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verize; specifically (Metal.), to crush by the blow of a heavy stamp, as ore in a mill. I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small. Deut. ix. 21.

The act of standing. I took my stand upon an eminence . . . to look into thier several ladings. Spectator.

One who practices the art of making statues. On other occasions the statuaries took their subjects from the poets. Addison.

er, or with the care, of a steward. [R.] To be stewardly dispensed, not wastefully spent. Tooker.

An overseer or superintendent. [R.] "The stewartry of provisions." Tooke.

, to stifle one with smoke or dust. Stifled with kisses, a sweet death he dies. Dryden. I took my leave, being half stifled with the closeness of the room. Swift.

Immediately; without loss of time; without delay. He took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi. . . . And straightway the damsel arose. Mark v. 41,42.

nders at large, or is lost; an estray. Used also figuratively. Seeing him wander about, I took him up for a stray. Dryden.

To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows. And fiercely took his trenchant blade in hand, With which he stroke so furious and so fell. Spenser. Strike now, or else the iron cools. Shak.

ed instruments of an orchestra, in distinction from the wind instruments; as, the strings took up the theme. "An instrument of ten strings." Ps. xxx. iii. 2. Me softer airs befit, and softer strings Of lute, or viol still. Milton.

A number of sheaves set together in the field; a stook.

Furniture; goods; domestic vessels or utensils. He took away locks, and gave away the king's stuff. Hayward.

hardened sinner shall advance to the utmost pitch of impiety with less reluctance than he took the first steps. Atterbury.

together; a set; as, a suite of rooms; a suite of minerals. See Suit, n., 6. Mr. Barnard took one of the candles that stood upon the king's table, and lighted his majesty through a suite of rooms till they came to a private door into the library. Boswell.

p. p. of Swear. Sworn brothers, originally, companions in arms who took an oath to share together good and bad fortune; hence, faithful friends. -- Sworn enemies, determined or irreconcilable enemies. -- Sworn friends, close friends.

A tally; an account scored on a piece of wood. [Obs.] Whether that he paid or took by taille. Chaucer.

en features, -- a charm in the very shadow that hung over their imagined beauty, -- which took me more than all the outshining loveliness of her companions. Moore.

Repeating the same thing in different words; tautological. [R.] Tooke.

r jurisdiction within their limits. After the Conquest, this title was disused, and baron took its place.

Twenty-four (in some places, twelve) sheaves of wheat; a shock, or stook. [Prov. Eng.]