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Youthfulness; adolescence. Glanvill.

side; as, a juxtaposition of words. Parts that are united by a a mere juxtaposition. Glanvill. Juxtaposition is a very unsafe criterion of continuity. Hare.

Destitute of kindness; unnatural.[Obs.] "Kindless villain." Shak.

s of disposition, of treatment, or of words. In kind a father, but not in kindliness. Sackville.

A large chamber built under, or in, the houses of a Pueblo village, used as an assembly room in religious rites or as a men's dormitory. It is commonly lighted and entered from an opening in the roof.

A tricky, deceitful fellow; a dishonest person; a rogue; a villain. "A pair of crafty knaves." Shak. In defiance of demonstration, knaves will continue to proselyte fools. Ames.

The practices of a knave; petty villainy; fraud; trickery; a knavish action. This is flat knavery, to take upon you another man's name. Shak.

Like or characteristic of a knave; given to knavery; trickish; fraudulent; dishonest; villainous; as, a knavish fellow, or a knavish trick. "Knavish politicians." Macaulay.

A collection of huts within a stockade; a village; sometimes, a single hut. [South Africa]

rdened; -- often with under, and formerly with of. The stone that labors up the hill. Granville. The line too labors,and the words move slow. Pope. To cure the disorder under which he labored. Sir W. Scott. Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Matt. xi. 28

ar with lard or fat. In his buff doublet larded o'er with fat Of slaughtered brutes. Somerville.

Free to excess; regardless of law or moral restraint; licentious. " Most like a liberal villain." Shak.

. While man was innocent he was likely ignorant of nothing that imported him to know. Glanvill.

id of quantity and dimension, and that they have nothing to do with grosser locality. Glanvill.

That may be or can be lodged; as, so many persons are not lodgeable in this village.

Strong; lusty. [Obs.] " Lustful health." Sackville.

One who machinates, or forms a scheme with evil designs; a plotter or artful schemer. Glanvill. Sir W. Scott.

tinction from one consisting of a single spar. Made up. (a) Complete; perfect. "A made up villain." Shak. (b) Falsely devised; fabricated; as, a made up story. (c) Artificial; as, a made up figure or complexion.

affections. "By the magnetism of interest our affections are irresistibly attracted." Glanvill. Animal magnetism, a force, more or less analogous to magnetism, which, it has been alleged, is produced in animal tissues, and passes from one body to another with or without actual contact. The existence of such a force, an…

tred toward; to abuse; to wrong; to injure. [Obs.] The people practice what mischiefs and villainies they will against private men, whom they malign by stealing their goods, or murdering them. Spenser.