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the ancient Celts, and are of a period anterior to the introduction of Christianity into these countries.

Contradiction; thwarting; obstruction. I do not bear these crossings. Shak.

t before ran in the pastures wild Felt the stiff curb control his angry jaws. Drayton. By these men, religion,that should be The curb, is made the spur of tyranny. Denham.

The place of assembly of one of these divisions.

rrent fire, that renneth Upon a cord. Gower. To chase a creature that was current then In these wild woods, the hart with golden horns. Tennyson.

or in passion; subjection to, or sentence of, divine condemnation. The priest shall write these curses in a book. Num. v. 23. Curses, like chickens, come home to roost. Old Proverb.

nd the picture, things adapted to the scene represented, and in some places only parts of these objects, the completion of them being carried out pictorially.

A line consisting chiefly or wholly of dactyls; as, these lines are dactylics.

mistress of a family, who is a lady; a womam in authority; especially, a lady. Then shall these lords do vex me half so much, As that proud dame, the lord protector's wife. Shak.

Dejected; depressed; sunk. [R.] All these and more came flocking, but with looks Downcast and damp. Milton.

To cast a gloom upon. With these forced thoughts, I prithee, darken not The mirth of the feast. Shak.

en loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. John. iii. 19. Pursue these sons of darkness: drive them out From all heaven's bounds. Milton.

(Zoöl.) Any species of dragon fly, having a long, cylindrical body, resembling a needle. These flies are harmless and without stings.

rst opening or expansion; first appearance; beginning; rise. "The dawn of time." Thomson. These tender circumstances diffuse a dawn of serenity over the soul. Pope.

sed by excess of brightness. An overlight maketh the eyes dazzle. Bacon. I dare not trust these eyes; They dance in mists, and dazzle with surprise. Dryden.

Full of death or slaughter; murderous; destructive; bloody. These eyes behold The deathful scene. Pope.

to amuse, so as to divert the attention; to while away; to take away as if by deception. These occupations oftentimes deceived The listless hour. Wordsworth.

To delineate. [Obs.] These two stones as they are here defigured. Weever.

hak. 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.

mspect; slow in determining; -- applied to persons; as, a deliberate judge or counselor. "These deliberate fools." Shak.