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. Shak. He sunk down in his chariot. 2 Kings ix. 24. Let not the fire sink or slacken. Mortimer.

hath better skill in playing at tables, or in keeping of a garden, than in God's word. Latimer.

Like sirup, or partaking of its qualities. Mortimer.

Since; afterwards; seeing that. [Obs.] We need not fear them, sith Christ is with us. Latimer. Sith thou art rightful judge. Chaucer.

hat the manner of performance escapes observation. The world hath many subtle sleights. Latimer.

; as, to slip a piece of cloth or paper. The branches also may be slipped and planted. Mortimer.

Mud; mire; soft mud; slush. Mortimer. Tennyson.

n a smack in covetousness. Robynson (More's Utopia). They felt the smack of this world. Latimer.

From that time forward I began to smellthe Word of God, and forsook the school doctors. Latimer. To smell a rat, to have a sense of something wrong, not clearly evident; to have reason for suspicion. [Colloq.] -- To smell out, to find out by sagacity. [Colloq.]

To melt. [Obs.] Mortimer.

To gather smut; to be converted into smut; to become smutted. Mortimer.

To embarrass; to insnare. [The] question that they would have snarled him with. Latimer.

To soak. [Obs.] Mortimer.

fæces; compost; manure; as, night soil. Improve land by dung and other sort of soils. Mortimer. Soil pipe, a pipe or drain for carrying off night soil.

To cover or dress with soot; to smut with, or as with, soot; as, to soot land. Mortimer.

To make cold and unproductive, as soil. Mortimer.

To shoot into a long stem, as some plants. See Spire. Mortimer.

To split; to break; to spalt. [Obs.] Mortimer.

is not so apt to spire up as the other sorts, being more inclined to branch into arms. Mortimer.

nser. Joseph, when he was sold to Potiphar, that great man, was a fair young springall. Latimer.