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An usher. [Obs.] Spenser.

One who wishes ill to another; an enemy.

One who, or that which, impoverishes.

Indistinct. [R.] "That indistinguished mass." Sir T. Browne.

To insert as in a sheath; to sheathe. Hughes.

To hide in a shell. [Obs.] Shak.

The shell of a large Dentalium (D. pretiosum), formerly used as shell money, and for ornaments, by the Indians of the west coast of North America.

of numerous species of birds constituting the family Alcedinidæ. Most of them feed upon fishes which they capture by diving and seizing then with the beak; others feed only upon reptiles, insects, etc. About one hundred and fifty species are known. They are found in nearly all parts of the world, but are particularly a…

Kosher food; also, a kosher shop.

One who languishes.

One who whips or lashes.

One who lavishes.

A spurious coin of light weight imported into England from Luxemburg, or Lussheburgh, as it was formerly called. [Obs.] God wot, no Lussheburghes payen ye. Chaucer.

A large, pearly, spiral, marine shell (Turbo margaritaceus), from the Pacific Islands. It is used as an ornament.

A chiton.

One of the ropes by which the mainsail is hauled aft and trimmed.

A covering placed over the upper part of a horse's head.

The shelf of a mantel.

One who, or that which, mashes; also (Brewing), a machine for making mash.

Any spiral marine shell of the genus Persona, having a curiously twisted aperture.