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The laity; secular people. [Obs.] Abp. Abbot.

Influenced in its contraction by heat or cold; -- said of a muscle.

The office or position of an undersheriff.

Unsoundness; disease.

Of or pertaining to the Urals and the Altai; as the Ural- Altaic, or Turanian, languages.

The dignity, office, or jurisdiction of a viceroy.

One who moves or wears a halter; one likely to be hanged. [Colloq. & Obs.] I can tell you, I am a mad wag-halter. Marston.

To roll or wallow; to welter. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

A walrus. [Obs.] Woodward.

Liable to roll over; crank; as, a walty ship. [R.] Longfellow.

To dance a waltz.

A person who waltzes.

The water chestnut.

al; welfare; prosperity; good. [Obs.] "Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth." 1 Cor. x. 24.

Full of wealth; wealthy; prosperous. [R.] Sir T. More. -- Wealth"ful*ly, adv. [R.]

In a wealthy manner; richly. I come to wive it wealthily in Padua. Shak.

The quality or state of being wealthy, or rich; richness; opulence.

Having wealth; having large possessions, or larger than most men, as lands, goods, money, or securities; opulent; affluent; rich. A wealthy Hebrew of my tribe. Shak. Thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place. Ps. lxvi. 12.

tion in life, or estimation of worthiness; to depress; to humble; to degrade. Whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased. Luke xiv. ll.

insurrection. "The whole tribe abets the villany." South. Would not the fool abet the stealth, Who rashly thus exposed his wealth Gay.