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iginally given to a kind of beer combining qualities of different kinds of beer. [Eng.] "Foker's Entire." Thackeray.

To deposit in a tomb, as a dead body; to bury; to inter; to inhume. Hooker.

Watchful; alert. Vigilant and erect attention of mind. Hooker.

two others. Its appearance is that of a surface covered with scales. Escaloped oysters (Cookery). See under Scalloped.

evidenced. Glanvill. Had we . . . estranged ourselves from them in things indifferent. Hooker.

One of the appellations of God. Law whereby the Eternal himself doth work. Hooker.

d by two, three, or four persons, the highest card (except when an extra card called the Joker is used) being the knave of the same suit as the trump, and called right bower, the lowest card used being the seven, or frequently, in two-handed euchre, the nine spot. See Bower.

Abolition; nullification. [Obs.] Hooker. Evacuation day, the anniversary of the day on which the British army evacuated the city of New York, November 25, 1783.

e. Cf. Each. [Obs.] "Every of your wishes." Shak. Daily occasions given to every of us. Hooker. Every each, every one. [Obs.] "Every each of them hath some vices." Burton.. -- Every now and then, at short intervals; occasionally; repeatedly; frequently. [Colloq.]

A voidable. [R.] Hooker.

To satirize; to censure severely. [Obs.] Hooker.

Serving for example or pattern; exemplary. [Obs.] Hooker.

cy is over Israel. Ps. lxviii. 34. Extinguish in men the sense of their own excellency. Hooker.

The place where the merchants, brokers, and bankers of a city meet at certain hours, to transact business. In this sense often contracted to 'Change. Arbitration of exchange. See under Arbitration. -- Bill of exchange. See under Bill. -- Exchange broker. See under Broker. -- Par of exchange, the established value of…

s in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc. Exclamations against abuses in the church. Hooker. Thus will I drown your exclamations. Shak. A festive exclamation not unsuited to the occasion. Trench.

accursed; damnable; detestable; abominable; as, an execrable wretch. "Execrable pride." Hooker. -- Ex"e*cra*ble*ness, n. -- Ex"e*cra*bly, adv.

Exigency. Hooker.

. . [were] inured with causes exorbitant, and such as their laws had not provided for. Hooker.

Free of impediment; unimpeded. To make the way plain and expedite. Hooker.

Tending to extenuate or palliate. Croker.