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d; immediate presence. We shell express our duty in his eye. Shak. Her shell your hear disproved to her eyes. Shak.

ergy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed; as, "Faint heart ne'er won fair lady." Old Proverb.

To prove to be false, or untrustworthy; to confute; to disprove; to nullify; to make to appear false. By how much better than my word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hope. Shak. Jews and Pagans united all their endeavors, under Julian the apostate, to baffie and falsify the prediction. Addison.…

ed to keep the large sails of a smock windmill always in the direction of the wind. Clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan. Is. xxx. 24.

hands and dance in various figures, sometimes moving from room to room. It originated in Provence.

haracterized by tempting variety and abundance of food. Enough is as good as a feast. Old Proverb. Belshazzar the King made a great feast to a thousand of his lords. Dan. v. 1.

Kind; nature; species; -- from the proverbial phrase, "Birds of a feather," that is, of the same species. [R.] I am not of that feather to shake off My friend when he must need me. Shak.

An allowance of provender given to a horse, cow, etc.; a meal; as, a feed of corn or oats.

lipsis of a noun, a few people. "Are not my days few" Job x. 20. Few know and fewer care. Proverb.

firm; solid; substemtial. [Obs.] A cold May and a windy Makes the barn fat amd findy. Old Prover

noise and then go out, like wet gunpowder; hence, to fail completely and ridicuously; to prove a failure. [Colloq.]

. [Obs.] England were but a fling Save for the crooked stick and the gray goose wing. Old Proverb. To have one's fling, to enjoy one's self to the full; to have a season of dissipation. J. H. Newman. "When I was as young as you, I had my fling. I led a life of pleasure." D. Jerrold.

errick on a float for river and harbor use, in raising vessels, moving stone for harbor improvements, etc. -- Floating dock. (Naut.) See under Dock. -- Floating harbor, a breakwater of cages or booms, anchored and fastened together, and used as a protection to ships riding at anchor to leeward. Knight. -- Floating h…

nions of; to obey; to yield to; to take as a rule of action; as, to follow good advice. Approve the best, and follow what I approve. Milton. Follow peace with all men. Heb. xii. 14. It is most agreeable to some men to follow their reason; and to others to follow their appetites. J. Edwards.

Foolish; silly; simple; weak. [Archaic] Grant I may never prove so fond To trust man on his oath or bond. Shak.

llect, excites the feelings, or molds habits of character; that which nourishes. This may prove food to my displeasure. Shak. In this moment there is life and food For future years. Wordsworth.

t and the happiest pair Will find occasion to forbear. Cowper. Both bear and forbear. Old Proverb.

elerate; to quicken; to hasten; as, to forward the growth of a plant; to forward one in improvement.

A machine used in making paper; -- so named from an early inventor of improvements in this class of machinery.

into a state of alarm or fright; to affright; to terrify. More frightened than hurt. Old Proverb.