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Premeditated; planned; designed; as, a studied insult. "Studied magnificence." Hawthorne.

A building or apartment devoted to study or to literary work. "His cheery little study." Hawthorne.

morous, is merely witty. Coleridge. The subtile influence of an intellect like Emerson's. Hawthorne.

pe. Subtly communicating itself to my sensibilities, but evading the analysis of my mind. Hawthorne.

ucing heat by converging the sun's rays into a focus. "Lighting a cigar with a sunglass." Hawthorne.

hue; moderately black; swarthy; tawny. "Swart attendants." Trench. "Swart savage maids." Hawthorne. A nation strange, with visage swart. Spenser.

make his English sweet upon his tongue. Chaucer. A voice sweet, tremulous, but powerful. Hawthorne.

ong waves that roll in yonder bay. Tennyson. The gigantic swells and billows of the snow. Hawthorne.

measure by tale, and not by weight. Hooker. And every shepherd tells his tale, Under the hawthornn in the dale. Milton. In packing, they keep a just tale of the number. Carew.

Given to talk; loquacious. The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whispering lovers made. Goldsmith.

b or small tree which bears thorns; especially, any species of the genus Cratægus, as the hawthorn, whitethorn, cockspur thorn.

res or outline of the mother and the child, slowly lading into the twilight of the woods. Hawthorne.

ng right into your eyes and twigged something there which you had half a mind to conceal. Hawthorne.

. That ungentle flavor which distinguishes nearly all our native and uncultivated grapes. Hawthorne. -- Un*gen"tle*ness, n. -- Un*gen"tly, adv.

Not seemly; unbecoming; indecent. An unseemly outbreak of temper. Hawthorne.

Not worldly; spiritual; holy. Hawthorne. -- Un*world"li*ness, n.

A gushing upward. Hawthorne.

-long corridors, with their numerous alcoves, might have been utilized as . . . dungeons. Hawthorne.

Inclined to vacillate; wavering; irresolute. Hawthorne.

poet turned away, and gave himself up to a sort of vague revery, which he called thought. Hawthorne.