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To bury; to inter; to entomb; as, obscurely sepulchered. And so sepulchered in such pomp dost lie That kings for such a tomb would wish to die. Milton.

any good end use; beneficial; advantageous. "Serviceable to religion and learning". Atterbury. "Serviceable tools." Macaulay. I know thee well, a serviceable villain. Shak.

how; to display; to recommend; to set off. I could set out that best side of Luther. Atterbury.

aining to the church, such as to dig graves, ring the bell, etc. Sexton beetle (Zoöl.), a burying beetle.

octrines grew too strong to be shook by his enemies, they persecuted his reputation. Atterbury. Thy equal fear that my firm faith and love Can by his fraud be shaken or seduced. Milton.

to doubt of everything. [R.] To skepticize, where no one else will . . . hesitate. Shaftesbury.

ncouncerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly. We sleep over our happiness. Atterbury.

resented everywhere in Scripture as the special patron of the poor and the afficted. Atterbury. To this special evil an improvement of style would apply a special redress. De Quincey.

occuring in grains and minute isometric crystals of tin-white color. It is found near Sudbury, Ontario Canada, and is the only known compound of platinum occuring in nature.

ially after sleep; as, an early stirrer. Shak. Stirrer up, an instigator or inciter. Atterbury.

An assemblage of upright stones with others placed horizontally on their tops, on Salisbury Plain, England, -- generally supposed to be the remains of an ancient Druidical temple.

sion of parts; as, a stream of words; a stream of sand. "The stream of beneficence." Atterbury. "The stream of emigration." Macaulay.

t importance to; to emphasize. "Consider how great a stress is laid upon this duty." Atterbury. -- To put stress upon, or To put to a stress, to strain.

most stretch, can signify no more than that Luther lay under severe agonies of mind. Atterbury. This is the utmost stretch that nature can. Granville.

, dread, or horror. Nice works of art strike and surprise us most on the first view. Atterbury. They please as beauties, here as wonders strike. Pope.

ce to the utmost pitch of impiety with less reluctance than he took the first steps. Atterbury.

d and clothing; to be supported; to live. Milton. To subsist on other men's charity. Atterbury.

o shun. Waller. Military successes, above all others, elevate the minds of a people. Atterbury.

us and St. Austin confirm by their suffrage the observation made by heathen writers. Atterbury. Every miracle is the suffrage of Heaven to the truth of a doctrine. South.

h sacrilegious smoke. Roscommon. No spots to sully the brightness of this solemnity. Atterbury.