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least inkling or glimpse of this island. Bacon. They had some inkling of secret messages. Clarendon.

chment. The loss of Shrewsbury exposed all North Wales to the daily inroads of the enemy. Clarendon. With perpetual inroads to alarm, Though inaccessible, his fatal throne. Milton.

ed reflexively. He insinuated himself into the very good grace of the Duke of Buckingham. Clarendon.

. He bad a natural insinuation and address which made him acceptable in the best company. Clarendon.

Wanting wisdom; stupid; foolish. [R.] Clarendon. -- n.

ty. [Obs.] He lived rather in a fair intelligence than any friendship with the favorites. Clarendon.

, castes, etc. About the middle of the fourth century from the building of Rome, it was declared lawful for nobles and plebeians to intermarry. Swift.

To announce; to declare; to publish; to communicate; to make known. [Obs.] He, incontinent, did proclaim and intimate open war. E. Hall. So both conspiring 'gan to intimate Each other's grief. Spenser.

meeting shall not be dissolved until the electoral votes are all counted and the result declared." Joint Rules of Congress, U. S. -- Joint resolution (Parliamentary Practice), a resolution adopted concurrently by the two branches of a legislative body. "By the constitution of the United States and the rules of the two…

Administration of justice. The supreme court of judicatory. Clarendon.

To pronounce free from guilt or blame; to declare or prove to have done that which is just, right, proper, etc.; to absolve; to exonerate; to clear. I can not justify whom the law condemns. Shak.

To make known; to manifest; to show; to declare. [Obs: or Scot.] For gentle hearte kytheth gentilesse. Chaucer.

An overflowing of land by river; an inundation; a freshet. Clarendon.

Distance.[Obs.] He had marched to the length of Exeter. Clarendon. At length. (a) At or in the full extent; without abbreviation; as, let the name be inserted at length. (b) At the end or conclusion; after a long period. See Syn. of At last, under Last. -- At arm's length. See under Arm.

Thoughtless; heedless; volatile; unsteady; fickle; loose. "Light- headed, weak men." Clarendon. -- Light"-head`ed*ness, n.

South. Many were not easy to be governed, nor like to conform themselves to strict rules. Clarendon.

peculiar dress by which the servants of a nobleman or gentleman are distinguished; as, a claret-colored livery.

o a superior, or to duty, love, etc. He had such loyalty to the king as the law required. Clarendon. Not withstanding all the subtle bait With which those Amazons his love still craved, To his one love his loyalty he saved. Spenser.

To exhibit the manifests or prepared invoices of; to declare at the customhouse.

One who goes before a prince to declare his coming and provide entertainment; a harbinger; a pursuivant.