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The fall of a bird on its prey; a swoop. L'Estrange.

To wander at large; to roam idly about; to ramble. The wolf spied out a straggling kid. L'Estrange.

To alienate; to estrange. [Obs.]

To estrange; to alienate. [Obs.] Shak.

eir strength. Locke. A body may as well lay too little as too much stress upon a dream. L'Estrange.

wful authority upon the stretch, to the abuse of yower, under the color of prerogative. L'Estrange.

all from rectitude. One stumble is enough to deface the character of an honorable life. L'Estrange.

; to be useful. [Obs.] "Our passions . . . subminister to the best and worst purposes." L'EStrange.

itable. If happinessbe a substantial good. Denham. The substantial ornaments of virtue. L'Estrange.

with up. "Go to the ant, thou sluggard," in few words sums up the moral of this fable. L'Estrange. He sums their virtues in himself alone. Dryden.

o heart that he had not the nightingale's voice superadded to the beauty of his plumes. L'Estrange.

of swooping. The eagle fell, . . . and carried away a whole litter of cubs at a swoop. L'Estrange.

o answer by reproof; to reprimand; to berate. One of his relations took him up roundly. L'Estrange.

A ragged fellow; a ragamuffin. L'Estrange.

ssion and pain; easily pained. Our bodies are not naturally more tender than our faces. L'Estrange.

er is not aware of what is done, and then in other cases it may fall out to be own act. L'Estrange. By then. (a) By that time. (b) By the time that. [Obs.] But that opinion, I trust, by then this following argument hath been well read, will be left for one of the mysteries of an indulgent Antichrist. Milton. Now and th…

hick with manure. Thick and threefold, in quick succession, or in great numbers. [Obs.] L'Estrange.

ef catcher. Same as Thief taker. -- Thief leader, one who leads or takes away a thief. L'Estrange. -- Thief taker, one whose business is to find and capture thieves and bring them to justice. -- Thief tube, a tube for withdrawing a sample of a liquid from a cask. -- Thieves' vinegar, a kind of aromatic vinegar for…

any business; fully; completely. [Obs.] Preservance alone can carry us thoroughstitch. L'Estrange.

shed with timber; -- often compounded; as, a well-timbered house; a low-timbered house. L'Estrange.