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In a leering manner.

The letters made; as, the lettering of a sign.

Spring or source of life.

A nerve, or string, that is imagined to be essential to life. Daniel.

Drawn out in time; remaining long; protracted; as, a lingering disease. To die is the fate of man; but to die with lingering anguish is generally his folly. Rambler.

With delay; slowly; tediously.

A kind of pudding or sausage made of liver or pork. [Obs.] Chapman.

In a loitering manner.

Bearing injuries or provocation for a long time; patient; not easily provoked. The Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth. Ex. xxxiv. 6.

Instructive discourse. [Obs.] Spenser.

Dark and threatening; gloomy; sullen; as, lowering clouds or sky.

In a lowering manner; with cloudiness or threatening gloom.

The business of cutting or getting timber or logs from the forest for lumber. [U.S.]

The act or process of imparting a luster, as to pottery.

A kind of glossy silk fabric. See Lutestring.

A plain, stout, lustrous silk, used for ladies' dresses and for ribbon. Goldsmith.

The principal or most important spring in a piece of mechanism, especially the moving spring of a watch or clock or the spring in a gunlock which impels the hammer. Hence: The chief or most powerful motive; the efficient cause of action.

Employed, or chiefly employed, in manufacture; as, a manufacturing community; a manufacturing town.

The act of process of applying manure; also, the manure applied.

Approaching maturity; as, maturing fruits; maturing notes of hand.