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serving to obstruct or hinder; burdensome; clogging. He sunk beneath the cumbrous weight. Swift. That cumbrousand unwieldy style which disfigures English composition so extensively. De Quincey.

njurious or blameworthy), as from a bad habit. I never knew any man cured of inattention. Swift.

n. Hence: A body of fluid moving continuously in a certain direction; a stream; esp., the swiftest part of it; as, a current of water or of air; that which resembles a stream in motion; as, a current of electricity. Two such silver currents, when they join, Do glorify the banks that bound them in. Shak. The surface of…

s flesh from off his breast. Shak. Before the whistling winds the vessels fly, With rapid swiftness cut the liquid way. Pope.

Like or belonging to the swifts (Cypselidæ.)

One who dips slightly into anything; a superficial meddler. "our dabblers in politics." Swift.

See Dandruff. Swift.

anatics that dangle after them, are well inclined to pull down the present establishment. Swift.

with yarn or thread. He spent every day ten hours in his closet, in darning his stockins. Swift. Darning last. See under Last. -- Darning needle. (a) A long, strong needle for mending holes or rents, especially in stockings. (b) (Zoöl.) Any species of dragon fly, having a long, cylindrical body, resembling a needle. T…

To fly or pass swiftly, as a dart.

ng cards to the players; also, the portion disturbed. The deal, the shuffle, and the cut. Swift.

The office of a dean. I dont't value your deanship a straw. Swift.

The quality or state of being dear; costliness; excess of price. The dearness of corn. Swift.

Cause of loss of life. Swiftly flies the feathered death. Dryden. He caught his death the last county sessions. Addison.

eclaratory. "Declarative laws." Baker. The "vox populi," so declarative on the same side. Swift.

th; the decline of virtue and religion. Their fathers lived in the decline of literature. Swift.

greatest prelates of this age, however his character may be defiled by . . . dirty hands. Swift.

king. Shak. A degenerate and degraded state. Milton. Degenerate from their ancient blood. Swift. These degenerate days. Pope. I had planted thee a noble vine . . . : how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me Jer. ii. 21.

The act or manner of delivering a ball; as, the pitcher has a swift delivery.

A special breed of the dromedary used for rapid traveling; the swift camel; -- called also herire, and maharik.