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vest one's self with, as clothes; to assume. "Mercury . . . put on the shape of a man." L'Estrange. (b) To impute (something) to; to charge upon; as, to put blame on or upon another. (c) To advance; to promote. [Obs.] "This came handsomely to put on the peace." Bacon. (d) To impose; to inflict. "That which thou puttest…

A shift for evasion or delay; an evasion; an excuse. L'Estrange.

To be bewildered, or perplexed. A puzzling fool, that heeds nothing. L'Estrange.

To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy. L'Estrange.

and lambs . . . at the mercy of cats and wolves . . . must never expect better quarter. L'Estrange.

[Obs.] He was bid at his first coming to take off the range, and let down the cinders. L'Estrange.

that doth anything rashly, must do it willingly; for he was free to deliberate or not. L'Estrange.

To scold; to rail at. L'Estrange. To rattle off. (a) To tell glibly or noisily; as, to rattle off a story. (b) To rail at; to scold. "She would sometimes rattle off her servants sharply." Arbuthnot.

belief; to reason one out of his plan. Men that will not be reasoned into their senses. L'Estrange.

Check; rebuff. [Obs.] L'Estrange. To be without rebuke, to live without giving cause of reproof or censure; to be blameless.

at had pillaged the people, was . . . sentenced to refund what he had wrongfully taken. L'Estrange.

. He built his son a house of pleasure, and spared no cost to make a delicious retreat. L'Estrange. That pleasing shade they sought, a soft retreat From sudden April showers, a shelter from the heat. Dryden.

l manner; -- commonly followed by out. Jack was rigged out in his gold and silver lace. L'Estrange. To rig a purchase, to adapt apparatus so as to get a purchase for moving a weight, as with a lever, tackle, capstan, etc. -- To rig a ship (Naut.), to fit the shrouds, stays, braces, etc., to their respective masts and…

Roguish. [Obs.] L'Estrange.

Part; office; duty; rôle. [Obs.] L'Estrange. Long roll (Mil.), a prolonged roll of the drums, as the signal of an attack by the enemy, and for the troops to arrange themselves in line. -- Master of the rolls. See under Master. -- Roll call, the act, or the time, of calling over a list names, as among soldiers. -- Ro…

een taken down from the head of a conquering army to the wheel of the victor's chariot! L'Estrange.

Contend not with those that are too strong for us, but still with a saving to honesty. L'Estrange. Savings bank, a bank in which savings or earnings are deposited and put at interest.

overb. [Archaic or Colloq.] He no sooner said out his say, but up rises a cunning snap. L'Estrange. That strange palmer's boding say, That fell so ominous and drear Full on the object of his fear. Sir W. Scott.

A bufoon. [Obs.] L'Estrange.

rpent, and tears it to pieces; but in the scuffle the cradle happened to be overturned. L'Estrange.