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illed his belly with the husks that the swine did eat. Luke xv. 16. Fain Would I woo her, yet I dare not. Shak.

e ! Shak. The fair, anything beautiful; women, collectively. "For slander's mark was ever yet the fair." Shak.

ence, to know certainly or without misgiving. Garlands . . . which I feel I am not worthy yet to wear. Shak.

being festive; social joy or exhilaration of spirits at an entertaintment; joyfulness; gayety. The unrestrained festivity of the rustic youth. Bp. Hurd.

Sinew; strength; toughness; as, a man of real fiber. Yet had no fibers in him, nor no force. Chapman.

after another in file; to keep pace. My endeavors Have ever come too short of my desires, Yet filed with my abilities. Shak.

o the end or conclusion; last; terminating; ultimate; as, the final day of a school term. Yet despair not of his final pardon. Milton.

r, when an intermediate card is out, risking the chance of its being held by the opponent yet to play.

wing; burning; ardent. The beadle's lash still flagrant on their back. Prior. A young man yet flagrant from the lash of the executioner or the beadle. De Quincey. Flagrant desires and affections. Hooker.

To beat with a flap; to strike. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings. Pope.

sh with feathers; to supply with the feathers necessary for flight. The birds were not as yet fledged enough to shift for themselves. L'Estrange.

elocity; light and quick in going from place to place; nimble. In mail their horses clad, yet fleet and strong. Milton.

; to slight; to neglect. Can a woman forget her sucking child . . . Yes, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. Is. xlix. 15. To forget one's self. (a) To become unmindful of one's own personality; to be lost in thought. (b) To be entirely unselfish. (c) To be guilty of what is unworthy of one; to lose one's dign…

ee; exemption from the power and control of another; liberty; independence. Made captive, yet deserving freedom more. Milton.

impatience; disturbance of temper; irritation; as, he keeps his mind in a continual fret. Yet then did Dennis rave in furious fret. Pope.

A frolic; a fit of wanton gayety; a gambol: a little playful skip or leap. Johnson.

One who frisks; one who leaps of dances in gayety; a wanton; an inconstant or unsettled person. Camden.

A wild prank; a flight of levity, or of gayety and mirth. He would be at his frolic once again. Roscommon.

In a frolicsome manner; with mirth and gayety. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

Full of gayety and mirth; given to pranks; sportive. Old England, who takes a frolicsome brain fever once every two or three years, for the benefit of her doctors. Sir W. Scott. -- Frol"ic*some*ly, adv. -- Frol"ic*some*ness, n.