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Having thick lips. "A blobber-lipped shell." Grew.

Money obtained as the price, or at the cost, of another's life; -- said of a reward for supporting a capital charge, of money obtained for betraying a fugitive or for committing murder, or of money obtained from the sale of that which will destroy the purchaser.

ully. He bloweth and blustereth out . . . his abominable blasphemy. Sir T. More. As if therewith he meant to bluster all princes into a perfect obedience to his commands. Fuller.

ls, rigging, colors, anchors, cables, cordage, etc., of a ship, and who also summons the crew, and performs other duties.

To mock or delude; to cheat. To play her pranks, and bob the fool, The shrewish wife began. Turbervile.

A person; a human being; -- frequently in composition; as, anybody, nobody. A dry, shrewd kind of a body. W. Irving.

material, used to fasten or hold something in place, often having a head at one end and screw thread cut upon the other end.

was the earliest kind of cannon. They planted in divers places twelve great bombards, wherewith they threw huge stones into the air, which, falling down into the city, might break down the houses. Knolles.

g of mad men. . . . If there appeared small amendment he was bowssened again and again. Carew.

as, the English branch of a family. His father, a younger branch of the ancient stock. Carew.

ether burning or after the fire is extinct. Snatching a live brand from a wigwam, Mason threw it on a matted roof. Palfrey.

A price, reward, gift, or favor bestowed or promised with a view to prevent the judgment or corrupt the conduct of a judge, witness, voter, or other person in a position of trust. Undue reward for anything against justice is a bribe. Hobart.

Of brilliant color; of lively hue or appearance. Here the bright crocus and blue violet grew. Pope.

Easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious. Farewell, thou pretty, brittle piece Of fine-cut crystal. Cotton. Brittle silver ore, the mineral stephanite.

The fee, reward, or commission, given or changed for transacting business as a broker.

A frame on which firewood is sawed; a sawhorse; a sawbuck. Buck saw, a saw set in a frame and used for sawing wood on a sawhorse.

hat used for yeas to brave the buffets of the Bay of Biscay. Burke. Fortune's buffets and rewards. Shak.

s by low tricks, antic gestures, etc.; a droll; a mimic; a harlequin; a clown; a merry-andrew.

A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through which the venthole is bored. Farrow.

A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated, turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, as a door.