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A house where porter is sold. Porterhouse steak, a steak cut from a sirloin of beet, including the upper and under part.

A person who poses or attitudizes, esp. mentally.

A house established for the convenience of the post, where relays of horses can be obtained.

An alehouse. T. Warton.

An affected woman of polite society, esp. one of the literary women of the French salons of the 17th century.

A tailor; -- so called in contempt. [Old slang] L'Estrange.

h fullness or exuberance; bountiful; exceedingly liberal; giving without stint; as, a profuse government; profuse hospitality. A green, shady bank, profuse of flowers. Milton.

In a profuse manner.

Extravagance; profusion. Hospitality sometimes degenerates into profuseness. Atterbury.

The principles of Dr. Pusey and others at Oxford, England, as exhibited in various publications, esp. in a series which appeared from 1833 to 1841, designated " Tracts for the Times;" tractarianism. See Tractarianism.

Of or pertaining to Puseyism.

One who holds the principles of Puseyism; -- often used opprobriously.

A bat. [Obs.] Puttenham.

To accuse again. Cheyne.

The leather-winged bat (Vespertilio murinus). [Written also reermouse.]

uestered; retired from the world or from public notice; solitary; living apart; as, a recluse monk or hermit; a recluse life In meditation deep, recluse From human converse. J. Philips.

In a recluse or solitary manner.

Quality or state of being recluse.

To refuse or reject, as a judge; to challenge that the judge shall not try the cause. [Obs.] Sir K. Digby.

See Rearmouse.