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or is suitable for use on ordinary roads. A sound, swift, well-fed hunter and roadster. Thackeray.

of the sufferers were left to rot in irons. Macaulay. Rot, poor bachelor, in your club. Thackeray.

g that chafes or annoys; hence, something that grates on the feelings; a sarcasm; a rub. Thackeray.

To mark with ruddle; to raddle; to rouge. "Their ruddled cheeks." Thackeray. A fair sheep newly ruddled. Lady M. W. Montagu.

Rustic. "Rustical society." Thackeray. -- Rus"tic*al*ly, adv. -- Rus"tic*al*ness, n.

r in contempt, the neck. Lady MacScrew, who . . . serves up a scrag of mutton on silver. Thackeray.

ntary; lacking unity or consistency; as, a scrappy lecture. A dreadfully scrappy dinner. Thackeray.

ith fine recurved prickles along the angles. -- Scratch wig. Same as Scratch, 4, above. Thackeray.

An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint; a niggard. Thackeray.

A picture representing a scene at sea. [Jocose] Thackeray.

A preacher; a sermonizer. [Derogative or Jocose.] Thackeray.

Shaking or trembling; as, a shaky spot in a marsh; a shaky hand. Thackeray.

To wrap in a shawl. Thackeray.

An uproar or disturbance; a spree; a row; a riot. [Slang] Thackeray.

To send or toss to and fro; to bandy; as, to shuttlecock words. Thackeray.

A side throw; a throw; a fling. Thackeray. If Lord Brougham gets a stone in his hand, he must, it seems, have a shy at somebody. Punch.

e given to the title field officer of the Life Guards when on duty at the palace. [Eng.] Thackeray. -- Silver tree (Bot.), a South African tree (Leucadendron argenteum) with long, silvery, silky leaves. -- Silver trout, (Zoöl.) See Trout. -- Silver wedding. See under Wedding. -- Silver whiting (Zoöl.), a marine sci…

a sham; -- now usually in a derogatory sense. Beneath it nothing but a great simulacrum. Thackeray.

Like the sky; ethereal; being in the sky. "Skyey regions." Thackeray. Sublime on the towers of my skyey bowers, Lightning, my pilot, sits. Shelley.

e, quickly; instantly; directly. [Colloq.] "The railroad cars drive slap into the city." Thackeray.