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t; admirable; ostentatious. "Of shadow proud." Chapman. "Proud titles." Shak. " The proud temple's height." Dryden. Till tower, and dome, and bridge-way proud Are mantled with a golden cloud. Keble.

, I take the German proverbial cure, by a hair of the same beast, to be the worst. Sir W. Temple.

Falsely or imperfectly dipteral, as a temple with the inner range of columns surrounding the cella omitted, so that the space between the cella wall and the columns is very great, being equal to two intercolumns and one column. -- n.

Falsely or imperfectly peripteral, as a temple having the columns at the sides attached to the walls, and an ambulatory only at the ends or only at one end. -- n.

Of or pertaining to Delphi, to the temple of Apollo, or to the priestess of Apollo, who delivered oracles at Delphi. Pythian games (Gr. Antiq.), one of the four great national festivals of ancient Greece, celebrated near Delphi, in honor of Apollo, the conqueror of the dragon Python, at first once in eight years, after…

ltercate; to contend; to fight. Beasts called sociable quarrel in hunger and lust. Sir W. Temple.

I give my sensual race the rein. Shak. Some . . . great race of fancy or judgment. Sir W. Temple.

puts a kingto the rack, and makes him as miserable as it does the meanest subject. Sir W. Temple.

titles. Clarendon. The plate pieces of eight were raised three pence in the piece. Sir W. Temple.

ious what rapport there is between the conceptions and languages in every country. Sir W. Temple. En` rap`port" ( Etym: [F.], in accord, harmony, or sympathy; having a mutual, especially a private, understanding; in mesmerism, in that relation of sympathy which permits influence or communication.

attern. [Obs.] The humor of raveling into all these mystical or entangled matters. Sir W. Temple.

To bellow again; to repeat or echo a bellow. The cave rebellowed, and the temple shook. Dryden.

A recital. [Obs.] Sir W. Temple.

gent or vicarious ruler, or of a body of regents; deputed or vicarious government. Sir W. Temple.

A record; an account; a register. Sir W. Temple.

d for; demand. Knowledge and fame were in as great request as wealth among us now. Sir W. Temple. Court of Requests. (a) A local tribunal, sometimes called Court of Consience, founded by act of Parliament to facilitate the recovery of small debts from any inhabitant or trader in the district defined by the act; -- now…

To restrain; to prevent. [Obs.] Sir W. Temple. Retaining wall (Arch. & Engin.), a wall built to keep any movable backing, or a bank of sand or earth, in its place; -- called also retain wall.

nvert. A pyramid reversed may stand upon his point if balanced by admirable skill. Sir W. Temple.

The apartment, in a church or temple, where the vestments, etc., are kept; -- now contracted into vestry.

went right to the mark; he came right out; he followed right after the guide. Unto Dian's temple goeth she right. Chaucer. Let thine eyes look right on. Prov. iv. 25. Right across its track there lay, Down in the water, a long reef of gold. Tennyson.