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press; to weary; to sadden. Attention of mind . . . wasted or dulled through continuance. Hooker.

ticulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes. To unloose the very tongues even of dumb creatures. Hooker.

Serious; important. [Obs.] They whom earnest lets do often hinder. Hooker.

ogwheel set to turn about an eccentric axis used to give variable rotation. -- Eccentric hook or gab, a hook-shaped journal box on the end of an eccentric rod, opposite the strap. -- Eccentric rod, the rod that connects as eccentric strap with any part to be acted upon by the eccentric. -- Eccentric sheave, or Eccen…

ficient power; effectual agency. The manner of this divine efficiency being far above us. Hooker.

fficient cause; a prime mover. God . . . moveth mere natural agents as an efficient only. Hooker.

To break or dash in pieces; to demolish; as, to elide the force of an argument. [Obs.] Hooker.

e duty and office of another. South. Superstition, . . . a creeping and encroaching evil. Hooker. Exclude the encroaching cattle from thy ground. Dryden.

mind is encumbered with useless learning. Not encumbered with any notable inconvenience. Hooker.

To prove; to evince. [R.] Hooker.

To join or unite. [Obs.] Hooker.

To deposit in a tomb, as a dead body; to bury; to inter; to inhume. Hooker.

Hook-billed; having the upper mandible longer than the lower.

Watchful; alert. Vigilant and erect attention of mind. Hooker.

ly evidenced. Glanvill. Had we . . . estranged ourselves from them in things indifferent. Hooker.

One of the appellations of God. Law whereby the Eternal himself doth work. Hooker.

Abolition; nullification. [Obs.] Hooker. Evacuation day, the anniversary of the day on which the British army evacuated the city of New York, November 25, 1783.

one. Cf. Each. [Obs.] "Every of your wishes." Shak. Daily occasions given to every of us. Hooker. Every each, every one. [Obs.] "Every each of them hath some vices." Burton.. -- Every now and then, at short intervals; occasionally; repeatedly; frequently. [Colloq.]

A voidable. [R.] Hooker.

To satirize; to censure severely. [Obs.] Hooker.