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Without a name; not having been given a name; as, a nameless star. Waller.

To lessen the breadth of; to contract; to draw into a smaller compass; to reduce the width or extent of. Sir W. Temple.

abiting Luzon and some of the other east Indian Islands. They resemble negroes, but are smaller in size. They are mostly nomads.

A rounded seed, rather smaller than a nutmeg, having a hard smooth shell, and a yellowish or bluish color. The seeds grow in the prickly pods of tropical, woody climbers of the genus Cæsalpinia. C. Bonduc has yellowish seeds; C.Bonducella, bluish gray. [Spelt also neckar nut, nickar nut.]

A size of type next smaller than minion and next larger than agate (or ruby).

that but now, for honor and for plate, Made the sea blush with blood, resign their hate. Waller.

g of the first nut. -- Nut buoy. See under Buoy. -- Nut coal, screened coal of a size smaller than stove coal and larger than pea coal; -- called also chestnut coal. -- Nut crab (Zoöl.), any leucosoid crab of the genus Ebalia as, Ebalia tuberosa of Europe. -- Nut grass (Bot.), a plant of the Sedge family (Cyperus r…

and this faulty land, Like fainting Hester, does before you stand Watching your scepter. Waller.

eived me. Rom. vii. 11. I'll take the occasion which he gives to bring Him to his death. Waller.

A kind of theater in ancient Greece, smaller than the dramatic theater and roofed over, in which poets and musicians submitted their works to the approval of the public, and contended for prizes; -- hence, in modern usage, the name of a hall for musical or dramatic performances.

related to the giraffe, discovered in the deep forests of Belgian Kongo in 1900. It is smaller than an ox, and somewhat like a giraffe, except that the neck is much shorter. Like the giraffe, it has no dewclaws. There is a small prominence on each frontal bone of the male. The color of the body is chiefly reddish ches…

.), a bright-colored American oriole (Icterus spurius), which frequents orchards. It is smaller and darker thah the Baltimore oriole.

A gallery for minstrels. [Obs.] W. Hamper.

rpass in flying; to fly beyond or faster than. Shak. Winged with fear outflies the wind. Waller.

o blow away; to dissipate by wind, or as by wind. When this cloud of sorrow's overblown. Waller.

cer. While in the park I sing, the listening deer Attend my passion, and forget to fear. Waller.

rt of the lower floor of a theater with seats at the rear of the parquet and beneath the galleries; -- called also, esp. in U. S., orchestra circle or parterre.

not against us is on our part. Mark ix. 40. Make whole kingdoms take her brother's part. Waller.

The smaller hosts distributed in the communion of the laity. Bp. Fitzpatrick.

h was passed from hand to hand. I had only time to pass my eye over the medals. Addison. Waller passed over five thousand horse and foot by Newbridge. Clarendon.