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d; -- metaphorically derived from the bifurcation of the martingale of a harness. [Cant] Thackeray.

To honor or reward with a medal. "Medaled by the king." Thackeray.

To beat with the fists. [Cant] Thackeray.

g under the chin by a very broad band, generally of the same material as the cap itself. Thackeray.

antity; a measured simply. "Modicums of wit." Shak. Her usual modicum of beer and punch. Thackeray.

A donkey. [Cant] Thackeray.

A little mouse. Thackeray.

A stupid fellow; a poor-spirited person. [Colloq.] "A muff of a curate." Thackeray.

The face or mouth. [Slang] Thackeray.

f the human species by natural generation. The increase and multiplication of the world. Thackeray.

Silent; not speaking. Thackeray. The citizens are mum, and speak not a word. Shak.

A potato. [Humorous] Thackeray.

f a superior without protest or pity; -- sometimes applied to bailiffs, constables, etc. Thackeray. With unabated ardor the vindictive man of law and his myrmidons pressed forward. W. H. Ainsworth.

Affectedly pretty; weakly sentimental; finical; insipid. Thackeray. Namby-pamby madrigals of love. W. Gifford.

nusual; singular; peculiar; unique; strange. "An odd action." Shak. "An odd expression." Thackeray. The odd man, to perform all things perfectly, is, in my poor opinion, Joannes Sturmius. Ascham. Patients have sometimes coveted odd things. Arbuthnot. Locke's Essay would be a very odd book for a man to make himself mast…

A lover of wine. [R.] Thackeray.

rgent; as, he took an off day for fishing: an off year in politics. "In the off season." Thackeray. Off side. (a) The right hand side in driving; the farther side. See Gee. (b) (Cricket) See Off, n.

To grow old; to age. [R.] She had oldened in that time. Thackeray.

rge box in a theater, on a level with the stage and having communication with it. [Eng.] Thackeray.

Of or pertaining to kissing; kissing. "The osculatory ceremony." Thackeray.