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or;; to hold supreme power; to rule. Chaucer. We will not have this man to reign over us. Luke xix. 14. Shall Banquo's issue ever Reign in this kingdom Shak.

rgiveness; to cease to love and practice sin. Except ye repent, ye shall likewise perish. Luke xii. 3.

took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. Luke xv. 13.

e takes up too much room. Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. Luke xiv. 22. There was no room for them in the inn. Luke ii. 7.

als. It is due to the presence of a parasitic worm in the liver or gall bladder. See 1st Fluke, 2. His cattle must of rot and murrain die. Milton. Bitter rot (Bot.), a disease of apples, caused by the fungus Glæosporium fructigenum. F. L. Scribner. -- Black rot (Bot.), a disease of grapevines, attacking the leaves and…

rumor of him went forth throughout all Judea, and throughout all the region round about. Luke vii. 17. Great is the rumor of this dreadful knight. Shak.

each. -- Sand flood, a vast body of sand borne along by the wind. James Bruce. -- Sand fluke. (Zoöl.) (a) The sandnecker. (b) The European smooth dab (Pleuronectes microcephalus); -- called also kitt, marysole, smear dab, town dab. -- Sand fly (Zoöl.), any one of several species of small dipterous flies of the genus…

A European flounder (Hippoglossoides limandoides); -- called also rough dab, long fluke, sand fluke, and sand sucker.

chief of the fallen angels; the archfiend. I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. Luke x. 18.

A shot which scores by chance and not as intended by the player; a fluke. [Cant, U.S.] Scratch cradle. See Cratch cradle, under Cratch. -- Scratch grass (Bot.), a climbing knotweed (Polygonum sagittatum) with a square stem beset with fine recurved prickles along the angles. -- Scratch wig. Same as Scratch, 4, above.…

The fruit of a West Indian palm (Manicaria Plukenetii), often found floating in the sea. A. Grisebach.

uire for; to ask for; to solicit; to bessech. Others, tempting him, sought of him a sign. Luke xi. 16.

The face. [Obs.] Wyclif (Luke xxiv. 5).

ut Martha . . . said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone Luke x. 40.

A broad, triangular piece of plank placed upon the fluke to give it a better hold in soft ground. -- Shoe block (Naut.), a block with two sheaves, one above the other, and at right angles to each other. -- Shoe bolt, a bolt with a flaring head, for fastening shoes on sleigh runners. -- Shoe pac, a kind of moccasin.…

ware of the scribes, . . . which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers. Luke xx. 46. 47.

rmless. Wake. That which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God. Luke xvi. 15.

ommand or a wish made known. They made signs to his father, how he would have him called. Luke i. 62.

e an abiding impression; to enter completely. Let these sayings sink down into your ears. Luke ix. 44.

o watch; as, to sit up with a sick person. "He that was dead sat up, and began to speak." Luke vii. 15.