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usly; in a manner to success; with success. Formed by thy converse, happily to steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe. Pope.

ude; in a bad sense, a noisy or pompous speech; declamation; ranting. Gray-headed men and grave, with warriors mixed, Assemble, and harangues are heard. Milton.

The place where the head should go; as, the head of a bed, of a grave, etc.; the head of a carriage, that is, the hood which covers the head.

which marks or forms the head of anything; as, the headboard of a bed; the headboard of a grave.

An engraved ornament at the head of a chapter, or of a page.

The stone at the head of a grave.

A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument. [Archaic] "Underneath this marble hearse." B. Johnson. Beside the hearse a fruitful palm tree grows. Fairfax Who lies beneath this sculptured hearse. Longfellow.

ence, the fireside; home. Chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone. A. Lincoln.

The place of the dead, or of souls after death; the grave; -- called in Hebrew sheol, and by the Greeks hades. He descended into hell. Book of Common Prayer. Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell. Ps. xvi. 10.

Acute or sharp; -- opposed to grave or low; as, a high note.

fuge and rest; an asylum; as, a home for outcasts; a home for the blind; hence, esp., the grave; the final rest; also, the native and eternal dwelling place of the soul. Man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets. Eccl. xii. 5.

Gravel retaining in the hopper of a cradle.

An extended ridge of sand, gravel, and bowlders, in a half- stratified condition. Agassiz. On horseback, on the back of a horse; mounted or riding on a horse or horses; in the saddle. The long journey was to be performed on horseback. Prescott.

The grave. "The narrow house." Bryant.

A hardened, engraved steel punch for impressing a device upon a die, used in coining, etc.

To cower; to crouch; to curl up. [Obs.] Palsgrave.

f mining in which the force of a jet of water is used to wash down a bank of gold-bearing gravel or earth. [Pacific Coast] -- Hydraulic press, a hydrostatic press. See under Hydrostatic. -- Hydraulic propeller, a device for propelling ships by means of a stream of water ejected under water rearward from the ship. --…

to the winds. The hypallage, of which Virgil is fonder than any other writer, is much the gravest fault in language. Landor.

Illicit. [R.] Cotgrave.

of anything to which worship is paid; an idol. Chaucer. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, . . . thou shalt not bow down thyself to them. Ex. xx. 4, 5.