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throat of war had ceased to roar. Milton. How oft I crossed where carts and coaches roar. Gay.

A support for a fishing line; a fish pole. Gay.

rosin, as musicians rub the bow of a violin. Or with the rosined bow torment the string. Gay.

smile that glowed Celestial rosy-red, love's proper hue. Milton. While blooming youth and gay delight Sit thy rosy cheeks confessed. Prior.

g; a course; a road or path; a march. Wide through the furzy field their route they take. Gay.

To furnish with first principles or rules; to insrtuct in the rudiments. Gayton.

Transgression of the limits of soberness or steadiness; act of levity; wild gayety; frolic; escapade. The excursion was esteemed but a sally of youth. Sir H. Wotton. Sally port. (a) (Fort.) A postern gate, or a passage underground, from the inner to the outer works, to afford free egress for troops in a sortie. (b) (Na…

nt, or bitterly sarcastic; -- applied only to a laugh, smile, or some facial semblance of gayety. Where strained, sardonic smiles are glozing still, And grief is forced to laugh against her will. Sir H. Wotton. The scornful, ferocious, sardonic grin of a bloody ruffian. Burke. Sardonic grin or laugh, an old medical ter…

Full of scent or odor; odorous. "A scentful nosegay." W. Browne.

Grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn; not light, gay, or volatile. He is always serious, yet there is about his manner a graceful ease. Macaulay.

Coarse hair or nap; rough, woolly hair. True Witney broadcloth, with its shag unshorn. Gay.

hak. The laborer with the bending scythe is seen Shaving the surface of the waving green. Gay.

Making a show; attracting attention; presenting a marked appearance; ostentatious; gay; gaudy. A present of everything that was rich and showy. Addison.

of justice." Shak. A stately siege of sovereign majesty, And thereon sat a woman gorgeous gay. Spenser. In our great hall there stood a vacant chair . . . And Merlin called it "The siege perilous." Tennyson.

token or notice. The shops were, therefore, distinguished by painted signs, which gave a gay and grotesque aspect to the streets. Macaulay.

To make hoary, or white, like silver. His head was silvered o'er with age. Gay.

skates, a thousand different ways, In circling poise, swift as the winds, along, The then gay land is maddended all to joy. Thomson. Roller skate. See under Roller.

Sloppy; slimy; miry. See Sloppy. Gay.

Resembling a slattern; sluttish; slatterny. "The slattern air." Gay.

A dance or game played by boys, requiring active exercise. [Obs.] Gayton.