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To raise or force from the breast; to utter with effort; as, to heave a sigh. The wretched animal heaved forth such groans. Shak.

A wretch; a rascal. [Obs.] Chaucer.

rship, etc. High time it is this war now ended were. Spenser. High sauces and spices are fetched from the Indies. Baker.

A base, menial wretch. -- a.

ircuit of the bases made before the batted ball is returned to the home base. -- Home stretch (Sport.), that part of a race course between the last curve and the winning post. -- Home thrust, a well directed or effective thrust; one that wounds in a vital part; hence, in controversy, a personal attack.…

and sucking their blood; -- called also horsefly, horse louse, and forest fly. -- Horse vetch (Bot.), a plant of the genus Hippocrepis (H. comosa), cultivated for the beauty of its flowers; -- called also horsehoe vetch, from the peculiar shape of its pods. -- Iron horse, a locomotive. [Colloq.] -- Salt horse, the sa…

d sound, like that of a bee in flight; to drone; to murmur; to buzz; as, a top hums. P. Fletcher. Still humming on, their drowsy course they keep. Pope.

ution in water. It attacks all silicates, as glass or porcelain, is the agent employed in etching glass, and is preserved only in vessels of platinum, lead, caoutchouc, or gutta-percha.

To mold into shape, or form. [Obs.] G. Fletcher.

without elaboration of the details; -- a disignation of a recent fashion in painting and etching.

h any art but such improper ones as nature is said to bestow, as singing and poetry. J. Fletcher.

ith reference to what is bad. [R.] We all have, I fear, . . . not a little improved the wretched inheritance of our ancestors. Bp. Porteus.

Burnt in; ineffaceable. Her inburnt, shamefaced thoughts. P. Fletcher.

boisterous; stormy; rigorously cold, etc.; as, inclement weather. Cowper. The guard the wretched from the inclement sky. Pope. Teach us further by what means to shun The inclement seasons, rain, ice, hail, and snow! Milton.

ed with something detestable; hence, unlucky; perilous; dangerous. "Infamous woods." P. Fletcher. Infamous hills, and sandy perilous wilds. Milton. The piny shade More infamous by cursed Lycaon made. Dryden.

The state or quality of being infelicitous; unhappiness; misery; wretchedness; misfortune; want of suitableness or appropriateness. I. Watts. Whatever is the ignorance and infelicity of the present state, we were made wise and happy. Glanvill.

Unfortunate. [Obs.] I, woeful wretch and infortuned wight. Chaucer.

To inter with funeral rites; to bury. [Obs.] G. Fletcher.

To ingratiate. [Obs.] G. Fletcher.

o work in, as lace; to embellish with work resembling lace; also, to lace or enlace. P. Fletcher.