. 
 SLICE, v. To cut into flat pieces. 
 
 pr. par. slicing; past, sliced: s. slice. 
 SLIDE, v. To pass along smoothly ; 
 
 to slip; to glide, pr. par. sliding; 
 
 past, slid, slidden: s. slide, slider. 
 SLIGHT, adj. Small, weak, worth- 
 less, s. slightness: adv. slightly. 
 SLIGHT, s. Neglect; contempt; 
 
 act of scorn ; artifice, v. slight; pr. 
 
 par. slighting; past, slighted: s. 
 
 slighter: adv. slightingly. 
 SLIM. adj. Slender, weak, slight, s. 
 
 slimness. 
 
 SLIME, s. Viscous mire ; any glu- 
 tinous substance, s. sliminess: adj. 
 slimy. 
 
 SLING. 5. A missive weapon, made 
 by a strap and two strings; a throw; 
 a kind of hanging bandage, v. sling; 
 pr. par. slinging; past, slung: s. 
 slinger. 
 
 SLINK, v. To steal ; to sneak out 
 of the way. pr. par. slinking; past, 
 slunk: adj. slink, produced before 
 its time; unfed; applied to the 
 young of a beast. 
 
 SLIP. v. To slide; to glide; to sneak; 
 to make a false step. pr. par. slip- 
 ping; past, slipped: s. slip. 
 
 SLIPPER, s. A loose shoe. adj. slip- 
 pered. 
 
 SLIPPERY, adj. Smooth ; glib ; not 
 
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SLI— SLU 
 
 affording firm footing, s. slipperi 
 ness. 
 
 SLIPPY, adj. Slippery ; easily slid 
 
 ing. s. slippiness. 
 SLIPSHOD, adj. Having the shoes 
 
 not pulled up at the heels. 
 SLIT. v. To cut longwise, pr. par 
 
 slitting ; past, slit : s. slit. 
 SLl'VEK. s. A branch torn off. 
 SLOATS. s. The under parts of a 
 
 cart. 
 
 SLOB'BER. v. To slaver; to spill 
 upon ; to slabber, pr. par. slobber- 
 ing; past, slobbered: s. slobberer .- 
 adj. slobbery. 
 
 SLOE. s. The fruit of the black thorn. 
 
 SLOOP, s. A small ship, commonly 
 with one mast; sloop of war, a 
 small frigate, with three masts. 
 
 SLOP. v. To drink grossly and gree- 
 dily ; to soil by spilling liquor, pr. 
 par. slopping; past, slopped: s. slop: 
 adj. sloppy. 
 
 SLOP-SHOP. s. A place where 
 coarse, ready-made clothes are sold. 
 
 SLOPE, s. An oblique direction ; de- 
 clivity, v. slope; pr. par. sloping; 
 past, sloped : adv. slopingly. 
 
 SLOTH, s. Slowness, laziness, idle- 
 ness ; a kind of stupid animal, adj. 
 slothful: adv. sloth f ully : s. sloth- 
 fulness. 
 
 SLOUCH, s. An idle fellow ; an un- 
 gainly, clownish gait or manner, 
 v. slouch; pr. par. slouching ; past, 
 slouched. 
 
 SLOUGH, s. A deep mirv place. 
 
 SLOVEN, s. One dirtily or carelessly 
 dressed, s. slovenliness: adj. and 
 adv. slovenly. 
 
 SLOW. adj. Not swift ; tardy, adv. 
 slowly: s. slowness. 
 
 SLUDGE, s. Mire. 
 
 SLUG. 5 A kind of snail ; a piece 
 of shapeless metal, to shoot from' 
 a gun. adj. sluggish: adv. sluggish- 
 ly: s. sluggishness. 
 
 SLUICE, s. A water-gate. 
 
 SLUM'BER. v. To sleep lightly; to 
 sleep; to repose, pr. par. slumber- 
 ing; past, slumbered: s. slumber, 
 slumberer. 
 
 SLU — SMI 
 
 SLUNG. Pret. and past par. of the 
 
 v. to sling. 
 
 SLUNK. Pret. and past par. of the 
 v. to slink. 
 
 SLUR. 5. A faint reproach ; a slight 
 disgrace ; a slight : in music, a 
 mark denoting a connexion of one 
 note with another, v. slur; pr. par. 
 slurring; past, slurred. 
 
 SLUT. s. A dirty woman, adj. slut- 
 tish: adv. sluttishly: s. sluttishness. 
 
 SLY. adj. Meanly artful ; secretly 
 insidious; cunning, adv. slyly : s. 
 slyness. 
 
 SMACK, v. To have a taste, or sa- 
 vour; to make a noise by separa- 
 tion of the lips strougly pressed 
 together, pr. par. smacking ; past, 
 smacked: s. smack. 
 
 SMACK, s. A kind of ship. 
 
 SMALL, adj. Little, slender, minute, 
 s. smallness. 
 
 SMALL'CRAFT. s. Vessels less than 
 ships. 
 
 SMALLTOX. s. A kind of eruptive 
 
 distemper. 
 SMALTS, s. A blue substance, used 
 
 by bleachers. 
 SMART, adj. Pungent, quick, acute, 
 
 brisk, v. smart; pr. par. smarting; 
 
 past, smarted: s. smart, smartness: 
 
 adv. smartly. 
 SMAT'TER, SMATTERING. 5. 
 
 Superficial knowledge. s.smatterer. 
 SMEAR, v. To overspread with 
 
 something viscous and adhesive ; 
 
 to soil. pr. oar. smearing; past, 
 
 smeared: adj. smeary. 
 SMELL, v. To perceive by the nose. 
 
 pr. par. smelling; past, smelled : s. 
 
 smell, smt Her. 
 SMELT, v. To melt ore, so as to 
 
 extract the metnl. pr. par. smelt- 
 ing; past, smelted: s. smelter. 
 SMI LE. v. To contract the face with 
 
 pleasure, pr. nar. smiling: past, 
 
 smiled; s. smile: adv. smilingly. 
 SMIRK, v. To look affectedly soft 
 
 or kind. pr. par. smirking; past, 
 
 smirked. 
 
 SMITE. r. To strike; to kill; to 
 310 
 
SMI — SNA 
 
 destroys to blast, pr. par. smiting; 
 past, smitten: s. smite, smiter. 
 SMITH, s. One who works in met- 
 als, s. smithery, smithy. 
 
 SMITTEN. Past par. of the v. to 
 smite. 
 
 SMOCK, s. The under garment of 
 a woman ; a shift. 
 
 SMOCK'FACED. adj. Beardless, 
 maidenly, pale. 
 
 SMOKE. 5. The visible effluvium, 
 or sooty exhalation, from anything 
 burning, v. smoke ; pr. par. smok- 
 ing; past, smoked: s. smoker, 
 smokiness: adj. smokeless, smoky. 
 
 SMOOTH, adj. Even on the surface; 
 level, v. smooth; pr. par. smooth- 
 ing; past, smoothed: adv. smoothly: 
 s. smoothness. 
 
 SMOOTHFACED, adj. Mild look- 
 ing; having a smooth air. 
 
 SMOTE, v. Pret. of the v. to smite. 
 
 SMOTH'ER. v. To suffocate, pr. par. 
 smothering; past, smothered. 
 
 SMOUL'DERING. par. adj. Burning 
 and smoking without vent. 
 
 SMUG. adj. Nice; spruce; dressed 
 with affectation of niceness. s. 
 smugness. 
 
 SMUG'GLE. v. To import or export 
 goods, without paying the cus- 
 toms, pr. par. smuggling; past, 
 smuggled: s. smuggler. 
 
 SMUT. s. A spot made with soot 
 or coal ; obscenity, v. smut ; pr. 
 par. smutting; past, smutted: adv. 
 smuttily: s. smutiiness: adj. smutty. 
 
 SNACK. 5. A share; a part taken 
 by compact; a slight, hasty repast. 
 
 SNAF'FLE. s. A bridle which crosses 
 the nose. 
 
 SNAG. s. A jag, or short protuber- 
 ance; in the United States, the 
 trunk of a. tree, lying in a river, 
 with its top towards the stream. 
 
 SNAIL, s. A kind of slimy animal. 
 
 SNAKE, s. A species of serpent. 
 
 SNAKF/ROOT. s. A species of plant. 
 
 SNAP. v. To break at once ; to break 
 short ; to bite suddenly, pr. par. 
 mapping; past, snapped: s. snap, 
 2F2 
 
 SNa— SNU 
 
 snapper, snappishness : adj. snap- 
 pish: adv. snappishly. 
 SNAPDRAGON, s. A kind of plant. 
 SIN ARE. s. A gin, a net, a trap, a 
 
 noose, v. snare ; pr. par. snaring; 
 
 past, snared : s. snarer. 
 SNARL, v. To growl as an angry 
 
 animal ; to gnarl ; to entangle, pr. 
 
 par. snarling; past, snarled: s. 
 
 snarler. 
 
 SNATCH, v. To seize hastily ; to 
 catch eagerly, pr. par. snatching; 
 past, snatched : s. snatch, snatcher. 
 
 SNEAK, v. To creep slyly ; to come 
 or go as if afraid to be seen; to 
 hide. pr. par. sneaking; past, sneak- 
 ed: adj. sneaking : adv. sncakingly. 
 
 SNECK. s. The latch of a door. 
 
 SNEER, v. To show contempt by 
 looks; to insinuate contempt by 
 covert expressions, pr. par. sneer- 
 ing; past, sneered: s. sneer, sneer er: 
 adv. sneeringly . 
 
 SNEEZE, v. To emit wind audibly 
 by the nose. pr. par. sneezing; past, 
 sneezed : s. sneeze. 
 
 SNIP. v. To cut at once with scis- 
 sors, pr. par. snipping; past, snip- 
 ped: s. snip, snipper. 
 
 SNIPE, s. A small fowl of game. 
 
 SNIVEL, v. To run at the nose; to 
 cry as a child, pr. par. sniveling ; 
 past, sniveled : s. sniveler. 
 
 SNORE, v. To breathe hard through 
 the nose. pr. par. s7ioring ; past, 
 snored: s. snore, snorer. 
 
 SNORT, v. To blow through the 
 nose, as a high-mettled horse, pr. 
 par. snorting; past, snorted: s. 
 snorter. 
 
 SNOUT. 5. The nose of a beast ; the 
 
 nosle. adj. snouted. 
 SNOW. s. Small particles of water, 
 
 frozen before they unite into drops. 
 
 v. snow; pr. par. snowing; past, 
 
 snowed: adj. snowy: s. snowball. 
 SNOWDROP, s. An early flower. 
 SNUB. 5. A jag, a snag, a knot in 
 
 wood. 
 
 SNUB'NOSED. adj. Having a flat 
 
 or short nose. 
 SNUFF, s. The burnt wick of q, 
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SNU— SOF 
 
 candle ; powdered tobacco, to be 
 taken up the nose. v. snuff'; pr. 
 par. snuffing; past, snuffed: s. 
 snuffer, snuffers: adj. snuffy. 
 
 SNUF'FLE. v. To speak or breathe 
 hard through the nose. pr. par. 
 snuffling; past, snuffied: s. snuffer. 
 
 SNUG. adj. Close; free from any 
 inconvenience, adv. snugly: s. 
 snugness. 
 
 SO. One of the adverbs. 
 
 SOAK. v. To steep, to drench, pr. 
 par. soaking; past, soaked. 
 
 SOAP. s. A substance used in wash- 
 ing, adj. soapy: s. soapiness, soap- 
 boiler. 
 
 SOAR. v. To fly aloft; to tower, 
 pr. par. soaring; past, soared: s. 
 soar. 
 
 SOB. v. To sigh convulsively, in 
 
 weeping, &c. pr. par. sobbing; 
 
 past, sobbed: s. sob. 
 SCPBER. adj. Temperate; not drunk; 
 
 serious; solemn, adv. soberly.- s 
 
 sobriety. 
 
 SO'CIABLE. adj. Inclined to com- 
 pany; friendly; familiar, s. socia- 
 bility, pi. sociabilities, sociableness, 
 adv. sociably.' 
 
 SO'CIAL. adj. Fit for society; com- 
 panionable, s. sociality.- adv. so 
 dally. 
 
 SOCIETY, s. Union of many in one 
 
 general interest; community; com 
 
 pany. pi. societies. 
 SOCIN'IAN. 5. A follower of the 
 
 doctrines of Socinus. adj. socinian.- 
 
 s. socinianism. 
 SOCK. s. Something put between 
 
 the foot and shoe ; the shoe of the 
 
 ancient comic actors. 
 SOCK'ET. 5. Any hollow pipe, that 
 
 receives something inserted ; the 
 
 receptacle of the eye. 
 SOCRATIC, SOCRATTCAL. adj. 
 
 After the manner or doctrine of 
 
 Socrates. 
 SOD. 5. A turf, a clod. 
 SO'DA. s. A fixed alkali. 
 SOD'DEN. Fast par. of the \. to seethe. 
 SOEVER. One of the adverbs. 
 SO'FA. s. A kind of seat. 
 
 SOF— SOL 
 SOFT. adj. Not hard ; ductile ; sim- 
 ple; gentle, v. soften; (pronounc- 
 ed sof'-n;) pr. par. softening; past, 
 softened: adv. softly: s. softener, 
 softness. 
 
 SOHO'. int. A form of calling from 
 
 a distant place. 
 SOIL. v. To foul, to pollute, to sul- 
 ly, pr. par. soiling; past, soiled: 
 
 s. soil. 
 
 SOIL. s. Ground; earth, considered 
 in relation to its vegetative quali- 
 ties. 
 
 SOJOURN', v. To dwell any where 
 for a time. pr. par. sojourning; 
 past, sojourned: s. sojourn, so- 
 journer. 
 
 SOL'ACE. v. To comfort, to cheer, 
 pr. par. solacing ; past, solaced: s. 
 solace. 
 
 SOL'ANDER. 5. A disease in-horses. 
 SO'LAR. adj. Relating or belonging 
 
 to the sun. 
 SOLD. Pret. and past par. of the v. 
 
 to sell. 
 
 SOLD'ER. v. To unite or fasten with 
 metallic cement, pronounced soct- 
 der. pr. par. soldering; past, sol* 
 dcred s. solder, solder er. 
 SOL'DIER. s. One who fights forpav; 
 a warrior, adj. soldierlike, soldierly: 
 s. soldieiy. 
 SOLE. s. The bottom of the foot ; 
 the bottom of the shoe ; a kind of 
 fish. v. sole; pr. par. soling ; past t 
 soled. 
 
 SOLE. adj. Single : onlv. adv. solely, 
 SO'LECISM. s. An impropriety in 
 
 language. 
 SOL'EViX. adj. Religiously grave; 
 awful; formal, b. solemnity, pi. so* 
 lemnities: adv. sciamnty. 
 SOL'EMNIZE. v. To dignify by par- 
 ticular formalities ; to celebrate, 
 pr. par. solemnizing ; past, solem- 
 nized .- s. solemnization. 
 SOLl'CIT. v. To importune; to im- 
 plore; to ask. pr. par. soliciting ; 
 past, solicited: s. solicitation, soli- 
 citor. 
 
 SOLICITOUS, adj. Anxious, care- 
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SOL — SON 
 ful, concerned, adv. solicitously i 
 s. solicitude. 
 
 iOL'ID. adj. Not fluid; compact; 
 strong, s. solid, solidity, pi. solidi- 
 ties: adv. solidly. 
 
 SOLIDUNG'ULOOS. adj. Whole- 
 hoofed. 
 
 SOLIL'OQUY. s. A discourse made 
 by one, in solitude, to himself, pi. 
 soliloquies : v. soliloquize ; pr. par. 
 soliloquizing; past, soliloquized. 
 
 SOL'IPEDE. s. An animal whose feet 
 are not cloven. 
 
 (SOLITARY, adj. Living alone ; re- 
 tired ; single, adv. solitarily: s. 
 solitude. 
 
 §0'LO. s. A tune played or sung by 
 
 one person. 
 SOL'STICE. 5. The tropical point 
 
 of the sun. adj. solstitial. 
 SOL'UBLE. adj. Capable of dissolu 
 
 tion or separation, s. solubility, pi. 
 
 solubilities. 
 SOLUTION, s. The act of solving; 
 
 separation; explanation, adj. so- 
 
 lutiue. 
 
 SOLVE, v. To clear ; to explain, pr. 
 par. solving; past, solved: adj. solv- 
 able. 
 
 SOLVENT, adj. Having the power 
 to cause solution; able to pay 
 debts contracted. 
 
 iSOM'BRE. adj. Dark, gloomy. 
 
 ;SOME. adj. More or less ; noting an 
 indeterminate quantity, or thing, 
 s. somebody, something: adv. some- 
 time, somewhere. 
 
 jSOM'ERSET. s. A leap by which a 
 jumper throws himself from a 
 height, and turns over his head. 
 
 SOMNAM'BULIST. s. One who 
 walks in his sleep, s. somnambu- 
 lism. 
 
 SOMNIF'EROUS. adj. Causing sleep, 
 adj. somnific. 
 
 rSOM'NOLENCE, SOM'NOLENCY. 
 s. Sleepiness, inclination to sleep, 
 adj. somnolent. 
 
 -SON. s. A male child; a male de- 
 scendant. 
 
 •SONATA s. A tune, 
 
 SON— SOR 
 SON'-IN-LA W. s. A man married to 
 
 | one's daughter. 
 
 SONG. s. A poem to be modulated 
 
 1 by the voice, s. songster, songstress, 
 
 pi. songstresses. 
 SONIFEROUS, adj. Giving or bring- 
 ing sound. 
 SON NET, s. A short poem. s. son- 
 netteer. 
 
 SO'NOROUS. adj. Loud-sounding. 
 I adv. sonorously: s. sonorousness: 
 | adj. sonorific. 
 
 SOON. adv. Before long time be pass- 
 | ed; early. 
 
 SOOT. s. Condensed or embodied 
 | smoke, s. sootiness: adj. sooty. 
 SOOTH, s. Truth, reality. 
 SOOTHE, v. To flatter, to calm, to 
 I soften, pr. par. soothing; past, 
 | soothed: s. soother: adv. soothingly. 
 SOOTH'S AY. v. To predict, to fore- 
 tel. pr. par. soothsaying; past, 
 soothsaid: s. soothsayer. 
 SOP. s. Any thing steeped in liquor, 
 v. sop ; pr. par. sopping; past, sop- 
 ped. 
 
 SO'PHIST. 5. A professor of phil- 
 osophy; a subtle, caviling disputer. 
 s. sophism, sophister, sophistry: 
 adj. sophistic, sophistical: adv. so- 
 phidically. 
 SOPHISTICATE, v. To adulterate; 
 to debase, pr. par. sophisticating ; 
 past, sophisticated: s. sophistication, 
 sophisiicator. 
 .SOPORIF'EROUS,SOPORIFIC.a4/. 
 I Causing sleep, narcotic. 
 SORCERER. 5. A conjurer, an en- 
 chanter, a magician, fern, sorcer- 
 ess, pi. sorceresses : s. sorcery, pi. 
 sorceries. 
 
 SORDID, adj. Foul, gross, filthy, 
 mean. adv. sordidly: s. sordidness. 
 SORE. s. A place tender and pain- 
 ful; an ulcer, adj. sore: adv. sore- 
 ly: s. soreness. 
 SOROR'OCIDE. s. The murder of a 
 sister ; one who commits the mur- 
 der. 
 
 SORREL, s. A species of acid plant; 
 a reddish colour, adj. sorrel. 
 
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SOR— SOU 
 
 BOR'RILY. adv. Meanly, poorly, des- 
 picably, s. sorriness. 
 
 SORROW, v. To grieve; to be sad. 
 pr. par. sorrowing; past, sorrowed: 
 s. sorrow, sorrowfulness : adj. sor- 
 rowful : adv. sorrowfully. 
 
 SOR'RY. adj. Grieved for something 
 past ; melancholy ; vile. 
 
 SORT. s. A kind ; a species, v. sort; 
 pr. par. sorting; past, sorted. 
 
 SOT. s. A drunkard; a dolt; a wretch 
 stupified by drinking, adj. sottish: 
 adv. sottishly: s. sottishness. 
 
 SOUCHONG', s. A kind of tea. 
 
 SOUGHT. Pret. and past par. of the 
 v. to seek. 
 
 SOUL. 5. The immaterial and im- 
 mortal spirit of man. adj. soulless. 
 
 SOUND, adj. Healthy; salutary; 
 stout; unbroken, adv. soundly: 
 s. soundness. 
 
 SOUND, s. A shallow sea, such as 
 maybe sounded, v. sound ; pr. par. 
 sounding; past, sounded. 
 
 SOUND, s. Any thing audible; a 
 noise, v. sound; pr. par. sounding; 
 past, sounded. 
 
 J>OUND'BOARD. s. The board which 
 propagates the sound in organs, 
 &c. 
 
 !r<OUP. s. Strong decoction of flesh. 
 
 .SOUR. adj. Acid, austere, v. sour; 
 pr. par. souring; past, soured : adj. 
 sourish: adv. sourly: s. sourness. 
 
 SOURCE, s. Spring, fountain, ori- 
 ginal. 
 
 SOUS. s. A French penny, pro- 
 nounced soo. 
 
 SOUSE, s. Pickle made of salt and 
 water, v. souse ; pr. par. sousing ; 
 past, soused. 
 
 SOUSE, v. To fall with violence, 
 pr. par. sousing; past, soused: adv. 
 souse. 
 
 SOUTH, s. One of the four cardinal 
 points, opposite the north, adj. 
 south, southerly, southern, south- 
 ernmost: adv. southward. 
 
 SOUTHEAST', s. The point mid- 
 wav between the east and south. 
 
 SOUTHWEST', s. The point mid- 
 way between the south and west. 
 
 SOV— SPA 
 
 SOVEREIGN, adj. Supreme in pow- 
 er, s. sovereign, sovereignty, pi 
 sovereignties. 
 
 SOW. 5. A female pig. 
 
 SOW. v. To scatter seed. pr. par. 
 sowing; past, sowed, sown: s. sower 
 
 SOW'iNS. 5. Fl ummery. 
 
 SPACE, s. Room ; local extension , 
 quantity of time. 
 
 SPACIOUS, adj. Wide, extensive, 
 roomy, adv. spaciously: s. spa- 
 ciousness. 
 
 SPADE, s. An instrument for dig- 
 ging. 
 
 SPAN. 5. Nine inches; any short 
 duration, v. span; pr. par. span- 
 ning; past, spanned. 
 
 SPAN'GLE. s. A small plate of shin- 
 ing metal, v. spangle; pr. par. 
 spangling; past, spangled. 
 
 SPAiYlEL. s. A kind of dog. 
 
 SPANISH, s. The language or peo- 
 ple of Spain. 
 
 SPANK, v. To strike with the open 
 hand. pr. par. spanking; past, 
 spanked. 
 
 SPANK'ER. s. A person that takes 
 
 long steps with agility. 
 SPAR. s. A small beam; a sparkling 
 
 mineral. 
 
 SPAR. v. To fight for amusement. 
 
 pr. par. sparring; past, sparred. 
 SPAR'ABLE. s. A small nail. 
 SPARE, v. To use frugally ; not to 
 
 waste; to have unemployed; to do 
 
 without, pr. par. sparing; past, 
 
 spared: adj. spare.- adv. sparely, 
 
 sparingly : s. spareness. 
 SPARE'RIB. s. Ribs having spare or 
 
 little flesh. 
 SPARGEF ACTION. 5. The act of 
 
 sprinkling. 
 SPARK, s. A small particle of fire 
 
 v. spark; pr. par. sparking; past, 
 
 sparked. 
 
 SPARKLE, v. To emit sparks: td 
 issue in sparks: to shine, pr. par 
 sparkling: past, spaj-kled « s. spar- 
 fcfe, sparkler, sparklingncss : aJv. 
 sparkHngly. 
 
 SPARROW, s. A small bird. 
 
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SPA— SPE 
 
 SPAR'ROWHAWK. s. A kind of; 
 small hawk. 
 
 SPARSE, adj. Scattered ; far apart.! 
 adv. sparsely. 
 
 SPASM, s. Convulsion ; violent and 
 involuntary contraction, adj. spas- 
 modic. 
 
 SPATTER, v. To sprinkle with 
 
 dirt, or any thing offensive, pr. 
 
 par. spattering; past, spattered. 
 SPAT'TERDASHES. s. Coverings 
 
 for the legs. 
 SPAVIN, s. A disease in the limbs 
 
 of horses, adj. spavined. 
 i; SPAW. s. A mineral water; the 
 
 place famous for mineral water. 
 SPAWN, s. The eggs of fish or frogs. 
 
 v. spawn; pr. par. spawning; past, 
 
 spawned: s. spawner. 
 ' SPEAK, v. To utter articulate sounds; 
 
 to express thoughts by words, pr. 
 
 par. speaking; past, spoken: s. 
 
 speaker. 
 
 SPEAR, s. A long pointed weapon; 
 
 a lance, v. spear; pr. par. spear- 
 ■ ing ; past, speared. 
 SPEAR'GRASS. s. Long, stiff grass. 
 SPEAR'MINT. s. A species of mint. 
 SPE'CIAL. adj. Noting a sort or 
 
 species ; peculiar ; designed for a 
 
 particular purpose, s. speciality, 
 
 specialty : adv. specially. 
 SPE'CIES. s. A sort ; a single order 
 
 of beings, 
 SPECIFIC, SPECIF ICAL. adj. 
 
 That which distinguishes one sort 
 
 from another ; appropriated to the 
 
 cure of some particular distemper. 
 
 s. specific: adv. specifically. 
 SPK'CIFY. v. To particularize; to 
 
 show by some particular murks of 
 
 distinction, pr. par. specifying; 
 
 past, specified: s. specification. 
 SPE'CIMEN. s. A sample. 
 SPE'CIOUS. adj. Showy ; plausible, 
 
 false, adv. speciously : s. specious- 
 
 ness. 
 
 SPECK. 5. A small discoloration ; a 
 spot. v. speckle; pr. par speckling; 
 past, speckled: s. speckle, speck- 
 ledness. 
 
 SPECTACLE, s. A show ; any thing 
 
 SPE-SPI 
 exhibited as eminently remarkable* 
 adj. spectacular. 
 
 SPECTACLES, s. Glasses to assist 
 the sight, adj. spectacled. 
 
 SPECTATOR, s. A looker-on; a 
 beholder. 
 
 SPECTRE, s. An apparition. 
 
 SPECTRUM. 5. An image; a visi- 
 ble form. Latin pi. spectra. 
 
 SPECULATE, v. To meditate; to 
 contemplate; to look forward, pr. 
 par. speculating ; past, speculated : 
 s. speculation, speculator: adj. spec- 
 ulative : adv. speculatively. 
 
 SPECULUM.* 5. A mirror; a look- 
 ing-glass ; a surgical instrument. 
 Latin pi. specula : adj . specular. 
 
 SPED. Pret. and past par. of the v. 
 to speed. 
 
 SPEECH. s. Articulate utterance; 
 talk. pi. speeches : ad), speechless. 
 
 SPEED, v. To make haste ; to have 
 good success ; to aid, &c. pr. par. 
 speeding; past, sped : s. speed, speed- 
 iness: adv. speedily : adj. speedy. 
 
 SPELL, s. A charm ; a turn of work. 
 
 SPELL, v. To form words of letters, 
 pr. par. spelling; past, spelled. 
 
 SPELTER, s. A kind of semi-metal. 
 
 SPEN'CER. s. A coat without skirts. 
 
 SPEND, v. To consume, to exhaust, 
 to waste, pr. par. spending; past, 
 spent: s. spender, spendthrift. 
 
 SPERM. 5. Seed. adj. spermatic. 
 
 SPERMACETI, s. A particular sort 
 of whale oil. 
 
 SPERMOL'OGIST. 5. One who gath- 
 ers or treats of seeds. 
 
 SPEW. v. To vomit; to eject, pr. 
 par. spewing; past, spewed. 
 
 SPHERE, s. A ? lobe; an orb ; cir 
 cuit. adj. spherical: adv. spherically. 
 
 SPHE'ROID. s. A body oblong or 
 oblate, approaching to the form of 
 a sphere, adj. spheroidal. 
 
 SPHINX, s. A famous monster in 
 Egypt, having the face of a virgin, 
 and the body of a lion. pi. sphinxes. 
 
 SPICE, s. An aromatic substance, 
 such as the nutmeg, &c. v. spice, 
 pr. par. spicing; past, spiced: s. 
 spicery: adj. ipicy. 
 
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SPI-SPI 
 •SPI'DER. s. A kind of insect. 
 SPIG'OT. s. A pin or peg, put into a 
 faucet. 
 
 SPIKE, s. An ear of corn ; a long 
 nail of metal, v. spike; pr. par. 
 spiking; past, spiked. 
 
 SPIKE'NARD. s. A species of bal- 
 samic plant. 
 
 SPILE, s. A peg or pin, to stop a 
 hole in a cask. 
 
 SPILL, v. To shed ; to lose by shed- 
 ding ; to waste, pr. par. spilling ; 
 past, spilled. 
 
 SPIN. v. To draw out into a thread; 
 to move quickly round, pr. par. 
 spinning; past, spun: s. spinner 
 
 SPIN'ACH, SPIN'AGE. s. A species 
 of plant. 
 
 SPIN'DLE. s. The pin by which a 
 
 thread is twisted; a long, slender 
 
 stalk, v. spindle; pr. par. spindling; 
 
 past, spindled. 
 SPINE, s. The back-bone. 
 SPINET'. 5. A small harpsichord. 
 SPINOUS, SPI'NY. adj. Thorny; 
 
 full of thorns, s. spinosity : adj! 
 
 spiniferous. 
 SPIN'STER. s. A woman that spins; 
 
 the legal term for a girl or maiden 
 
 woman. 
 
 SPIR'ACLE. s. A breathing-hole; a 
 vent. 
 
 SPIRE, s. A curve line ; any thing 
 wreathed or contorted ; a steeple, 
 adj. spiral: adv. spirally. 
 
 •SPIRIT, s. Breath; an immaterial 
 substance ; the soul ; an appari- 
 tion ; temper; ardour; sentiment, 
 v. spirit; pr. par. spiriting; past, 
 spirited: adv. spiritedly s. spirit- 
 edness : ad], spiritless. 
 
 SPIRITUAL. ad/.Distinct from mat- 
 ter; immaterial; incorporeal; not 
 temporal, s. spirituality, pi. spirit- 
 ualities : v. spiritualize: pr. par. 
 spiritualizing; past, spiritualized 
 ndv. spiritualty 
 
 SPI RTTUOUS. adj. Having the qual- 
 itv of a vinous spirit. 
 
 SPIRT, v. To spring out in a sud- 
 den stream; to stream out by in- 
 
 SPI— SPO 
 
 tervals. pr. par. spirting; past, 
 spirted: s. spirt. 
 SPiS'SITUDE. s. Grossness, thick- 
 ness. 
 
 SPIT. s. A long prong for roasting 
 meat. v. spit; pr. par. spitting, 
 past, spitted. 
 SPIT. v. To eject from the mouth, 
 pr. par. spitting; past, spit: s. 
 spitler, spittle. 
 SPITE, s. Malice ; rancour ; malev- 
 olence, v. spite ; pr. par. spiting ; 
 yzst,spited: adj. spiteful: adv. spite- 
 fully s. spitefulness. 
 SPLASH, v. To daub with water or 
 tilth, pr. par. splashing; past, 
 splashed: s. splash: adj. splashy. 
 SPLEEN, s. The milt; spite; ill 
 
 humour, adj. splenetic. 
 SPLEN'DID. adj. Showy, magnifi- 
 cent, sumptuous, adv. splendidly 
 s. splendour. 
 SPLICE, v. To join the two ends 
 of a rope, without a knot. pr. par 
 splicing; past, spliced. 
 SPLINT, s. A thin piece of wood. 
 
 used bv surgeons. 
 SPLINTER, s. A fragment, broken 
 with violence; a thin piece of wood, 
 v. splinter; pr.par. splintering; past, 
 splintered. 
 SPLIT, v. To cleave, to divide, to 
 burst asunder, pr. par. splitting, 
 past, split: s. splitter. 
 SPLUTTER, s. Bustle, tumult, v. 
 splutter; pr. par. spluttering; past, 
 spluttered. 
 SPOIL, v. To rob; to plunder; to 
 j corrupt; to make useless, pr. par. 
 
 spoiling; past, spoiled: s. spoil, 
 J spoiler. 
 
 SPOKE, s. The bar of a wheel. 
 ; SPOKE. Pret.ofthev. to speak: past 
 ! pnr. spoken. 
 
 SPOKESMAN, s. One who speaks 
 
 for another, pi. spokesmen. 
 SPOL1 VT10N. s. The act of robbe- 
 
 rv or privation. 
 SPONDEE, s. A metrical foot of two 
 
 lono- svllables. 
 SPONGE, s. A so ft , porous substance, 
 remarkable for absorbing water, v. 
 
 340 
 
SPO— SPR 
 
 I sponge; pr. par. sponging; past, 
 sponged: s. sponger, sponginess : 
 I adj. spongy. 
 
 SPON'SOR. s. A surety; one who 
 
 makes a promise, or gives security 
 
 for another. 
 SPONTANEOUS, adj. Voluntary, 
 1 not compelled, adv. spontaneously: 
 
 s. spontaneousness. 
 5PONTOON'. s. A kind of pike or 
 
 halberd. 
 5POOL. 5. A weaver's quill. 
 jPOON. s. A vessel used in eating 
 
 liquids. 
 
 £POON. v. To scud before the wind, 
 in a storm, pr. par. spooning; past, 
 spooned. 
 
 SPORT, s. Play, diversion, game. v. 
 . sport; pr. par. sporting; past, sport- 
 ; ed: s. sporter, sportfulness, sport- 
 : iveness: adj. sportful, sportive: adv. 
 
 sportfully, sportingly, sportively. 
 SPORTS'MAN. s. One who pursues 
 
 the recreations of the field, pi. 
 
 sportsmen. 
 SPOT. s. A blot ; a taint ; a disgrace; 
 
 a certain place, v. spot; pr. par. 
 
 spotting; past, spotted: adj. spotless: 
 
 s. spotlessness, spottiness. 
 SPOUSE, s. A husband or wife. 
 ?POUT. s. A wooden gutter ; a pipe; 
 
 a cataract, v. spout; pr. par. spout- 
 ing; past, spouted. 
 SPRAIN, v. To stretch the ligaments 
 
 of a joint, without dislocation of 
 
 the bone. pr. par. spraining; past, 
 
 sprained : s. sprain. 
 SPRANG. Pret. of the v. to spring. 
 SPRAT, s. A small sea-fish. 
 SPRAWL, v. To struggle as in the 
 
 convulsions of death ; to tumble ; 
 
 to creep, pr. par. sprawling; past, 
 
 sprawled. 
 
 SPRAY. s.The extremity of a branch; 
 
 flving foam of the sea. 
 SPREAD, v. To extend, to expand, 
 
 to cover by extension, pr. par. 
 
 spreading; past, spread: s. spread, 
 
 spreader. 
 
 SPRIG, s. A small branch ; a brad 
 or nail without a head. v. sprig ; 
 pr. par. sprigging; past, sprigged. 
 
 SPR— SPU 
 
 SPRIGHT. s. See Sprite. 
 SPRIGHT'LY. adj. Lively, brisk,- 
 gay. 
 
 SPRING, v. To grow by vegetative 
 
 power; to arise; to bound; to 
 
 start ; to fire a mine. pr. par. 
 
 springing ; past, sprung. 
 SPRING, s. A season of the year ; 
 
 elastic force; bound; fountain, &c. 
 SPRINGE, s. A gin, a noose. 
 SPRING'TIDE. s. The high tide at 
 
 the new moon. 
 SPRINK'LE. v. To disperse in small 
 
 masses ; to scatter in drops, pr. 
 
 par. sprinkling; past, sprinkled. 
 SPRITE, s. A spirit ; an incorporeal 
 
 agent. 
 
 SPRIT'SAIL. 5. The sail on a ship's 
 bowsprit. 
 
 SPROUT, v. To shoot by vegeta- 
 tion; to germinate, pr. par. sprout- 
 ing; past, sprouted: s. sprout. 
 
 SPRUCE, adj. Nice; trim; nea , 
 without elegance, adv. sprucely ; 
 s. spruceness. 
 
 SPRUCE, s. A species of fir. 
 
 SPRUNG. Pret. and past par. of trw 
 v. to spring. 
 
 SPUME, s. Foam, froth, v. spume, 
 pr. par. spuming; past, cpumed: 
 adj. spumous, spumy. 
 
 SPUN. Pret. and past par. of the v. 
 to spin. 
 
 SPUNGE. s. See Sponge. 
 
 SPUN'GING-HOUSE. 5. A house to 
 which debtors are taken, befoie 
 commitment to prison. 
 
 SPUNK. 5. Touchwood; rotten wood; 
 spirit; courage, adj. spunky: adv. 
 spunkily. 
 
 SPUR. s. A sharp point fixed to the 
 heel; stimulus; incitement, v. 
 spur; pr. par. spurring; past, spur- 
 red. 
 
 SPU'RIOUS. adj. Not genuine, coun- 
 terfeit, adv. spuriously: s. spu- 
 riousness. 
 
 SPURN, v. To kick, to reject, to 
 scorn, pr. par. spurning; past, 
 spurned: s. spurn, spurner. 
 
 SPURRIER, s. One Who makes spurs. 
 
 SPURT, v. To fly out with a quick 
 347 
 
spit— squ 
 
 SQU— STA 
 
 stream, pr. par. spurting; past, 
 
 SPUTTER, v. To spit much; to 
 speak hastily and thickly, pr. par. 
 sputtering; past, sputtered: s. sput- 
 ter , sputter er. 
 
 SPY. s. One sent to watch the con- 
 duct or motions of others, pi. spies: 
 v. spy; pr. par. spying; past, spied. 
 
 SPY'GLASS. s. A small telescope, 
 pi. spyglasses. 
 
 SQUAB, adj. Un feathered ; thick 
 and short, s. squab: adj. squabbish. 
 
 SQUAB'BLE. v. To quarrel; to de- 
 bate peevishly, pr. par. squabbling; 
 past, squabbled : s. squabble, squab- 
 bler. 
 
 SQUAD, s. A company of armed 
 men : generally applied to awk- 
 ward soldiers. 
 
 SQUADRON, s. A part of an army 
 or fleet. 
 
 SQUALID, adj. Foul, nasty, filthy. 
 
 s. squalidity, squalidness. 
 SQUALL, s. A sudden gust of wind. 
 
 adj. squally. 
 SQUALL, v. To scream, pr. par. 
 
 squalling; past, squalled : s. squall, 
 
 squaller. 
 
 SQUA'MOUS. adi. Scaly; rough. 
 SQUAN'DER. v. To spend profusely; 
 
 to waste, pr. par. squandering; 
 
 past, squandered : s. squanderer. 
 SQUARE, adj. Having right angles: 
 
 cornered; equal; honest; fair. s. 
 
 square, squareness : v. square ; pr. 
 
 par. squaring ; past, squared. 
 SQUASH, s. A kind of plant, pi. 
 
 squashes. 
 
 SQUAT, v. To sit cowering; to sit 
 close to the ground, pr. par. squat- 
 ting; past, squatted: s. squatter, 
 one who settles upon land without 
 a title. 
 
 SQUAT, adj. Cowering down; thick 
 
 and short. 
 SQUAW. 5. The Indian name for 
 
 woman. 
 
 SQUEAK, v. To set up a sudden, 
 dolorous cry. pr. par. squeaking; 
 past, squeaked: a. squeak, squeaker. 
 
 SQUEAL, v. To cry with a shrill, 
 
 sharp voice, pr. par. squealing; 
 
 past, squealed. 
 SQUEA'MISH. adj. Having a weak 
 stomach; fastidious; easily dis- 
 gusted, adv. squeamishly: s. squeani' 
 ishness. 
 
 SQUEEZE, v. To press; to crush 
 between two bodies, pr. par. squeez- 
 ing ; past, squeezed: s. squeeze. 
 
 SQUIB, s. A small pipe of paper, 
 filled with combustible matter; 
 anv sudden flash ; a lampoon. 
 
 SQUILL, s. A kind of plant. 
 
 SQUINT, s. An oblique look. v. 
 squint; pr. par. squinting; past, 
 squinted: adv. squintingly. 
 
 SQUIRE, s. A gentleman next in 
 rank to a knight ; an attendant on 
 a knight, v. squire; pr. par. squir- 
 ing ; past, squired. 
 
 SQUIR'REL. 5. A kind of small quad- 
 ruped. 
 
 SQUIRT, v. To throw out in a quick 
 stream, pr. par. squirting; past, 
 squirted: s. squirt, squirter. 
 
 STAB. v. To pierce with a pointed 
 weapon, pr. par. stabbing; past, 
 stabbed: s. stab, stabber. 
 
 STA'BLE. adj. Fixed; able to stand; 
 steady ; constant, s. stability, pi. 
 stabilities. 
 
 STA'BLE. s. A house for beasts, v. 
 stable; pr. par. stabling; past, sta- 
 bled. 
 
 STACK, s. A large heap of hay, 
 corn, &c. v. stack ; pr. par. stack- 
 ing; past, stacked. 
 
 STA DT'HOLDER. s. Formerly the 
 chief magistrate of the United 
 Provinces. 
 
 STAFF, s. A support in walking, 
 a prop; an ensign of office, pi 
 staves. 
 
 STAG. s. A male deer. 
 
 STAGE, s. A raised floor, on which 
 any show is exhibited ; a place iu 
 which rest is taken on a journey- 
 s. stagecoach, pi. stagecoaches. 
 
 STAG'GER. v. To reel ; not to stand 
 or walk steadily; to hesitate, pr. 
 par. staggen/ig : past, staggered 
 s. staggers, a disease of horses. 
 
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STA-STA 
 STAG'NATE. v. To lie motionless;! 
 to have no course or stream, pr. 
 par. stagnating,' past, stagnated: 
 adj. stagnant: s. stagnation. 
 
 ) STAID, adj. Sober, grave, composed, 
 s. staidness. 
 
 f STAIN, v. To blot, to spot, to tinge. 
 
 I pr. par. staining,- past, stained: s. 
 stain, stainer: adj. stainless. 
 
 STAIR, s. A succession of flat steps, 
 
 j to ascend a building, &c. s. stair- 
 case. 
 
 STAKE, s. A post, wager, pledge, 
 hazard, v. stake; pr. par. staking; 
 ! past, staked. 
 
 STALACTITES, s. Spar in the 
 shape of an icicle, adj. stalactical. 
 : STALE, adj. Old ; long kept; nearly 
 
 obsolete, s. stateness. 
 1 STALK, v. To walk stately, pr. par. 
 stalking; past, stalked: s. stalk, 
 stalker. 
 
 STALK, s. A stem. 
 ! STALK'INGHORSE. s. A horse, 
 real or fictitious, by which a fowler j 
 shelters himself from the sight of i 
 the game ; a mask ; a pretence, j 
 
 STALL, s. A crib for horses, &c. j 
 a booth, adj. stallfed. 
 
 STAL'LION. s. A horse not cas- ! 
 trated. I 
 
 STAMINA, s. The first principles; 
 of any thing; the solids of a hu-> 
 man body ; the fine threads which 
 grow within the flowers of plants, 
 adj. stamineous. 
 
 STAM'MER. v. To stutter; to fal- 
 ter, pr. par. stammering; past, 
 stammered : s. stammerer : adv. 
 stammeringly. 
 
 STAMP, v. To strike, by pressing 
 the foot hastily downwards; to 
 pound ; to impress, pr. par. stamp- 
 ing; past, stamped: s. stamp, 
 stamper. 
 
 STANCH, STAUNCH, adj. Sound, 
 
 firm, tight, trustv. 
 STANCH, STAUNCH, v. To stop 
 
 blood, &c. from running, pr. par. 
 
 stanching; past, stanched: adj. 
 
 stanch : s. stancher. 
 STANCH'ION. s. A prop, a support. 
 2G 
 
 STA-STA 
 
 STAND, v. To be upon the feet; to 
 remain erect ; to stop; to halt; to 
 endure; to await, pr. par. stand- 
 ing; past, stood: s. stand, standing. 
 
 STAN'DARD. s. An ensign in war; 
 undoubted authority; a settled 
 rate ; a measure, 
 
 STAN'DISH. 5. A case for pens and 
 ink. pi. standishes. 
 
 STAN'NARY. s. A tin mine. pi. 
 stannaries. 
 
 STAN'ZA. s. A subdivision of a 
 poem. 
 
 STA'PLE. s. A settled mart; mate- 
 rial ; chief article of commerce ; a 
 loop of iron. adj. staple. 
 
 STA'PLER. s. A dealer, — as a wool- 
 stapler. 
 
 STAR. s. One of the luminous bo- 
 dies of the heavens, adj. starless, 
 starred, starry: s. stargazer. 
 
 STAR'BOARD. s. The right side of 
 a ship, when one stands with one's 
 face towards the bow. 
 
 STARCH, s. A kind of viscous ma - 
 ter, made of flour or potatoes, v. 
 starch; pr. par. starching; pat/t, 
 starched: s. starchedness. 
 
 STARE, v. To look with wonder, 
 &c. pr. par. staring ; past, star id: 
 s. stare, starer. 
 
 STARK, adv. A word used to aug- 
 ment the signification of another 
 word ; — as stark mad. 
 
 STARTING, s. A kind of bird. 
 
 START, v. To rise or move sud- 
 denly ; to alarm; to propose, pr. 
 par. starting; past, started: s. start. 
 
 STARTING-POST. s. The barrier 
 from which a race begins. 
 
 STARTLE, v. To move, on feeling 
 a sudden impression of alarm or 
 terror; to fright, pr. par. startling; 
 past, startled: s. startle. 
 
 STARVE, v. To kill with hunger 
 or cold. pr. par. starving; past, 
 starved. 
 
 STARVELING, s. An animal thin 
 and weak for want of nourishment. 
 
 STATE, s. Condition; circumstances 
 of nature or fortune ; a kingdom ; 
 a commonwealth ; pomp ; dignity. 
 
STA— STE 
 
 STATE, v. To settle ; to represent ; 
 to narrate, pr. par. stating; past, 
 stated: adv. statedly: s. statement. 
 
 STATESMAN, s. One versed in the 
 arts of government, pi. statesmen. 
 
 STATICS, s. The science which 
 considers the* weight of bodies, 
 adj. static, statical. 
 
 STA TION. 5. The act of standing; 
 post assigned ; situation ; rank. v. 
 station; pr. par. stationing; past, 
 stationed: adj. stationary. 
 
 STATIONER, s. A bookseller; a 
 seller of paper, &c. s. stationary. 
 
 STATIST, s. A statesman, a poli- 
 tician. 
 
 STATISTICS, s. That part of mu- 
 nicipal philosophy, which states 
 and defines the situation, strength, 
 and resources of a nation, adj. sta- 
 tistic, statistical. 
 
 STATUARY. 5. The art of carving 
 images or representations of life ; 
 one that practises the art of mak- 
 ing statues, pi. statuaries. 
 
 STAT'UE. 5. An image; a solid 
 representation of any living being. 
 
 STAT'URE. s. The height of any 
 anima-1. 
 
 STATUTE, s. A law; an edict of 
 a legislator, adj. statutable, statu- 
 tory. 
 
 STAUNCH, v. See Stanch. 
 STAVE, s. One of the pieces which 
 
 form a barrel or tub ; a metrical 
 
 portion. 
 
 STAVE, v. To break into staves ; to 
 
 wreck, pr. par. staving; past, 
 
 staved or stove. 
 STAY. v. To continue in a plnce ; 
 
 to stop ; to prop. pr. par. staying ; 
 
 past, stayed: s. stay. 
 STAYS. 5. Bodice for women ; ropes 
 
 in a ship to support the mast. s. 
 
 staymaker. 
 STEAD. 5. Place, room, use, help, 
 
 frame. 
 
 STEAD'FAST. adj. Fast in place: 
 firm; fixed; constant, adv. stead- 
 fastly: s. steadfastness. 
 
 STE— STE 
 
 STEADY, adj. Firm; not tottering; 
 constant, v. steady; pr. par. steady- 
 ing; past, steadied: adv. steadily: 
 s. steadiness. 
 STEAK. 5. A slice of flesh. 
 STEAL, v. To take by theft; to pasa 
 I silently, pr. par. stealing; past, 
 I stolen: s. stealer: adv. steulingly. 
 'STEALTH, s. The act of stealing; 
 I secret act. adj. stealthy. 
 STEAM. 5. The vapour of hot liquor, 
 j v. steam; pr. par. steaming; past, 
 I steamed: s. steamer. 
 I STEAMER, s. A vessel driven by 
 ] steam. 
 
 j STEED. 5. A horse for state or war. 
 STEEL. 5. Iron, refined and hard- 
 ened, v. steel; pr. par. steeling; 
 
 I past, steeled. 
 
 STEEL' YARD. s. A kind of balan^ . 
 STEEP, adj. Rising or descendi £ 
 with great inclination; precip 
 ous. s. steep, steepness. 
 STEEP, v. To soak in liquor. \ . 
 
 par. steeping; past, steeped. \ 
 STEE'PLE. s. A turret of a churf, ; 
 
 a spire, adj. steepled. 
 STEER, s. A young bullock. 
 STEER, v. To guide a ship. pr. pK . 
 steering; past, steered: s. steer t- 
 man, pi. steersmen. 
 STEER'AGE. s. The act or pra<ni> e 
 of steering; the stern or hinder 
 part of a ship. 
 STEG AXOG'RAPHY. s. The art of 
 
 secret writing. 
 (STEL'LATE. adj. Pointed as a star. 
 STEM. s. The stalk. 
 STEM. v. To oppose or stop; to 
 pass cross or forward, notwith- 
 standing the stream, pr. par. stejn- 
 ming; past, stemmed. 
 STENCH, s. A bad smell. 
 STENOGRAPHY, s. The art of 
 
 writing in short-hand. 
 STENTO'RI \N. adj. Loud; uncom- 
 monly- loud. 
 STEP. V. To move with the feet; 
 to walk. pr. par. stepping; past, 
 stepped : s. step % stepper. 
 STEP. a ii. Prefixed to a term of re- 
 350 
 
STE — STI 
 lation, signifies one who is related 
 only by marriage. 
 STEP'PING-STONE. s. A stone laid 
 
 for the Foot to step on. 
 >STERCORA'CEOUS. adj. Belong- 
 I ing or relating to dung. s. stereo- 
 ration. 
 
 : STEREOG'RAPHY. s. The art of 
 drawing the forms of solids upon 
 
 i a plane, adj. stenographic. 
 
 STEREOM'ETRY. s. The art of 
 
 I measuring solid bodies. 
 
 'STEREOTYPE, s. Stereotype print- 
 ing is by types cast together, in a 
 solid plate"; not by types, each of 
 which can be separated from the 
 others, v. stereotype ; pr. par. ste- 
 reotyping; past, stereotyped. 
 STERILE, adj. Barren, unfruitful, 
 s. sterility, pi. sterilities: v. sterilize; 
 pr. par. sterilizing; past, sterilized. 
 
 STER'LING. adj. An epithet by 
 which genuine English monev is 
 discriminated; genuine, s. sterling. 
 
 ! S TERN. adj. Of severe countenance 
 or manners; harsh; unrelenting, 
 adv. sternly: s. sternness. 
 S' TERN. s. The hind part of a ship. 
 TEW. v. To seethe in a slow, 
 moist heat. pr. par. stewing; past, 
 stewed: s. stew. 
 |i TEW'ARD. 5. One who manages 
 
 the affairs of another. 
 S TEW'PAN. s. A pan used for stew- 
 ing. 
 
 S' TICK. s. A piece of wood, small 
 
 and long; a thrust ; a stab. 
 STICK, v. To fasten ; to adhere ; to 
 
 remain; to stab. pr. par sticking; 
 
 ^t, stuck: s. stick, stickiness: adj. 
 
 sticky. 
 
 STICK'LE. v. To take part with one 
 side or other; to contest, pr. par. 
 stickling; past, stickled : s. stickler. 
 
 STIFF, adj. Rigid, inflexible, for- 
 mal, v. stiffen; pr. par. stiffening; 
 past, stiffened: adv. stiffly : s. stiff- 
 
 STIFF'NECKED. adj. Stubborn, ob- 
 stinate. 
 
 feTl'FLE. v. To suffocate; to sup- 
 press, pr. par. stiffing; past, stifled. 
 
 STI— STI 
 
 STIG'MA. s. A brand ; a mark of 
 infamy, adj. stigmatic: v. stigma- 
 tize; pr. par. stigmatizing; past, 
 stigmatized. 
 STILE, s. A set of steps to pass 
 from one enclosure to another; 
 the pin of a sun-dial. 
 STILET'TO. s. A small dagger. 
 STILL, v. To silence; to quiet; to 
 appease, pr. par. stilling; past, 
 stilled: adj. still: s. stillness. 
 STILL, adv. To this time; till now; 
 
 nevertheless ; notwithstanding. 
 STILL. 5. A vessel for distillation ; 
 
 an alembic. 
 STILL LITE. s. Things that have 
 
 only vegetable life. 
 STILL BORN, adj. Born lifeless. 
 STILTS, s. Supports on which boys 
 raise themselves when they walk. 
 STIM'ULATE. v. To prick; to prick 
 forward ; to excite, pr. par. stimu- 
 lating; past, stimulated: adj. stim- 
 ulant, stimulative: s. stimulant, 
 stimulation, stimulator. 
 STING, v. To pierce or wound with 
 a point darted out as that of a 
 scorpion, or bee; to pain acutely, 
 pr. par. stinging; past, stung :.s. 
 sting, stinger. 
 STIN'GO. s. Old beer. 
 STIN'GY. adj. Niggardly , avaricious. 
 
 adv. stingily: s. stinginess. 
 STINK, v. To emit an offensive 
 smell, pr. par. stinking; past, 
 stunk: s. stink. 
 STINT, v. To bound, to limit, to 
 confine, pr. par. stinting; past, 
 stinted: s. stint. 
 STI'PEND. s. Wages; settled pay. 
 adj. and s. stipendiary, pi. stipendi- 
 aries. 
 
 STIP'TIC. 5. See Styptic. 
 STIPULATE, v. To contract; to 
 bargain ; to settle terms, pr. par. 
 stipulating; past, stipulated: s. 
 stipulation, stipulator. 
 STIR. v. To move, to agitate, to in- 
 cite, pr. par. stirring ; past, stir* 
 red : s. stir, stirrer. 
 , STIRK. s. A young ox or heifer, 
 
STI— STO 
 
 STIR'RUP. s. An iron for a horse- 
 man's foot. 
 STITCH, v. To sew with a needle; 
 
 to join. pr. par. stitching; past, 
 
 stitched ; s. stitch. 
 STITCH, s. A sharp pain in the side, 
 
 &c. pi. stitches. 
 STJ'VER. s. A Dutch coin. 
 STOCCA'DE. s. An enclosure or 
 
 fence, made with pointed stakes. 
 STOCK, s. The trunk; the body 
 
 of a plant; a breed; a quantity, 
 
 &c. v. stock; pr. par. stocking; 
 
 past, stocked. 
 STOCKBROKER, s. One who deals 
 
 in stock, or the public funds, s. 
 
 stockjobber. 
 STOCKDOVE, s. A ringdove. 
 STOCKFISH, s. Dried cod. 
 STOCKING, s. A covering for the 
 
 leg. 
 
 STOCKS, s. An instrument to con- 
 fine the legs ; wooden-work upon 
 which ships are built. 
 
 STOCKSTILL'. adj. Motionless as 
 logs. 
 
 STOIC, s. A disciple of the sect of 
 Zeno. adj. stoic, stoical : adv. stoi- 
 cally : s. stoicism. 
 
 STOLE, s. A long vest. 
 
 STOLE. Pret. of the v. to steal, past 
 par. stolen. 
 
 STOM'ACH. s. The ventricle in 
 which food is digested, adj. sto- 
 machic. 
 
 STOM'ACHER. s. An ornamental 
 covering worn by women on the 
 breast. 
 
 STONE, s. A kind of mineral, &c. 
 v. stone; pr. par. stoning; past, 
 stoned: s. stonecutter, stonecast, 
 stoneihrow, stonework. 
 
 STOOD. Pret. and past par. of the 
 v. to stand. 
 
 STOOK. s. A shook of corn, contain- 
 ing twelve sheaves, v. stook ; pr. 
 par. stooking; past, stooked. 
 
 STOOL, s. A seat withoM a back. 
 
 STOOP, v. To bend down; to bend 
 forward, pr. par. stooping; past, I 
 stooped: s. stoop.- adv. stoopingly. 
 
 STOP. v. To hinder from progres- ; 
 
 STO— STR 
 
 sive motion; to intercept; to 
 staunch, pr. par. stopping; past, 
 stopped : 8. stop, stopper, stopcock, 
 stopgap, stopple, stopper. 
 STORE, s. A large quantity; a stock 
 accumulated; a warehouse, v. 
 store; pr. par. storing; past, stored, 
 s. storehouse. 
 STORK, s. A kind of bird. 
 STORM, s. A tempest ; an assault 
 against a fortified place, v. storm, 
 pr. par. storming; past, stormed: 
 s. storminess: adj. stormy. 
 STO'RY. s. History; account of 
 things past; a short tale. pi. stories: 
 adj. storied. 
 STO'RY. 5. A floor; a flight of rooms. 
 
 pi. stories. 
 STOUT, adj. Strong, lusty, brave, 
 
 bold. adv. stoutly : s. stoutness. 
 STOVE, s. A hot-house; a thing in 
 which fire is made. v. stove; pr. 
 par. stoving; past, stoved. 
 STOW. v. To lay up in order, and 
 close, pr. par. stowing; past, stow- 
 ed s. stowage. 
 STRAD DLE, v. To stand or walk 
 with the feet astride, pr. par. 
 straddling; past, straddled. 
 STRAG'GLE. v. to wander: to strav; 
 to rove. pr. par. straggling; past, 
 straggled i s. straggler. 
 STRAIGHT, adj. Not crooked; 
 right; direct, adv. straight, straight- 
 ly : v. straighten; pr. par. straight, 
 ening ; past, straighti/itd : b. 
 str (tightness. 
 STRAIN* v. To purify bv filtration; 
 to sprain , to force, pr. par. strain- 
 ing; past, strained: s. strain, 
 strainer. 
 
 STRAIT, adj. Narrow, close, strict 
 s. strait, strait ness : \. straiten, 
 pr ; ar. straitening, past, slrutttn- 
 ed : adv. straitlt/. 
 STRAIT'LACED. adj. Griped with 
 
 stays; stirf; constrained. 
 STR AKE. s. A long mask ; a streak. 
 S TR AMI N EOT S . adj. Strawy; con- 
 sisting of straw ; light. 
 STRAND, s. The beach of tho sea, 
 3o2 
 
STR— STR 
 \r of any water; a ply. v. strand; 
 Or. par. stranding; past, stranded. 
 
 STRANGE, adj. Foreign; of an- 
 other country ; singular; wonder- 
 ful, adv. strangely: s. strangeness, 
 stranger, 
 
 STRANG'LE. v. To choke, to suf- 
 focate, pr. par. strangling; past, 
 strangled: s. strangler, strangula 
 tion. 
 
 STRANG'LES. s. Swellings in a 
 
 horse's throat. 
 STRANG'URY. s. A difficulty of 
 
 urine, with pain. 
 STRAP, s. A narrow, long slip of 
 
 cloth or leather, v. strap; pr. par. 
 
 strapping; past, strapped. 
 STRAPPING, adj. Large; well 
 
 grown. 
 
 STRATAGEM, s. An artifice in war; 
 
 STRATIFY, v. To range in beds 
 or layers, pr. par. stratifying; past, 
 stratified: s. stratification. 
 
 STRATOG'RAPHY. s. Description 
 of whatever relates to an army. 
 
 STRATUM, s. A layer of earth, 
 &c. pi. strata. 
 
 g ["RAW. s. The stalk on which corn 
 (rrows. 
 
 STRAWBERRY. 5. A species of 
 fruit, pi. strawberries. 
 
 tVRAY.- v. To wander; to range 
 beyond the proper limits, pr. par. 
 straying; past, strayed: s. stray. 
 
 STREAK, s. A line of colour differ- 
 ent from that of the ground, v. 
 streak; pr. par. streaking; past, 
 streaked, 
 
 STREAM, s. A running water; a 
 current, v. stream ; pr. par. stream- 
 ing ; past, streamed. 
 
 STBEAM'ER. s. An ensign; a flag 
 
 STREAM' LET. s. A small stream. 
 
 STREET, s. A paved way, between 
 two rows of houses, &c. 
 
 STRENGTH, s. Force; vigour 
 power of the body ; firmness, v 
 strengthen; pr. par. strengthening ; 
 past, strengthened: s. strengthened 
 strengthner. 
 
 BTREN'UOUS. adj. Active; zealous 
 2G% 
 
 STR— STR 
 ardently laborious, adv. strenuous 
 ly : s. strenuousness. 
 STRESS, s. Importance ; important 
 
 part ; weight ; force. 
 STRETCH, v. To extend ; to spread 
 out ; to expand, pr. par. stretching, 
 past, stretched: s. stretch, stretcher. 
 STREW, v. To scatter loosely, pr. 
 
 par. strewing ; past, strewed. 
 STRi'iE. s. Small channels in cockle- 
 shells, &c adj. striate, striated. 
 STRICK'EN. The ancient past par. 
 
 of the v. to strike. 
 STRICK LE, s. That which strikes 
 the corn in a measure, to level it; 
 an instrument used to whet 
 scythes. 
 
 STRICT, adj. Exact, rigorous, se- 
 vere, confined, adv. strictly : s. 
 
 STRICTURE, s. A contraction ; a 
 
 critical comment. 
 STRIDE, s. A long step ; a step ta- 
 ken with great violence, v. stride; 
 pr. par. striding; past, stridden. 
 STRIFE, s. Contention, discord. 
 
 adj. strifeful. 
 STRIKE, v. To hit with a blow ; to 
 impress ; to stamp ; to lower, as 
 an ensign, pr. par. striking ; 
 struck: adv. strikingly: s. striking- 
 ness. 
 
 STRING, s. A slender rope ; a small 
 cord. v. string; pr. par. stringing; 
 past, strung: adj. stringy. 
 STRIN'GENT. adj. Binding, con- 
 tracting 
 
 STRING'HALT. s. A sudden twitch- 
 ing and snatching up of the hinder 
 legs of a horse. 
 STRIP, v. To make naked; to de- 
 prive of covering ; to divest ; to 
 take the last milk from a cow. pr. 
 par. stripping; past, stripped: s. 
 strip, stripper, strappings. 
 STRIPE, v. To variegate with lines; 
 to beat. pr. par. striping; past, 
 striped: s. stripe. 
 STRIPLING, s. A youth. 
 STRIVE, v. To struggle ; to make 
 an effort, pr. par. striving; past, 
 striven: s. striver, 
 
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STR— STU 
 STROKE, s. A blow ; a knock ; the 
 
 touch of a pencil ; a masterly or 
 
 eminent effort, v. stroke; pr. par. 
 
 stroking; past, stroked: s. stroker. 
 STROLL, v. To ramble, to rove. 
 
 pr. par. strolling; past, strolled: s. 
 
 stroll, stroller. 
 STRONG, adj. Vigorous, forceful, 
 
 powerful, adv. strongly. 
 STROP, s. See Strap 
 STROPHE, s. A stanza. 
 STROVE. Pret. of the v. to strive. 
 STRUCK. Pret. and past par. of the 
 
 STRUG'GLE. v. To labour; to be 
 embarrassed ; to strive, pr. par. 
 struggling; past, struggled: s. 
 struggle, strug gler. 
 
 STRUM'PET. s. A prostitute. 
 
 STRUNG. Pret. and past par. of the 
 v. to string. 
 
 STRUT, v. To walk with affected 
 dignity, pr. par. strutting; past, 
 strutted: s. strut, strutter: adv. 
 strutting!]/. 
 
 I? TUB. s. A thick, short stock, left 
 when the rest is cut off. v. stub ; 
 pr. par. stubbing; past, stubbed. 
 
 S rUB'BLE. s. The stalks of corn 
 left in the field by the reaper. 
 
 ? TUB'BORN. adj. Obstinate, inflex- 
 ible, contumacious, adv. stubborn- 
 ly : s. stubbornness. 
 
 S TUB'NAIL. s. A nail broken off; 
 a short, thick nail. 
 
 STUCCO, s. A kind of fine plaster, 
 for walls, v. stucco; pr. par. stuc- 
 coing; past, stuccoed. 
 
 STUCK. Pret. and past par. of the 
 v. to stick. 
 
 STUD. 5. A stock of breeding mares 
 a nail with a large head, driven 
 for ornament, v. stud; pr. par. stud- 
 ding ; past, studded. 
 STUDENT, s. One who studies; a 
 scholar. 
 
 STU'DIOUS. adj. Diligent; contem- 
 plative, adv. studiously: s.studious- 
 ness. 
 
 STUD'Y. s. Application of mind to 
 books and learning; deep cogita- 
 tion; the chamber where one 
 
 STU— STY 
 studies, pi. studies: v. study; pr. 
 par. studying ; past, studied. 
 STUFF, s. Any matter or body; ma- 
 terials out of which any thing is 
 made. 
 
 STUFF, v. To fill very full. pr. par. 
 
 stuffing; past, stuffed: s. stuffing. 
 STULTIFY, v. To make stupid or 
 foolish, pr. par. stultifying; past, 
 stultified. 
 
 STUM'BLE. v. To trip in walking, 
 pr. par. stumbling; past, stumbled: 
 s. stumble, stumbler: adv. stum- 
 blingly: s. stumbling-block. 
 STUMP, s. The part of any solid 
 body remaining after the Vest is 
 taken away. v. stump; pr. par. 
 stumping; past, stumped: adj. 
 stumpy. 
 
 STUMP, v. To walk about heavily 
 or clumsily, pr. par. stumping'; 
 past, stumped. 
 STUN. v. To confound or make diz- 
 zy with noise, pr. par. stunning; 
 past, stunned. 
 STUNG. Pret. and past par. of the 
 
 v. to sting. 
 STUNT, v. To hinder from growth. 
 
 pr. par. stunting; past, stunted. 
 STUPE, s. Warm medicaments for 
 a sore. v. stupe; pr. par. stuping, 
 past, stuped. 
 STUPENDOUS, adj. Prodigious, 
 amazing, astonishing, adv. stupen- 
 dously: s. stupendousness. 
 STU'PID. adj. Dull; wanting sensi- 
 bility, s. stupidity, pi. stupidities: 
 ndv. stupidly: s. stupor. 
 STU'PIFY. v. To make stupid, pr. 
 par. ttupifymg; past, stupijied: s. 
 stupifier, stupefaction. 
 STUR'DY. adj. Hardy, stout, obsti- 
 nate, adv. sturdily: s. sturdiness. 
 STUR'GEON. s. A kind of fish. 
 STURK, STIRK. s. A young ox or 
 heifer. 
 
 STUT TER, v. To speak with hesi- 
 tation; to stammer, pr. par. stut- 
 tering; past, stuttered: s. stutter- 
 trs adv. stutteringly. 
 STY. s. A cabin for hogs ; a humour 
 in the eyelid, pi. sties. 
 
 354 
 
STY— SUB 
 
 STY'GIAN. adj. Hellish, infernal. 
 
 STYLE, s. A pointed iron, used an- 
 ciently in writing on tables of wax; 
 manner of writing, with regard to 
 language; title, &c. adj. styled, 
 stylish: adv. stylishly. 
 
 ST Y P'TIC, STYP'TICAL. adj. Hav- 
 ing the power to stop biood. s. 
 styptic, stypticily. 
 
 SUA'SIVE. adj. Having the power 
 to persuade. 
 
 SUAVITY, s. Sweetness to the 
 senses, or to the mind. pi. suavities. 
 
 SUBA'CID. adj. Sour in a small de- 
 gree. 
 
 SCJBAC'RID. adj. Sharp and pun- 
 gent in a small degree. 
 SUBAL'TERN. adj. Inferior; sub- 
 I ordinate, s. subaltern. 
 SUBA'QUEOUS. adj. Lying under 
 water. 
 
 SUBDIVl'DE. v. To divide a part 
 into yet more parts, pr. par. sub- 
 dividing; past, subdivided: s. sub- 
 division. 
 
 SUBDU'CE, SUBDUCT', v. To with- 
 draw ; to take away. pr. par. sub- 
 ducing, subducting ; past, subduc- 
 ed, subducted : s. suhduction. 
 
 SUBDUE', v. To crush, to oppress, 
 to conquer, pr. par. subduing; 
 past, subdued: s. subduer. 
 
 SUBJA'CENT. adj. Lying under. 
 
 SUBJECT', v. To put'under; to re- 
 duce to submission ; to expose, 
 pr. par. subjecting; past, subjected: 
 adj. subject, subjective: s. subject, 
 subjection. 
 
 SUBJOIN', v. To add at the end ; to 
 add afterwards, pr. par. subjoin- 
 ing ; past, subjoined. 
 
 SUB'JUGATE. v. To conquer, to 
 subdue, pr. par. subjugating; past, 
 subjugated : s. subjugation. 
 
 SUBJUNC'TION. s. The state of 
 being subjoined ; the act or sub- 
 joining, adj. subjunctive. 
 
 SUB'LIMATE. v. To raise by the 
 force of chymical fire ; to exalt, 
 pr. par. sublimating; past, subli- 
 mated: s. sublimate^ sublimation: 
 adj. sublimate. 
 
 SUB— SUB 
 
 SUBLI'ME. adj. High in place ex- 
 alted ; lofty ; grand, s. sublime, 
 sublimity, pi. sublimities: v. sublime; 
 pr. par. subliming; past, sublimed; 
 adv. sublimely. 
 
 SULINGTJAL. adj. Placed under the 
 tongue. 
 
 SUBLU'NAR, SUBLU'NARY. adj. 
 Situated beneath tiie moon; earth- 
 ly ; terrestrial. 
 
 SUBMARINE, adj. Lying or acting 
 under the sea. 
 
 SUBMERGE', v. To put under wa- 
 ter, pr. par. submerging; past,sw6- 
 merged. 
 
 SUBMERSE', v. To put under water, 
 pr. par. submersing; past, sub- 
 mersed: s. submersion. 
 
 SUBMISSION, s. Act of submit- 
 ting; acknowledgment of inferior- 
 ity or dependence; resignation, 
 adj. submissive: adv. submissively: 
 s. submissiveness. 
 
 SUBMIT', v. To yield; to refer; to 
 subject; to resign without resist- 
 ance, pr. par. submitting; past, 
 submitted. 
 
 SUBORDINATE, adj. Inferior m 
 order; subject, s. subordinate, sub- 
 ordination: v. subordinate; pr. par. 
 subordinating; past, subordinated: 
 adv. subordinately. 
 
 SUBORN', v. To procure by indirect 
 andiilegal means, pr. par. suborn- 
 ing; past, suborned: s. suborna- 
 tion, suborner. 
 
 SUBP(E'NA. s. A writ commanding 
 • attendance in a court, under a pen- 
 alty, v. subpcena ; pr. par. subpoz 
 nains; ; past, subpoenaed. 
 
 SUBSCRIBE, v. To underwrite the 
 name ; to promise or engage in 
 writ ing, pr. par. subscribing: past, 
 subscribed: s. subscriber, subscrip- 
 tion. 
 
 SUBSECTION, s. A subdivision of 
 a larger section. 
 
 SUBSEQUENT, adj. Following in 
 train ; not preceding, adv. subse- 
 quently : s. subsequence. 
 
 SUBSERVE', v. To serve in subor- 
 dination, pr. par. subserving y past) 
 
SUB — SUB 
 
 subserved : s. subservience, subser- 
 viency : adj. subservient. 
 
 SUBSI'DE. v. To sink; to tend 
 downwards, pr. par. subsiding; 
 past, subsided: s. subsidence. 
 
 SUB'SIDY. s. Aid, commonly such 
 as is given in money, pi. subsidies: 
 adv. subsidiarily: adj. subsidiary: 
 s. subsidiary; v. subsidize ; pr. par. 
 subsidizing f past, subsidized. 
 
 SUBSIST', v. To be; to have ex- 
 istence; to continue; to be sus- 
 tained, pr. par. subsisting ; past, 
 subsisted: s. subsistence : adj. sub- 
 side/it. 
 
 SUBSTANCE, s. Something exist- 
 ing; something real ; the essen- 
 tial part. 
 
 SUBSTANTIAL, adj. Real; ac- 
 tually existing; solid; firm. s. 
 substantiality, substantial: adv. 
 substantially. 
 
 SUBSTANTIATE, v. To make to 
 exist; to prove by evidence, pr. 
 par. substantiating; past, substan- 
 tiated. 
 
 SUB'STANTIVE. s. A noun; the 
 name of any thing that exists, i 
 substantive : adv. substantively. 
 
 SUBSTITUTE, v. To put in the 
 place of pr. par. substituting 
 past, substituted : s. substitute, sub 
 stitution. 
 
 SUBSTRATUM, s. A layer of earth, 
 or any other substance lying un- 
 der another, pi. substrata. 
 SUBSTRUCTURE. s. A foundation 
 SUBTEND', v. To be extended un 
 der. pr. par. subtending; past, sub- 
 tended. 
 
 SUBTENSE', s. The chord of an arch. 
 
 SUBTERFLU'ENT,SUBTER'FLU- 
 OUS. adj. Flowing under. 
 
 SUBTERFUGE. 5. A shift, an eva- 
 sion, a trick. 
 
 SUBTERRA'NEAN, SUBTERRA'- 
 NEOUS. adj. Lying under the 
 earth ; under ground. 
 
 SUBTILE, adj. Thin, cunning, art- 
 ful, adv. subtilely : s. subtilty, pi. 
 subtilties. 
 
 Q UTILIZE, v, To make thin ; to 
 
 SUB— SUC 
 
 volatilize ; to refine, pr. par. sub' 
 tiUzing; past, subtilized: s. subti- 
 lization. 
 
 SUBTLE, adj. Sly, artful, cunning, 
 pronounced sut-tle. s. subtlety, pi. 
 subtleties: adv. subtly. 
 
 SUBTRACT', v. To take a part 
 from the rest. pr. par. subtracting; 
 past, subtracted : s. subtraction. 
 
 SUB'URBS. s. Buildings, &c. be- 
 longing to a city, but without the 
 walls, adj. suburban. 
 
 SUBVENTION, s. The act of com- 
 ing under; the act of supporting. 
 
 SUBVERT, v. To overthrow, to 
 overturn, pr. par. subverting; past, 
 subverted: s. subversion, subverttr: 
 adj. subversive. 
 
 SUCCEDA'NEUM. 5. That which is 
 put to serve for something else, 
 adj. succeedaneous. 
 
 SUCCEED', v. To follow in order; 
 to prosper, pr. par. succeeding ; 
 past, succeeded: s. succession, sue, 
 cessor adj. successive: adv. suc- 
 cessively. 
 
 SUCCESS', s. Happy termination 
 j of any affair, pi. successes.- adj. 
 I successful: adv. successj'ully. 
 SUCCINCT', adj. Short, concise, 
 I brief, adv.- succinctly : s. succinct 
 ness. 
 
 'SUCCORY, s. A species of plant 
 pi. succories. 
 
 SUCCOTASH. 5. A mixture of green 
 or unripe maize and beans, boiled. 
 
 SUCCOUR, v. To help, to relieve, 
 pr. par. succouring; past, succour- 
 ed: s. succour, svecourer. 
 
 SUCCULENT, adj. Juicy, moist, 
 s. succulence. 
 
 SUCCUMB', v. To yield; to sink 
 under difficulty, pr. par. svccvjnb- 
 ing; past, succumbed. 
 
 SUCH. adj. Of that kind ; of the 
 like kind. 
 
 SUCK. v. To draw in ; to imbibe ; 
 to extract, pr. par. sucking ; past, 
 sucked : s. si'ck, sucker, suction. 
 
 SUCK'LE. v. To nurse at the breast, 
 pr. par. suckling ; past, suckled: s, 
 suckling. 
 
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SUD— SU1 
 
 >UDATION. s. Sweating, adj. su- 
 datory. 
 
 3 UD' DEN. adj. Without notice; 
 hasty, s. sudden, suddenness: adv. 
 suddenly. 
 
 SUDORIFIC, adj. Provoking or 
 causing sweat, s. sudorific. 
 
 SUDS. s. A lixivium of soap and 
 water. 
 
 SUE. v. To prosecute by law; to 
 entreat, pr. par. suing; past, sued. 
 
 SUET. s. Hard fat; particularly 
 about the kidneys. 
 
 iSUF'FER. v. To bear, to undergo, 
 to endure, to allow, pr. par. suf- 
 fering; past, suffered: adj. suffer- 
 able: adv. sufferably : s. suffer- 
 ance, sufferer, suffering. 
 
 jSUFFI'CE. v. To be sufficient, pr. 
 par. sufficing; past, sufficed: s. 
 sufficiency: adj. sufficient: adv. 
 sufficiently. 
 
 . SUFFOCATE, v. To choke by ex 
 elusion or interception of air. pr. 
 par. suffocating ; past, suff seated. 
 
 \ s. suffocation. 
 
 SUF'FRAGAN. 5. A bishop, con 
 sidered as subject to his metro- 
 politan, adj. and s. suffragant. 
 
 SUF'FRAGE. s. Vote, voice, ap 
 probation. 
 
 SUFFUSE, v. To spread over. pr. 
 par. suffusing; past, suffused: s.j 
 suffusion. 
 
 SU'GAR. s. The salt of the sugar-j 
 cane. v. sugar; pr. par. sugar-^ 
 ing; past, sugared : s. sugarcandy. \ 
 
 SUGGEST', v. To hint, to intimate, 
 to propose, pr. par. suggesting; 
 past, suggested : s. suggester, sug- 
 gestion. 
 
 SUICIDE. s. Self-murder; a self- 
 murderer. 
 
 SUIT. s. A petition; courtship; pro- 
 cess ; a set ; a number of things 
 correspondent one to another ; a 
 retinue, v. suit; pr. par. suiting, 
 past, suited: adj. suitable: adv. 
 suitably. 
 
 SUITE, s. Consecution; series; reg- 
 ular order ; retinue, pronounced 
 sweet. 
 
 SUI-SUN 
 SUITER, SUITOR, s One th:>t sues; 
 a petitioner; a wooer, fern, suitress^ 
 pi. suitresses. 
 SUL'CATED. adj. Furrowed. 
 SULK. v. To be sluggishly discon- 
 tented; to be silently sullen, pr. 
 par. sulking; past, sulked: adv. 
 sulkily: s. sulkiness: adj. sulky. 
 SUL'LEN. adj. Gloomy, dismal, ob- 
 stinate, adv. sullenly : s. sullenness. 
 SUL'LY. v. To soil ; to tarnish, pr. 
 
 par. sullying ; past, sullied. 
 SUL'PHATE, SUL'PHUR. s. Brim- 
 stone, adj. sulphureous, sulphur- 
 ous. 
 
 SULTHURET. s. A term in chym- 
 istry. 
 
 SULTAN. 5. The Turkish emperor. 
 
 fern, sultana, sultaness. 
 SULTRY, adj. Hot without venti- 
 lation, s. sultriness. 
 SUM. 5. The whole ; compendium ; 
 the amount, v. sum ; pr. par. sum- 
 ming; past, summed. 
 SU'MACH. s. A species of plant. 
 SUM MARY, adj. Short, brief, com- 
 pendious, adv. summarily : s. sum- 
 mary, pi. summaries. 
 SUM'MER. s. The second season. 
 SUM'MERSET. s. A leap, heels over 
 head. 
 
 SUM'MIT. s. The top ; the utmost 
 height. 
 
 SUMMON, v. To call with author- 
 ity; to cite. pr. par. summoning; 
 past, summoned : s. summons, pi. 
 summonses. 
 SUMP'TER. s. A horse that carries 
 
 clothes or furniture. 
 SUMPTUARY, adj. Relating to ex- 
 pense. 
 
 SUMPTUOUS, adj. Costly, expen- 
 | sive, splendid, adv. sumptuously : 
 I s. sumptuousness. 
 SUN. 5. The luminary that makes 
 the dav. v. sun; pr. par. sunning; 
 past, sunned: adj. sunny: 
 beam: adj. sunburned, sunburnt: 
 s. sunflower, sunrise, sunset, sun- 
 shine. 
 
 SUN'DAY. s. The first day of the 
 week. 
 
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SUN—SUP 
 SUNDER, v. To part ; to separate. 
 
 pr. par. sundering; past, sundered. 
 SUNDIAL, s. A marked plate, on 
 
 which the shadow points the hour. 
 SUNDRY, adj. Several; more than 
 
 one. s. sundries. 
 SUNG. Pret. and past par. of the v. 
 
 to sing. 
 
 SUNK. Pret. and past par. of the v. 
 to sink. 
 
 SUP. v. To eat by mouthfuls; to 
 drink by little at a time ; to eat 
 the evening meal. pr. par. sup- 
 ping; past, supped: s. sup, supper. 
 
 SU'PER. 5. In composition, notes 
 either more than another, or more 
 than enough, or on the top. 
 
 SU'PERABLE. adj. Conquerable, 
 adv. superably. 
 
 SUPERABOUND'. v. To be exube- 
 rant, pr. par. superabounding; past, 
 superabounded : s. superabun- 
 dance: adj. superabundant: adv. 
 superabundantly. 
 
 SUPERADD', v. To add over and 
 above, pr. par. superadding; past, 
 superadded : s. superaddition. 
 
 SUPERANNUATE, v. To impair 
 or disqualify by age or length of 
 time. pr. par. superannuating; 
 past, superannuated: s. superan- 
 nuation. 
 
 SUPERB', adj. Grand, pompous, 
 magnificent, adv. superbly. 
 
 SUPERCAR'GO. s. An officer in a 
 ship, whose business is to manage 
 the trade, pi. supercargoes. 
 
 SUPERCILIOUS. adj. Proud, 
 haughtv, dogmatical, adv. super- 
 ciliously: s. superciliousness. 
 
 SUPEREM'INENT. adj. Eminent 
 in a high degree, adv. superemi- 
 nently : s. supereminence. 
 
 SUPERER'OGATE. v. To do more 
 than duty requires, pr. par. svj>er- 
 erogaiing ; past, super eroga ted: s. 
 supererogation: adj. supereroga- 
 tory. 
 
 SU'PERFICE, SUPERFI'CIES. s. 
 
 Outside, surface. 
 SUPERFICIAL, adj. Lying on the 
 
 surface ; not reaching below the 
 
 SUP— SUP 
 
 surface, s. superficiality : adv. su- 
 perficially. 
 SUPERFI'NE. adj. Eminently fine. 
 SUPERFLUOUS, adj. Exuberant; 
 
 more than enough; unnecessary. 
 
 s. superfluity, pi. superfluities. 
 SUPERHU'MAN. adj. Above the 
 
 nature or power of man. 
 SUPERINCUMBENT, adj. Lying 
 
 on the top of something else." 
 SUPERINDU'CE. v. To bring in as 
 
 an addition, pr. par. supeHiiducing; 
 
 past, superinduced: s. superinduc- 
 
 lion. 
 
 SUPERINTEND', v. To oversee; 
 to overlook, pr. par. superintend- 
 ing ; past, superintended: s. su- 
 perintendence: adj. and s. superin- 
 tendent. 
 
 SUPE'RIOR. adj. Higher; greater 
 in dignity or excellence, s. supe- 
 rior, superiority, pi. superiorities. 
 
 SUPERLATIVE, adj. Implying or 
 expressing the highest degree, 
 adv. superlatively: s. superlatioe- 
 ness. 
 
 SUPER'NAL. adj. Having a higher 
 
 position ; celestial. 
 SUPERNATANT, adj. Swimming 
 
 above, s. supernatation. 
 SUPERNAT'URAL.eu/7. Being above 
 
 the powers of nature, adv. super- 
 
 natn rally. 
 SUPERNUMERARY, adj. Above 
 
 a stated number. 
 SUPERSCRIBE, v. To write upon 
 
 the top or outside, pr. pnr. super- 
 scribing ; past, superscribed: s. 
 
 superscription. 
 SUPERSEDE, v. To make void; to 
 
 suspend, pr. par. superseding: past, 
 
 superseded. 
 SUPERSTITION, 9. F;ilse devotion 
 
 or religion, adj. superstitious : adv. 
 
 superstitious/if. 
 SU! ERSTRUCT'. v. To build upon 
 
 any thing, pr. par. superb ructi/ig; 
 
 past, superstrucfed: s. mperstruc- 
 
 tion, superstructure. 
 SU1 ERVEfNE. v. To come as an 
 
 extraneous addition, pr. par. tu-» 
 
SUP— sxip 
 
 pervening; past, supervened : adj. 
 
 supervenient : s. supervention. 
 jUPERVI'SE. v. To overlook, to 
 
 oversee, pr.par. supervising,- past, 
 
 supervised: s. supervision, super- 
 - visor. 
 
 ^l/PFNE. adj. Lying with the face 
 upward ; negligent, careless, indo- 
 lent, adv. supinely: s. supineness. 
 
 ptTPINEL 5. A particular kind of 
 verbal noun. 
 
 SUPPER, s. The last meal of the 
 day. adj. supperless. 
 
 SUPPLANT', v. To displace by strat- 
 agem ; to turn out. pr. par. sup- 
 planting; past, supplanted : s. sup- 
 planter. 
 
 SUPPLE, adj. Yielding, soft, not 
 obstinate, v. stipple; pr. par. sup- : 
 pling; past, stippled: s. suppleness. \ 
 
 SUPPLEMENT, s. Addition to any 
 tiling by which its defects are sup- 
 
 : plied, adj. supplemental, supple- 
 mentary. 
 
 5UPPLETORY. adj. Brought in to 
 '; fill up deficiencies, s. suppletory. 
 SUPPLIANT, adj. Entreating ; be- 
 seeching, s. suppliant: adv. sup- 
 pliantly. 
 
 SUPPLICATE, v. To implore, to 
 entreat, pr. par. supplicating; past, 
 supplicated: adj. supplicatory: s. i 
 supplicant. 
 
 SUPPLY', v. To fill up, as any defi- 
 ciencies happen; to furnish, pr.par. 
 supplying; past, supplied: s. sup- 
 ply, pi. supplies. 
 
 SUPPORT', v. To sustain, to prop, 
 pr. par. supporting; past, support- 
 ed: s. support, supporter: adj. sup- 
 portable. 
 
 SUPPO'SE. v. To lay down without 
 proof; to imagine, pr. par. sup- 
 posing; past, supposed: s. sup- 
 poser, supposition : adj. suppositive.- 
 adv. suppositively. 
 
 SUPPRESS', v. To crush, to over- 
 power, to overwhelm, to conceal, 
 pr. par. suppressing; past, sup- 
 pressed : s. suppression, suppressor: 
 ad], suppressive. 
 
 SUPPURATE, v. To generate piis 
 
 SUP— SUR 
 
 or matter, pr. par. suppurating, 
 past, suppurated: s. suppuration: 
 adj. suppurative. 
 
 SUPRE'ME. adj. Highest in dignity 
 or authority, adv. supremely: s. su- 
 premacy, pi. supremacies. 
 
 SUR'RASE. s. A kind of skirt, bor- 
 der, or moulding, above the base, 
 adj. sur based. 
 
 SURCHARGE', v. To overload, to 
 overcharge, pr. par. surcharging; 
 past, surcharged: s. sur'charge. 
 
 SUR'CINGLE. s. A girth which is 
 put over the saddle. 
 
 SURE. adj. Certain, infallible, adv. 
 sure, surely : s. sureness. 
 
 SUREFOOTED, adj. Treading firm- 
 ly; not apt to stumble. 
 
 SU'RETY. s. Certainty, security, 
 bail. pi. sureties. 
 
 SURF. s. The swell or dashing of 
 the sea. 
 
 SUR'FACE. s. Superficies, outside 
 
 SUR'FEIT. v. To feed with meat 
 or drink to satiety and sickness, 
 pr. par. surfeiting; past r surfeited: 
 s. surfeit. 
 
 SURGE, s. A swelling sea. v.swge; 
 pr. par. sieging; past, surged: 
 adi. surgy. 
 
 SUPt'GEON. s. One who cures by 
 manual operation, s surgery: adj. 
 surgical: adv. surgically. 
 
 SUR'LY. adj. Morose, rough, un- 
 civil: adv. surlily : s. surliness. 
 
 SURMI'SE. v. To suspect; to im- 
 agine imperfeCtlv. pr. par. sur- 
 mising; past T surmised: s. sur- 
 misal, surmise, surmiser. 
 
 SURMOUNT', v. To rise above ; to 
 overcome, pr. par. surmounting ; 
 past, surmounted : adj. surmount- 
 able. 
 
 SUR'NAME, SIR'NAME. s. The 
 name of the family, v. surname ; 
 pr. par. surnaming; past, sur- 
 named. 
 
 SURPASS', v. To excel ; to exceed, 
 pr. par. surpassing; past, surpass- 
 ed: adj. gurpassable: adv. surpass 
 
SUR— SUS 
 
 SUR'PLICE. s. A clergyman's white 
 garment. 
 
 SUR'PLUS. s. A supernumerary 
 part ; overplus, s. surplusage. 
 
 SURPRI'SE. v. To take unawares ; 
 to fall upon unexpectedly, pr. par. 
 surprising; past, surprised : s. sur- 
 prisal, surprise: adv. surprisingly. 
 
 SURRENDER, v. To yield; to de 
 liver, pr. par. surrendering; past 
 surrendered: s. surrender. 
 
 SURREPTITIOUS, adj. Done by 
 stealth ; gotten or produced fraud- 
 ulently, adv. surreptitiously: s 
 surreption. 
 
 SURROGATE, s. A deputy; the 
 deputy of an ecclesiastical judge. 
 
 SURROUND', v. To environ; to 
 encompass, pr. par. surrounding; 
 past,, surrounded. 
 
 SURTOUT'. s. A large upper coat. 
 
 SURVEY', v. To overlook; to view ; 
 to measure land or buildings, pr. 
 par. surveying; past, surveyed: s. 
 sur'vey, surveyor. 
 
 SURVPVE. v. To live after the 
 death of another, pr. par. surviv- 
 ing; past, survived: s. survival, 
 survivor. 
 
 SUSCEPTIBLE, adj. Capable of 
 admitting; disposed to admit, s. 
 susceptibility, pi. susceptibilities : 
 adj. susceptive. 
 
 SUSPECT', v. To imagine guilty 
 without proof ; to doubt, pr. par. 
 suspecting; past, suspected. 
 
 SUSPEND', v. To hang, to interrupt, 
 to delay, pr. par. suspending; past, 
 suspended: s. suspender, suspen- 
 sion. 
 
 SUSPENSE', s. Uncertainty; delay 
 of certainty or determination, adj. 
 suspensive. 
 
 SUSPI'CION. s. The act of sus- 
 pecting; surmise of guilt, adj. sus- 
 picious: adv. suspiciously: s. sui- 
 picioumess. 
 
 SUSTAIN', v. To bear, to prop, to 
 support, pr. par. sustaining; past, 
 sustained: adj. sustainable: s. sus- 
 iainer, sustenance, sustentation. 
 
 SUT— SWE 
 
 SUTLER. 5. A man that sells pro- 
 
 visions and liquor, in a camp. 
 SWAB. s. A kind of mop, to clean 
 floors, v. swab ; pr. par. swabbing, 
 past, swabbed: s. swabber. 
 SWADDLE, v. To swathe; to bind 
 in clothes, pr.par. swaddling; past, 
 swaddled. 
 SWAG. v. To aink down by its 
 weight ; to hang heavy, pr. par. 
 swagging; past, swagged. 
 SWAG'GER. v. To bluster, to bully, 
 pr. par. swaggering; past, swag- 
 gered: s. swaggerer. 
 SWAIN, s. A young man ; a pastoral 
 vouth. 
 
 SWAL'LOW. 5. A kind of migratory 
 bird. 
 
 SWAL'LOW. v. To take down t ne 
 throat, pr. par. sivallowing; pa t, 
 swallowed : s. swallow. 
 SWAM. Pret. of the v. to swim. 
 SW r AMP. s. A marsh, a bog. * 
 swamp ; pr. par. swamping ; pa^ t, 
 sivamped: adj. swampy. 
 SW 7 AN. s. A kind of water-fowl. 
 SWAN'SKIN. s. A kind of soft flan- 
 nel. 
 
 SW 7 AP. v. To exchange, pr. pi/. 
 
 swapping; past, swapped. 
 SWARD. 5. A green turf. 
 SWARM, s. A great body or num- 
 ber of bees, &c. ; a crowd, v. 
 swarm; pr. par. swarming; past, 
 swarmed. 
 
 SWARTH'Y. adj. Of dark complex- 
 
 ion: tawny, s. sivarthiness. 
 SWATHE, v. To bind, to confine. 
 ' or. par. svmthing; past, swathed. 
 SWAY. v. To wave in the hand; 
 | to bias ; to govern, pr. par. sway- 
 
 i>>sr : past, wcayed ? s. sway. 
 SWEAR, v. To obtest some supe- 
 rior power; to utter an oath. pr. 
 par. swearing; past, sworn: s. 
 sivearer. 
 
 SWEAT, s. The matter evacuated 
 at the pores, by heat or labour, 
 v. sweat; pr. par. sweatiiig : past, 
 sweated: s. sweater, sweatiness: 
 adj. sweaty. 
 
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. WE'DISH. adj. Belonging or re- 
 lating to Sweden. 
 
 ifiWEEP. v. To clean with a besom; , 
 
 J to drive or carry off with celerity 
 and violence, pr. par. sweeping; 
 
 J past, swept: s. siveep, sweeper, 
 
 1 sweepings. 
 
 IWEEP'STAKE, s. One who wins 
 
 all that is staked. 
 TWEET, adj. Luscious to the taste ; 
 |; mild; soft; not stale, s. sweet, 
 
 sweetness, sweetener: v. sweeten; 
 I pr. par. sweetening; past, sweeten- 
 I ed: adj. sweetish: adv. sweetly: s. 
 I sweetbriar, sweetheart, sweetmeat. 
 SWEETBREAD, s. The pancreas 
 
 of the calf. 
 [SWEETMAR'JORAM. s. See Mar- 
 
 I JORAM. 
 
 feWEETWIL'LIAM. s. A species 
 j of plant. 
 
 SWELL, v. To grow bigger; toex- 
 ; tend the parts, pr. par. swelling; 
 \ past, sivelled: s. swell, sivelling. 
 jSWEL'TER. v. To be pained with 
 ( heat. pr. par. sweltering; past, 
 
 sweltered: adj. sweltry. 
 SWEPT. Pret. and past par. of the 
 ii v. to sweep. 
 
 (SWERVE, v. To wander, to rove, 
 to deviate, pr. par. swerving; past, 
 swerved. 
 
 [SWIFT, adj. Quick, fleet, rapid, adv. 
 
 , swiftly: s. swiftness. 
 
 1 WIG. v. To drink by large draughts. 
 
 pr. par. swigging; past, swigged: 
 ; s. sivig. 
 
 SWILL" v. To drink luxuriously and 
 , grossly, pr. par. swilling; past, 
 
 swilled: s. swill, swiller. 
 jSWTM. v. To float ; to glide along. 
 , pr. par. swimming; past, swum: s. 
 
 swim, swimmer: adv. swimmingly. 
 :SWIN'DLE. v. To cherU. pr. par. 
 
 swindling; past, swindled : s. swin- 
 ; dler. 
 
 SWINE, s. A hog, a pig. pi. swine.- 
 i adj. swinish. 
 
 SWING, v. To wave to and fro. pr. 
 par. swinging; past, swung: s. 
 
 SWINGING, adj. Great, huge, pro- 
 
 SWI— SYM 
 riounced swin'jing: adv. swing 
 ingly. 
 
 SWISS, SWIT'ZER. s. A native of 
 
 Switzerland. 
 SWITCH. 5. A small, flexible twig. 
 
 pi. sv/dckes: v. switch; pr. par. 
 
 switching ; past, switched. 
 SWIVEL. 5. Something fixed in 
 
 another body, so as to turn round 
 
 in it. 
 
 SWOB'BER. s. A sweeper of a ship's 
 
 deck ; a term in a game of cards. 
 SWOL'LEN, SWOLN. Past par- of 
 
 the v. to swell. 
 SW T OON. v. To suffer a suspension 
 
 of thought and sensation, pr. par. 
 
 swooning; past, swooned: s. swoon. 
 SWOOP, s. The fall of a bird of 
 
 prey upon his quarry. 
 SWOP. v. To exchange, pr. par. 
 
 swopping; past, swopped: s. swop, 
 SWORD. 5. A sharp pointed weapon,' 
 
 s. swordjish, swordknot. 
 SWORE. Pret. of the v. to swear. 
 SWUNG. Pret. and past par. of the" 
 
 v. to swing. 
 SYCAMORE, s. A kind of tree. 
 SYCOPHANT. 5. A parasite; a ; 
 
 flatterer, s. sycophancy : adj. syco~ 
 
 phantic. 
 
 SYL'LABLE. s. As much of a word 
 as is uttered by the help of one 
 vowel, or one articulation, adj. 
 syllabic, syllabical: adv. syllabi" 
 cally. 
 
 SYL'LABUB. s. Milk and acids. 
 
 SYL'LABUS. 5. An abstract; a com- 
 pendium containing the heads of 
 a discourse, pi. syllabuses. 
 
 SYL'LOGISM. s. An argument com- 
 posed of three propositions, adj. 
 syllogistic, syllogisiical: adv. syllo- 
 gisti cally: s. syllogization, syllo- 
 gizer : v. syllogize; pr. par. syllo- 
 gizing; past, syllogized. 
 
 SYLPH, s. A fabled being of the air. 
 
 SYL'VAN. adj. Woody; relating 
 or belonging to a wood. 
 
 SYM'BOL. s. A type; a figurative 
 I representation, adj. symbolical? 
 adv. symbolically: s. symboHzcutioni 
 
SYM— SYN 
 
 v. symbolize; pr. par. symbolizing; 
 past, symbolized. 
 SYM'METRY. s. Adaptation of parts 
 to each other ; proportion ; har- 
 mony, pi. symmetries: adj. sym- 
 metrical. 
 
 SYMPATHY. 5. Fellow-feeling; 
 mutual sensibility, pi. sympathies: 
 adj. sympathetic, sympathetical : 
 adv. sympathetically: v. sympa- 
 thize ; pr. par. sympathizing; past, 
 sympathized. 
 
 SYM'PHONY. s. A harmony of min- 
 gled sounds, pi. symphonies : adj. 
 symphonious. 
 
 SYMPTOM. 5. A sign, a token, an 
 indication, adj. symptomatic. 
 
 SYN'AGOGUE. s. An assembly of 
 the Jews, to worship, adj. syna- 
 gogical. | 
 
 SYN'COPE. s. Fainting fit; contrac- 
 tion of a word, by cutting off a 
 part in the middle, pronounced 
 sin'-co-pe. 
 
 SYN'DIC. s. A kind of chief magis- 
 trate; a curator. 
 
 SYNECDOCHE, s. A figure, by 
 which a part is substituted for the 
 whole, or the whole for a part, 
 pronounced si-nek '-do-ke. 
 
 SY'NOD. 5. An assembly, particu- 
 larly of ecclesiastics, adj. synodal, 
 synodic, synodical: adv. synodi- 
 cally. 
 
 SYN'ONYME. s. A word of the same 
 
 SYN— SYS 
 
 meaning as some other word. adj. 
 synonymous: adv. synonymously. 
 
 SYNOP SIS. 5. A general view ; all 
 the parts brought under one view, 
 pi. synopses : adj. synojHical : adv. 
 synoptically. 
 
 SYNTAX, s. A system; that part 
 of grammar which teaches the 
 construction of words, pi. syn- 
 taxes : adj. syntactical. 
 
 SYN THESIS, s. The act of joining; 
 opposed to analysis, pi. syntheses, 
 ad], synthetic, synthetical: adv. syn- 
 thetically. 
 
 SY'PHON. s. A tube, a pipe. 
 
 SY REN, s. See Siren. 
 
 SYR'IAC. s. The Syriac language, 
 adj. syriac. 
 
 SYRINGE. 5. A pipe through which 
 a liquid is squirted, v. syringe ; 
 pr. par. syringing; past, syringM. 
 
 SYR'TTS. s. A quicksand; a buj'. 
 pi. syrtes. 
 
 SYR'UP. s. The juice of vegetable «, 
 boiled with sugar. 
 
 SYS'TEM. s. Combination of mai f 
 things acting together; schema; 
 mode. adj. systematic, systematic m: 
 adv. systematically: v. systematic f 
 pr. par. systematizing; past, sjo 
 tematized. 
 
 SYSTOLE, s. In anatomy, the con- 
 traction of the heart; in grammir, 
 the shortening of a long syllable* 
 pronounced sis'-to-le. 
 
 T 
 
 TAB-TAB TAB-TAB 
 
 TAB'BY. s. A kind of waved silk. I 
 TAB'BY. adj. Brindled; varied with' 
 
 different colours. 
 TAB'ERNACLE. s. A temporary! 
 
 habitation ; a sacred place ; a 
 
 place of worship. 
 TABID, adj. Wasted by disease, s.! 
 
 tabidness. 
 
 TAB'LATURE. s. In painting, a 1 
 single piece, comprehended in one 1 
 view, and formed according to one, 
 
 single intelligence, meaning, ot 
 
 design. 
 
 TA'BLE. s. A flat or level surface ; 
 an index, &c. s. tablecloth, table 
 talk. 
 
 TAB'LET. s. A small table; a sur- 
 face written on, or painted. 
 
 TA'BOUR. s. A small drum, gene- 
 rally beaten with one stick, s. ta- 
 bouret, a small tabour. 
 
 TAB'ULAR. adj. Set down in the 
 262 
 
TAC— TAL 
 
 ' «brm of tables or synopses; form- 
 ed in laminae; set in squares. 
 If Ji'CIT. adj. Silent ; implied, not 
 
 expressed, adv. tacitly. 
 TA'CITURN. adj. Silent; uttering 
 
 little, s. taciturnity. 
 STACK, v. To fasten; to join; to 
 I stitch together; to turn a ship 
 pr. par. tacking; past, tacked: s 
 tack. 
 
 TACKLE, s. Weapons; the ropes, 
 f &,c. of a ship. v. tackle ; pr. par. 
 I tackling; past, tackled: s. tackling. 
 [TACT, s. Touch; technical char- 
 acter ; something which marks a 
 particular trade or profession, s 
 taction. 
 
 TACT'IC, TACTICAL, adj. Re- 
 lating to the art of ranging men 
 | in the field of battle, s. tactics, tac- 
 I tician. 
 
 I TAD'POLE. s. A young shapeless 
 frog. 
 
 TAF FETA, s. A thin silk. 
 ! T iF'FEREL. s. The upper part of 
 the stern of a ship. 
 TAG. s. A point of metal, put to 
 the end of a string ; any thing 
 paltry and mean. pr. par. tagging; 
 past, tagged. 
 1 1 VIL. s. That which terminates an 
 animal behind; the lower part; 
 my thing hanging long. 
 TML'OR. s. One whose business is 
 to make clothes, fern, tailoress, 
 pi. tailoresses: v. tailor; pr. par. 
 tailoring ; past, tailored. 
 TAINT, v. To imbue or impreg 
 nate ; to stain; to sully; to infect 
 to corrupt, pr. par. tainting; past 
 tainted: s. taint. 
 TAKE. v. To receive ; to seize ; to 
 captivate with pleasure, &c. pr. 
 par. taking; past, taken. 
 TALE. s. A narrative ; a story; reck 
 
 oning. m . 
 
 TAL'ENT. s. A csrtain weight or 
 sum of money; faculty; power; 
 
 TALISMAN, s. A magical char- 
 acter, adj. talismanic. 
 TALK. v. To speak in conversation 
 
 TAL— TAN 
 
 to prattle, pr. par. talking, past, 
 talked: s. talk, talker: adj. talka- 
 tive: s. talkativeness. 
 TALL. adj. High in stature ; lofty. 
 
 s. tulbicss. 
 TAL'LOW. s. The grease or fat of 
 
 an animal. 
 TAL'LY. s. A stick notched and 
 cut in conformity with another 
 stick, and used for keeping ac- 
 count; any thing made to suit 
 another, pi. tallies: v. tally; pr.par. 
 tallying ; past, tallied. 
 TALMUD, s. The book containing 
 the Jewish traditions, the rabini- 
 cal constitutions, and explications 
 of the law. 
 TAL'ON. s. The claw of a bird of 
 prey. 
 
 TAM'ARIND. s. A species of tree, 
 
 and also its fruit. 
 TAM'ARISK. s. A species of flow- 
 ering tree. 
 TAM'BOUR. 5. A tambourine; a 
 frame on which embroidery is 
 worked, pr. par. tambouring; past, 
 tamboured. 
 TAMBOURI'NE. s. A kind of drum. 
 TAME. adj. Not wild ; domestic ; 
 subdued ; spiritless, pr. par. tam- 
 ing; past, tamed: adj. tam.eable: 
 adv. tamely: s. tameness, tamer. 
 T AM' PER. v. To meddle; to deal; 
 to practise upon secretly, pr. par. 
 tampering; past, tampered : s. tarn- 
 perer. 
 
 TAN. v. To impregnate and imbue 
 with bark ; to imbrown by the sun. 
 pr. par. tanning ; past, tanned : s. 
 tan, tanner, tanpit. 
 TAN'GENT. s. A term in geometry. 
 TAN'GIBLE. adj. Perceptible by 
 the touch; capable of being touch- 
 ed, s. tangibility. 
 TAN'GLE. v. To implicate ; to knit 
 together ; to ravel, pr. par. tang- 
 ling ; past, tangled. 
 TAN'IST. s. A kind of captain or 
 governor, s. tanisUry, a succession 
 made up of inheritance and elec- 
 tion. . 
 TANK. & A large cistern or basin. 
 
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TAN-TAR 
 
 TANK'ARD. s. A kind of drinking 
 
 cup. 
 
 TAN'SY. s. A kind of odorous plant. 
 TANTALIZE, v. To torment by the 
 show of pleasures which cannot 
 be reached, pr. par. tantalizing; 
 past, tantalized: s. tantalization, 
 tanlalizer. 
 TANTAMOUNT, adj. Equivalent. 
 TANTIVY, adv. A hunting cry. 
 
 pi. tantivies. 
 TAP. v. To touch lightly; to pierce 
 .a. vessel, pr. par. tapping; past, 
 tapped: s. tap. 
 TAPE. s. A narrow fillet of linen 
 
 or cotton. 
 'TA'PER. s. A wax candle; alight. 
 *J"A'PER. adj. Regularly narrowed 
 from the bottom to the top ; pyr- 
 amidical. v. taper; pr. par. taper- 
 ing; past, tapered. 
 'TAP'ESTRY. s. Cloth woven in 
 
 regular figures. 
 TAP'ROOT. s. The principal stem 
 
 of the root. 
 TAPSTER, s. One whose business 
 
 is to draw beer, in an alehouse. 
 TAR. s. Liquid pitch, v. tar; pr. 
 par. tarring; past, tarred: adj. 
 tarry. 
 
 TAR'DY. adj. Slow; sluggish, adv. 
 
 tardily.- s. tardiness. 
 TARE. s. A weed that grows amongst 
 corn; the common vetch; the 
 weight of a package in which any 
 commodity is contained. 
 TAR'GET. 5. A kind of shield ; i 
 
 circular board to shoot at. 
 TAR'IFF. s. A cartel of commerce 
 
 a scale of custom duties. 
 TAR'NrSH. v. To sully; to make 
 not bright; to lose brightness, pr 
 par. tarnishing; past, tarnished. 
 TARPAWL'ING. s. Hempen cloth 
 
 smeared with tar. 
 TAR'RY. v. To stay; to loiter; to 
 wait. pr. par. tarrying; past, tar-\ 
 tried: s. tarrkr. 
 TART. adj. Sour; sharp; severe, 
 adj. tartish: adv. tartly: s. tartA 
 tartness. 
 
 TAR'TAN. s. The plaid of Scotland. U 
 
 TAR— TAX 
 
 TARTAR, s. A species of vinous 
 
 salt. adj. tartarous. 
 TARTAREAN, adj. Hellish. 
 TASK. 5. Work imposed by another; 
 employment, v. task; pr.par. task- 
 ing; past, tasked: s. tasker, task- 
 master. 
 
 TAS'SEL. s. An ornamental bunch 
 of silk, or glittering substances, 
 adj. tasseled. 
 TASTE, v. To perceive and distin- 
 guish by the palate; to have a 
 smack ; to try the relish, pr. par. 
 tasting; past, tasted: s . taste t 
 taster: adj. tasteless, tasty. 
 TATTER, s. A rag; a fluttering 
 
 rag. adj. tattered. 
 TATTERDEMAL'ION. s. A ragged 
 fellow. 
 
 TATTLE, v. To prate; to talk 
 idly. pr. par. tattling; past, tattled: 
 s. tattle, tattler. 
 TATTOO', s. The beat of drum, 
 by which soldiers are warned to 
 their quarters. 
 TATTOO', v. To mark the skin, as 
 Indians, pr. par. tattooing; past, 
 tattooed. 
 
 TAUGHT. Pret. and past par. of the 
 
 v. to teach. 
 TAUNT, v. To reproach ; to insult; 
 to ridicule, pr. par. taunting; past, 
 taunted: s. taunt, iaunter .- adv. 
 tauntingly. 
 TAU'RUS. s. The bull ; the second 
 
 sio-n in the zodiac. 
 TAUTOLOGY, s. Repetition of the 
 same words, or of the same sense 
 in different words, pi. tautologies^ 
 adv. tautological: s. tautologist: 
 v. tautologize; pr. par. tautologi- 
 zing: past, tautologized. 
 TAUTOPH'ONY. s. A successive 
 
 repetition of the same sound. 
 jTAVER.W s. A house where wine 
 I is sold, and drinkers entertained. 
 TAW. <?. A marble to play with. 
 TAWDRY, adj. Meanly showy. 
 
 adv. taivdrilu: s. tawdriness. 
 TAWXY. adj. Yellow, like thing* 
 tanned. 
 
 TAX $. An impost; an excise ^ 
 3G4 
 
TEA— TEE 
 
 TEG'UMENT. s. In anatomy, a 
 cover. 
 
 TEL'EGRAPH. s. An instrument 
 which conveys intelligence by sig- 
 nals, v. telegraph; pr. par. tele- 
 graphing; past, telegraphed. 
 TELESCOPE, s. A long glass, by 
 which distant objects are viewed, 
 adj. telescopic. 
 TELL. v. To utter; to express ; to 
 inform; to betray, pr.par. telling; 
 past, told : s. teller, one who num- 
 bers; one who pays out money, 
 at a bank. 
 TEMERITY, s. Rashness; unrea- 
 sonable contempt of danger. 
 TEMTER. v. To mix, so as that 
 one part qualifies the other; to 
 modify; to soften; to calm; to 
 form metals to a proper degree of 
 hardness, pr. par. tempering; past, 
 tempered: s. temper, temperament, 
 temperature. 
 TEM'PERANCE. s. Moderation, op- 
 posed to gluttony and drunken- 
 ness; calmness; moderation of 
 passion, adj. temperate.- adv. tem- 
 perately: s. temperateness. 
 TEM'PERATURE. s. Constitution 
 of nature ; degree of any qualities; 
 due balance of contrarieties; de- 
 
 charge; censure, pi. taxes: v. tax, 
 
 pr. par. taxing; past, taxed: adj 
 
 taxable : s. taxation. 
 TEA. s. A species of Chinese plant; 
 I the infusion of the plant. 
 TEACH, v. To instruct ; to inform. 
 
 pr. par. teaching; past, taught: s, 
 
 teacher: adj. teachable. 
 TEAL. s. A wild fowl, of the duck 
 
 kind. 
 
 TEAM. s. A number of horses or 
 
 oxen, drawing at once the same 
 \ carriage. . 
 "TEAR. s. The water which drops 
 
 from the eyes. 
 TEAR. v. To pull into pieces ; to 
 
 rend ; to take away by sudden vio- 
 1 lence, &c. pr. par. tearing; past, 
 
 torn: s. tear. 
 ! TEASE, v. To comb or unravel wool 
 
 or flax ; to scratch cloth, in order 
 
 to level the nap ; to torment ; to 
 
 vex. pr. par. teasing; past, teased: 
 f s. teaser. 
 TE A SEL, s. A plant used for teas- 
 
 TEAT. s. A dug, a pap. 
 TECH'NICAL. adj. Belonging to 
 arts; not in common or popular! 
 use. s. technicality, pi. technicali- 
 ties : adv. technically. II „ ree 0 f beat. 
 TECHNOL'OGY. s. A description ; TEM'PEST .s .The utmost violence 
 
 of, or a discourse upon arts 
 TECTONIC, adj. Pertaining to 
 building 
 
 of the wind ; commotion ; pertur- 
 bation, adj. tempestuous: adv. tem- 
 pestuously : s. tempestuousness. 
 
 Duiiamg. | pestuouuy : s. ic//(p.H»y«^^u. 
 
 TED. v. To spread new-mown g rass -i!TEjvrPLAR. s. A student of law 
 
 J..JJ,'^,n. . noot ffiflAp.d. . .1 m .1 T « n Ann< olrTlifTh 
 
 pr. par. tedding ; past, tedded. 
 TE DE UM. s. A hymn of the 
 
 at the Temple in London; a knight 
 of a certain order. 
 
 church, so called from the two TEM'PLE. s. A place appropriated 
 
 first words of the Latin. 
 TE DIOUS, adj. Wearisome by con-| 
 
 tinuance; irksome, adv. tediously: 
 
 s. tediousness. I 
 TEEM. v. To bring young; to bej 
 
 pregnant; to be full; to produce. 
 
 pr. par. teeming ; past, teemed. 
 TEENS, s. The years reckoned by 
 
 the termination teen. 
 TEETH, s. The pi. of tooth, v. teeth, 
 
 to bring teeth: pr.par, teething; 
 
 past, teethed. 
 
 1 ' 2 H 2 
 
 to acts of religion ; the upper part 
 of the sides of the head. 
 TEM'PORAL. adj. Measured by 
 time; not eternal; secular; not 
 ecclesiastical; not spiritual; placed 
 at the temples, s. temporality, pi. 
 temporalities, temporally: adv. tem- 
 porally. . 
 TEM'PORARY. adj. Lasting only 
 
 for a limited time. 
 TEM'PORIZE. v. To procrastinate; 
 to comply with the times or oc» 
 36*5 
 
TEM — TE?l 
 
 caslons. pr. par. temporizing; past, 
 temporized: a. temporizer. 
 TEMPT- v. To solicit to ill; to in- 
 cite fry offering some pleasure or 
 advantage; to provoke, pr. par. 
 Umpting; past, tempted: s. tempta- 
 tion, tempter: adv. temptingly. 
 TE#. adj. Twice five. adj. tenfold. 
 TgN'ABLE. adj. Capable of being 
 
 held against an attack. 
 TENA'ClOUS. adj. Grasping hard; 
 inclined to hold fast; retentive; 
 glutinous, adv. tenaciously: s. te- 
 nacity, pi. tenacities. 
 
 TEN' A NT. s. One who holds of 
 another: correlative to landlord: 
 one who resides in any place, s. 
 tenancy.- adj. tenantable : s. ten 
 antry, pi. tenantries. 
 
 TENCH, s. A kind of fish. 
 
 TEND. v. To watch ; to guard ; to 
 attend; to move towards; to con- 
 tribute, pr. par. tending; past, 
 tended: s. tendance, tendence, ten- 
 dency, pi. tendencies. 
 
 TEN'DER. adj. Soft; sensible; easily 
 pained ; delicate ; compassionate; 
 gentle, adv. tenderly: s. tender- 
 ness, tender-hearted. 
 
 TEN'DER. v. To offer; to propose 
 for acceptance, pr. par. tendering; 
 past, tendered: s. tender. 
 
 TEN'DINOUS. adj. Sinewy; con- 
 taining tendons. 
 
 TEN'DON. s. A sinew; a ligature 
 by which the joints are moved. 
 
 TEN'DRIL. s. The clasp of a vine, 
 &c. 
 
 TpN'EBROUS. adj. Dark, gloomy. 
 
 s. tenehrosity. 
 TEN'EMENT. s. Anything held by 
 
 a tenant. 
 
 TEN'ET. s. Position, principle, opin- 
 ion. 
 
 TEN'NIS. 5. A play, at which a ball 
 is driven with a racket. 
 
 TEN ON, s. The end of a timber, 
 cut to be fitted into another tim- 
 ber. 
 
 TENOR, s. Continuity of state; 
 constant mode ; sense contained ; 
 • sound in music. 
 
 TEN — TER * 
 
 TENSR ». A variation of the verb, 
 
 to signify time. 
 TENSE, adj. Stretched, stiff, s. tense- 
 ness, tension: adj. tensile. 
 TENT. s. A soldier's movable lodg- 
 ing place, commonly made of can r 
 vas, extended on poles ; a species 
 of wine. adj. tented. 
 TEN TER, s. A hook on which things 
 
 are stretched. 
 TENTH, adj. Just after the ninth. 
 
 adv. tenihly. 
 TENUITY, s. Thinness, smallness, 
 
 slenderness. adj. tenuous. 
 TEN'URE. s. The manner whereby 
 tenements are holden of theiV 
 lords. 
 
 TEPEFAC'TION. s. The act of 
 
 warming to a small degree. 
 TEPID, adj. Lukewarm : warm in 
 
 a small degree, s. tepidity. 
 TER' A PIN. s. A kind of tortoise. 
 TERGIVER'SATE. v. To change 
 from one party or opinion, to the 
 opposite, pr. par. tergiversating ; 
 past, tergiversated: s. tergiversa- 
 tion. 
 
 TERM. s. Limit; boundary; the word 
 by which a thing is expressed; 
 stipulation; time during which 
 any thing lasts, v. term; pr. par. 
 terming ; past, termed. 
 TER'MAGANT. adj. Quarrelsome; 
 scolding; furious, s. termagant, 
 termagancy. 
 TER'MTNATE. v. To limit; to put 
 an end to ; to cease, pr. par. ter- 
 minating ; past, terminated: adj. 
 terminable: s. termination. 
 TERNARY, adj. Proceeding by 
 
 threes; consisting of three. 
 TER'RACE. s. A mount of earth, 
 
 covered with grass or gravel. 
 TERRA'QUEOUS. adj. Composed 
 
 of land and water. 
 TERRE'NE. adj. Earthlv, terres- 
 trial. 
 
 TERRESTRIAL, adj. Earthlv. 
 TER'RIBLE. adj. Dreadful; formi- 
 dable; causing fear. adv. terribly. 
 TERRIER, s. A dog that follows 
 his game under ground. 
 
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TER— TET 
 
 rER'RIFY. v. To fright ; to make 
 afraid, pr. par. terrifying; past, 
 terrified: adj. terrific. 
 
 rER'RITORY. s. Land, country 
 dominion, pi. territories: adj. ter- 
 
 ■ ritorial. . 
 
 TERROR. 5. Fear communicated; 
 fear received. 
 
 TERSE, adj. Smooth ; cleanly writ- 
 ten; neat. adv. tersely : s. terseness. 
 
 TERTIAN, adj. Returning every 
 third day. 
 
 TES'SELATED. adj. Variegated by 
 
 '■ squares. 
 
 TEST. 5. Trial; means of trial ; dis- 
 criminative characteristic, v. test 
 pr. par. testing; past, tested. 
 
 TESTA'CEOUS. adj. Consisting of 
 shells; having continuous, not 
 jointed shells : opposed to crusta- 
 ceous. 
 
 ! TESTAMENT, s. A written will ; 
 
 the name of each of the volumes 
 I of Scripture, adj. testamentary. 
 TESTATE, adj. Having made a 
 i will. 
 
 TESTATOR, s. One who leaves a 
 will. fern, testatrix, pi. testatrixes, 
 
 TESTER, s. The cover of a bed. 
 
 TESTIFY, v. To witness ; to give 
 evidence, pr. par. testifying ; past, 
 testified: s. testifier, testification. 
 
 TESTY, adj. Fretful; peevish; apt 
 to be angry, adv. testily : s. testi- 
 
 TESTIMONY. s. Evidence, proof. 
 
 pi. testimonies: s. testimonial. 
 TEST U'Df NOUS, adj. Resembling 
 
 the shell of a tortoise. 
 TETITER. 5. A string by which 
 
 cattle are restrained, at pasture. 
 
 pr. par. tethering ; past, tethered. 
 TETRAGONAL, adj. Square. 
 TETRAM ETER, adj. Having four 
 
 metrical feet. 
 TETRARCH. 5. A Roman governor 
 
 of the fourth part of a province 
 
 s. tetrarchate. 
 TETRASTIC. s. An epigram or 
 
 stanza of four verses. 
 TET'RASTYLE. s. A building with 
 
 four pillars in front. 
 
 TET— THE 
 
 TETTER, s. A scab, a ringworm. 
 TEUTON'IC. adj. Spoken by the 
 
 Teutones, or ancient Germans. 
 TEXT. s. That on which a com- 
 ment is written ; a sentence of 
 Scripture. . 
 TEXT'-HAND. s. A particular kind 
 of large hand-writing : so called 
 because the text was always writ- 
 ten in a large hand, and the comr 
 ment in a small. 
 TEXTILE, adj. Woven; capable 
 
 of being woven. 
 TEXTURE, s. The act of weaving; 
 a thing woven; combination of 
 parts. 
 
 THAN. One of the conjunctions. 
 THANE, s. An old title of honour, 
 
 equivalent to gentleman. 
 THANK, v. To return acknowledg- 
 ments for any favour or kindness, 
 pr. par. thanking; past, thanked: 
 s. thanks: adj. thankful, thankless. 
 adv. thankfully: s. thankfulness, 
 thanksgiving. 
 THAT. A word which sometimes 
 performs the office of a pronoun, 
 and sometimes of a conjunction. 
 [THATCH, s. A straw roof. v. thatch; 
 pr. par. thatching ; past, thatched: 
 s. thatcher. 
 THAW. v. To grow liquid after conr 
 gelation ; to melt. pr. par. thaw- 
 ing; past, thawed: s. thaw. 
 THE. The definite article. 
 ITHE'ATRE. 5. A place in which 
 shows are exhibited ; a play-house, 
 adj. theatrical: adv. theatrically. 
 THEE. pron. The objective case of 
 thou. 
 
 THEFT, s. The act of stealing; the 
 
 thing stolen. 
 THEIR. The pronoun possessive 
 
 from they. 
 THE'ISM. s. Deism; the acknow- 
 ledgment of a God, as opposed to 
 atheism, s. theist: adj. theistical. 
 THEM. pron. The objective case of 
 
 they. pron. themselves. 
 THEME, s. A subject on which one 
 
 speaks or writes. 
 THEN. One of the adverbs. 
 
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THE— THI 
 
 THENCE, adv. From that place ; 
 from that time. adv. thenceforth, 
 thenceforward. 
 
 THEOCRACY, s. Government im- 
 mediately superintended by God. 
 pi. theocracies. 
 
 THEOD OLITE. 5. A mathematical 
 instrument, for measuring heights 
 and distances. 
 
 THEOG'ONY. s. The generation of 
 the gods. 
 
 THEOL'OGY. s. Divinity, s. theolo- 
 gian: adj. theological: adv. theolo- 
 gically. 
 
 THEOREM, s. A position laid down 
 as an acknowledged truth ; a posi- 
 tion proposed to be demonstrated. 
 
 THE'ORY. s. Speculation ; not prac- 
 tice, pi. theories: adj. theoretical: 
 adv. theoretically: s. theorist. 
 
 THERAPEUTIC, adj. Curative; 
 teaching the cure of diseases. 
 
 THERE, adv. In that place, adv. 
 thereabouts, thereafter, thereat, 
 thereby, therefore, therefrom, there- 
 in, thereof, thereon, thereout, there- 
 to, thereunto, thereupon, therewith. 
 
 THERMAL, adj. Relating to warm 
 baths. 
 
 1 HERMOM'ETER. s. An instru- 
 ment for measuring degrees of 
 heat. adj. thermometrical. 
 
 THESE, pron. The plural of this. 
 
 THE'SIS. s. A position ; a subject ; 
 something laid down, affirmatively 
 or negatively, pi. theses. 
 
 THEY. pron. The plural of he, she, 
 and it. 
 
 THICK, adj. Dense; not rare; gross ; 
 
 muddy ; great in circumference, 
 
 &c. adv. thickly : s. thickness : v. 
 
 thicken ; pr. par. thickening ; past, 
 
 thickened. 
 THICK'ET. s. A close knot or tuft 
 
 of trees ; a close wood or copse. 
 THICK'SKULLED. adj. Dull, stupid. 
 THICKSET, adj. Closely planted. 
 THIEF, s. One who steals, pi. thieves. 
 THIEVE, v. To steal; to practise 
 
 theft, pr. par. thieving; past, thiev- 
 
 ed: adj. thievish: adv. thievishly A 
 
 s. thievishness. 
 
 THI— THO 
 
 THIGH, s. A limb of the body, in- 
 cluding all between the groin and 
 the knee. 
 THILL, s. The shafts of a wagon or 
 cart. 
 
 THIM'BLE. s. A metal cover for the 
 
 finger, used when sewing. 
 THIN. adj. Not thick ; rare ; not 
 dense ; not close, &c. comp. thin- 
 ner: sup. thinnest: v. thin; pr. 
 par. thinning; past, thinned ; adv. 
 thinly: s. thinness. 
 THINK, v. To have ideas ; to reason ; 
 to cogitate, pr. par. thinking; past, 
 thought. 
 
 THIRD, adj. The first after the sec- 
 ond, s. third: adv. thirdly. 
 THIRST, s. The pain suffered for 
 want of drink; vehement desire, 
 adj. thirsty: s. thirstiness: v. thirst; 
 pr. par. thirsting ; past, thirsted. 
 THIRTEEN, adj. Ten and three ; 
 
 ordinal adj. thirteenth. 
 THIRTY, adj. Thrice ten. ordinal 
 
 adj. thirtieth. 
 THIS. pron. That which is present ; 
 
 what is now mentioned, pi. these. 
 THISTLE, s. A kind of prickly 
 
 plant, adj. thistly. 
 THITH ER, adv. To that place : it 
 is opposed to hither : to that end ; 
 to that point, adv. thitherto, thith- 
 erward. 
 
 THONG. 5. A strap or string of 
 leather. 
 
 TFflO'RAL. adj. Relating to the bed. 
 
 THO'RAX. s. The breast; the chest. 
 
 adj. thoracic. 
 THORN, s. A species of prickly tree. 
 
 adj. thorny. 
 THOR'OUGH. adj. Complete ; full ; 
 perfect ; passing through, adv. 
 thoroughly. 
 THOROUGHFARE, s. A passage 
 through ; a passage without any 
 stop or let. 
 THOR OUGHPACED, adj. Perfect ; 
 
 complete. 
 THOSE, pron. The plural of that. 
 THOU. pron. The second pronoun 
 personal, pi. ye, or you. 
 
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THO-THfl 
 THOUGH, conj. Notwithstanding 
 
 , that; although. 
 THOUGHT. Pret. and past par. of 
 
 the v. to think. 
 THOUGHT, s. The operation of 
 the mind; the act of thinking; 
 idea; solicitude; concern, adj. 
 thoughtful, thoughtless: adv. 
 thoughtfully : s. thoughtfulness. 
 THOU'SAND. 5. The number often 
 hundred, ordinal adj. thousandth, 
 THRAL'DOM. s. Slavery; servi 
 
 THRAPTLE, THROTTLE, si The 
 
 windpipe of any animal. 
 THRASH, THRESH, if. To beat 
 corn, to free it from the chaff; to 
 beat ; to drub. pr. par. thrashing ; 
 i past, thrashed: s. thrasher. 
 THREAD, s. A small line ; tho ru- 
 ' diment of cloth, v. thread; pr. par. 
 threading; past, threaded. 
 THREAD'BARE. adj. Deprived of 
 
 the nap ; worn out. 
 THREAP, v. To argue; to contend. 
 : pr. par. threaping; past, threaped. 
 THREATEN, v. To menace; to 
 denounce evil. pr. par. threatening 
 past, threatened: s. threat, threat 
 ener : adv. threateningly. 
 THREE, adj. Two and one. adj. 
 
 threefold. 
 THRESH, v. See Thrash. 
 THRESHOLD, s. The ground or 
 
 step under a door ; entrance. 
 THREW. Pret. of the v. to throw. 
 THRICE, adv. Three times. 
 THRIFT, s. Profit ; state of pros- 
 perity; frugality, adv. thriftily: 
 s. thriftiness: adj. thrifty. 
 THRILL, v. To pierce; to feel a 
 sharp, tingling sensation, pr. par. 
 thrilling; past, thrilled: s. thrill. 
 THRIVE, v. To prosper; to grow 
 rich ; to grow up. pv. par. thriv- 
 ing; past, thriven : adv. thrivingly 
 THROAT, s. The passages of nu 
 
 triment and breath.. 
 THROB, v. To heave; to beat ; to 
 palpitate, pr. par„ throbbing; \ 
 throbbed. 
 
 THR-THW 
 THROE, s. The pain of travail ; any 
 
 extreme agony. 
 THRONE, s. A royal seat; the seat 
 
 of a bishop, adj. throned. 
 THRONG, s. A crowd; a multitude 
 pressing against each other, v. 
 throng ; pr. par. thronging; past, 
 thronged. 
 THROSTLE, s. The thrush ; a ma 
 
 chine for spinning cotton twist. 
 THROTTLE, s. The windpipe, v. 
 throttle; to choke; to suffocate- 
 pr. par. throttling; past, throttled. 
 THROUGH. One of the preposi- 
 tions, adv. through: prep, through- 
 out. . 
 THROVE. Pret. of the v. to thrive. 
 THROW, v. To fling; to cast; to 
 toss, &c pr.par. throwing; past, 
 thrown: s. throw, thrower. 
 THRUM, s. The ends of weavers' 
 threads. 
 
 THRUM, v. To grate; to play 
 coarsely, pr. par. thrumming; past, 
 thrummed. 
 THRUSH, s. A species of singing 
 bird ; a disease appearing in small, 
 round ulcerations, pi. thrushes. 
 THRUST, v. To push ; to stab ; to 
 compress; to intrude, pr. par. 
 thrusting ; past, thrust : s. thrust. 
 THUMB. 5. The short, strong fin- 
 ger, v. thumb ; pr. par. thumbing; 
 past, thumbed. 
 THUMB'STALL. s. A sheath of 
 
 leather, to put on the thumb. 
 THUMP, s. A hard, heavy, dead 
 blow. v. thump; pr. par. thump- 
 ing; past, thumped: s. thumper, 
 THUN'DER. s. The noise made by 
 the explosion of electric matter 
 in the clouds, v. thunder: pr. par. 
 thundering; past, thundered: s. 
 thunder er, thunderbolt. 
 THURS'DAY. s. The fifth day of 
 
 the week. 
 THUS. adv. In this manner; to this* 
 degree. 
 
 THWACK, v. To strike with some 
 
 thine: blunt and heavy ; to bang. 
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THW— TIG 
 
 pr. par. thwacking ; past, thwack- 
 ed: s. thwack. 
 
 THWART, adj. Transverse ; cross, 
 in relation to something else ; per 
 verse, v. thwart,' pr. par. thwart- 
 ing; past, thwarted. 
 
 THY. pron. The possessive adj. of 
 thou.- pron. thyself. 
 
 THYME, s. A kind of odoriferous 
 plant. 
 
 TIA'RA. s. A dress for the head; 
 
 a diadem. 
 TICK. s. Score; trust; a kind of 
 
 small insect ; the case which holds 
 
 the stuffing of a bed. 
 TICK. v. To note by regular vibra- 
 tion, as a watch or clock, pr. par 
 
 ticking; past, ticked: s. tick. 
 TICK'EN, TICKING, s. Cloth used 
 
 to make a bed-tick. 
 TICK'ET. s. A written token of any 
 
 right or debt. v. ticket; pr. par. 
 
 ticketing; past, ticketed. 
 TICK'LE. v. To affect with a pru- 
 
 rient sensation, by slight touches. 
 
 pr. par. tickling; past, tickled: s. 
 
 tickler: adj. ticklish: s. ticklishness. 
 TIDE. s. Alternate ebb and flow of 
 
 the sea; stream; season, v. tide; 
 
 pr. par. tiding ; past, tided. 
 TIDE'WAITER. s. An officer who 
 
 watches the landing of goods, at 
 
 the custom-house. 
 TI'DINGS. s. News; incidents re- 
 lated. 
 
 TIDY, adj. Neat. adv. tidily: s. ti- 
 diness. 
 
 TIE, TYE. v. To bind ; to fasten 
 with a knot. pr. par. tying ; past, 
 tied: s. tie, tye. 
 
 TIER. 5. A row; a rank, pronoune 
 
 ed teer. 
 
 TIERCE, s. A vessel that holds the 
 
 third part of a pipe. 
 TIFFANY, s. Very thin silk. pi. 
 
 tiffanies. 
 
 TIG. s. A play in which children 
 trv to touch each other last. 
 
 TI'GER. s. A fierce beast, of the 
 leonine kind. fern, tigress, pi. 
 tigresses. 
 
 TIGHT, adj. Tense; close; neat. 
 
 TIL— TIN 
 
 v. tighten; pr. par. tightening; past, 
 tightened: adv. tightly: s. tightness. 
 TILE. s. A thin plate of baked clay, 
 used to cover houses, and corn- 
 kilns. \.tile; pr. par. tiling; past, 
 tiled: s. tiler. 
 TILL. s. A money-box in a shop. 
 TILL. adv. To the time of; to ; until. 
 TILL. v. To cultivate; to plough, 
 pr.par. tilling; past, tilled: s. tiller, 
 tillage : adj. tillable. 
 TIL'LER. 5. The beam by which a 
 
 helm is moved. 
 TILT. s. A tent ; any support of cov- 
 ering over head ; a kind of military 
 sport ; a thrust ; inclination for- 
 ward, v. tilt ; pr. par. tilting ; past, 
 tilted : s titter. 
 TILTH, s. Culture ; tillage ; tilled 
 ground. 
 
 TIM'BER. 5. Wood fit for building ; 
 the main beams of a fabric, v. Um- 
 ber; pr.par. timbering; past, tim- 
 bered. 
 
 TIM'BREL. s. A kind of musical in- 
 strument, played by pulsation. 
 TIME. s. The measure of duration ; 
 interval ; season ; age, &c. v. time; 
 pr. par. timing ; past, timed: adj- 
 and adv. timely. 
 TIME'KEEPER, TIMETIECE. s. 
 A watch or clock that keeps good 
 time; a chronometer. 
 TIME'SERVER. s. One who meanly 
 complies with present power, par. 
 adj. and s. timeserving. 
 TIMID, adj. Fearful, timorous, s. 
 timidity. 
 
 TIM'OROUS. adj. Fearful ; full of 
 fear and scruple, adv. timorously. 
 TIN. s. One of the primitive metals ; 
 thin plates of iron, covered with 
 tin. v. tin; pr. par. tinning; past, 
 tmned: s. tinman, tinner. 
 TINCTURE. 5. Colour or taste su- 
 peradded by something; extract 
 of some drug, made in spirits, v. 
 tincture; pr. par. tincturing; past, 
 tinctured. 
 TIN DER, s. Any thing highlv in 
 flammable, placed U) catch tire. 
 
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TIN— TIT 
 FINE. 5. The tooth of a harrow ; the 
 1 spike of a fork. 
 
 TINGE, v. To impregnate or imbue 
 
 with a colour or taste, pr. par. 
 ; tinging 1 ; past, tinged : s. tinge. 
 TINGLE, v. To feel a sound, or the 
 
 continuance of a sound, in the 
 | ears ; to feel a sharp, quick pain, 
 
 with a sensation of motion, pr. 
 
 par. tingling; past, tingled. 
 fTiNK'ER. s. A mender of old vessels 
 
 of metal. 
 
 TIN'KLE. v. To make a sharp, quick 
 I noise; to clink, pr. par. tinkling; 
 I past, tinkled : s. tinkle. 
 TIN'SEL. 5. A kind of shining cloth ; 
 
 any thing shining with false lustre. 
 
 v. tinsel ; pr. par. tinseling ; past, 
 , tinseled. 
 
 (TINT. s. A dye ; a colour. 
 sTINY. adj. Little, small, puny. 
 ITIP. s. The top ; the end ; the point. 
 
 v. tip ; pr. par. tipping; past, tipped. 
 ! TIPPET, s. Something worn about 
 f the neck. 
 
 IfTIP'PLE. v. To drink luxuriously ; 
 
 to drink habitually to excess, pr. 
 
 par. tippling; past, tippled : s.tip- 
 I pie, tippler. 
 
 ITIPSTAFF. s. One of the officers 
 of a court of juctice. pi. tipstaves. 
 
 TIPSY, adj. Slightly drunk. 
 
 TIPTOE, s. The end of the toe. 
 
 TIPTOP, s. The very top. 
 
 TIRA'DE. s. An invective, delivered 
 in a long train of words. 
 
 TIRE. v. To fatigue; to harass; to 
 fail with weariness, pr. par. tiring; 
 past, tired: s. tiredness: adj. tire- 
 some. 
 
 TIRE'WOMAN. s. A woman who 
 
 makes dresses for her mistress's 
 
 head. pi. tirewomen. 
 TIS'SUE. s. Cloth interwoven with 
 
 gold, &.c. 
 TIT. s. A small horse : generally in 
 
 contempt : a titmouse, or tomtit. 
 TITBIT, s. A nice bit. 
 TITHE, s. The tenth part ; the part 
 
 assigned for the maintenance of 
 
 the clergy, v. tithe; pr. par. tithing; 
 
 past, titled: adj. tithable : s. Other. 
 
 TIT— TOL 
 TITH'ING. s. According to the in- 
 stitution of Alfred, the number or 
 company of ten men, with their 
 families. 
 
 TITILLA'TION. s. The act of tick- 
 ling; the state of being tickled. 
 
 Tl'TLE. 5. A general head, compris- 
 ing particulars ; an appellation of 
 honour ; a name ; a claim of right, 
 adj. titled: s. titlepage. 
 
 TIT'TER. v. To laugh with restraint, 
 pr. par. tittering ; past, tittered : s. 
 titter. 
 
 TIT'TLE. s. A small particle ; a 
 point. 
 
 TIT'ULAR. adj. Nominal ; having or 
 conferring only the title, adj. titu- 
 lary. 
 
 TO. One of the prepositions. 
 TOAD. s. An animal resembling a 
 frog. 
 
 TOAD'EATER. s. A fawning para- 
 site ; a servile sycophant. 
 
 TOAST, v. To scorch at the fire ; to 
 name when a health is drunk, 
 pr. par. toasting; past, toasted: s. 
 toast, toaster. 
 
 TOBACCO, s. A species of aromaUc 
 plant, s. tobacconist. 
 
 TOCSIN, s. An alarm-bell. 
 
 TOD'DY. s. In low language, a kind 
 of punch, or mixture of spirits, 
 sugar, and water. 
 
 TOE. s. One of the divided extremi- 
 ties of the foot. 
 
 TOGETH'ER. adv. In company; in 
 the same place ; in concert ; in con- 
 tinuity. 
 
 TOIL. v. To labour ; to fatigue one's- 
 self. pr. par. toiling; past, toiled: 
 s. toil, toilsomeness : adj. toilsome. 
 
 TOIL'ET. s. A dressing-table. 
 
 TOKAY', s. A kind of Hungarian 
 wine. 
 
 TO'KEN. s. A sign ; a mark ; a me- 
 morial ; an evidence. 
 TOLD. Pret. and past par. of the v. 
 
 to tell. 
 
 TOLE'DO. s. A sword of the finest 
 
 Toledo temper, pi. toledoes. 
 TOLERATE, v. To allow, so as not 
 to hinder; to suffer ; to pass un- 
 11 371 
 
TOL— TOP 
 ^ensured, pr. par. tolerating; past 
 tolerated: s. tolerance, toleration 
 adj. tolerable, tolerant 
 
 TOLL. s. An excise of goods; a 
 part taken as an impost ; the sound 
 of a bell. v. toll; pr. par. tolling; 
 past, tolled: s. toller. 
 
 TOLL'JBOOTH. * In Scotland, a 
 prison, properly a custom-house, 
 where toll is received. 
 
 TOMB. s. A monument in which 
 the dead are enclosed. 
 
 TOMBOY, s. A hoyden; a romp- 
 ing girl. 
 
 TOMTIT', s. A titmouse ; a small 
 bird. 
 
 TON. s. A weight consisting of twen- 
 ty cwt. avoirdupois; a measure 
 containing two pipes, s. tonnage. 
 TONE. 5. Sound, note, accent. 
 TONGS, s. An instrument by which 
 
 hold is taken of any thing. 
 TONGUE, s. The instrument of 
 speech, in human bei ngs ; the or- 
 gan by which animals lick; speech; 
 a language, v. tongue; pr. par. 
 tonguing; past, tongued. 
 TONGUE'TIED. adj. Having the 
 tongue fastened underneath by 
 themuscle, soastoimpede speech. 
 TON'IC. adj. In medicine, bracing, 
 
 strengthening. 
 TON'SURE. s. The act of clipping 
 the hair ; the state of being shorn! 
 TOO. adv. Over and above; over- 
 much ; also. 
 TOOK. Pret. of the v. to take. 
 TOOL. s. An instrument. 
 TOOT. v. To sound; to make a 
 noise, pr. par. tooting; past, toot- 
 ed: s. looter. 
 TOOTH, s. One of the small bones 
 used in mastication and articula- 
 tion, &c. pi. teeth: adj. toothed, 
 toothless : s. toothache, toothpick. 
 TOP. s. The highest part; the sur- 
 face; the highest place or degree; 
 an inverted conoid, used by chil- 
 dren as a plaything, v. top; pr. par 
 topping; past, topped. 
 TOPARCH. s. The principal man 
 in a place, s. toparchy. 
 
 TOP TOR 
 TOTAZ. s. A yellow g'em. 
 TOPE. v. To drink to excess, pf. 
 
 par. toping; past, toped: s. toper. 
 TOPFUL'. adj. Full to the top. 
 TOPG AL'LANT. s. One of the high- 
 est sails. 
 
 TOPIC. 5. A general head ; things, 
 as generally applied to some par- 
 ticular part; principle of persua- 
 sion, adj. topical: adv. topically. 
 TOP'KNOT. s. A knot worn on the 
 
 top of the head. 
 TOP'MOST. adj. Uppermost, high- 
 
 TOPOG'RAPHY. s. Description of 
 particular places, pi. topograph- 
 ies: s. topographer: adj. topo- 
 graphic, topographical. 
 
 TOPSAIL, s. One of the highest 
 sails. 
 
 TOPSYTUR'VY. adv. With the b 2 
 
 torn upwards. 
 TORCH, s. A large wax candle, a 
 
 flambeau, pi. torches. 
 TOR MENT. 5. Excessive pain ; t d 
 ture. v. torment' ; pr. par. torme 2 
 ing; past, tormented: s. torment rr. 
 TORN. Past par. of the v. to i<ar 
 TORNA'DO. s. A whirlwind, a h id 
 
 ricane. pi. tornadoes. 
 TORPEDO, s. A species of electric 
 
 fish. pi. torpedoes. 
 TORPES'CENT. adj. Becoming tor- 
 pid. 
 
 TOR'PID. adj. Numbed, motionless; 
 sluggish, g. torpidity, turpitude, 
 torpor. 
 
 TOR'REFY. v. To dry or scorch by 
 the fire. pr. par. torrefying; past, 
 torrefied: s. tor refaction. 
 
 TOR'RENT. s. An impetuous stream. 
 
 TOR'RID. adj. Scorched, parched; 
 violently hot. 
 
 TORT. 5. A wrong, injury, adj. tor- 
 tious.- adv. tortiously. 
 
 TORTOISE. .<?. A species of animal 
 covered with a hard shell. 
 
 TORTUOUS, adj. Twisted, wreath- 
 ed, winding, s. tortuosity. 
 
 TORTURE, s. Torments judicially 
 inflicted; anguish; pang. v. tor- 
 372 
 
TOR— TOW 
 
 TOW— TRA 
 
 lure } pr. par. torturing ; past, tor- 1 
 
 ^ tured: s. torturer. 
 
 fO'RY. s. A robber; one of the po- 
 litical party, opposed to the whigs; 
 
 I one who advocates high-handed 
 monarchy, pi. tories: s. toryism. 
 
 IX)SS. v. To throw up into the air; 
 to throw with violence ; to agitate, 
 pr. par. tossing,- past, tossed: s. 
 toss, pi. tosses, tosser. 
 
 (fO'TAL. adj. Whole, complete, s. 
 totality: adv. totally. 
 
 tOT'TER. v. To shake, so as to 
 
 I threaten a fall ; to stagger, pr. par. 
 
 I tottering; past, tottered. 
 
 V OUCH. v. To perceive by the sense 
 of feeling; to come slightly in con- 
 tact with, &c. pr. par. touching; 
 
 1 past, touc hed: s. touch, touchiness: 
 
 f adv. touchingly : adj. touchy. 
 
 TOUCH'-HOLE. s. The hole through 
 
 I which the fire is conveyed to the 
 powder in a gun. 
 
 TOUCHSTONE, s. Stone by which 
 
 \ metals are examined ; any test or 
 
 I criterion. 
 
 TOUCH'WOOD. s. Decayed wood, 
 used to catch the fire struck from 
 | a flint. 
 
 TOUGH, adj. Yielding to flexure or 
 extension, without fracture ; not' 
 brittle; stiff; clammy; tenacious, 
 v. toughen ; pr. par. toughening; 
 past, toughened,: s. toughness. 
 
 TOUPEE, TOUPET'. s. A kind of 
 foretop ; natural or artificial hair, 
 dressed particularly on the fore- 
 head. 
 
 TOUR. s. Ramble ; roving journey, 
 s. tourist. 
 
 TOUR'NAMENT. s. Tilt, joust, mil- 
 itary sport. 
 
 TOURNIQUET, s. Abandage which 
 can be straitened or relaxed by 
 turning a handle, to prevent the 
 blood from issuing. 
 
 *TOW. s. The coarse part of flax or 
 hemp. 
 
 TOW. v. To draw by a rope, through 
 the water, pr. par. towing; past, 
 towed. 
 
 TOWARD, adj. Ready to do or 
 21 
 
 learn ; not froward. adv. towat dlif 
 s. towardliness, towardness. 
 
 TOWARDS, adv. In a direction to. 
 
 TOWEL, s. A cloth with which the 
 hands, &c. are wiped. 
 
 TOWER. 5. A high building; a for- 
 tress; high flight, v. tower; pr. par. 
 towering; past, lowered. 
 
 TOWN. s. A collection of houses, 
 larger than a village, s. township, 
 townsman, pi. townsmen. 
 
 TOY. s. A petty commodity; a trifle; 
 a plaything, v. toy ; pr. par. toying; 
 past, toyed: adj. toyish: s. toyish- 
 
 TRACE. s. Mark left by any thing 
 passing; track ; path ; that part of 
 the harness by which the draught 
 is given, v. trace ; pr. pai tracing; 
 past, traced: s. trace: adj. trace- 
 able. 
 
 TRA'CERY. s. Ornamental stone- 
 work. 
 
 TRACK, s. Mark left; a road; a 
 beaten path. v. track; pr. pa . 
 tracking; past, tracked: adj. track- 
 less. 
 
 TRACT, s. A region; a quantity of 
 land ; continuity ; a treatise ; a 
 small book. 
 
 TRACT'ABLE. adj. Manageable; 
 docile, s.. tractability : adv. tract- 
 ably. 
 
 TRACTILE, adj. Ductile, s. trac- 
 
 tility. 
 
 TRACTION, s. Act of drawing; 
 state of being drawn. 
 
 TRADE. 5. Traffic; commerce; oc- 
 cupation, v. trade; pr. par. trad- 
 ing; past, traded: s. trader, trades- 
 man, pi. tradesmen. 
 
 TRADE'- WIND. s. The monsoon; 
 the periodical wind between the 
 tropics. 
 
 TRADITION, s. The act or prac- 
 tice of delivering accounts, from 
 mouth to mouth, without written 
 memorials, adj. traditional, tradi- 
 tionary : adv. traditionally. 
 
 TRADU'CE. v. To calumniate; to 
 censure, pr. par. traducing; past, 
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TRA— TRA 
 
 traduced: s. traducement, traducer, 
 adj. irad,ucible. 
 TRADUCTION, s. Derivation from 
 one of the same kind; propagation; 
 tradition ; transmission, adj. tra- 
 ductive. 
 
 TRAF'FIC. s. Commerce; exchange 
 of commodities, v. traffic; pr. par. 
 trafficking; past, trafficked: s. 
 trafficker. 
 
 TRA'GEDY. s. A dramatic repre- 
 sentation of a serious action ; any 
 mournful or dreadful event, pi. 
 tragedies : s. tragedian : adv. trag- 
 ically. 
 
 TRAGICOMEDY, s. A drama, com- 
 posed of merry and serious events. 
 
 . pi. tragicom.edies: adj . tragicomical. 
 
 TRAIL, v. To draw along the ground; 
 to drag. pr. par. trailing; past, 
 trailed: s. trail. 
 
 TRAIN, v. To draw by artifice or 
 stratagem; to educate; to exercise, 
 pr. par. training; past, trained. 
 
 TRAIN, s. The part of a gown that 1 
 falls behind upon the ground; a 
 series; a consecution; process; 
 retinue ; a procession ; a line of 
 powder leading to a mine, s.j 
 
 TRAIN'-OIL. 5. Oil drawn by boil- 
 ing, from the fat of a whale. 
 
 TRAIT, s. A stroke; a touch; a 
 peculiarity, pronounced tray, or 
 trate. 
 
 TRAIT'OR. 5. One who, being trust- 
 ed, betrays, adj. traitorous: adv.; 
 traitorously. 
 
 TRAITRESS, s. A woman who be- 
 trays, pi. traitresses. 
 
 TRAJECT'. v. To cast through; to 
 throw across, pr. par. trajecting ;\ \ 
 past, trajected: s. traject, irajec- 
 tion. 
 
 TRAM'MEL. s. A net in which ani- 
 mals are caught; a kind of shackles, 
 in which horses are taught to pace, 
 v. trammel; pr. par. trameling : 
 past, trameled. 
 
 TRAMP, v. To tread heavtfy. pr. 
 par. tramping; past, tramped: s. 
 tramper. 
 
 TRA— TRA 
 
 TRAM'PLE. v. To tread underfoot, 
 with pride or contempt; to tread 
 quick and loudly, pr. par. tramp- 
 ling ; past, trampled: s. trampler. 
 
 TRANCE, s. An ecstacy ; a state in 
 which the soul is rapt into visions 
 of distant or future things. 
 
 TRAiVQUIL. adj. Quiet; undisturb- 
 ed, s. tranquility: v. tranquilize ; 
 pr. par. tranquilizing ; past, tran- 
 quillized : s. tranquilizer. 
 
 TRANSACT', v. To negotiate ; to 
 perform ; to do ; to carry on. pr. 
 par. transacting ; past, transacted: 
 s. transaction, transactor. 
 
 TRANSALPINE, adj. Situated be- 
 vond the Alps. 
 
 TRANSCEND', v. To pass ; to over- 
 pass ; to surpass, pr. par. trans- 
 cending ; past, transcended ; s. 
 transcendence : adj . transcended. 
 
 TRANSCENDENTAL, adj. Gei e- 
 ral ; pervading many particular 6 ; 
 supereminent. 
 
 TRANSCRI'BE. v. To copy; to write 
 from an exemplar, pr. par. tran- 
 scribing ; past, transcribed : s. 
 transcriber, transcript, transcrip- 
 tion. 
 
 TRAN'SEPT. s. A cross ai-le. 
 TRANSFER', v. To convey; to 3 s- 
 sign from one to. another: to re- 
 move, pr. par. transferring ; past, 
 transferred : s. transfer, transfer- 
 rer : adj. transf err able. 
 TRANSFIG'URE. v. To transform, 
 pr. par. transfiguring; pnst,tra7is- 
 figured : s. transfiguration. 
 TRANSFIX', v. To pierce through, 
 I and fasten to something at the 
 i other side. pr. par. transfixing ; 
 
 past, transfixed. 
 TRANSFORM', v. To metamor- 
 phose ; to change with regard to 
 external form. pr. par. transform- 
 ing ; past, transformed : s. trans- 
 formation. 
 TRANSFUSE', v. To pour out of one 
 thing into another, pr. par. trans- 
 fusing; past, t ransfu scd : s. ti ans- 
 fusion: adj. tnmsf'asible. 
 TRANSGRESS', v. To pass beyond ; 
 
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TRA— TRA 
 
 TRA — TRA 
 
 ;to violate, pr. par. transgressing ; 
 •I past, transgressed : s. transgres- 
 ~sion, transgressor. 
 iRAN'SlENT. adj. Passing ; soon 
 ^passed; momentary; not durable. 
 Z i adv. transiently. 
 
 <RANSIL'IENCE. s. Leap from one 
 [thing to another. 
 •TvAN'SIT. 5. In astronomy, the 
 I passing of any planet just by or 
 
 under a fixed star. 
 TRANSITION, s. Removal ; passage 
 ;from one state or thing to another ; 
 
 change, adj. transitive. 
 [RAN'SITORY. adj. Continuing 
 : only a short time. adv. transitorily. 
 TRANSLATE', v. To transport ; to 
 j remove; to change; to interpret 
 I to another language, pr. par. trans- 
 | lating ; past, translated : s. trans- 
 ' lation, translator. 
 TRANSLOCATION, s. Reciprocal 
 I removal. 
 
 |RANSLU'CENT, TRANSLU'CID. 
 ; adj. Transparent ; giving a passage 
 \ to the light, s. translucency. 
 fRANSMARrNE. adj. Lying on the 
 r other side of the sea; found beyond 
 f sea. 
 
 TRANSMIGRATION, s. Passage 
 from one state or place into an- 
 other. 
 
 TRANSMIT', v. To send from one 
 person or place to another, s. trans- 
 mission: adj. transmittible, trans- 
 missive. 
 
 TRANSMUTE, v. To change from 
 one nature or substance into an- 
 
 ! other, pr. par. transmuting; past, 
 
 \ transmuted: adj. transmutable : s. 
 transmutation, transmuter. 
 
 TRANSPARENT, adj. Pervious to 
 the light ; clear, not opaque, s. 
 transparency, pi. transparencies. 
 
 TRANSPIERCE', v. To pierce 
 through, pr. par. transpiercing ; 
 
 I past, transpierced. 
 
 rRANSPI'RE. v. To emit in vapour ; 
 to escape from secrecy to notice, 
 pr. par. transpiring ; past, trans- 
 pired. 
 
 CRANSPLANT. v. To remove and! 
 
 I 
 
 plant in a new place, pr. par. trans- 
 planting ; past, transplanted : s. 
 transplantation. 
 
 TRANSPORT', v. To carry from one 
 place to another ; to carry into 
 banishment, as a felon ; to hurry 
 by violence of passion ; to put into 
 ecstacy. pr. par. transporting ; 
 past, transported ; s. transport, 
 transportation. 
 
 TRANSFO'SE. v. To put each into 
 the place of another ; to remove, 
 pr. par. transposing ; past, trans- 
 posed : s. transposal, transposition. 
 
 TRANSUBSTANTIATION. 5. A 
 miraculous operation, believed in 
 the Roman church, in which the 
 elements of the eucharist are sup- 
 posed to be changed into the real 
 body and blood of Christ. 
 
 TRANSU'DE. v. To pass through in 
 sweat or vapour, pr. par. trans- 
 uding; past, transuded: s. trans- 
 udation. 
 
 TRANSVERSE', adj. Being in a 
 cross direction, adv. transversely. 
 
 TRAP. s. A kind of snare ; a strata- 
 gem to betray or catch unawares ; 
 a kind of game. pr. par. trapping ; 
 past, trapped. 
 
 TRAPDOOR', s. A door that opens 
 vertically. 
 
 TRAPPINGS, s. Ornaments append- 
 ant to a saddle ; embellishments ; 
 su perficial and trifling decorations. 
 
 TRASH, s. Any thing worthless. 
 
 TRAVAIL, v. To labour ; to toil ; 
 to be in labour, pr. par. travailing ; 
 past, travailed : s. travail. 
 
 TRAVEL, v. To make journeys ; to 
 pass ; to move. pr. par. traveling ; 
 past, traveled: s. travel, traveller. 
 
 TRAVERSE', v. To cross ; to lay 
 athwart ; to th wart with obstacles ; 
 to oppose ; to wander over. pr. par, 
 traversing ; past, traversed : adj. 
 traverse': s.tra'verse: adj. travers- 
 able. 
 
 TRAVESTY, a. A burlesque per- 
 formance ; a literary work turned 
 into ridicule, pi. travesties : v. trav- 
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TRA — TRE 
 
 TRE-TRi 
 
 csty ; pr- par. travestying ; past, 
 travestied. 
 TRAY. 5. A shallow wooden vessel ; 
 a salver. 
 
 TREACH ERY, s. Perfidy; breach of 
 faith, pi. treacheries: adj. treach- 
 erous : adv. treacherously. 
 
 TREA'CLE. s. Molasses. 
 
 TREAD, v. To set the foot ; to tram- 
 ple ; to walk with form or state, 
 &,c. pr. par. treading; pu.st,trodden 
 s. tread. 
 
 TREAD'LE. s. A part of an engine 
 on which the feet act, to put it in 
 motion. 
 
 TREA'SON. 5. An offence committed 
 against the safety of a national 
 government, adj. treasonable: adv. 
 treasonably. 
 
 TREAS'URE. s. Wealth hoarded, v 
 treasure; pr. par. treasuring; past, 
 treasured : s. treasurer, treasury, 
 pi. treasuries. 
 
 TREAT, v. To negotiate; to settle ; 
 to discourse on ; to use in any man- 
 ner, good or bad ; to make a gratu 
 itous entertainment, &c. s. treat, 
 treaty , pi. treaties, treatment. 
 
 TREATISE, s. A written discourse. 
 
 TRE'BLE. adj. Threefold; triple, 
 v. treble; pr. par. trebling ; past, 
 trebled : adv. trebly. 
 
 TRE'BLE. s. The highest or acutest 
 part in music ; a sharp sound. 
 
 TREE. s. A large vegetable, rising 
 with one woody stem, to a consid- 
 erable height. 
 
 TRE'FOIL. s. A kind of plant. 
 
 TREM'BLE. v. To shake as with fear 
 or cold ; to totter, pr. par. trem- 
 bling ; past, trembled : s. trembler : 
 adv. tremblingly. 
 
 TREMEN'DOUS. adj. Dreadful ; hor- 
 rible; astonishingly terrible, adv. 
 tremendously. 
 
 TREM'OUR, TREM'OR. s. The state 
 of trembling; quivering or vibra- 
 to rv motion. 
 
 TREM'ULOUS.«6//.TrembliniT; fear 
 ful ; vibrating, adv. tremulously. 
 
 TRENCH, v. To cut ; to cut or dig 
 into pits or ditches ; to encroach. 
 
 pr. par. trenching; past, trenched 
 s. trench. 
 
 TRENCH' ANT. adj. Cutting, sharp 
 
 TRENCH'ER. 5. A wooden platter. 
 
 TREPAN'. 5. An instrument by 
 which surgeons cut out round 
 pieces of the skull; a snare, v. 
 trepan; pr. par. trepanning; past, 
 trepanned. 
 
 TREPIDATION. 5. State of trem- 
 bling or quivering; state of terror. 
 
 TRES'PASS. v. To transgress; to 1 
 olfend ; to enter unlawfully upon 
 another's ground, pr. par. trespass- 
 ing; past, trespassed : s. trespass, 
 pi. trespasses, trespasser. 
 
 TRESS, s. A lock or curl of hair, 
 pi. tresses. 
 
 TRES'TLE. s. The frame of a ta- 
 ble ; a movable form by which any 
 thing is supported; a three-legged 
 stool. 
 
 TRET. s. An allowance made by 
 
 merchants to retailers. 
 TREV'ET. 5. Any small thing that 
 
 stands on three legs. 
 TREY. s. A three at cards. 
 TRPANGLE. s. A figure of three 
 
 angles, adj. triangular. 
 TRIBE. 5. A distinct body of the 
 
 people, as divided by family or na 
 
 tion. 
 
 TRIBULATION, s. Persecution; 
 
 distress; vexation. 
 TRIBU'NAL. s. The seat of a judge; 
 
 a court of justice. 
 TRIB'UNE. s. An officer of Rome, 
 
 chosen by the people; the com 
 
 mander of a Roman legion. 
 TRIB UTE, s. Payment made in ac 
 
 knowledgment of subjection, adj! 
 
 tributary. 
 TRICE. 5. A short time ; an instant 
 TRICK, s. A sly fraud-, a dextrous 
 
 artifice; a vicious practice; 
 
 habit ; a number of cards laid reg« 
 
 ularly up, at play. v. trick : pr. pari 
 
 tricking; past, tricked: adv. trick* 
 
 ish. 
 
 TJUCK'LE. v. To fall in drops; to 
 rill in a slender stream, pr. par. 
 trickling; past, trickled. 
 
 5 r 376 
 
TRI — TRI 
 
 TRI'DENT. s. The three-forked 1 
 
 sceptre of Neptune. 
 , TRID'UAN. adj. Lasting three days; 
 ^ happening every third day. 
 JTRIEN'NIAL. adj. Lasting three 
 • years; happening every third year. 
 r f TRI FLE, v. To act or talk without 
 
 weight or dignity; to indulge in 
 
 light amusement; to idle. pr. par. 
 
 trifling; past, trifled: s. trifle, 
 
 trifler: adv. triflingly. 
 | TRIFO'LI ATE. adj. Having three 
 ) leaves. 
 TRl'FORM. adj. Having a triple 
 
 shape. 
 
 TRIG. s. The mark at which a per- 
 son stands or stops, before leap- 
 ing for amusement. 
 
 TRIG'GER. s. The catch, that, be- 
 ing pulled, looses the cock of a gun. 
 
 TRIG'ONAL. adj. Triangular ; hav- 
 ing three corners. 
 
 rRIGONOM'ETRY. 5. The art of 
 measuring triangles. 
 
 TRILL, s. A quaver, v. trill; pr. 
 par. trilling ; past, trilled. 
 
 TRIM. adj. Nice, snug, dressed up. 
 
 TRIM. s. Dress; ornaments; a word 
 of slight contempt. 
 
 TRIM. v. To dress; to decorate; 
 to shave; to clip; to adjust; to 
 balance a vessel; to fluctuate be- 
 tween two parties, pr. par. trim- 
 ming; past, trimmed : adv. trimly: 
 ^i. trimmer, trimness. 
 
 TRINITY, s. The incomprehensible 
 union of three persons in the God- 
 head, s. and adj. trinitarian. 
 
 TRINK'ET. s. A toy ; an ornament 
 of dress. 
 
 TRI'O. s. A piece of music, consist- 
 ing of three harmonic parts ; three 
 persons, in derision. 
 
 TRIP. v. To throw by striking the 
 feet from the ground ; to fail ; to 
 err; to move lightly; to take a 
 short journey or voyage, pr. par. 
 tripping; past, tripped: s. trip: 
 adv. trippingly. 
 
 TRIPARTITE, adj. Divided into 
 three parts; consisting of three 
 parts. 
 
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 TRI— TRO 
 
 TRIPE, s. The intestines. 
 TRIP'EDAL. adj. Having three feet. 
 TRIPER'SONAL. adj. Consisting 
 
 of three persons. 
 TRIPETALOUS. adj. Having a 
 flower consisting of three leaves. 
 TRIP HTHONG, s. A coalition of 
 
 three vowels to form one sound. 
 TRIFLE, adj. Threefold; treble; 
 
 three times repeated. 
 TRIP'LET. 5. Three verses rhym- 
 ing together. 
 TRIPLICATE, adj. Thrice as much; 
 
 trebled, s. triplication. 
 TRI' POD. 5. A seat with three feet. 
 TRiP'TOTE. 5. A noun used only 
 
 in three cases. 
 TRFREME. s. A galley with three 
 
 benches of oars on each side. 
 TRISEC'TION. s. Division into three 
 
 equal parts. 
 TRIS'YLLABLE. s. A word con- 
 sisting of three syllables, adj. tr'i- 
 syllabical. 
 TRITE, adj. Worn out ; stale ; com- 
 mon, adv. tritely: s. triteness. 
 TRITTJRATE. v. To reduce to 
 powder, pr. par. triturating; past, 
 triturated: s. trituration. 
 TRl'UMPH. s. The pomp with 
 which a victory is celebrated; state 
 of being victorious; victory, v, 
 triumph; pr. par. triumphing; past, 
 triumphed: adj. triumphal, tri- 
 umphant: adv. triumphantly. 
 TRI UM'V IRATE, TRIUM'VIRI. s, 
 A coalition or concurrence of 
 three men. 
 TRIU'NE. adj. At once three and 
 
 one. s. triunity. 
 TRIVET, s. Something supported 
 
 by three feet. 
 TRIVIAL, adj. Trifling, unimpor- 
 tant, adv. trivially: s. trivialness. 
 TROD, TROD DEN. Past par. of 
 
 the v. to tread. 
 TROL'LOP. s. A slattern. 
 TROOP, s. A company ; a body of 
 soldiers; a small body of cavalry, 
 v. troop ; pr. par. trooping ; past, 
 trooped: s. trooper. 
 TROPE, s. A metaphor, s. tropist. 
 
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TRO— TRU 
 
 TROPHY, & Something shown or 
 preserved, in token of victory, pi. 
 trophies: adj. trophied. 
 
 TROPIC. 5. One of the lines dis- 
 tant 23-2 degrees from the equator, 
 adj. tropical, situated within, or 
 belonging to the tropics. 
 
 TROT. v. To move with a high, 
 jolting pace. pr. par. trotting; past 
 trotted: s. trot, trotter. 
 
 TROTH, s. Belief, faith, verity. 
 
 TROU BADOUR, s. An early poet 
 of Provence. 
 
 TROU'BLE. v. To disturb, to per- 
 plex, to afflict, to grieve, to teaze. 
 pr. par. troubling; past, troubled. 
 s. h-ouble, troubler : adj. trouble- 
 some. 
 
 TROUGH, s. Any thing hollowed, 
 and open longitudinally on the up- 
 per side. 
 
 TROUNCE, v. To punish severely 
 pr. par. trouncing; past, trounced. 
 
 TROU'SERS, TROW'SERS.s. Long : 
 wide breeches. 
 
 TROUT, s. A kind of fresh-water 
 fish. 
 
 TROVER, s. An action instituted 
 for the delivery or value of goods, 
 found by a person who refuses to 
 deliver them, on demand. 
 
 TROWEL. 5. An instrument used 
 chiefly by masons, to lift the mor- 
 tar. 
 
 TROY, TROY'-WEIGHT. s. A 
 kind of weight, having twelve 
 ounces in a pound. 
 
 TRU'ANT. s. An idler; one who 
 wanders idly about, neglecting his 
 duty or employment, adj. truant: 
 adv. truantly. 
 
 TRUCE, s. A temporary peace ; a 
 cessation of hostilities. 
 
 TRUCK, v. To traffic by exchange: 
 to give in exchange, pr. pnr. truck- 
 ing; past, trucked: s. truck. 
 
 TRUCK. 5. Wooden wheels for car- 
 riage of cannon; a kind of car- 
 riage, with low wheels, for heavy 
 weights. 
 
 TRUCKLE, v. To he in a state of 
 subjection or inferiority ; to yield;! 
 
 TRU— TRY 
 to creep, pr. par. truckling; past, 
 
 TRUCK'LEBED, TRUN'DLEBED. 
 s. A bed that runs on wheels, un- 
 der a higher bed. 
 TRUDGE, v. To travel laboriously; 
 to march heavily on. pr. par. trudge 
 ing ; past, trudged. 
 TRUE.ai//. Agreeing with fact, or with 
 the nature of things; veracious; 
 genuine; real; faithful ; exact; con- 
 formable to a rule. s. truism, truth: 
 adv. truly: adj. truehearted. 
 TRUF'FLE. s. A subterraneous 
 
 mushroom. 
 TRULL, s. A vagrant strumpet. 
 TRUMP, s. A trumpet; a card that 
 has particular priv ileges in a game 
 TRUMP, v. To win with a trump 
 card ; to obtrude ; to trump up, to 
 invent, pr. par. trumping; past, 
 trumped. 
 
 TRUMPTRY. 5. Something falla- 
 ciously splendid; falsehood ; some- 
 thing of no value, pi. trumperies. 
 TRUMPET. 5. An instrument of 
 martial music; one who praises, 
 pr. par. trumpeting ; past, trum- 
 peted : s. trumpeter. 
 TRUNCATE, v. To cut short; to 
 maim. pr. par. truncating ; past, 
 truncated : s. truncation. 
 TRUNCH'EON. s. A short staff; a 
 
 staff of command. 
 TRUND'LE. v. To roll: to bowl 
 along, pr. par. trundling; past, 
 trundled: s. trundle, any round, 
 rolling thing. 
 THI NK, s. The body without the 
 limbs; a chest for clothes; tlia 
 proboscis of an elephant, <£c. 
 TRUX'MONS. s. The knobs or 
 bunchings of a gun, that bear it 
 on the cheeks of a carriage. 
 TRUSS, s. A bandage for ruptures; 
 a bundle, pi. trusses: v. truss ; pr. 
 oar. trussing; past, trussed. 
 TRUST, s. Confidence, reliance, 
 credit, deposit, v. trust; pr. par. 
 trusting; past, trusted: s. trustee, 
 trustiness: adv. ii-ustily.- adj. trusty. 
 TRY. v. To examine; to make ex- 
 373 
 
TUB — TUN 
 periment of ; to endeavour ; to ex- 
 amine ; to inquire into the guilt 
 or innocence of. adj. triable: s. 
 trial, trier. 
 
 FUB. s. A large open vessel of wood. 
 
 TUBE. s. A pipe ; a long, hollow 
 
 I body. adj. tubular. 
 
 TU'BERCLE. s. A pimple. 
 
 TU BULATED, TU'BEROUS. a w 
 Having prominent knots or excres- 
 
 i cences. 
 
 f UCK. s. A kind of fold. v. tuck; pr. 
 ; par. tucking; past, tucked: s. tucker. 
 •TUESDAY, s. The third day of the 
 i ; week. 
 
 TUFT. s. A number of threads or 
 
 | ribbons, or any small bodies, joined 
 
 ) together; a cluster, adj. tufted. 
 
 TUG. v. To pull with strength, long 
 
 f continued ; to struggle ; to pluck. 
 
 \ pr. par. tugging ; past, tugged : s. 
 tug, tugger. 
 
 TUITION. 5. Guardianship; super- 
 
 | intendent care. 
 
 ITU'LIP. s. A kind of flower. 
 
 mJM'BLE v. To fall ; to roll about, 
 pr. par. tumbling; past, tumbled: 
 s. tumble, tumbler. 
 
 |TUM'BREL. s. A kind of cart. 
 
 ITU'MEFY. v. To swell; to make to 
 swell, pr. par. tumefying; past, 
 tumefied: s. tumefaction. 
 
 TU'MOUR. s. A morbid swelling. 
 TU'MULOSE. adj. Full of hills, s. 
 
 tumulosity. 
 TU MULT, s. A promiscuous com- 
 motion in a multitude ; an irregu- 
 lar violence, adj. tumultuary, tu- 
 multuous : adv. tumultously. 
 UN. s. A large cask ; the measure 
 of four hogsheads ; 20 cwt. v. tun ; 
 pr. par. tunning ; past, tunned : s. 
 tunnage. 
 
 TUN'-DISH. s. A tunnel, pi. tun- 
 dishes. 
 
 TUNE. s. A diversity of notes, put 
 together ; harmony ; concert of 
 parts ; fit temper, v. tune; pr. par. 
 tuning; past, tuned: adj. tuneful, 
 tuneless : s. tuner. 
 
 TUNIC. 5. Part of the Roman dress ; 
 integument. 
 
 TUN— TUR 
 TUN'NEL. s. The shaft of a chim- 
 ney; a funnel; a pipe by which 
 liquor is poured into vessels, v. 
 tunnel; pr. par. tunneling; past, 
 tunneled. 
 
 TUN'NY. s. A kind of sea-fish. pi. 
 
 tunnies. 
 TUP. s. A ram. 
 
 TUR'BAN. s. The cover worn by the 
 Turks, on their heads, adj. tur~ 
 
 baned. 
 
 TUR'BARY. s. The right of digging 
 turf; the place where turf is dug. 
 TUR'BID. adj. Muddy; thick, s. tur- 
 
 bidness. 
 
 TUR'BOT. s. A kind of sea-fish. 
 TUR'BULENCE. s. Tumult; confu- 
 sion, adj. turbulent: adv. turbu- 
 lenily. 
 
 TURF. s. A clod covered with grass ; 
 
 peat. adj. turfy. 
 TUR'GENT. adj. Swelling, tumid, 
 
 pompous. 
 TURGES'CENCE. 5. Act of swell- 
 ing; state of being swollen ; empty 
 magnificence. 
 TUR^GID. adj. Swelling; bloated: 
 pompous ; vainly magnificent, s. 
 turgidity. 
 TUR'KEY. 5. A large fowl, supposed 
 to have been first brought from 
 Turkey. 
 
 TUR'MERIC. s. An Indian root 
 
 which makes a yellow die. 
 TUR'MOIL. s. Trouble, disturbance. 
 TURN. v. To put into a circular mo- 
 tion ; to revolve; to invert; to 
 change ; to transform, &c. pr. 
 par. turning ; past, turned: s. turn, 
 turner, turnery. 
 TURN'COAT. 5. One who forsakes 
 
 his party or principles. 
 TUR'NIP. 5. A kind of esculent root, 
 TURN'KEY. s. One who opens and 
 
 locks the doors of a prison. 
 TURNTIKE. 5. A revolving cross, 
 fixed to hinder horses from enter- 
 ing; agate where toll is collected, 
 to repair the road. In the United 
 States, a turnpike signifies an arti- 
 ficial road, covered with stones and 
 379 
 
TDR — TWI 
 
 gravel, v. turnpike; pr. par. turn- 
 piking; past, tumpiked. 
 
 TURN'SOL. s. A kind of plant. 
 
 TURN'STILE. s. A kind of turn- 
 pike, in a foot-path. 
 
 TURPENTINE, s. The gum exuded 
 by the pine. 
 
 TUR'PITUDE. s. Inherent vileness ; 
 badness. 
 
 TUR'RET. s. A little tower, adj. 
 turreted. 
 
 TURTLE, TURTLEDOVE, s. A 
 species of dove: turtle, the sea- 
 tortoise, 
 
 TUS'CAN. adj. Relating to one of 
 the orders of architecture. 
 
 TUSK. s. The long tooth of a pug- 
 nacious animal; the fang. adj. 
 
 TU'TANAG. s. A kind of mixed 
 metal, compounded of lead and 
 tin. 
 
 TUTELAGE. S . Guardianship; state 
 of being under a guardian, adj. 
 tutelar, tutelary. 
 TU'TOR. s. One who has the care 
 of another's learning and morals ; 
 a teacher, v. tutor ; pr. par. tutor- 
 ing; past, tutored: fern, tutoress, 
 pi. tutoresses: s. tutorage. 
 
 T WANG. v. To sound with a quick, 
 sharp noise ; to speak or sing with 
 an affected modulation of the 
 voice, pr. par. twanging; past, 
 twanged: s. twang. 
 
 1 WEAK. v. To pinch; to squeeze 
 between the fingers, pr.par. tweak- 
 ing; past, tweaked. 
 
 TWEE'DLE. v. To handle lightly : 
 used of awkward fiddling, pr. par. 
 tweedling ; past, tweedled. 
 
 TYVEE'ZERS. 5. Nippers, or small 
 pincers to pluck off hairs. 
 
 TWELVE, adj. Two and ten. or- 
 dinal adj. twelfth. 
 
 TWELVE'MONTH. s. A year. 
 
 TWENTY, adj. Twice ten. ordi- 
 nal adj. twentieth. 
 
 TWICE, adv. Two times; doublv. 
 
 TWIG. s. A small shoot of a branch ; 
 a switch, v. twig; pr. par. twig- 
 ging; past, twigged. 
 
 TW 7 I— TYR 
 TWILIGHT. 5. The dubious or 
 faint light, before sunrise, and 
 after sunset, adj. twilight. 
 TWIN. s. One of two born at the 
 same birth ; one born at the same 
 birth. 
 
 TWINE, v. To twist two bodies, in 
 order to unite them ; to wind, pr 
 par. twining; past, twined: s. twine 
 TWINGE, v. To torment with sud- j 
 den and short pain ; to tweak, pr. 
 par. twinging; past, twinged: s. 
 twinge. 
 
 TWINK'LE. v. To shine faintly; 
 to open and shut the eyes by turns. I 
 pr. par. twinkling; past, twinkled. 
 TWIRL, v. To turn round ; to re- 
 volve with a quick motion, pr. par. I 
 twirling; past, twirled: s. twirl. 
 TWIST, v. To form by com plica- I 
 tion, or convolution; to contort; 
 to writhe, &c. pr. par. twisting] 1 
 past, twisted: s. twist, twister. I 
 TWIT. v. To sneer, to flout, to re- 
 proach, pr. par. twitting; past, 
 twitted; adv. twittingly. 
 TWITCH, v. To pull with a quick 
 motion ; to snatch, pr. par. twitch- 
 ing: past, twitched: s. twitch. 
 TWITTER, v. To make a sharp, 
 tremulous, intermitted noise; to 
 simper, pr. par. twittering; past, ! 
 twittered: s. twitter. 
 TWO. adj. One and one. adj. two- 
 edged, two-fold, two-handed. 
 TYE. v. See Tie. 
 TY'GER. s. See Tiger. 
 TYMPAN'UM. s. A drum; a part I 
 of the ear, so called from its re- | 
 semblance to a drum. 
 TYPE. s. Emblem; mark; that bv 
 which something future is pre- 
 figured; a printing letter, adj. 
 typical: adv. typically. 
 TYP'IFY. v. To figure; to show in 
 emblem, pr. par. typifying; past, 
 typified. 
 
 TYPOGRAPHY, s. Emblematical, 
 figurative, or hieroglyphic*] repre- 
 sentation ; the art of printing, adj. 
 topograph ?ca/.adv . typographically 
 TYRANT. 5. An absolute monarch, 
 380 
 
TYR— TYR 
 governing imperiously, a cruel and 
 despotic master, adj. tyrannical: 
 adv. tyrannically: s. tyranny, pi. 
 tyrannies. 
 |TYR'ANNISE. v. To act as a ty- 
 
 TYR — TYT 
 
 rant. pr. par. tyrannizing; past, 
 
 tyrannized. 
 TY'RO. s. One not yet master of his 
 
 art ; one in his rudiments. 
 TYTHE. s. See Tithe. 
 
 u 
 
 UBI — UNA 
 /UBl'QUITY. s. Omnipresence; ex- 
 istence at the same time, in all 
 \ places. 
 
 ^UD'DER. s. The dugs of a cow. 
 
 rUG'LY. adj. Deformed; offensive 
 to the sight, s. ugliness. 
 UL'CER. s. An inveterate sore. v. 
 ulcerate ; pr. par. ulcerating ; past, 
 ulcerated: s. ulceration: adj. ul- 
 
 I cerous. 
 
 \ ULLAGE, s. The quantity which a 
 cask wants of being full. 
 ULTE RIOR, adj. Lying on the fur- 
 I ther side. 
 
 ULTIMATE, adj. Intended as the 
 l last resort ; being the last in the 
 train of consequences, adv. ulti 
 mately: s. ultimatum. 
 ULTRAMARI'NE. adj. Beyond the 
 
 sea ; foreign. 
 ULTRAMONTANE, adj. Beyond 
 
 the mountains. 
 UM'BER. 5. A yellow colour; a fish 
 UM'BRAGE. s. Shade, shadow 
 
 sentment. 
 UMBRA'GEOUS. adj. Shady; ob- 
 
 UMBRELLA. s. A screen from the 
 sun or rain. 
 
 UMBROS'ITY. s. Shadiness. 
 
 UMTIRE. s. An arbitrator ; one who, 
 as a common friend, decides dis- 
 putes, s. umpirage. 
 
 UNABASH'ED. adj. Not ashamed ; 
 not confused by modesty. 
 
 UNABATED, adj. Undiminished. 
 
 UNA'BLE. adj. Not having ability; 
 weak. 
 
 UNACCENTED, adj. Having no ac- 
 cent. 
 
 UNACCOM'PANIED. adj. Not at- 
 tended. 
 
 UNA— UNA 
 UNACCOMTLISHED. adj. Not ac- 
 
 complished. 
 UNACCOUNTABLE, adj. Not ex- 
 plicable; not to be solved by rea- 
 son ; not subject, adv. unaccount- 
 ably. 
 
 UNACCUSTOMED, adj. Not ac- 
 customed. 
 UNACKNOWLEDGED, adj. Not 
 owned. 
 
 UNACQUAINTED, adj. Not ac- 
 quainted, s. unacquaintance. 
 UNADMI'RED. adj. Not admired. 
 UNADORN'ED. adj. Not adorned. 
 UNADULTERATED, adj. Genuine; 
 
 not spoiled by spurious mixtures. 
 UNADVI'SED. adj. Imprudent; done 
 without thought, s. unadvisedness : 
 adv. unadvisedly. 
 UNAFFECTED, adj. Real; free 
 from affectation ; candid ; not la- 
 boured ; not moved, adv. unaf- 
 fectedly. 
 
 UN AFFECTING, adj. Not pathetic. 
 UNAID'ED. adj. Not assisted. 
 UNALIENABLE, adj. Not to be 
 
 transferred. 
 UNALTERABLE, adj. Unchange- 
 able; immutable, s. unalterableness: 
 adv. unalterably: adj. unaltered. 
 UNAMBITIOUS, adj. Free from 
 
 ambition. 
 UNA'MIABLE. adj. Not amiable. 
 UNANIMOUS, adj. Being of one 
 mind ; agreeing in design or opin- 
 ion, s. unanimity: adv. unani- 
 mously. 
 
 UNANSWERABLE, adj. Not to be 
 refuted, adv. unanswerably: adj. 
 unanswered. 
 UNAPPAL'LED. adj. Not impressed 
 
 ' b y fear - m 
 
UNA— UN B 
 
 UNAPPEAS'ED. adj. Not pacified. 
 
 UNAPPRISED, adj. Not informed. 
 
 UNAPPROPRIATED, adj. Having 
 no particular application. 
 
 UNAPPROVED, adj. Not approved 
 
 UNAPT', adj. Dull; not ready ; un- 
 fit; improper, s. unaptness : adv. 
 'unaptly. 
 
 UNARRAY'ED. adj. Not dressed. 
 
 UNASK'ED. adj. Not courted by 
 solicitation; not sought by en- 
 treaty or care. 
 
 UNASPIRING, adj. Not ambitious. 
 
 UNASSAIL'ABL£ adj. Not to be 
 assaulted, adj. unassailed. 
 
 UNASSISTED, adj. Not helped, 
 adj. unassisting. 
 
 UNASSUMING, adj. Not arrogant ; 
 modest. 
 
 UNATTAINABLE, adj. Not to be 
 
 attained. 
 UN ATT EMPT'ED. adj. Untried. 
 UNATTENDED, adj. Having n< 
 
 retinue; unaccompanied. ° 
 UNAU THORIZED, adj. Not sup 
 
 ported by authority. 
 UNAVAILABLE, adj. Useless; vain 
 
 with respect to any purpose, adj 
 
 unavailing: 
 UNAVENG'ED. adj. Not avenged. 
 UNAVOIDABLE, adj. Inevitable 
 
 not to be shunned, adv. unavoida- 
 bly. 
 
 UNAWA'RE, UNAWA'RES. adv. 
 
 Without thought ; unexpectedly. 
 L NA WED. adj. Unrestrained by 
 
 fear or reverence. 
 UNBAR', v. To open, by removing 
 
 the bars; to unbolt, pr. par. un 
 
 barring; past, unbarred. 
 UNBECOMING, adj. Indecent ; un- 
 suitable; indecorous, s. unbecom- 
 
 ingness: adv. unbecomingly. 
 UN BEFRIEN D'ED. adj. Wanting 
 
 friends ; without friends. 
 UNBELIEVER, s. An infidel; one 
 
 who does not entertain the same 
 
 belief as another. 
 UNBEND', v. To free from flexure ; 
 
 to relax, pr. par. unbending ; past, 
 unbent. 
 
 UNBESEEM'ING. adj. Unbecoming, jj 
 
 UNB—UNC 
 UNBI'AS. v. To free from bias. pr. 
 nJ?;V- vnhuis ™g; past, unbiased. 
 LNBID'DEN. adj. Uninvited; un- 
 
 commanded. 
 UNBIND', v. To loose; to untie, pr 
 x^^^ indin S^ P as t> unbound. 
 UNBLEMISHED, adj. Free from 
 blemish. 
 
 UNBLEND'ED. adj. Not minded 
 jUNBLEST'. adj. 3 Wretched fac 
 ! cursed. 
 
 UNBLUSHING, adj. Not having the 
 
 sense of shame. 
 UNBOLT', v. To unbar, pr. par. un 
 
 bolting; past, unbolted. 
 UNBORN', adj. Not yet brought into 
 life. 
 
 UNBO'SOM. v. To reveal in confi- 
 dence ; to open. pr. par. unbosom- 
 ing; past, unbosomed. 
 UNBOUND', adj. Loose; wanting 
 
 a cover : used of books. 
 UNBOUNDED, adj. Infinite; inter- 
 
 minable. adv. unboundedly. 
 UNBRACE, v. To loose; to relax, 
 pr. par. unbracing; past, un- 
 braced. 
 
 UNBRIDLED, adj. Not bridled, li- 
 
 centious ; not restrained. 
 UNBROKEN, adj. Unsubdued; not 
 
 violated. 
 
 UNBUCK'LE. v. To loose from 
 buckles, pr. par. unbuckling; past, 
 unbuckled. 
 UNBUILT', adj. Not vet erected. 
 UNBUR'IED. adj. Not interred. 
 UNB I JR'THEN. v. To rid of a load, 
 pr. par. unburthening ; past, un- 
 bnrthcned. 
 UNBUT TON, v. To loose any thing 
 buttoned, pr. par. unbuttoning ; 
 past, unbuttoned. 
 UNCAL'LED. adj. Not summoned. 
 UNOAN'DID. adj. Void of candour. 
 UNCA'SE. v. To disengage from any 
 covering, pr. par. uncasing; past, 
 uncased. 
 UNCEAS ING, adj. Continual. 
 UNCEREMONIOUS, adj. Not at- 
 tended with ceremony. 
 UNCERTAIN, adj. Doubtful; un- 
 33? 
 
UNC -UNC 
 
 settled, s. uncertainty, pi. uncer- 
 I tainties : adv. uncertainly. 
 ENCHAIN', v. To free from chains. 
 ] pr. par. unchaining; past, un~ 
 i chained. 
 
 UNCHANGED, adj. Not altered. 
 | adj. unchangeable, unchanging : 
 
 adv. unchangeably. 
 UNCHARITABLE, adj. Not chari- 
 ; table, s. uncharitableness : adv. 
 I uncharitably. 
 
 UNCHASTE', adj. Not chaste. 
 
 WCHRIS'TIAN. adj. Contrary to 
 
 I the laws of Christianity. 
 
 iJNCIR'CUMCISED. adj. Not cir- 
 cumcised. 
 
 JNCIR'CUMSCRIBED. adj. Un- 
 bounded. 
 
 |;JNCIR'CUMSPECT. adj. Not cau- 
 tious. 
 
 UNCIVIL, adj. Unpolite; rude. adv. 
 ■ uncivilly. 
 
 UNCIVILIZED, adj. Not reclaimed 
 I from barbarity. 
 (UNCLAIMED, adj. Not claimed. 
 [jJNCLASF. v. To open what is shut 
 
 with clasps, pr. par. unclasping ; 
 
 past, unclasped. 
 pNCLAS'SIC,UNCLAS'SICAL.ad;. 
 I Not classic. 
 
 JNCLE. 5. The brother of one's 
 father or mother. 
 
 JNCLEAN'. adj. Foul ; dirty, s. un- 
 cleanness: adv. uncleanly: s. un- 
 cleanliness. 
 
 JNCLOTHE'. v. To strip ; to make 
 naked, pr. par. unclothing; past, 
 unclothed. 
 
 [JNCOM'FORTABLE. adj. Afford- 
 ing no comfort ; dismal, s. uncom- 
 fortableness : adv. uncomfortably. 
 
 r JNCOM'MON. adj. Not frequent; 
 rare. s. uncommonness : adv. un- 
 commonly. 
 
 tfNCOMMU'NICATED. adj. Not 
 communicated, adj. uncommuni-* 
 
 t cative. 
 
 [JNCOMPL AIS ANT', adj. Not civil. 
 UNCOMPLYING, adj. Not comply- 
 ing. 
 
 UNCOMPOUND'ED. adj. Simple; 
 not mixed, s. uncompoundedness. 
 
 UNC— UNC 
 
 UNCONDITIONAL, adj. Not lim- 
 ited by terms. 
 
 UNCONFI'NED. adj. Free from re- 
 straint, adv. unconjinedly. 
 
 UNCONFIRMED, adj. Not confirm- 
 ed. J 
 
 UNCONFORMABLE, adj. Incon- 
 sistent, s. unconformity. 
 
 UNCONNECT'ED. adj. Not cohe- 
 rent ; loose. 
 
 UNCONQ'UER A BLE. adj. Not to 
 be subdued, adj. unconquered. 
 
 UNCONSCIONABLE, adj. Forming 
 unreasonable expectations, adv. 
 unconscionably. 
 
 UNCON SCIOUS, adj. Having no 
 mental perception; unknowing. 
 
 UNCONSTRAINED, adj. Free from 
 constraint, s. unconstraint : adv 
 unconstrainedly. 
 
 UNCONSU'MED. adj. Not wasted, 
 
 UNCONTRADICTED, adj. Not con 
 tradicted. 
 
 UNCONTROLLABLE, adj. Resist- 
 less, adv. uncontrollably: adj. un- 
 controlled. 
 
 UNCONTRO VERTED, adj. N<>t 
 disputed; not contradicted. 
 
 UNCON VERT'ED. adj. Not con- 
 verted. 
 
 UNCONVINCED, adj. Not convinc- 
 ed. J 
 
 UNCORD', v. To loose a thingbouud 
 with cords, pr. par. uncording; 
 past, uncorded. 
 
 UNCORRUPT'. adj. Honest; not 
 tainted by wickedness, adj. uncor- 
 rupted, uncorruptible. 
 
 UNCOU'PLE. v. To loose from cou- 
 ples ; to disjoin, pr. par. uncoup- 
 ling: past, uncoupled. 
 
 UNCOUR'TEOUS. adj. Uncivil, adv. 
 uncourteously. 
 
 UNCOURT'LY. adj. Inelegant of 
 manners; uncivil, s. uncourtliness. 
 
 UNCOUTH', adj. Strange ; unusual ; 
 awkward, s. uncouthness: adv. un- 
 couthly. 
 
 UNCOVER, v. To divest of cover- 
 ing, pr. par. uncovering; past,* 
 uncovered. 
 
 383 
 
UNC— UND 
 
 UNCREATED, adj. Not yet created ; 
 not produced by creation. 
 
 UNCTION, s. The act of anoint- 
 ing; ointment. 
 
 UNCTUOUS, adj. Fat; clammy, s. 
 unctuosity. 
 
 UNCULTIVATED, adj. Not culti- 
 vated ; not instructed. 
 
 UNCURL', v. To loose from ring- 
 lets or convolutions, pr. par. un- 
 curling'; past, uncurled. 
 
 UNCUR'RENT. adj. Not current; 
 out of credit. 
 
 UNDAUNT ED, adj. Unsubdued by 
 fear. adv. undauntedly: adj. un- 
 daunted. 
 
 UNDECEIVE', v. To set free from 
 the influence of fallacy, pr. par. 
 undeceiving; past, undeceived. 
 
 UNDECI'DED. adj. Not decided. 
 
 UNDEFA'CED. adj. Not disfio-ured. 
 
 UNDEFINED, adj. Not polluted. 
 
 UNDEFI'NABLE. adj. Not to be 
 defined, adj. undefined. 
 
 UNDENI'ABLE. adj. Not to be de- 
 nied, adv. undeniably. 
 
 UN DER. One of the prepositions. 
 
 UNDERGO', v. To suffer; to sus- 
 tain, pr. par. undergoing; past, 
 undergone. 
 
 UN'DERHAND. adj. Secretly; clan- 
 destinely. 
 
 UNDERLINE, v. To mark with 
 lines below the words, pr. par. 
 underlining ; past, underlined. 
 
 UN'DERLING. 5. An inferior agent. 
 
 UNDERMI'NE. v. To dig cavities 
 under any thing; to injure by 
 clandestine means, pr. par. under- 
 mining; past, undermined: s. un- 
 derminer. 
 
 UN'DERMOST.ad/. Lowest in place. 
 
 UNDERNEATH'. prep. Under; be- 
 low. 
 
 UN'DERPART. s. Subordinate or 
 unessential part. 
 
 UN'DERPLOT. s. The secondary 
 plot; a clandestine scheme. 
 
 UNDERRATE, v. To undervalue, 
 pr. par. underrating; past, un- 
 derrated. 
 
 UNDERSELL', v. To sell cheaper. 
 
 UND— UND 
 
 pr. par. underselling ; past, un* 
 dersold. 
 
 UNDERSTAND, v. To compre- 
 hend; to know the meaning of. 
 pr. par. understanding ; past, un- 
 derstood: s. understanding. 
 
 UN'DERSTRAPPER. s. An inferior 
 
 agent. 
 
 UNDERTA'KE. v. To attempt ; to 
 engage in. pr. par. undertaking , 
 past, undertaken: pret. undertook. 
 
 UNDERTAKER, s. One who un- 
 dertakes; one who provides ne- 
 cessaries for a funeral. 
 
 UNDERVALUE, v. To rate too 
 low; to esteem lightly, pr. par. 
 undervaluing; past, undervalued. 
 
 UNDERWENT'. Pret. of the v. wn- 
 dergo. 
 
 UN'DERWOOD. s. The low trees 
 that grow among timber. 
 
 UNDERWRITE, v. To write und,<r; 
 to subscribe to a policy of im u- 
 rance. pr. par. underwriting ; pa it, 
 underwritten: s. underwriter. 
 
 UNDESCRIB'ED. adj. Not describe d. 
 
 UNDESERVED, adj. Not merited, 
 adv. undeservedly. 
 
 UNDESIGN1NG. adj. Not acting 
 with any set purpose; sincere° 
 adj. undesigned. 
 
 (UNDETERMINED, adj. Unsettled; 
 undecided. 
 
 UNDEVTATING. adj. Regular; not 
 crooked. 
 
 UNDIGESTED, adj. Not concocted; 
 
 crude; not digested. 
 UNDIMINISHED, adj. Not lessened; 
 
 entire. 
 
 UNDIS'CIPLINED. adj. Not disci- 
 plined. 
 
 UNDISGUISED, adj. Open, artless. 
 UNDISMAY'ED. adj. Not discour- 
 aged. 
 
 UNDISSEM'BLING. adj. Not dis- 
 sembling, adj. undissembled. 
 
 UNDISTURB'ED. adj. Calm ; tran- 
 quil. 
 
 UNDO', v. To ruin; to loose; to 
 unravel, pr. par. undoing; past, 
 undone: pret. undid. 
 
 384 
 
UND — UNE 
 
 UNE— UNF 
 
 .UNDOUBTED, adj. Indubitable; 
 
 indisputable, adv. undoubtedly. 
 UNDRAWN', adj. Not drawn. 
 •UNDRESS.' v. To strip ; to divest 
 I of ornaments, pr. par. undressing; 
 
 past, iv,idressed: s. un'dress, pi. un- 
 ^ dresses. 
 
 UNDUE'! adj. Not right; illegal; 
 not agreeable to duty. 
 
 c UlYDULATE. v. To roll as waves. 
 
 f pr. par. undulating; past, undu- 
 lated: s. undulation: adj. undu- 
 lary, undulatory. 
 
 'UNDUTIFUL. adj. Not obedient; 
 
 I not reverent, s. undutifulness : 
 
 ' adv. undutifully : adj. unduteous. 
 
 i UNEARTH'ED. adj. Driven from a 
 
 ( den in the ground. 
 
 jUNEARTH'LY. adj. Not terrestrial. 
 
 fUNEA'SY. adj. Painful ; disturbed; 
 
 * not at ease. s. uneasiness: adv. un- 
 easil y. 
 
 -UNEATEN, adj. Not eaten. 
 lUNED'UCATED. adj. Not having 
 t received education. 
 fUNEL'fGIBLE. adj. Not proper to 
 
 be chosen. 
 f UNEMPLOYED, adj. Not busy ; at 
 
 leisure. 
 
 j UNENLIGHTENED, adj. Not illu- 
 ' minuted. 
 
 UNENTERTAIN'ING. adj. Giving 
 no delight. 
 
 UNEN'VIED. adj. Exempt from envy; 
 
 UNE'QUAL. adj. Not equal; dispro- 
 portioned. adv. unequally: adj. un- 
 equalled. 
 
 UNEQUIVOCAL, adj. Not equivo- 
 % cal. 
 
 UNER'RING. adj. Committing no 
 mistake, adv. unerringly. 
 
 UNESSAY'ED. adj. Unattemnted. 
 
 UNESSENTIAL, adj. Not import- 
 ant ; not constituting essence. 
 
 UNE'VEN. adj. Not even ; not level, 
 s. unevenness. 
 I UNEXAM INED, adj. Not examined. 
 ' UNEXAM'PLED. adj. Not known 
 bv anv precedent. 
 
 UNEXCEPTIONABLE, adj. Not 
 liable to anv objection. 
 
 UNEXECUTED, adj. Not executed. 
 
 UNEXHAUSTED, adj. Not spent. 
 UNEXPECTED, adj. Not expected. 
 
 adv. unexpectedly. 
 UNEXPLOR'ED. adj. Not searched 
 out. 
 
 UNEXPOSED, adj. Not exposed. 
 
 UNEXTING'UISHABLE. adj. Un- 
 quenchable, adj. unextinguished. 
 
 UNFA'DING. adj. Not withering, 
 adj. unfaded. 
 
 UNFA'IR. adj. Not fair; dishonest, 
 s. unfairness : adv. unfairly. 
 
 UNFAITH'FUL. adj. Perfidious; 
 treacherous, s. unfaithfulness: adv. 
 unfaithfully. 
 
 UNFASHIONABLE, adj. Not fash- 
 ionable. adv. unfashionably. 
 
 UNFASTEN, v. To loose; to un- 
 fix, pr. par. unfastening; past, nn- 
 fastened. 
 
 UNFATHOMABLE, adj. Not to be 
 sounded by aline, adj. unfathom >d. 
 
 UNFAVOURABLE, adj. Not fa- 
 vourable, adv. unfavourably. 
 
 UNFEASIBLE, adj. Impracticab e. 
 
 UNFED', adj. Not supplied wim 
 food. 
 
 UNFEEL'ING. adj. Void of sen.4- 
 bility. s. unfeelingness : adv. un- 
 feelingly. 
 
 UNFEIGN'ED. adj. Not counter- 
 feited; real. adv. unfeignedly. 
 
 UN FELT. adj. Not felt. 
 
 UNFETTER, v. To unchain. pr.p*r. 
 unfettering; past, unfettered. 
 
 UNFINISHED, adj. Incomplete. 
 
 UNFIT, adj. Improper; unsuitable, 
 v. unfit; pr. par. unfitting; past, 
 unfitted: s. unfitness: adv. unfitly. 
 
 UNFIX', v. To loosen ; to unfasten, 
 pr. par. unfixing; past, unfixed, 
 
 UNFLEDG'ED. adj. Not completely 
 feathered; young. 
 
 UNFOLD', v. To expand; to spread ; 
 to discover, pr. par. unfolding; 
 past, unfolded. 
 
 UNFORESEEN', adj. Not foreseen. 
 
 UNFORGIVING, adj. Relentless. 
 
 UNFORTIFIED, adj. Not fortified. 
 
 UNFORTUNATE, adj. Not suc- 
 cessful; unprosperous. adv. wrc- 
 fortunately. 
 
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UNF— UNO 
 
 tJNFOUGHT'. adj. Not fought. 
 UNFOUND'ED. adj. Void of found- 
 ation. 
 
 UNFREQUENTED, adj. Rarely 
 visited. 
 
 UNFRE'QUENTLY. adv. Not com- 
 monly. 
 
 UNFRIEND'LY. adj. Not benevo- 
 lent ; not kind. s. unfriendliness. 
 
 UNFRUITFUL, adj. Not fruitful, 
 s. unfruitfulness. 
 
 UNFURL', v. To expand; to unfold, 
 pr. par. unfurling,- past, unfurled. 
 
 UNGAINLY, adj. Awkward; un- 
 couth. 
 
 UNGAIN'FUL. adj. Unprofitable. 
 UNGAR'RISONED. adj. Without a 
 garrison. 
 
 UNGENEROUS, adj. Niggardly 
 mean, not liberal, adv. ungene- 
 rously. 
 
 UNGE'NIAL. adj. Not congenial. 
 UNGENTEEL'. adj. Not genteel. 
 UNGEN'TLEMANLIKE. adj. Un 
 
 like a gentleman, adj. ungentle 
 
 manly. 
 
 UNGIRD'. v. To loose any thing 
 bound with a girdle, pr. par. un- 
 girding,- past, ungirded: adj. un 
 girt. 
 
 UNGOD'LY. adj. Wicked ; negligent 
 of God. s. ungodliness: adv. un- 
 godlily. 
 
 UNGOV'ERNABLE. adj. Not to be 
 
 . ruled; not to be restrained, adv 
 ungovernably. 
 
 UNGOV'ERNED. adj. Without gov. 
 ernment ; unbridled. 
 
 UNGRACE'FUL. adj. Wanting ele- 
 gance, s. ungracefulness. 
 
 UNGRA'CIOUS. adj. W T icked, odi- 
 ous, offensive, unpleasing. adv. 
 ungraciously. 
 
 UNGRAMMAT'ICAL. adj. Not ac- 
 cording to grammar, adv. ungram- 
 matically. 
 
 UNGRAT E'FUL. adj. Not grateful, 
 s. ungratefulness : adv. ungrate- 
 fully. 
 
 UNGRAT'IFIED. adj. Not gratified. 
 UNGROUNDED, adj. Having no 
 foundation 
 
 t XG— UNI 
 
 UNGUARD'ED. adj. Undefended; 
 
 careless; imprudent, adv. un- 
 
 guardedly. 
 UN G'UENT. s. Ointment. 
 UNGUID'ED. adj. Not directed. 
 UNHAL'LOYYED. adj. Unholy; 
 
 profane. 
 
 UNHAND'SOME. adj. Ungraceful ; 
 illiberal, s. unhandsomentss : adv. 
 unhandsomely. 
 
 UNHANDY, adj. Awkward. 
 
 UNHANG', v. To divest of hang- 
 ings; to take down from a hook, 
 pr. par. unhanging; past, unhung. 
 
 UNHANG'ED. adj. Not put to death 
 bv the gallows. 
 
 UNHAFTY. adj. Wretched: mis- 
 erable; unfortunate, s. unhappi- 
 ness: adv. unhappily. 
 
 UNHARM'ED. adj. Unhurt. 
 
 UN H ARM CKN IOU S. adj. Unmusi* 
 cal, harsh, discordant. 
 
 UNHAR'NESS. v. To loose from ihe 
 traces; to disarm, pr. par. unhar- 
 nessing; past, unharnessed. 
 
 UNHEALTH'Y. adj. Sickly, s. r n> 
 healthiness. 
 
 UNHEARD', adj. Not perceived by 
 the ear; not vouchsafed an audi- 
 ence. 
 
 UXHEED'ED. adj. Disregarded. 
 
 UNHEED'FUL. adj. Incautious, adj. 
 unheeding. 
 
 UNHEWN', adj. Not hewn. 
 
 UNHINGE', v. To throw from the 
 hinges; to disorder, pr. par. un- 
 hinging; past, unhinged. 
 
 UNHO'LY. adj. Profane; impious. 
 
 s. unhol biess. 
 UNHON'OURED. adj. Not vene- 
 
 rated ; not celebrated. 
 UNHORSE', v. To throw from the 
 
 saddle, pr. par. unhorsing; pa6t, 
 
 unhorsed. 
 UNHURT', adj. Free from harm 
 
 adj. unhurtful. 
 U'XICORN. s. A beast that has only 
 
 one horn. 
 U'MFORM. adj. Similar to itself, 
 
 conforming to one rule".-, il uni- 
 formity . adv. umformfv. 
 
 MS 
 
UNI— UNJ 
 NIMP AIRED, adj. Not diminished; 
 not injured. 
 
 NIMPAS'SIONED. adj. Not en- 
 dowed with passions; not pathetic. 
 NIM PEACH' ABLE. adj. Not ac- 
 
 j disable, adj. unimpeached. 
 • N EM PORT ANT. adj. Not mo- 
 
 I mentous. 
 
 JNIN'FLUENCED. adj. Not influ- 
 enced. 
 
 fN INFORM' ED. adj. Ignorant. 
 
 JNIN'JURED. adj. Unhurt. 
 
 TNINSTRUCT'ED. adj. Not taught. 
 
 ^INSTRUCTIVE, adj. Not con- 
 
 I ferring any improvement. 
 
 'jNINTEL'LlGiBLE. adj. That can- 
 not be understood, s. unintelligi 
 
 I bility: adv. unintelligibly. 
 
 7NTN TEN' TIONAL. adj. Not de- 
 signed, adv. unintentionally. 
 
 fc NINTEREST'ING. adj. Exciting 
 no interest. 
 
 ^INTERMITTING, adj. Contin- 
 
 i uing. par. adj. unintermitted. 
 
 jiNINTERRUPT'ED. adj. Not inter- 
 
 I rupted. adv. uninterruptedly. 
 
 I N INVITED, adj. Not asked. 
 
 L'NION. s. The act of joining in one; 
 
 j concord; federation. 
 
 m MFAROUS. adj. Bringing one at 
 a birth. 
 
 UNIQUE', adj. Sole; without an 
 . equal. 
 
 IJ NISON. adj. Sounding alone, s. uni- 
 son, an exact agreement of sound. 
 
 'U'NIT. 9. One ; the least number. 
 
 U^ITA'RIAN. s. Oneof a sect which 
 believes in the unity of God. 
 
 •UNITE, v. To join in one; to make 
 agree or adhere, pr. par. uniting; 
 past, united: s. uniter, unity, pi 
 unities: adv. unitedly. 
 
 UNTVER'SAL. adj. General; total 
 
 j s. universality : adv. universally. 
 
 U'NIVERSE. s. The general system 
 
 j of things. 
 
 UNIVERSITY, s. A school where 
 all the arts are taught, pi. univer- 
 sities. 
 
 UNJUST', adj. Iniquitous; contrary 
 , to justice, adv. unjustly. 
 UNJUSTIFIABLE, adj. Not to be 
 
 UNK— UNM 
 
 justified, adv. unjustifiably: adj. 
 unjustified. 
 UNKEN'NEL. v. To drive from his 
 hole; to rouse from his retreat, 
 pr. par. unkenneling ; past, unken- 
 neled. 
 
 UNKIND', adj. Not favourable ; not 
 kind. s. unkindness, unkindliness : 
 adv. unkindly. 
 UNKNOWINGLY, adv. Ignorantly. 
 UNKNOWN', adj. Not known. 
 UNLA'CE. v. To loose any thing 
 fastened with a lace. pr. par. un- 
 lacing ; past, unlaced. 
 UNLA'DE. v. To remove from that 
 which carries, pr. par. unlading; 
 past, unladed. 
 UNLAMENT'ED. adj. Not deplored. 
 UNLATCH', v. To open by lifting 
 up the latch, pr. par. unlatching; 
 past, unlatched. 
 UNLAWFUL, adj. Contrary to law. 
 
 s. unlawfulness : adv. unlawfully, 
 UNLEARN', v. To forget or disuse 
 what has been learned, pr. par. 
 unlearning ; past, unlearned. 
 UNLEA V'ENED.adj. Not fermented. 
 UNLESS', conj. Except; if not. 
 UNLETTERED, adj. Unlearned. 
 UNLICENSED, adj. Having no per- 
 mission. 
 
 UNLI'KE. adj. Dissimilar; improb- 
 able, adv. unlikely: s. unlikeness, 
 unlikelihood, unlikeliness. 
 UNLIMITED, adj. Having no lim- 
 its, adv. unlimitedly. 
 UNLOAD', v. To disburthen. pr. par. 
 
 unloading; past, unloaded. 
 UNLOCK', v. To open a lock. pr. 
 
 par. unlocking; past, unlocked. 
 UNLOOK'ED, UNLOOK'ED FOR. 
 
 adj. Unexpected. 
 UNLOOSE', v. To loose, pr. par. 
 
 unloosing ; past, unloosed. 
 UNLUCK'Y. adj. Unfortunate ; un- 
 happy; inauspicious, s. unlucku 
 ness: adv. unluckily. 
 UNMAN', v. To make irresolute; 
 to deject, pr. par. unmanning; 
 past, unmanned. 
 UNMANAGEABLE, adj. Not man, 
 qgeable. 
 
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UNM — UNO 
 
 tHMAN'AGED. adj. Not tutored;! 
 
 not educated. 
 UNMAN'LY. adj. Unsuitable to a 
 
 man ; effeminate. 
 UNMAN'NERED. adj. Ill-bred; rude. 
 
 adv. unmannerly; s. unmannerli- 
 
 UNMARRIED, adj. Not married. 
 UNMASK', v. To strip of a disguise, 
 pr. par. unmasking; past, un- 
 
 UNMATCH'ED. adj. Matchless; 
 having no equal. 
 
 UNMEANING, adj. Having no 
 meaning. 
 
 UNMEANT', adj. Not intended. 
 
 UNMEDITATED, adj. Not pre- 
 viously thought of. 
 
 UNMERCHANTABLE, adj. Un- 
 saleable. 
 
 UNMERCIFUL, adj. Cruel; se- 
 vere, s. unmercifulness : adv. un- 
 mercifully. 
 
 UNMER'ITED. adj. Not deserved, 
 s. unmeritedness. 
 
 UNMIND'ED. adj. Not heeded. 
 
 UNMINDFUL, adj. Negligent, s. 
 unmindfulness : adv. unmindfully. 
 
 UNMOLESTED, adj. Undisturbed. 
 
 UNMO'VED. adj. Not moved; not 
 affected. 
 
 fc NNA'MED. adj. Not named; not 
 mentioned. 
 
 I) NN AT URAL, adj. Contrary to na- 
 ture ; forced, adv. unnaturally. 
 
 UNNECESSARY, adj. Needless, adv. 
 unnecessarily. 
 
 UNNEIGHBOURLY, adj. Unkind. 
 
 UNNERVE', v. To enfeeble, pr. par. j 
 unnerving ; past, Unnerved. 
 
 UNNOTED, adj. Not observed. 
 
 UNNHM'BERE!). adj. Not counted. I 
 
 UNOBJECTIONABLE, adj. Not to 
 be obiected to. 
 
 UNOBSERVANT, adj. Not atten- 
 tive. 
 
 UNOBSERVED, adj. Not rooanled; 
 unseen, adv. unobservedly : adj. j 
 un observing. 
 
 UNOBSTRUCTED, adj. Not hin- 
 dered. 
 
 UNOBTRUSIVE, adj. Not obtrusive. 
 
 UNO— UNP 
 
 I UNOCCUPIED, adj. Unpossessed. 
 UNORGANIZED, adj. Not organ- 
 I ized. 
 
 UNPA'CIFIED. adj. Not composed. 
 UNPACK', v. To open things pack- 
 ed up. pr. par. unpacking; past, 
 unpacked. 
 UNPAID 7 , adj. Not paid. 
 UNPAL'ATABLE. adj. Nauseous; 
 
 disagreeable. 
 UNPARALLELED, adj. Not to be 
 equalled. 
 
 UNPARDONABLE, adj. Not to be 
 forgiven, adv. unpardonably : adj. 
 unpardoned. 
 UNPARLIAMENTARY, adj. Con- 
 t.rary to the usage or constitution 
 of parliament. 
 UN PATRONIZED, adj. Having no 
 patron. 
 
 UNPEOTLE. v. To depopulate, pr. 
 
 par. unpeopling; past, unpeopled. 
 UN PERCEIVED, adj. Not observed. 
 UNPERFORM'ED. adj. Undone. 
 UNPIN', v. To open any thing 
 fastened with a pin. pr. par. un- 
 pinning ; past, unpinned. 
 UNFITTING, adj. Without pity. 
 
 adj. unpitied adv. unpitifully. 
 UNPLEAS ANT, adj. Not pleasant; 
 uneasy, s. unpleasantness: adv. un- 
 pleasantly. 
 UN PLEA S'ING. adj. Offensive, s. 
 
 unpleasingness. 
 UNPOL'ISHED. adj. Not smoothed; 
 
 not refined. 
 UNPOL1TE. adj. Not elegant; not 
 
 civil, s. vnpoliieness. 
 UN POLLUTED, adj. Not corrupted. 
 UNPOPULAR, adj. Not popular; 
 I disliked, s. unpopularity. 
 UN PORTIONED, adj. Not endowed 
 
 with a fortune. 
 UNI r ACTISED. adj. Not habiti a 
 I ted ; not skilful. 
 UNPRECEDENTED, adj. Without 
 
 an example. 
 UNPRE JUDICED, adj. Free from 
 
 prejudice. 
 UNPREMEDITATED.^. Not pre- 
 meditated. 
 
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UNP— UNR 
 1 UNPREPA'RED. adj. Not prepared.! 
 
 a. unpreparedness. 
 | UNPRETENDING, adj. Not claim- 
 ; ing any distinction. 
 UNPREVENT'ED.ad;'. Not hindered. 
 1 UNPRIN CIPLED, adj. Without set- 
 tled principles ; nefarious. 
 •■■ UNPRINT'ED. adj. Not printed. 
 UNPRODUCTIVE, adj. Not effi- 
 cient ; barren. 
 * : UNPROFITABLE, adj. Not profit- 
 able, adv. unprqfitably. 
 
 * UNPROLIF'IC. adj. Barren. 
 | UNPROM'ISING. adj. Giving no 
 I promise of excellence. 
 
 • UN PROPITIOUS, adj. Inauspicious. 
 c UN PROTECTED, adj. Not pro- 
 tected. 
 
 f UNPROVl'DED. adj. Not provided. 
 
 J UNPROVOK'ING. adj. Giving no 
 3lfence. adj. vnprovoked. 
 
 : UNPUB'LISHED. adj. Not publish- 
 
 [ id: secret; unknown. 
 UNPUNISHED, adj. Not punished. 
 UNQUALIFY, v. To disqualify; to 
 
 I divest of qualification, pr. par. un- 
 qualifying; past, unqualified. 
 
 | UNQUESTIONABLE, adj. Indubi- 
 table, adv. unquestionably: adj. 
 unquestioned. 
 
 I \ NQUI'ET. adj. Not calm ; not dis- 
 turbed. 
 
 UNRAVEL, v. To disentangle; to 
 extricate, pr. par. unraveling; 
 past, unraveled. 
 U NREAD'. adj. Not read. 
 I UNREADY, adj. Not prepared ; not 
 prompt, s. unreadiness. 
 UNRF/AL. adj. Unsubstantial. 
 J UNREASONABLE, 'adj. Not agree- 
 able to reason ; exorbitant, s. un- 
 i reasonableness: adv. unreasonably. 
 UNRECLAIM'ED. adj. Not tamed; 
 
 not. reformed. 
 UNREFI'NED. adj. Not refined. 
 I UNRELENTING, adj. Cruel ; re- 
 lentless. 
 
 j UNREMITTING, adj. Not abating; 
 persevering. 
 UNREPEALED, adj. Not revoked. 
 UNRESISTING, adj. Not opposing, 
 adj. unresisted. 
 
 2K2 
 
 UNR—UTCS 
 
 UNREST, s. Disquiet. 
 UNRESTRAIN'ED. adj. Not con. 
 
 fined ; unlimited. 
 UNREVEAL'ED.adj. Not discovered. 
 UNREVENG'ED. adj. Not revenged, 
 UNREWARD'ED.adj. Not rewarded. 
 UiNRID'DLE. v. To solve an enigma, 
 pr. par. unriddling ; past, unrid- 
 dled: s. unriddler. 
 UNRIGHT'EOUS.ad/*. Unjust; wick- 
 ed, s. unrighteousness: adv. un- 
 righteously. 
 UNRI'PE. adj. Immature, s. unripe* 
 
 UN R I' V A LED. adj. Having no rival; 
 
 unequaled. 
 UNRO'BE. v. To undress, pr. par. 
 
 unrobing; past, unrobed. 
 UNROLL', v. To open any thing 
 rolled, pr. par. unrolling; past, 
 unrolled. 
 
 UNROOF', v. To strip off the roof. 
 
 pr. par. unroofing; past, unroofed, 
 UNRUF'FLE. v. To cease from agi- 
 tation, pr. par. unruffling; past, 
 unruffled. 
 UNRULY, adj. Turbulent; ungov- 
 ernable, s. unruliness* 
 UNSAD'DLE. v. To take off the sad- 
 dle, pr. par. unsaddling; past, un- 
 saddled. 
 
 UNSA'FE. adj. Not secure; dan- 
 gerous, adv. unsafely. 
 UNSALEABLE, adj. Not merchant- 
 able. 
 
 UNSANC'TIFIED. adj. Unholy. 
 UNSATISFACTORY, adj. Not giv- 
 ing satisfaction. 
 UNSATISFIED, adj. Not contented. 
 UNSAVOURY, adj. Tasteless; un- 
 pleasing. s. unsavouriness : adv. 
 unsavourily. 
 UNSAY', v. To retract ; to recant. 
 
 pr. par. unsaying; past, unsaid. 
 UNSCREW, v. To loosen a screw 
 pr. par. unscrewing; past, un- 
 
 UNSCRIPTURAL. adj. Not defen- 
 sible bv Scripture. 
 UNSEARCH'ABLE. adj. Inscruta- 
 ble. 
 
 UNSEASONABLE, adj. Ill-timed; 
 
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UNS— UNS 
 
 unfit, s. unreasonableness : adv. un- 
 seasonably. 
 
 UNSEEM'LY. adj. Indecent; unbe- 
 coming, s. unseemliness. 
 
 UNSEEN', adj. Not seen; invisible. 
 
 UNSERVICEABLE, adj. Useless. 
 
 UNSETTLE, v. To make uncertain; 
 to overthrow, pr. par. unsettling; 
 past, unsettled : s. unsettledness. 
 
 UNSHA'KEN. adj. Unmoved. 
 
 UNSHEATH'. v. To draw from the 
 scabbard, pr. par. unsheathing; 
 past, unsheathed. 
 
 UNSHIP', v. To take out of a ship, 
 pr. par. unshipping ; past, unship- 
 ped. 
 
 UNSHOD', adj. Having no shoes. 
 
 UNSHORN', adj. Not clipped. 
 
 UNSIGHT'LY. adj. Disagreeable to 
 the sight, s. unsightliness. 
 
 UNSKIL'FUL. adj. Wanting skill, 
 s. unskilfulness : adv. unskilfully : 
 adj. unskilled. 
 
 UNSOCIABLE, adj. Not sociable, 
 adv. unsociably. 
 
 UNSOCIAL, adj. Not social. 
 
 UNSOLD', adj. Not sold. 
 
 U NSOL'DIERLIKE, UNSOL'DIER- 
 LY. adj. Unbecoming a soldier. 
 
 UNSOLICITED, adj. Not solicited. 
 
 UNSOPHISTICATED, adj. Not 
 adulterated ; not counterfeit. 
 
 UNSORT'ED. adj. Not separated ; 
 not suitable. 
 
 UNSOUGHT', adj. Not sought for. 
 
 UNSOUND', adj. Not sound, s. un- 
 soundness. 
 
 UNSOWN', adj. Not sown. 
 
 UNSPEAK'ABLE. adj. Unutterable, 
 adv. unspeakably. 
 
 UNSPECIFIED, adj. Not specified. 
 
 UNSPOTTED, adj. Unstained ; im- 
 maculate. 
 
 UNSTA'BLE. adj. Not fixed; in- 
 constant. 
 
 UN STAID', adj. Not cool; not steady, 
 s. unstaidness. 
 
 UNSTEAD'Y. adj. Inconstant ; mu- 
 table, s. unsteadiness: adv. un- 
 steadily. 
 
 UNSTUMED. adj. Unpremeditated. 
 UNSUBSTANTIAL, adj. Not solid. 
 
 UNS— UNT 
 
 UNSUCCESSFUL, adj. Not suc- 
 cessful, s. unsuccessfulness : adv. 
 unsuccessfully. 
 
 UNSUITABLE, adj. Not suitable- 
 s. unsuitableness. 
 
 UNSULLIED, adj. Not disgraced ; 
 pure. 
 
 UNSUNG', adj. Not celebrated in 
 verse. 
 
 UNSUPPORTED, adj. Not support- 
 ed. 
 
 UNSU'RE. adj. Not fixed; not certain. 
 UNSURMOUNT'ABLE. adj. Insu- 
 perable. 
 
 UNSUSCEPTIBLE, adj. Not liable 
 to admit impression. 
 
 UNSUSPECTING, adj. Not imagin- 
 ing that any ill is designed, adj. 
 unsuspected. 
 
 UNSUSPICIOUS, adj. Having no 
 suspicion. 
 
 UNSWORN', adj. Not bound by an 
 oath. 
 
 UNTA'MEABLE. adj. Not to be 
 
 tamed, adj. untamed. 
 UNTAUGHT, adj. Uninstructed. 
 UNTEN'ABLE. adj. Not to be held 
 
 in possession ; not maintainable. 
 UNTENANTED, adj. Having no 
 
 tenant. 
 
 UNTEND'ED. adj. Not having any 
 
 attendance. 
 UNTHANK'FUL. adj. Ungrateful. 
 
 s. unthankfulness : adv. unthank- 
 fully. 
 
 UNTHINKING, adj. Thoughtless. 
 UNTHRIFTY, adj. Prodigol ; waste 
 
 ful; not improving, s. unthrifti 
 
 ness : adv. unthriftily. 
 UNTI'DY. adj. Not tidv ; slovenlv 
 UNTIE', v. To unbind; to unfasten. 
 
 pr. par. untying ; past, untitd. 
 UNTIL', adv. and prep. To the time 
 
 that. 
 
 UNTIME'LY. adj. Happening before 
 the natural time ; illtimed. 
 
 UNTO. One of the prepositions. 
 
 UNTOLD', adj. Not told; not re- 
 vealed. 
 
 UNTOWARD, adj. Froward ; awk- 
 ward; vexatious, adv. untowardlyt 
 s. untowardness. 
 
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UNT— UNW 
 UNTRAIN'ED. adj. Not educated; 
 
 not disciplined. 
 UNTRAV'ELED. adj. Never trodden 
 
 by passengers ; never having seen 
 
 foreign countries. 
 UNTRl'ED. adj. Not yet attempted; 
 
 not having passed trial. 
 UNTROD'DEN. adj. Not marked by 
 
 the foot. 
 
 UNTROUB'LED. adj. Not disturbed 
 by care ; transparent. 
 
 UNTRUE', adj. False, s. untruth: 
 adv. untruly. 
 
 UNTUTORED, adj. Uninstructed. 
 
 UNTWTNE. v. To open what is 
 wrapped on itself; to separate that 
 which clasps round any thing. 
 
 UNU'SED. adj. Not put to use ; not 
 accustomed. 
 
 UNUSUAL, adj. Uncommon ; rare, 
 s. unusualness: adv. unusually. 
 
 UN UTTER ABLE. adj. Inexpressi- 
 ble. 
 
 U ^VAL'UED. adj. Not prized ; ines- 
 timable. 
 
 I '^VAR'NISHED. adj. Not var- 
 nished. 
 
 I'NVA'RYING. adj. Unchanging, 
 adj. unvaried. 
 
 I NVERS'ED. adj. Unacquainted. 
 
 I [WIS'ITED. adj. Not resorted to ; 
 never yet visited. 
 
 I) N WARRANTABLE, adj. Not de- 
 fensible; not allowed, adv. unwar- 
 rantably. 
 
 UNWARRANTED, adj. Not cer- 
 tain ; not ascertained. 
 
 UNWA'RY. adj. Imprudent; unex- 
 pected, s. unwariness : adv. un- 
 warily. 
 
 UNWEL'COME. adj. Not pleasing; 
 not well received. 
 
 UNWELL', adj. Not well ; slightly 
 indisposed. 
 
 UNWEPT', adj. Not lamented. 
 
 UNWHOLE'SOME. adj. Insalubri- 
 ous ; corrupt, s. unwholesomeness. 
 
 UNWIEL'DY. adj. Unmanageable; 
 bulky, adv. unwieldily. 
 
 UNWIL'LING. adj. Not inclined; 
 not complying by inclination, s. 
 unwillingness : adv. unwillingly. 
 
 UNW — UPS 
 
 UN Wl'SE. adj. Defective in wisdom , 
 
 injudicious, adv. unwisely. 
 UNWISH'ED. adj. Not sought; not 
 desired. 
 
 UN WITNESSED, adj. Wanting tes- 
 timony. 
 
 UNWITTINGLY, adv. Without 
 
 knowledge. 
 UNWOMANLY, adj. Unbecoming 
 
 a woman. 
 UNWONTED, adj. Uncommon; un- 
 used. 
 
 UNWORTHY, adj. Not worthy, s. 
 
 unworthiness : adv. unworthily. 
 UNWRITTEN, adj. Not written; 
 
 oral ; traditional. 
 UN WROUGHT, adj. Not laboured. 
 UNYIELDING, adj. Not giving 
 
 place ; obstinate. 
 UN YO'KE. v. To loose from the yoke. 
 
 pr. par. unyoking; past, unyoked. 
 UP. One of the prepositions, adv. 
 
 UJ). 
 
 UPBRAID', v. To charge contempt- 
 uously with any thing disgraceful; 
 to reproach, pr. par. upbraiding 1 ; 
 past, up braided: s. upbr aider : adv. 
 upbraidingly. 
 UPHEAVE', v. To heave up. pr. par. 
 
 upheaving ; past, upheaved. 
 UPHILL', adj. Difficult; laborious. 
 UPHOLD', v. To lift on high ; to sup- 
 port; to continue, pr. par. uphold- 
 ing; past, upheld: s. upholder. 
 UPHOL'STERER. s. One who fur- 
 nishes houses with beds, curtains, 
 &c s. upholstery. 
 UP'LAND. s. High ground, adj. up- 
 land. 
 
 UPLIFT, v. To raise aloft, pr. par. 
 
 uplifting; past, uplifted. 
 UPON', prep. Not under , not with- 
 in; on. 
 
 UFPER. adj. Superior in place; 
 
 higher, sup. uppermost. 
 UPRIGHT, adj. Perpendicularly 
 erect ; honest, s. uprightness : adv. 
 uprightly. 
 UPROAR; s. Tumult ; disturbance. 
 UPSET, v. To overturn, pr. par. up- 
 setting; past, upset. 
 UPSHOT, s. Conclusion; final event. 
 
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UPS-USH 
 UPSTART, s. One suddenly raised 
 to wealth, power, or honour, adj. 
 upstart 
 
 UPTURN', v. To throw up; to fur- 
 row, pr. par. upturning ; past, up- 
 turned. 
 
 UPWARD, adv. Directed to a higher 
 part. adv. upwards. 
 
 URBA'NE. adj. Civil ; courteous, s. 
 urbanity. 
 
 URCHIN, s. A hedge-hog, 
 
 URGE. v. To incite; to push; to 
 provoke, pr. par. urging; past, 
 urged : s. urger, urgency ; adj. ur- 
 gent: adv. urgently. 
 
 U'RiNE. s. Animal water, adj. uri- 
 nary. 
 
 URN s. A vessel used for the ashes 
 
 of the dead, &c. 
 UR'SULINE. adj. Denoting an order 
 
 of nans. 
 
 US. pron. The objective case of we. 
 U'SAGE. s. Treatment ; custom. 
 USANCE, s. A term used by mer- 
 chants. 
 
 USE. s. Usage ; custom ; habit; con- 
 venience, x.use; pr. par. using; 
 past, used: adj. useful, useless: s. 
 user, usefulness, uselessness: adv. 
 usefully, uselessly. 
 
 USH'ER. s. An introducer ; an under- 
 
 USQ—UXO 
 
 teacher, v. usher ; pr. par. usher- 
 
 ing; past, ushered. 
 USQUEBAUGH', s. A compounded 
 
 distilled spirit. 
 U'SUAL. adj. Common, customary, 
 ^ frequent, adv. usually. 
 USUFRUCT, s. The temporary use. 
 
 adj. usufructuary. 
 USURP', v. To seize without right, 
 pr. par. usurping; past, usurped: 
 s. usurpation, usurper: adv. usurp- 
 ingly. 
 
 U'SURIT. s. Money paid for the use 
 of money ; interest ; illegal inter- 
 est, s. usurer: ^.usurious: adv. 
 usuriously. 
 UTEN'SIL. s. An instrument for use. 
 UTERINE, adj. Belonging to the 
 womb. 
 
 UTIL'ITY. 5. Usefulness; profit. 
 UTMOST, adj. Extreme; in the 
 
 highest degree, s. utmost. 
 UTO'PIAN. adj. Ideal; not real. 
 UTTER, adj. Situated on the out- 
 side; extreme; excessive, sup. ut- 
 termost: s. uttermost: adv. utterly. 
 UT'TER. v. To speak ; to pronounce ; 
 to publish, pr. par. uttering; past, 
 uttered : s. utterer. 
 UXO'RIOUS. adj. Submissively fond 
 of a wife. s. uxoriousness • adv. 
 uxoriously. 
 
 VAC — VAC 
 
 V 
 
 V A 'CANT. adj. Empty; unfilled; 
 unoccupied, v. vacate; pr. par. 
 vacating; pan, vacated: s. vaca- 
 , Hon, vacancy, pi. vacancies. 
 
 VACCINATE, v. To inoculate with 
 vaccine matter, pr. par. vaccinat- 
 ing; past, vaccinated: s. vaccina- 
 tion, vaccinator. 
 
 VACCINE, adj. Of or belonging to 
 a cow. 
 
 VACILLATE, v. To waver; to be I 
 inconstant, pr. par. vacillating ; 
 past, vacillated ; s. vacillation. 
 
 VACUITY, s. Emptiness, pi. vacu 
 ities. 
 
 VAC — VAI 
 
 VACUUM, s. Space unoccupied by 
 
 matter. 
 
 VAG'ABOND. Wandering ; va- 
 grant, s. vagabond. 
 
 VAGA'RY. s. A wandering ; a capri- 
 cious freak, pi. vagaries. 
 
 VA'GRANT. adj. Wandering; un- 
 settled, s. vagrant, vagrancy. 
 
 VAGUE, adj. Unmeaning, undeter 
 mined. 
 
 VAIL. s. A curtain; a cover; money 
 given to servants, v. vail; pr. par. 
 vailing: past, vailed. 
 
 : VAIN. adj. Fruitless ; unreal ; mean 
 lv proud ; showv. adv. vainly. 
 
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VAL-YAN 
 
 VALE. s. A wide, open space, be 
 tween hills. 
 
 VALEDICTION, s. A farewell, adj. 
 valedictory. 
 
 VALENTINE, s. A sweetheart, cho- 
 sen on Valentine's day; a letter 
 sent on Valentine's dav. 
 
 VALE RIAN, s. A kind of plant. 
 
 V\LET'. s. A waiting servant. 
 
 VALETUDINARIAN, VALETU- 
 DINARY, adj. Weakly; sickly, 
 s. valetudinarian. 
 
 VALTANT. adj. Stout j brave, adv. 
 valiantly. 
 
 VALID, adj. Efficacious, weighty, 
 
 conclusive, s. validity. 
 VAL'LEY. s. A low ground or a hoi 
 
 low between two hills, pi. valleys. 
 VALLI'SE. s. A portmanteau. 
 VAL'OUR. s. Personal bravery: 
 
 strength, adj. valorous : adv. val- 
 
 orously. 
 
 VA.LTE.i. Price; worth; high rate, v 
 value; pr.par. valuing; past, valued: 
 r. valuation, valuator: adj. valuable. 
 
 V »,LVE. s. A folding door ; any thing 
 ( hat opens over "the mouth of a 
 vessel. 
 
 \ VMP. v. To mend old things : to 
 piece, pr. par. vamping ; past, 
 \mnped : s. vamper. 
 
 V VMP. s. The upper leather of a 
 /hoe : a sock. 
 
 VAMPIRE. 5. A pretended demon: 
 n kind of bat. 
 
 VAN. s. The front of an army or 
 fleet : the first line. s. vanguard. 
 
 VANDAL'IC. adj. Barbarous : re- 
 sembling the character of the Van- 
 dals, s. vandalism. 
 
 VANE. s. A plate turned with the 
 wind. 
 
 VAN ISH, v. To lose perceptible ex- 
 Lence : to disappear, pr.par. can-' 
 ttkmgj p^-t, vanished. 
 
 VAN ITY, s. Bnpti less; uncertain- 
 ty; idle show: ostentation; petty 
 pride, pi vanities. 
 
 VANQUISH, v. To conquer : to 
 overcome, pr. par. vanquishing: 
 past, vanquished : s. vanquisher 
 adj. vajiquiihable. 
 
 VAP-VAU 
 
 I VAPID, adj. Dead: spiritless, s. 
 
 ; vapidness. 
 
 |! VAPOUR. 5. Any thing exhalable; 
 
 fume ; steam ; vain imagination : 
 ' in the plural, h;» pochondnacal mal- 
 adies, adj. vapor uvs. 
 VA'POUR. c.Toemit fumes: to bully, 
 pr. par. vapouring : past, vapoured • 
 s. vapourer : adv. vapouringly. 
 VA'RIABLE. adj. Changeable: in- 
 I constant, s. variableness : adv. va- 
 riably : s. variation. 
 VA RIANCE. 5. Disagreement ; dis- 
 cord. 
 
 VA RIEGATE, r. To diversify ; to 
 stain with different colours, pr. 
 par. variegating; past, varUgaU :d : 
 s. variegation. 
 VARIETY, s. Change; succession 
 I of one tbiDg to another. pi. varieties. 
 VARl'OLOID. s. A modirication of 
 
 the smallpox. 
 VARIOLOUS, adj. Relating to the 
 
 disease called the smallpox. 
 VA'RIOUS. adj. Different : several ; 
 
 changeable, adv. variously. 
 VAR'LET. s. A servant or attendant; 
 
 a term of reproach. 
 VAR'NTSH. s. A shining liquid sub- 
 stance, v. varnish : pr. par. varnish- 
 ing; past, varnishied : s. varnish cr. 
 VA'RY. «. To change : to diversify. 
 
 pr. par. varying: past, varied. 
 VAS'CULAR. adj. Consisting of ves- 
 sels, s. vascularity. 
 VASE. 5. A vessel : generally rather 
 
 for show than use. 
 VAS'SAL. 5. One who holds of a su- 
 perior lord ; a subject ; a servant, 
 s. vassalage. 
 VAST. oi^. Very large : immensely 
 
 great, s. vastness : adv. vastly. 
 VAT. s. A large tub, used by brew- 
 ers, &c. 
 
 VA UDE VILLE. s. A ballad ; a mn- 
 ; sical drama. 
 
 VAULT, s. A continued arch: * eellaj 
 acave. ad\. vaulted, pronounced vaut 
 VAULT, v. To leap: to jump, pro 
 ! nounced vaut. pr. par. vaulting 
 • past, vaulted: s. vaulitr. 
 \ VAUNT, c. To boast ; to brag, pr 
 3yJ J 
 
TEA — VEN 
 
 »ar. vaunting,- past ! vaunted 
 aunter: adv. vauntingly. 
 A L. s. The flesh of a calf. 
 jER. -y. To turn about ; to change. 
 <r. par. veering; past, veered. 
 GETABLE. s. Any thing that 
 :as growth without sensation, as 
 tlants. adj. vegetable : v. vegetate ; 
 \t. par. vegetating; past, vegetated: 
 . vegetation: adj. vegetative. 
 [HEMENT. adj. Violent; ardent 
 v vehemence adv. vehemently. 
 i'HiCLE. s. That in which any 
 hi rig is carried, adj. vehicular. 
 IlL. s. A cover to conceal the face; 
 l disguise, v. veil ; pr. par. veiling 
 >ast, veiled. 
 
 !1N. s. A blood-vessel ; course of 
 netal in a mine ; tendency or turn 
 >f the mind or genius, adj. veined, 
 
 tevny. 
 iL'LUM. 
 
 s. A fine kind of parch- 
 
 neiit. 
 
 ILO'CITY. s. Speed ; swiftness. 
 j>l. velocities. 
 
 X'VET. s. Silk with a short fur or 
 Dile. adj. velvet. 
 
 XVETEEN'. s. A kind of stuff 
 >iade in imitation of velvet. 
 iTVA-L. ad/'. Mercenary ; prostitute 
 venality. 
 
 :NAT'IC, VENAT'ICAL. adj 
 Used in hunting. 
 
 3ND. v. To sell. pr. par. vending; 
 :>ast, vended: s. vender, vendor, 
 sendee.- adj. vendible. 
 ^N'DUE. s. Auction. 
 CNEER'. v. To cover with thin 
 wood,&c. pr. par. veneering; past, 
 veneered: s. veneering. 
 DERATE, v. To reverence ; to 
 ppgard with awe. pr. par. venerat- 
 ing: past, venerated: s. veneration, 
 venerator: adj. venerable: adv. ven- 
 ?rabhf. 
 
 CNE'REAL. adj. Relating to love, I 
 nr rather lust. 
 
 RESECTION, s. Blood-letting, I 
 bv cutting a vein. 
 SN'GEAN'CE. s. Punishment, | 
 avengement, adj. vengeable, venge-\ 
 
 fid i 
 
 VEN-VER 
 VE'NTAL. adj. Pardonable. 
 | VENISON. 6. The flesh of deer, pro 
 
 nouriced ven-zon. 
 VEN'OM. 5. Poison, adj. venomous. 
 
 adv. venomously. 
 VENT. 6-. A small aperture ; a pas 
 sage at which any thing is let out , 
 emission, v. vent; pr. par. venting, 
 I past, vented. 
 
 I VEN TIDUCT, s. A passage for the 
 
 j wind. 
 
 VENTILATE, v. To cool orpurifv, 
 j by the admission of wind. pr. par. 
 ventilating; past, ventilated: s. ven- 
 tilation, ventilator. 
 VEN TRAL, adj. Belonging to the 
 be 11 v. 
 
 VENTRICLE, s. Any small cavitv 
 in an animal body, particularly 
 those of the heart; the stomach. 
 VENTRIL'OQUISM. s. The act of 
 speaking inwardly, so that the 
 sound seems to issue from the bel- 
 ly; and so modifying the tones, as 
 to induce a belief, that the sound 
 issues from any place to which the 
 attention of the auditors is direct- 
 ed, s. ventriloquist. 
 I VENTURE, s. A hazard; an under- 
 j taking of chance and danger, v. 
 j venture; pr. par. venturing; past, 
 j ventured: s. venturer: adj. ven- 
 turous : adv. venturously. 
 VERA'CITY. s. Moral truth; horn 
 
 esty of report, adj. veracious. 
 VERAN'DA. s. A kmd of open por- ' 
 tico. \ 
 VERB. A part of speech, defined I 
 I as signifying "to be, to do, or to \ 
 j suffer." 
 
 i YERB'AL. adj. spoken ; not written : 
 oral; consisting of mere words; 
 having word corresponding to 1 
 w -*d. adv. verbally. 
 VERBATIM, adv. Word for word. 
 VER'BERATE. v. To beat: to strike, 
 pr. par. verberating; past, verber- 
 ated: s. verberation. 
 VER'BIAGE. s. Verbosity; bom- 
 bast. 
 
 VERBO'SE. adj. Exuberant in words 
 prolix, s. verbosity, 
 
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