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Table linen; also, linen clothing, or linen in general. [Obs.] Gayton.

mediately preceding or following in order. None could tell whose turn should be the next. Gay.

Going or traveling in the night. Gay.

Gay; spruce; fine; -- said of persons. [R.] T. Reeve.

A roving or going about in the night. Gayton.

Meal made of oats. Gay.

Old-fashioned; wonted; customary; as of old; as, the good old times; hence, colloquially, gay; jolly.

Adorned; decorated; beautiful. "So bedecked, ornate, and gay." Milton.

el; to surpass. An imposture outdoes the original. L' Estrange. I grieve to be outdone by Gay. Swift.

A robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman; -- usually called a footpad. Gay. Byron.

were paddling for their lives. L'Estrange. While paddling ducks the standing lake desire. Gay.

One who takes pains; one careful and faithful in all work. Gay.

To strike gently with the fingers or hand; to stroke lightly; to tap; as, to pat a dog. Gay pats my shoulder, and you vanish quite. Pope.

worn to raise the feet from the wet or the mud. The patten now supports each frugal dame. Gay.

r paved, and all divine with gold. Dryden. To pave thy realm, and smooth the broken ways. Gay.

itants; to fill as with people; to populate. "Peopled heaven with angels." Dryden. As the gay motes that people the sunbeams. Milton .

A cloth band for a gown. [Obs.] With kerchief starched, and pinners clean. Gay.

To move gayly; to wanton; to disport. Even as the waving sedges play with wind. Shak. The setting sun Plays on their shining arms and burnished helmets. Addison. All fame is foreign but of true desert, Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart. Pope.

Pleasure; merriment; gayety; delight; kindness. [Archaic] Shak. "Full great pleasance." Chaucer. "A realm of pleasance." Tennyson.

Cheerful; enlivening; gay; sprightly; humorous; sportive; as, pleasant company; a pleasant fellow. From grave to light, from pleasant to serve. Dryden.