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The sand fluke (b). [Prov. Eng.]

the pronoun or adverb. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required. Luke xii. 48. What great thing soever a man proposed to do in his life, he should think of achieving it by fifty. Sir W. Temple.

or uncertain; a person indeterminate; some person. Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me. Luke viii. 46. We must draw in somebody that may stand "Twixt us and danger." Denham.

ainful or diseased place, such as an ulcer or a boil. The dogs came and licked his sores. Luke xvi. 21.

To cast forth with abhorrence or disgust; to eject. Because thou art lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spew thee out of my mouth. Rev. ii. 16.

To cease, as the flowing of blood. Immediately her issue of blood stanched. Luke viii. 44.

Strife; contention. [Obs.] Wyclif (luke xxi. 9).

essions; estate; property; resources. And there wasted his substance with riotous living. Luke xv. 13. Thy substance, valued at the highest rate, Can not amount unto a hundred marks. Shak. We are destroying many thousand lives, and exhausting our substance, but not for our own interest. Swift.

a newborn infant. Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. Luke ii. 12.

eduction. When the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season. Luke iv. 13.

Moderately warm; lukewarm; as, a tepid bath; tepid rays; tepid vapors. -- Tep"id*ness, n.

The quality or state of being tepid; moderate warmth; lukewarmness; tepidness. Jer. Taylor.

alarm or shock with fear; to frighten. When ye shall hear of wars . . . be not terrified. Luke xxi. 9.

good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye for sinners also do even the same. Luke vi. 33. What great thank, then, if any man, reputed wise and constant, will neither do, nor permit others under his charge to do, that which he approves not, especially in matter of sin Milton. Thanks, thanks to thee, most wo…

R.] What will ye dine I will go thereabout. Chaucer. They were much perplexed thereabout. Luke xxiv. 4.

mething previously stated; for that. I have married a wife, and therefore I can not come. Luke xiv. 20. Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore Matt. xix. 27.

Into that or this, or into that place. Bacon. Let not them . . . enter thereinto. Luke xxi. 21.

owing in quick succession; frequently recurring. The people were gathered thick together. Luke xi. 29. Black was the forest; thick with beech it stood. Dryden.

within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits Luke xii. 17.

ace covered with tiles, or composed of tiles. They . . . let him down through the tiling. Luke v. 19.