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mark off by some characteristic. Not more distinguished by her purple vest, Than by the charming features of her face. Dryden. Milton has distinguished the sweetbrier and the eglantine. Nares.

ng it may do much danger. Shak. He waved indifferently' twixt doing them neither good not harm. Shak.

a cunning trick; an artifice. [Colloq.] Some, who have a taste for good living, have many harmless arts, by which they improve their banquet, and innocent dodges, if we may be permitted to use an excellent phrase that has become vernacular since the appearance of the last dictionaries. Thackeray.

Something precisely equal or counterpart to another; a counterpart. Hence, a wraith. My charming friend . . . has, I am almost sure, a double, who preaches his afternoon sermons for him. Atlantic Monthly.

The possession of dovelike qualities, harmlessness and innocence. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Like a dove; harmless; innocent. "Joined with dovish simplicity." Latimer.

als in drugs; especially, one who buys and sells drugs without compounding them; also, a pharmaceutist or apothecary.

Sweet to the ear; melodious; harmonious. Their dainty lays and dulcet melody. Spenser.

To suffer an eclipse. While the laboring moon Eclipses at their charms. Milton.

To charm; to bewitch. [Obs.] Heywood.

A charming; state of being bewitched or deluded. [Obs.]

Any liquid preparation of a color and consistency resembling milk; as: (a) In pharmacy, an extract of seeds, or a mixture of oil and water united by a mucilaginous substance. (b) In photography, a liquid preparation of collodion holding salt of silver, used in the photographic process.

In accord, harmony, or sympathy; having a mutual, esp. a private, understanding; of a hypnotic subject, being in such a mental state as to be especially subject to the influence of a particular person or persons.

To inflame with love; to charm; to captivate; -- with of, or with, before the person or thing; as, to be enamored with a lady; to be enamored of books or science. [Written also enamour.] Passionately enamored of this shadow of a dream. W. Irving.

To charm by sorcery; to act on by enchantment; to get control of by magical words and rites. And now about the caldron sing, Like elves and fairies in a ring, Enchanting all that you put in. Shak. He is enchanted, cannot speak. Tennyson.

Having a power of enchantment; charming; fascinating. -- En*chant"ing*ly, adv.

the aid of demons, or the agency of supposed spirits; the use of magic arts, spells, or charms; incantation. After the last enchantment you did here. Shak.

To bring loss or damage to; to harm; to injure. [R.] The trial hath endamaged thee no way. Milton.

Damage; injury; harm. [Obs.] Shak.

In an enticing manner; charmingly. "She . . . sings most enticingly." Addison.