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To wall in; to inclose. [Obs.] Ford.

An intermediate depot or station between one commercial city or country and another. Mitford.

To inclose as in a trunk; to incase. [R.] Ford.

Full of invention. J. Gifford.

lved, yet regular Then most when most irregular they seem. Milton. Leading the men of Herefordshire to fight Against the irregular and wild Glendower. Shak. A flowery meadow through which a clear stream murmured in many irregular meanders. Jones.

ReuEtacism. In all such questions between a the confusing element of itacism comes in. Alford.

To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude. Ford.

Glad; gay; merry; joyful; also, affording or inspiring joy; with of before the word or words expressing the cause of joy. Is this your joyous city Is. xxiii. 7. They all as glad as birds of joyous prime. Spenser. And joyous of our conquest early won. Dryden.

A position or condition which affords entrance, control, pr possession, etc.; as, the key of a line of defense; the key of a country; the key of a political situation. Hence, that which serves to unlock, open, discover, or solve something unknown or difficult; as, the key to a riddle; the key to a problem. Those who ar…

See under Garden. -- Kitchen lee, dirty soapsuds. [Obs.] " A brazen tub of kitchen lee." Ford. -- Kitchen stuff, fat collected from pots and pans. Donne.

cey. He [Ammonius Saccas] plunged into the wildest latitudinarianism of opinion. J. S. Harford.

Empty of contents. "A leer stomach." Gifford.

To afford; to grant or furnish in general; as, to lend assistance; to lend one's name or influence. Cato, lend me for a while thy patience. Addison. Mountain lines and distant horizons lend space and largeness to his compositions. J. A. Symonds.

a leviratical marriage was reckoned and registered as the son of the deceased brother. Alford.

A curve or arch in a bit to afford room for the tongue of the horse.

Having probability; affording probability; probable; likely. [Likely is more used now.] Shak. But it is like the jolly world about us will scoff at the paradox of these practices. South. Many were not easy to be governed, nor like to conform themselves to strict rules. Clarendon.

Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to afford a passage for water to the pump well. Limber boards (Naut.), short pieces of plank forming part of the lining of a ship's floor immediately above the timbers, so as to prevent the limbers from becoming clogged. -- Limber box or chest (Mil.), a box on the limber…

An officer who commanded a company; a captain. Mitford.

Capable of affording lodging; fit for lodging in. [R.] " The lodgeable area of the earth." Jeffrey.

ning. [Obs.] Amongst the many simoniacal that swarmed in the land, Herbert, Bishop of Thetford, must not be forgotten; nick-named Losing, that is, the Fratterer. Fuller.