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In a distinguished manner. [R.] Swift.

divide and assign in portions; dealing to each his proper share. "Distributive justice." Swift.

To dig a ditch or ditches. Swift.

te is of all things the mightiest divider. Milton. Money, the great divider of the world. Swift.

Twice; doubly. I was double their age. Swift.

A drop. [Obs.] Swift.

To let fall in drops. Let the cook . . . dribble it all the way upstairs. Swift.

o slip or waste away by degrees. [Obs.] This accident hath drilled away the whole summer. Swift.

To let fall in drops. Which from the thatch drips fast a shower of rain. Swift.

In the Middle Ages, a large, fast-sailing galley, or cutter; a large, swift war vessel. [Hist. or Archaic] Fuller. The great dromond swinging from the quay. W. Morris.

I saw him ten days before he died, and observed he began very much to droop and languish. Swift.

Pertaining to, or proceeding from, intoxication. The drunken quarrels of a rake. Swift.

To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion. " Will duck his head aside. Swift.

k or beset, as a debtor, for payment; to urge importunately. Hath she sent so soon to dun Swift.

or weak in intellect; a dullard; a dolt. I never knew this town without dunces of figure. Swift.

To void excrement. Swift.

s, though begun with excellent intentions, are said to have dwindled into factious clubs. Swift.

The Chinese yellow antelope (Procapra gutturosa), a remarkably swift-footed animal, inhabiting the deserts of Central Asia, Thibet, and China.

Having the wings of an eagle; swift, or soaring high, like an eagle. Shak.

ss comes by labor, wit by ease. Herbert. Give yourself ease from the fatigue of watching. Swift.