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ce to a system of theology. School divinity was but Aristotle's philosophy theologized. Glanvill.

oor thing sighed, and . . . turned from me. Addison. I'll be this abject thing no more. Granville. I have a thing in prose. Swift.

ng the mind directed to an object; as, thoughtful of gain; thoughtful in seeking truth. Glanvill.

One who tilts, or jousts; hence, one who fights. Let me alone to match your tilter. Glanville.

Any pleasurable sensation. Those titillations that reach no higher than the senses. Glanvill.

A tool applied to the top of the work, in distinction from a tool inserted in the anvil and on which the work is placed.

to transmit; to hand down; as, to traduce mental qualities to one's descendants. [Obs.] Glanvill.

; an imitation. The Grecian learning was but a transcript of the Chaldean and Egyptian. Glanvill.

That which remains but for a brief time. Glanvill.

A leap across or from one thing to another. [R.] "An unadvised transiliency." Glanvill.

The act of tripling, or making threefold, or adding three together. Glanvill.

ity or state of being in a place; local relation; position or location; whereness. [R.] Glanvill.

Indecisive. [R.] Glanvill.

eard of. (a) Not heard of; of which there are no tidings. (b) Unknown to fame; obscure. Glanvill.

Uninterested; unaffected. [Obs.] Glanvill.

To [R.] Glanvill.

The quality or state of being unregenerate. Glanvill.

Want of reality; inanity; nihility. [R.] Their expectations will meet with vacuity. Glanvill.

isimilitude and opinion are an easy purchase; but true knowledge is dear and difficult. Glanvill. All that gives verisimilitude to a narrative. Sir. W. Scott.

A smith who works at the vice instead of at the anvil.