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northern Europe and winters in Great Britain. The head, nape, and lower part of the back are ash-colored; the upper part of the back and wing coverts, chestnut; -- called also fellfare.

A beacon. [Obs.] Burrill.

Having broad, loose, dependent ears. Shak.

To burn with an unsteady or waving flame; as, the candle flares.

A sudden burst of anger or passion; an angry dispute. [Colloq.]

Articles for the table, as china or silverware, that are more or less flat, as distinguished from hollow ware.

A superior kind of earthenware into whose composition flint enters largely. Knight.

One who forbears. Tusser.

One who rejects of renounces upon oath; one who swears a false oath.

Having four sides and four equal angles. Sir W. Raleigh.

Coarse wool on the legs of sheep. Blount.

The great auk; also, the razorbill. See Auk. [Written also gairfowl, and gurfel.]

Animals which increase by budding, as hydroids.

To shine with a bright, dazzling light. The cavern glares with new-admitted light. Dryden.

Glairy. John Georgy (1766).

Ware, or articles collectively, made of glass.

Stocks or shares of the granger railroads.

Ware made of metal, as cutlery, kitchen utensils, and the like; ironmongery.

One who makes, or deals in, hardware.

A small constellation situated south of and under the foot of Orion; Lepus. Hare and hounds, a game played by men and boys, two, called hares, having a few minutes' start, and scattering bits of paper to indicate their course, being chased by the others, called the hounds, through a wide circuit. -- Hare kangaroo (Zoö…