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d scarce to be easily managed. Sir I. Newton. What wars Imanage, and what wreaths I gain. Prior.

(Bot.), a lichen (Lecidea geographica.) growing on stones in curious maplike figures. Dr. Prior.

anner; to cause to go by peremptory command, or by force. March them again in fair array. Prior.

concession, or a desire to soften a question or remark. How old may Phillis be, you ask. Prior.

in the rude manger lies. Milton. Would you meanly thus rely On power you know I must obey Prior. We can not bear to have others think meanly of them [our kindred]. I. Watts.

Being between the two extremes; middle; interposed; intervening; intermediate. Prior.

ncholy; dejected; unhappy. Just as the melancholic eye Sees fleets and armies in the sky. Prior.

ation; as, his teacher gave him ten merits. Those laurel groves, the merits of thy youth. Prior.

to ministry or service; serving; attendant. Enlightening spirits and ministerial flames. Prior.

seldom applied to persons. She would never miss, one day, A walk so fine, a sight so gay. Prior. We cannot miss him; he does make our fire, Fetch in our wood. Shak.

audibly; to lament. Ye floods, ye woods, ye echoes, moan My dear Columbo, dead and gone. Prior.

e moldering of earth in frosts and sun. Bacon. When statues molder, and when arches fall. Prior. If he had sat still, the enemy's army would have moldered to nothing. Clarendon.

to humble. With fasting mortified, worn out with tears. Harte. Mortify thy learned lust. Prior. Mortify, rherefore, your members which are upon the earth. Col. iii. 5.

Large as, or resembling, a mountain; huge; of great bulk; as, a mountainous heap. Prior.

s and yellow tubular flowers with a spreading border. -- Petty mullein, the cowslip. Dr. Prior.

aces. Camden. Propitious star, whose sacred power Presided o'er the monarch's natal hour. Prior.

The hemp; -- so called as furnishing ropes for hanging criminals. Dr. prior.

e of being disregarded, slighted, or neglected. Rescue my poor remains from vile neglect. Prior.

. It rejects the noumena of Kant, restricting knowledge to phenomena as constituted by a priori categories.

to make ragged, as by cutting nicks or notches in. And thence proceed to nicking sashes. Prior. The itch of his affection should not then Have nicked his captainship. Shak.