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ghtened; timorous; shy; untrustworthy; as, a skittish colt. "A restiff, skittish jade." L'Estrange.

Uncertain in effect. L'Estrange.

neatness and order, especially in dress. A slovenly, lazy fellow, bolling at his ease. L'Estrange.

A greedy fellow. L'Estrange.

A share; a snack. [Obs.] L'Estrange

rom the sop given to Cerberus, as related in mythology. All nature is cured with a sop. L'Estrange.

Showy; well-dresed; fine. L'Estrange.

in out the day in idleness. By one delay after another they spin out their whole lives. L'Estrange.

y is an intruder, and a common smell-feast, that sponges upon other people's trenchers. L'Estrange.

ledged; but upon sprawling and struggling to get clear of the flame, down they tumbled. L'Estrange.

The eagle took the tortoise up into the air, and dropped him down, squab, upon a rock. L'Estrange.

a phrase taken from the game of chess, the chessboard being formed with squares. [Obs.] L'Estrange.

crush. In a civil war, people must expect to be crushed and squeezed toward the burden. L'Estrange.

Hence, to throw out or utter words rapidly; to prate. [Low] L'Estrange.

ypocrisy is the devil's stalking-horse under an affectation of simplicity and religion. L'Estrange. How much more abominable is it to make of him [Christ] and religion a stalking-horse, to get and enjoy the world! Bunyan.

A state of perplexity or embarrassment; as, to be at a stand what to do. L'Estrange.

k in starts distractedly. Shak. Nature does nothing by starts and leaps, or in a hurry. L'Estrange.

lity or state of being steady. Steadiness is a point of prudence as well as of courage. L'Estrange.

t had a deal of choice fruit, had not the heart to touch it till it began to be rotten. L'estrange.

anger; to dislike. Shak. The lion began to show his teeth, and to stomach the affront. L'Estrange. The Parliament sit in that body . . . to be his counselors and dictators, though he stomach it. Milton.