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s mortifications of a studious man to have his thoughts discovered by a tedious visit. L'Estrange.

ho attends a funeral as a hired mourner. Mourners were provided to attend the funeral. L'Estrange.

Impertinently inquisitive; prying; meddlesome. "Mousing saints." L'Estrange.

To make turbid, or muddy, as water. [Obs.] He did ill to muddle the water. L'Estrange.

get together. "Mustering all its force." Cowper. All the gay feathers he could muster. L'Estrange. To muster troops into service (Mil.), to inspect and enter troops on the muster roll of the army. -- To muster troops out of service (Mil.), to register them for final payment and discharge. -- To muster up, to gather u…

To fondle with the closed mouth. [Obs.] L'Estrange.

omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight; as, to neglect strangers.

ghbor unto him that fell among the thieves Luke x. 36. The gospel allows no such term as "stranger;" makes every man my neighbor. South.

To make and occupy a nest; to nest. [Obs.] The kingfisher ... nestles in hollow banks. L'Estrange.

ces were so nettled at the scandal of this affront, that every man took it to himself. L'Estrange.

Something strange or newly happened. It is no news for the weak and poor to be a prey to the strong and rich. L'Estrange.

y nick. Howell. This nick of time is the critical occasion for the gainger of a point. L'Estrange.

head; -- used jocosely or contemptuously. Come, master, I have a project in my noddle. L'Estrange.

A simpleton; a fool. L'Estrange.

One who is not an inhabitant; a stranger; a foreigner; a nonresident.

To treat with attention and civility; as, to notice strangers.

ent origin or introduction; not ancient; new; hence, out of the ordinary course; unusual; strange; surprising.

Something novel; a new or strange thing.

n explanation. How shall any man distinguish now betwixt a parasite and a man of honor L'Estrange. Why should he live, now nature bankrupt is Shak. Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now, Barabbas was a robber. John xviii. 40. The other great and undoing mischief which befalls men is, by the…

ngible; as, he observed an object in the distance; all the objects in sight; he touched a strange object in the dark.