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A philologist. Burton.

Variegated with spots of different colors; party-colored; spotted; piebald. "Pied coats." Burton. "Meadows trim with daisies pied." Milton. Pied antelope (Zoöl.), the bontebok. -- Pied-billed grebe (Zoöl.), the dabchick. -- Pied blackbird (Zoöl.), any Asiatic thrush of the genus Turdulus. -- Pied finch (Zoöl.) (a) T…

Papal; pontifical. [Obs.] "Pontificial writers." Burton.

One who dresses showily; a prinker. "A pranker or a dancer." Burton.

llusion; trick. [Obs.] The sophisms of infidelity, and the prestiges of imposture. Bp. Warburton.

Forwardness; pertness; petulance. [R.] Burton.

To act as a proctor toward; to manage as an attorney or agent. Bp. Warburton.

To germinate; to bud; to multiply abundantly. Warburton.

lves, or of the efficacy of his prescriptions; a charlatan; a quack; a mountebank. [Obs.] Burton.

Like a ram; rammish. Burton.

restraint or direction; to roam. Like a ranging spaniel that barks at every bird he sees. Burton.

A realist. [Obs.] Burton.

Same as Rabato. Burton.

regicide, or to one committing it; having the nature of, or resembling, regicide. Bp. Warburton.

That on which one reposes. [Obs.] Burton.

Disposed to rest; indisposed toexercton; sluggish; also, restive. [Obs.] Burton. Where the master is too resty or too rich to say his own prayers. Milton.

A little rill. Burton.

erty; to ruin. I will not ruinate my fShak. Ruinating thereby the health of their bodies. Burton.

To drive upon the sand. [Obs.] Burton.

Roughness; ruggedness. [Obs.] Burton.