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ke; to manipulate; to play on; as, to touch an instrument of music. [They] touched their golden harps. Milton.

To translate from one language to another; as, to traduce and compose works. [Obs.] Golden Boke.

e blandishments of friends transmute us into idols. Buckminster. Transmuting sorrow into golden joy Free from alloy. H. Smith.

The American golden plover. [Local, U. S.]

The golden oriole. [Prov. Eng.]

urns on its axis; a spindle turns on a pivot; a man turns on his heel. The gate . . . on golden hinges turning. Milton.

An imperial ensign consisting of a golden globe with a cross on it.

Importunate; troublesome with requests. [Obs.] Golden Boke.

Having inestimable value; invaluable. [Obs.] The golden apples of unvalued price. Spenser.

rent in twain. Matt. xxvii. 51. She, as a veil down to the slender waist, Her unadornéd golden tresses wore. Milton.

A circumference; a circle; a ring. The inclusive verge Of golden metal that must round my brow. Shak.

ation of the Jews under the old dispensation, and of the Gentiles under the gospel. "The golden chain of vocation, election, and justification." Jer. Taylor.

wild and wanton herd." Shak. A wanton and a merry [friar]. Chaucer. [She] her unadorned golden tresses wore Disheveled, but in wanton ringlets waved. Milton. How does your tongue grow wanton in her praise! Addison.

The golden-eye. [Local, U.S.]

et's drink the other cup to wet our whistles. Walton. Whistle duck (Zoöl.), the American golden-eye.

The golden-eye.

The American golden-eye.

luricincla Selbii). (b) The song thrush. [Prov. Eng.] -- Whistling duck. (Zoöl.) (a) The golden-eye. (b) A tree duck. -- Whistling eagle (Zoöl.), a small Australian eagle (Haliastur sphenurus); -- called also whistling hawk, and little swamp eagle. -- Whistling plover. (Zoöl.) (a) The golden plover. (b) The black- be…

Zoöl.) (a) A light-colored wolf (Canis laniger) native of Thibet; -- called also chanco, golden wolf, and Thibetan wolf. (b) The albino variety of the gray wolf. -- White wren (Zoöl.), the willow warbler; -- so called from the color of the under parts.

The golden-eye.