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DREARIHEAD; DREARIHOOD n.
Affliction; dreariness. [Obs.] Spenser.
DREARILY adv.
Gloomily; dismally.
DREARIMENT n.
Dreariness. [Obs.] Spenser.
DREARINESS n. 2 definitions
Sorrow; wretchedness. [Obs.]
DREARING n.
Sorrow. [Obs.] Spenser.
DREARISOME a.
Very dreary. Halliwell.
DREARY a. 2 definitions
Sorrowful; distressful. [Obs.] " Dreary shrieks." Spenser.
EELSPEAR n.
A spear with barbed forks for spearing eels.
EMPEARL v.
To form like pearls; to decorate with, or as with, pearls; to impearl.
ENDEAR v. 2 definitions
To make dear or beloved. "To be endeared to a king." Shak.
ENDEAREDLY adv.
With affection or endearment; dearly.
ENDEAREDNESS n.
State of being endeared.
ENDEARING a.
Making dear or beloved; causing love. -- En*dear"ing*ly, adv.
ENDEARMENT n.
The act of endearing or the state of being endeared; also, that which manifests, excites, or increases, affection. "The great endearments of prudent and temperate speech." Jer. Taylor. Her first endearments twining round the soul. Thomson.
ENHEARTEN v.
To give heart to; to fill with courage; to embolden. The enemy exults and is enheartened. I. Taylor.
ENSEAR v.
To sear; to dry up. [Obs.] Ensear thy fertile and conceptious womb. Shak.
ENSEARCH v. 2 definitions
To make search; to try to find something. [Obs.] -- v. t.
EPITROCHLEAR a.
Relating to the epitrochlea.
FAINTHEARTED; FAINT-HEARTED a.
Wanting in courage; depressed by fear; easily discouraged or frightened; cowardly; timorous; dejected. Fear not, neither be faint-hearted. Is. vii. 4. -- Faint"*heart`ed*ly, adv. -- Faint"*heart`ed*ness, n.
FALSE-HEART a.
False-hearted. Shak.
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