Search the Dictionary

Violent. [Obs.] "Rigorous uproar." Spenser.

ok. -- Ripping saw. (Carp.) See Ripsaw. -- To rip out, to rap out, to utter hastily and violently; as, to rip out an oath. [Colloq.] See To rap out, under Rap, v. t.

Hence, to heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn. "Roasted in wrath and fire." Shak.

Violent; rough; rude. While romp-loving miss Is hauled about in gallantry robust. Thomson.

To move or be moved backward and forward; to be violently agitated; to reel; to totter. The rocking town Supplants their footsteps. J. Philips .

Blustering; violent. [R.]

Very great; violent; astounding; as, a rousing fire; a rousing lie. [Colloq.]

Violent; tumultuous; boisterous; inclement; harsh; severe; -- said of the weather, of storms, and the like; as, the rude winter. [Clouds] pushed with winds, rude in their shock. Milton. The rude agitation [of water] breaks it into foam. Boyle.

Like a ruffian; bold in crimes; characteristic of a ruffian; violent; brutal.

Violent; rude; boisterrous; -- said of conduct, manners, etc.

A moving forward with rapidity and force or eagerness; a violent motion or course; as, a rush of troops; a rush of winds; a rush of water. A gentleman of his train spurred up his horse, and, with a violent rush, severed him from the duke. Sir H. Wotton.

A bullying and violent person; a braggart; a swashbuckler. [Obs.] That flock of stout, bragging rushbucklers. Robynson (More's Utopia).

A sudden, violent check of a horse by drawing or twitching the reins on a sudden and with one pull.

a bent funnel tube with bulbs for adding those reagents which produce unpleasant fumes or violent effervescence. -- Safety valve, a valve which is held shut by a spring or weight and opens automatically to permit the escape of steam, or confined gas, water, etc., from a boiler, or other vessel, when the pressure becom…

Hence, an extreme or radical republican; a violent revolutionist; a Jacobin.

To expose to a boiling or violent heat over a fire, or in hot water or other liquor; as, to scald milk or meat.

n Colleges] To screw out, to press out; to extort. -- To screw up, to force; to bring by violent pressure. Howell. -- To screw in, to force in by turning or twisting.

Disposed to arouse, or take part in, violent opposition to lawful authority; turbulent; factious; guilty of sedition; as, seditious citizens. -- Se*di"tious*ly, adv. -- Se*di"tious*ness, n.

nd. Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day. Shak. Gold death, with a violent fate, his sable eyes did seel. Chapman.

To be a state of ebullition or violent commotion; to be hot; to boil. 1 Sam. ii. 13. A long Pointe, round which the Mississippi used to whirl, and seethe, and foam. G. W. Cable.