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le; easily managed; as, a docile child. The elephant is at once docible and docile. C. J. Smith.

art a bitter draught. Sterne. Low lies that house where nut-brown draughts inspired. Goldsmith.

tering painter who made it his care To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are. Goldsmith. Can I, untouched, the fair one's passions move, Or thou draw beauty and not feel its power Prior.

no wound, and causes no effusion of blood. (b) A quick, sharp blow. -- Dry bone (Min.), Smithsonite, or carbonate of zinc; -- a miner's term. -- Dry castor (Zoöl.) a kind of beaver; -- called also parchment beaver. -- Dry cupping. (Med.) See under Cupping. -- Dry dock. See under Dock. -- Dry fat. See Dry vat (bel…

One who is dumb. H. Smith.

duty hardly exists to do trivial things; but there may be an obligation to do them. C. J. Smith.

man dwells in a humble cottage near the hall where the lord of the domain resides. C. J. Smith. To dwell in, to abide in (a place); hence, to depend on. "My hopes in heaven to dwell." Shak. -- To dwell on or upon, to continue long on or in; to remain absorbed with; to stick to; to make much of; as, to dwell upon a su…

ve ear to, to listen to; to heed, as advice or one advising. "Give ear unto my song." Goldsmith. -- To have one's ear, to be listened to with favor. -- Up to the ears, deeply submerged; almost overwhelmed; as, to be in trouble up to one's ears. [Colloq.]

Relating to, or occasioned by, earthly objects. All earthborn cares are wrong. Goldsmith.

One who composes elegies. Goldsmith.

trian empire. Empire carries with it the idea of a vast and complicated government. C. J. Smith.

voyage encompassing the world. Shak. A question may be encompassed with difficulty. C. J. Smith. The love of all thy sons encompass thee. Tennyson.

brief summary; an abridgement. [An] epitome of the contents of a very large book. Sydney Smith.

That may be exacted; repairable. [R.] A. Smith.

es must likewise be an indication of the ordinary course of their exports and imports. A. Smith.

y or likeness; to represent; to resemble. Each skillful artist shall express thy form. E. Smith. So kids and whelps their sires and dams express. Dryden.

or resistance necessarily supposes externality in the thing which presses or resists. A. Smith.

Serving to disappoint or deceive; delusive; unsatisfying. "Yonder faithless phantom." Goldsmith. -- Faith"less*ly, adv.Faith"less*ness, n.

The place where a smith shoes horses.

food or supplies nourishment; steward. A couple of friends, his chaplain and feeder. Goldsmith.