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irection; -- usually with to or towards. Two gentlemen tending towards that sight. Sir H. Wotton. Thus will this latter, as the former world, Still tend from bad to worse. Milton. The clouds above me to the white Alps tend. Byron.

es; to furnish with a terrace or terraces, as, to terrace a garden, or a building. Sir H. Wotton. Clermont's terraced height, and Esher's groves. Thomson.

Built; formed; contrived. [R.] Sir H. Wotton.

Having the top or upper part too heavy for the lower part. Sir H. Wotton.

ace to another; removal; conveyance. To provide a vessel for their transportation. Sir H. Wotton.

. being strong in all positions, may be better trusted in cross and traverse work. Sir H. Wotton. The ridges of the fallow field traverse. Hayward. Traverse drill (Mach.), a machine tool for drilling slots, in which the work or tool has a lateral motion back and forth; also, a drilling machine in which the spindle hold…

Words imitative of the notes of the owl. Thy tu-whits are lulled, I wot, Thy tu-whoos of yesternight. Tennyson.

Swelling; protuberant. [R.] Sir H. Wotton.

Not easily perceived, as if from being darkened or shaded; obscure. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

Suspicious; captious; disposed to take umbrage. [Obs. & R.] Sir H. Wotton.

A lower conduit; a subterranean conduit. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

The filling below or beneath; the under part of a building. Sir H. Wotton.

To influence secretly. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

Something set or built under as a support; a pedestal. Sir H. Wotton.

l dispositions to idleness or vacancy, even before they are habits, are dangerous. Sir H. Wotton.

h study or reflection; as, a vacant mind. The duke had a pleasant and vacant face. Sir H. Wotton. When on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood. Wordsworth.

The act of giving vent or expression. "Ventilation of his thoughts." Sir H. Wotton.

Verecund. [Obs.] "Verecundious generosity." Sir H. Wotton.

like those of the vine; ornamented with vine leaves. "Vined and figured columns." Sir H. Wotton.

To watch; to observe; to take notice. [Obs.] "But [unless] ye wait well and be privy, I wot right well, I am but dead," quoth she. Chaucer.