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In a vague manner. What he vaguely hinted at, but dared not speak. Hawthorne.

eed of lightning. Sir W. Scott. Gliding from the twilight past to vanish among realities. Hawthorne.

To cover, or coat, with verdigris. [R.] "An old verdigrised brass bugle." Hawthorne.

Any of various species of hawthorn.

nt forth out of his study, -- chewing a Hebrew text of Scripture in his mouth, I warrant. Hawthorne.

careless to the winds. Trumbull. Where the flags of three nations has successively waved. Hawthorne.

forefathers, who wove their web of life with hardly a . . . thread of rose-color or gold. Hawthorne. Such has been the perplexing ingenuity of commentators that it is difficult to extricate the truth from the web of conjectures. W. Irving.

The hawthorn.

months old, who winked, and turned aside its little face from the too vivid light of day. Hawthorne.

g sense." Dickens. He bore his age well, and seemed to retain a wiry vigor and alertness. Hawthorne.

which womankind, with her tools of magic, the broom and mop, has very infrequent access. Hawthorne.

Woodbine. Dryden. A garland . . . of woodbind or hawthorn leaves. Chaucer.

to be taught. Locke. She marveled how she could ever have been wrought upon to marry him. Hawthorne.

ertaining to a Yankee; characteristic of the Yankees. The alertness of the Yankee aspect. Hawthorne. Yankee clover. (Bot.) See Japan clover, under Japan.