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Somewhat steep. Carlyle.

Abounding with storms. "The stormful east." Carlyle. -- Storm"ful*ness, n.

The act of straggling. [R.] Carlyle.

mus Americanus), a kind of spindle tree having crimson pods and the seeds covered with a scarlet aril. -- Strawberry crab (Zoöl.), a small European spider crab (Eurynome aspera); -- so called because the back is covered with pink tubercles. -- Strawberry fish (Zoöl.), the amadavat. -- Strawberry geranium (Bot.), a k…

hance that a person of a given age has of surviving another of a giving age; thus, by the Carlisle tables of mortality the chances of survivorship for two persons, aged 25 and 65, are 89 and 11 respectively, or about 8 to 1 that the elder die first.

bloated; as, to swell with pride. You swell at the tartan, as the bull is said to do at scarlet. Sir W. Scott.

out of his property. Lammote . . . has swindled one of them out of three hundred livres. Carlyle.

Swindling; rougery. [R.] "Swindlery and blackguardism." Carlyle.

Sylphlike. Carlyle.

To lay or place on a table, as money. Carlyle.

es of bright-colored singing birds belonging to Tanagra, Piranga, and allied genera. The scarlet tanager (Piranga erythromelas) and the summer redbird (Piranga rubra) are common species of the United States.

The art or process of tanning. [R.] Carlyle.

A small scarlet arachnid.

f or pertaining to the earth; proceeding from the earth. Amid these hot, telluric flames. Carlyle.

f or pertaining to a trial or trials; essaying; experimental. "A slow, tentative manner." Carlyle. -- Ten*ta"tive*ly, adv.

One who deals in wonders, or believes in them; a wonder worker. Carlyle.

. & Scot.] He was taken a threap that he would have it finished before the year was done. Carlyle.

e to other very similar colors; as, red and blue are different colors, but two shades of scarlet are different tints.

-- called also toy mutch. [Scot.] "Having, moreover, put on her clean toy, rokelay, and scarlet plaid." Sir W. Scott.

Tremulous; trembling; shaking. [R.] " With tremulent white rod." Carlyle.