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One who predicts. Boyle.

State of being forlorn. Boyle.

The quality of being formidable, or adapted to excite dread. Boyle.

arnest; in an ill sense, less reserved or modest than is proper; bold; confident; as, the boy is too forward for his years. I have known men disagreeably forward from their shyness. T. Arnold.

ed the region about Green Bay, Wisconsin; -- called also Outagamies. Fox and geese. (a) A boy's game, in which one boy tries to catch others as they run one goal to another. (b) A game with sixteen checkers, or some substitute for them, one of which is called the fox, and the rest the geese; the fox, whose first positi…

Cooling. [Obs.] Boyle.

Bearing or producing fruit. Boyle.

Eujoying; possessing. [Obs.] Boyle.

The quality of being fugacious; fugaclousness; volatility; as, fugacity of spirits. Boyle.

An under servant for the kitchen; a scullion; a cook's errand boy. [Obs.] Halliwell.

To dance and skip about in sport; to frisk; to skip; to play in frolic, like boys or lambs.

A neglected and untrained city boy; a young street Arab. In Japan, the gamins run after you, and say, 'Look at the Chinaman.' L. Oliphant.

A boy; fellow; esp., a serving boy or man; a waiter; -- in Eng. chiefly applied to French waiters.

cially such as are showy or decorated. So are you, sweet, Even in the lovely garnish of a boy. Shak. Matter and figure they produce; For garnish this, and that for use. Prior.

A doubling; duplication; repetition. [R.] Boyle.

A boy or young man; a manservant; a male attendant, in the Scottish Highlands. Sir W. Scott.

Of a dazzling luster; glaring; bright; shining; smooth. Bright, crystal glass is glary. Boyle.

To cover or furnish with glass; to glaze. Boyle.

The condition or quality of being glossy; the luster or brightness of a smooth surface. Boyle.

Gnomonical. Boyle.