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The act of preventing or hindering; obstruction of action, access, or approach; thwarting. South. Casca, be sudden, for we fear prevention. Shak.

hose direct and ultimate object is the communication either of enjoyment or suffering. Stewart.

The dignity, office, or government, of a prior. T. Warton.

A preface. [Obs.] T. Warton.

A seminary which prepares pupils for a higher institution. T. Warton.

ty or state of being provincial; peculiarity of language characteristic of a province. T. Warton.

g, and by which we are enabled to combine means for the attainment of particular ends. Stewart. Reason is used sometimes to express the whole of those powers which elevate man above the brutes, and constitute his rational nature, more especially, perhaps, his intellectual powers; sometimes to express the power of deduc…

To give back an echo. [R.] T. Warton.

To found or cast anew. "Ancient bells refounded." T. Warton.

To hinder; to cross; to thwart. [R.] 'T is the duke's pleasure, Whose disposition, all the world well knows, Will not be rubbed nor stopped. Shak. To rub down. (a) To clean by rubbing; to comb or curry; as, to down a horse. (b) To reduce or remove by rubbing; as, to rub down the rough points. -- To rub off, to clean a…

An idiom of the Saxon or Anglo-Saxon language. T. Warton.

Maintenance for a scholar; a foundation for the support of a student. T. Warton.

A sectary. [R.] T. Warton.

nd which result from the coöperation of our rational powers and of our moral feelings. Stewart. Alike to council or the assembly came, With equal souls and sentiments the same. Pope.

Well-formed; having a regular shape; comely; symmetrical. T. Warton. Waste sandy valleys, once perplexed with thorn, The spiry fir and shapely box adorn. Pope. Where the shapely column stood. Couper.

To move backwards and forwards, like a shuttle. I had to fly far and wide, shutting athwart the big Babel, wherever his calls and pauses had to be. Carlyle.

Scythed. [Obs.] T. Warton.

Intended or adapted for viewing or espying; having oversight. T. Warton.

relate; to teach. [Obs.] Might I that legend find, By fairies spelt in mystic rhymes. T. Warton.

-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; petty malice; grudge; rancor; despite. Pope. This is the deadly spite that angers. Shak.