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To play the Italian; to speak Italian. Cotgrave.

Repeating. Cotgrave. -- It"er*a*tive*ly, adv.

One who struts; one who bears himself jauntily; a fop. [Obs.] Palsgrave.

The art or trade of a jeweler. Cotgrave.

The territory held by a landgrave.

The wife of a landgrave.

An artificer who cuts, polishes, and engraves precious stones; hence, a dealer in precious stones.

Slow or slowly; -- more so than adagio; next in slowness to grave, which is also weighty and solemn. -- n.

to laugh secretly, or so as not to be observed, especially while apparently preserving a grave or serious demeanor toward the person or persons laughed at. -- To laugh out, to laugh in spite of some restraining influence; to laugh aloud. -- To laugh out of the other corner (or side) of the mouth, to weep or cry; to…

ing; to put or set down; to deposit; as, to lay a book on the table; to lay a body in the grave; a shower lays the dust. A stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den. Dan. vi. 17. Soft on the flowery herb I found me laid. Milton.

uids to pass by percolation; not capable of retaining water; porous; pervious; -- said of gravelly or sandy soils, and the like.

whom they are addressed, and collects letters to be mailed. -- Letter cutter, one who engraves letters or letter punches. -- Letter lock, a lock that can not be opened when fastened, unless certain movable lettered rings or disks forming a part of in are in such a position (indicated by a particular combination of t…

One who makes, inscribes, or engraves, alphabetical letters.

churchyard or burying ground. -- Lich way, the path by which the dead are carried to the grave. [Prov. Eng.]

or right to allegiance; as, a liege lord. Chaucer. She looked as grand as doomsday and as grave; And he, he reverenced his liege lady there. Tennyson.

sh or flashes of lightning; to flash. This dreadful night, That thunders, lightens, opens graves, and roars As doth the lion. Shak.

h little weight; with little force; as, to tread lightly; to press lightly. Yet shall thy grave with rising flowers be drest, And the green turf lie lightly on thy breast. Pope. Him thus intent Ithuriel with his spear Touched lightly. Milton.

A more or less threadlike mark of pen, pencil, or graver; any long mark; as, a chalk line.

One who curs or engraves precious stones.

Eating or swallowing stones or gravel, as the ostrich.