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money merchant was so proud of his trust that he went juking and tossing of his head. L' Estrange.

To lie or lodge; to dwell, as a dog or a fox. The dog kenneled in a hollow tree. L'Estrange.

, made by popes of another kidney. Barrow. Millions in the world of this man's kidney. L'Estrange. Your poets, spendthrifts, and other fools of that kidney, pretend, forsooth, to crack their jokes on prudence. Burns.

To seize with the teeth; to gnaw. "Knabbing crusts." [Obs.] L'Estrange.

To be acquainted with; to be no stranger to; to be more or less familiar with the person, character, etc., of; to possess experience of; as, to know an author; to know the rules of an organization. He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin. 2 Cor. v. 21. Not to know me argues yourselves unknown. Milton.…

To beat; to lash; to make stripes on. [Colloq.] I'll lace your coat for ye. L'Estrange.

The moral is a lash at the vanity of arrogating that to ourselves which succeeds well. L'Estrange.

n foot, on which boots and shoes are formed. The cobbler is not to go beyond his last. L'Estrange. Darning last, a smooth, hard body, often egg-shaped, put into a stocking to preserve its shape in darning.

comes on by degrees, . . . and sudden leaps from one extreme to another are unnatural. L'Estrange. Changes of tone may proceed either by leaps or glides. H. Sweet.

ated by a particular combination of the letters) as to permit the bolt to be withdrawn. A strange lock that opens with AMEN. Beau. & Fl. -- Letter paper, paper for writing letters on; especially, a size of paper intermediate between note paper and foolscap. See Paper. -- Letter punch, a steel punch with a letter engra…

To give a license to. [Obs.] L'Estrange.

y lifting; as, to give one a lift in a wagon. [Colloq.] The goat gives the fox a lift. L'Estrange.

Appearance or form; guise. An enemy in the likeness of a friend. L'Estrange.

ar with a viscous substance, as birdlime. These twigs, in time, will come to be limed. L'Estrange.

. Also Fig. A wolf came to a sow, and very kindly offered to take care of her litter. D. Estrange. Reflect upon numerous litter of strange, senseless opinions that crawl about the world. South.

ing comfortably. There is no living without trusting somebody or other in some cases. L' Estrange.

rheads, To fall to loggerheads, or To go to loggerheads, to quarrel; to be at strife. L' Estrange.

Awkwardly. L'Estrange.

from, or unable to find, the way; bewildered; perplexed; as, a child lost in the woods; a stranger lost in London.

izyphus Lotus), the fruit of which is mildly sweet. It was fabled by the ancients to make strangers who ate of it forget their native country, or lose all desire to return to it.