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To ordain or appoint beforehand; to preordain; to predestinate; to predetermine. Hooker.

To prize or rate beforehand. [Obs.] Hooker.

nd formally divided against the authorized guides of the church and rest of the people. Hooker.

The quality of being fraudulent; deliberate deceit; trickishness. Hooker.

scribed by authority or by etiquette to be worn on occasions of ceremony. -- Full hand (Poker), three of a kind and a pair. -- Full moon. (a) The moon with its whole disk illuminated, as when opposite to the sun. (b) The time when the moon is full. -- Full organ (Mus.), the organ when all or most stops are out. --…

In a fuming manner; angrily. "They answer fumingly." Hooker.

tense. To deal in futures, to speculate on the future values of merchandise or stocks. [Brokers' cant]

The state of being general; the quality of including species or particulars. Hooker.

ely, seven generations. Baruch vi. 3. All generations and ages of the Christian church. Hooker.

Paganism; heathenism. [Obs.] Hooker.

enforce or emphasize an argument, assertion, or opinion. Humble and reverent gestures. Hooker. Grace was in all her steps, heaven in her eye, In every gesture dignity and love. Milton.

A pass through a mountain. [India] J. D. Hooker.

The hot and spicy rootstock of Zingiber officinale, which is much used in cookery and in medicine. Ginger beer or ale, a mild beer impregnated with ginger. -- Ginger cordial, a liquor made from ginger, raisins, lemon rind, and water, and sometimes whisky or brandy. -- Ginger pop. See Ginger beer (above). -- Ginger w…

. . to set on the face of this cause any fairer gloss than the naked truth doth afford. Hooker.

An intermediate agent; a broker; a procurer; -- usually in a disparaging sense. Shak.

n age of English literature. -- Golden balls, three gilt balls used as a sign of a pawnbroker's office or shop; -- originally taken from the coat of arms of Lombardy, the first money lenders in London having been Lombards. -- Golden bull. See under Bull, an edict. -- Golden chain (Bot.), the shrub Cytisus Laburnum,…

A curbstone broker. [U. S.]

to being; to originate and produce; to concoct; as, to hatch mischief; to hatch heresy. Hooker. Fancies hatched In silken-folded idleness. Tennyson.

ense; -- applied to deeds or to character. It were most heinous and accursed sacrilege. Hooker. How heinous had the fact been, how deserving Contempt! Milton.

At, or by reason of, this; as, he was offended hereat. Hooker.