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Formerly, an agent who went out with samples of goods to obtain orders; a commercial traveler. [Eng.]

Having ample room; spacious; large; as, a roomy mansion; a roomy deck. Dryden.

belonging to Saturnia and allied genera. The Luna moth, polyphemus, and promethea, are examples. They belong to the Silkworn family, and some are raised for their silk. See Polyphemus.

nvex discoid shape; such objects are occasionally reported to have been sighted, but no example of one has been reliably shown to exist. They are believed by ufologists to originate in outer space, but they are generally presumed to be misinterpretations of ordinary phenomena, illusions or imaginary objects. Fraudulent…

Trial by sample; assay; sample; specimen; smack. [Obs.] if those principal works of God . . . be but certain tastes and saus, as if were, of that final benefit. Hooker. Thy tongue some say of breeding breathes. Shak.

A piece or quantity cut for a special purpose; a sample. [Obs.] Such as exceed not this scantling; -- to be solace to the sovereign and harmless to the people. Bacon. A pretty scantling of his knowledge may taken by his deferring to be baptized so many years. Milton.

bout. Chaucer. Why should my muse enlarge on Libyan swains, Their scattered cottages, and ample plains Dryden. Teach the glad hours to scatter, as they fly, Soft quiet, gentle love, and endless joy. Prior.

Of or pertaining to a shield. A good example of these scutal monstrosities. Cussans.

feed mainly on fishes and mollusks. The scoters, eiders, old squaw, and ruddy duck are examples. They may be distinguished by the lobate hind toe.

, a seductive offer. This may enable us to understand how seductive is the influence of example. Sir W. Hamilton.

tion from the spirit. Pleasing and sensual rites and ceremonies. Bacon. Far as creation's ample range extends, The scale of sensual, mental powers ascends. Pope.

state of being sentient; esp., the quality or state of having sensation. G. H. Lewes An example of harmonious action between the intelligence and the sentieny of the mind. Earle.

struck by the illustration, asked at once to be baptized, and all his sept followed his example. S. Lover.

To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be learned.

m of embodiment, as in words; form, as of thought or conception; concrete embodiment or example, as of some quality. Milton.

Splendid; illustrious; brilliant; distinguished; conspicious; as, a shining example of charity.

ried round as a show. -- Show card, an advertising placard; also, a card for displaying samples. -- Show case, a gla -- Show glass, a glass which displays objects; a mirror. -- Show of hands, a raising of hands to indicate judgment; as, the vote was taken by a show of hands. -- Show stone, a piece of glass or cryst…

A room where merchandise is exposed for sale, or where samples are displayed.

ain, Since neither love, nor sense of pain, Nor force of reason, can persuade, Then let example be obeyed. Granville.

olemn; grave; sedate. What parts gay France from sober Spain Prior. See her sober over a sampler, or gay over a jointed baby. Pope. Twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad. Milton.