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light dews All silently their tears of love instill. Byron. How hast thou instilled Thy malice into thousands. Milton.

hout right the advantage that one should gain from the other; to traffic without a proper license; to intrude; to forestall others; to intermeddle.

sense; as, to invent the machinery of a poem; to invent a falsehood. Whate'er his cruel malice could invent. Milton. He had invented some circumstances, and put the worst possible construction on others. Sir W. Scott.

A laminated, granular, siliceous rocks, often occurring in regions where the diamond is found.

A compact siliceous rock resembling jasper.

To cut into long slices or strips and dry in the sun; as, jerk beef. See Charqui.

under Universal. -- Joint hinge, a hinge having long leaves; a strap hinge. -- Joint splice, a reënforce at a joint, to sustain the parts in their true relation. -- Joint stool. (a) A stool consisting of jointed parts; a folding stool. Shak. (b) A block for supporting the end of a piece at a joint; a joint chair.…

A kind of soup containing thin slices or shreds of carrots, onions, etc.

ance by means of strings. -- Jumping louse (Zoöl.), any of the numerous species of plant lice belonging to the family Psyllidæ, several of which are injurious to fruit trees. -- Jumping mouse (Zoöl.), North American mouse (Zapus Hudsonius), having a long tail and large hind legs. It is noted for its jumping powers. C…

conduct or motives. This even-handed justice Commends the ingredients of our poisoned chalice To our own lips. Shak.

Siliceous earth; specifically, porous infusorial earth, used as an absorbent of nitroglycerin in the manufacture of dynamite.

Freely; licentiously. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Liberty granted by which restraint or illegality is removed; permission; allowance; license. David earnestly asked leave of me. 1 Sam. xx. 6. No friend has leave to bear away the dead. Dryden.

Letter of attorney, Letter of credit, etc. See under Attorney, Credit, etc. -- Letter of license, a paper by which creditors extend a debtor's time for paying his debts. -- Letters close or clause (Eng. Law.), letters or writs directed to particular persons for particular purposes, and hence closed or sealed on the o…

Free to excess; regardless of law or moral restraint; licentious. " Most like a liberal villain." Shak.

Libertinism; license. [R.]

Dissolute; licentious; profligate; loose in morals; as, libertine principles or manners. Bacon.

Licentious conduct; debauchery; lewdness.

A privilege or license in violation of the laws of etiquette or propriety; as, to permit, or take, a liberty. He was repeatedly provoked into striking those who had taken liberties with him. Macaulay.

A friar licensed to beg within certain bounds, or whose duty was limited to a certain district. [Formerly written also limitour.] Chaucer. A limitour of the Gray Friars, in the time of his limitation, preached many times, and had one sermon at all times. Latimer.