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Shut; closed. [Obs.] Holder.

See Ooze. [Obs.]

es, especially the blackbird (Merula merula, or Turdus merula), and the mountain or ring ousel (Turdus torquatus). [Written also ouzel.] Rock ousel (Zoöl.), the ring ousel. -- Water ousel (Zoöl.), the European dipper (Cinclus aquaticus), and the American dipper (C. Mexicanus).

A small house or building at a little distance from the main house; an outbuilding.

Warehouse for storing goods.

Temporary inaction or waiting; hesitation; suspence; doubt. I stand in pause where I shall first begin. Shak.

One who pauses. Shak.

A clause sometimes inserted in contracts or specifications, requiring that a material of construction, as cement, must be of a brand that has stood the test of a specified number of years' use in an important public work. [Cant, U. S.]

See 1st Peel. Sir W. Scott.

A penthouse. [Obs.]

main wall or building, as over a door or window; a lean-to. Also figuratively. "The penthouse of his eyes." Sir W. Scott.

To suffuse; to fill full or to excess. Harvey.

Punched; pierced with, or having, holes.

To observe; to examine with care. [R.] Myself I then perused, and limb by limb Surveyed. Milton.

One who peruses.

A house or hospital for persons who are infected with any pestilential disease.

One who makes use of petroleum for incendiary purposes.

A building used for dramatic exhibitions; a theater. Shak.

A dwelling for a number of paupers maintained at public expense; an almshouse; a workhouse.

A portcullis. [Obs.]