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A number of shares taken by a jobber.

lly clipped to resemble a lion's mane. -- Lion lizard (Zoöl.), the basilisk. -- Lion's share, all, or nearly all; the best or largest part; -- from Æsop's fable of the lion hunting in company with certain smaller beasts, and appropriating to himself all the prey.

ng dispraise, Because their natures are little. Tennyson. Little chief. (Zoöl.) See Chief hare. -- Little finger, the fourth and smallest finger of the hand. -- Little go (Eng. Universities), a public examination about the middle of the course, which as less strict and important than the final one; -- called also sma…

A prize in a lottery. [Obs.] Evelyn. To cast in one's lot with, to share the fortunes of. -- To cast lots, to use or throw a die, or some other instrument, by the unforeseen turn or position of which, an event is by previous agreement determined. -- To draw lots, to determine an event, or make a decision, by drawing…

cumbersome. Dryden. They must divide the image among them, and so lug off every one his share. Collier.

A small Abyssinian antelope (Neotragus Saltiana), about the size of a hare.

arch is come at last, With wind, and cloud, and changing skies. Bryant. As mad as a March Hare, an old English Saying derived from the fact that March is the rutting time of hares, when they are excitable and violent. Wright.

an a politician slight the feelings and convictions of the whole matronage of his country Hare.

A hare. [Scot.]

Determined extent, not to be exceeded; limit; allotted share, as of action, influence, ability, or the like; due proportion. Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days. Ps. xxxix. 4.

One who cultivates land for a share (usually one half) of its yield, receiving stock, tools, and seed from the landlord. [France & Italy] Milman.

The space of a thousand years; a millennium; also, a Millenarian."During that millenary." Hare.

chaic] Fuller. The misprision of this passage has aided in fostering the delusive notion. Hare.

A curved plate of iron (originally of wood) back of the share of a plow, which turns over the earth in plowing.

honic; -- applied to music in which the melody is confined to one part, instead of being shared by all the parts as in the style called polyphonic.

To render moral; to correct the morals of. It had a large share in moralizing the poor white people of the country. D. Ramsay.

swelling; to speak in a strained or unnaturally sonorous manner. "Mouthing big phrases." Hare. Mouthing out his hollow oes and aes. Tennyson.

Having many forms, shapes, or appearances. A plastic and multiform unit. Hare.

ce, wall, or the like, through which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset. Find a hare without a muse. Old Prov.

A very small chevrotain (Tragulus Javanicus), native of Java. It is about the size of a hare, and is noted for its agility in leaping. Called also Java musk deer, pygmy musk deer, and deerlet.