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man dwells in a humble cottage near the hall where the lord of the domain resides. C. J. Smith. To dwell in, to abide in (a place); hence, to depend on. "My hopes in heaven to dwell." Shak. -- To dwell on or upon, to continue long on or in; to remain absorbed with; to stick to; to make much of; as, to dwell upon a su…

ve ear to, to listen to; to heed, as advice or one advising. "Give ear unto my song." Goldsmith. -- To have one's ear, to be listened to with favor. -- Up to the ears, deeply submerged; almost overwhelmed; as, to be in trouble up to one's ears. [Colloq.]

Relating to, or occasioned by, earthly objects. All earthborn cares are wrong. Goldsmith.

) The whole apparatus, strap, and other parts, by which the motion of an eccentric is transmitted, as in the steam engine. (b) A cogwheel set to turn about an eccentric axis used to give variable rotation. -- Eccentric hook or gab, a hook-shaped journal box on the end of an eccentric rod, opposite the strap. -- Eccen…

One who composes elegies. Goldsmith.

trian empire. Empire carries with it the idea of a vast and complicated government. C. J. Smith.

voyage encompassing the world. Shak. A question may be encompassed with difficulty. C. J. Smith. The love of all thy sons encompass thee. Tennyson.

brief summary; an abridgement. [An] epitome of the contents of a very large book. Sydney Smith.

at portion of the nervous system concerned in reflex action, by which impressions are transmitted to a nerve center and then reflected back so as to produce muscular contraction without sensation or volition.

That may be exacted; repairable. [R.] A. Smith.

es must likewise be an indication of the ordinary course of their exports and imports. A. Smith.

y or likeness; to represent; to resemble. Each skillful artist shall express thy form. E. Smith. So kids and whelps their sires and dams express. Dryden.

or resistance necessarily supposes externality in the thing which presses or resists. A. Smith.

Serving to disappoint or deceive; delusive; unsatisfying. "Yonder faithless phantom." Goldsmith. -- Faith"less*ly, adv.Faith"less*ness, n.

The place where a smith shoes horses.

food or supplies nourishment; steward. A couple of friends, his chaplain and feeder. Goldsmith.

ich are "now only used for giving false importance to horse medicine and damaged hay." J. Smith (Pop. Names of Plants, 1881).

e for the use of others, and then threatening not to take them except on credit. [R.] Goldsmith.

To use artifice or stratagem. Goldsmith.

"In a flame of zeal severe." Milton. Where flames refin'd in breasts seraphic glow. Pope. Smit with the love of sister arts we came, And met congenial, mingling flame with flame. Pope.