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Great stir; agitation; tumult from stirring or excitement. A strange bustle and disturbance in the world. South.

re many, but quite of another kind. Now abideth faith hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. 1 Cor. xiii. 13. When pride cometh, then cometh shame; but with the lowly is wisdom. Prov. xi. 2. All but. See under All. -- But and if, but if; an attempt on the part of King James's translators of…

Murder or manslaughter, esp. when committed with unusual barbarity; great or cruel slaughter. Shak. The perpetration of human butchery. Prescott.

iews and interests by intrigue; to intrigue; to plot. Caballing still against it with the great. Dryden.

ay when he would be servilely flattered and courted by Cæsar on one side and by Louis the Great on the other. Macaulay.

Any great misfortune or cause of misery; -- generally applied to events or disasters which produce extensive evil, either to communities or individuals.

One of the bones of the tarsus which in man, forms the great bone of the heel; -- called also fibulare.

The great band commissural fibers which unites the two cerebral hemispheres. See corpus callosum, under Carpus.

winds or waves; tranquility; stilness; quiet; serenity. The wind ceased, and there was a great calm. Mark. iv. 39. A calm before a storm is commonly a peace of a man's own making. South.

amberlain; the cardinal who presides over the pope's household. He has at times possessed great power. [Written also camerlengo and camarlengo.]

To afford rest or lodging for, as an army or travelers. Had our great palace the capacity To camp this host, we all would sup together. Shak.

A mouse (Arvicala agrestis), called also meadow mouse, which often does great damage in fields and gardens, by feeding on roots and seeds.

A large genus of plants bearing bell-shaped flowers, often of great beauty; -- also called bellflower.

Formerly, any malignant growth, esp. one attended with great pain and ulceration, with cachexia and progressive emaciation. It was so called, perhaps, from the great veins which surround it, compared by the ancients to the claws of a crab. The term it now restricted to such a growth made up of aggregations of epithelia…

standard candle at a distance of one meter; -- used as a unit of illumination, except in Great Britain.

A great gun; a piece of ordnance or artillery; a firearm for discharging heavy shot with great force.

The shank bone, or great bone above the fetlock, in the fore and hind legs of the horse and allied animals, corresponding to the middle metacarpal or metatarsal bone of most mammals. See Horse.

extent of room or space; passive power; -- used in reference to physical things. Had our great palace the capacity To camp this host, we all would sup together. Shak. The capacity of the exhausted cylinder. Boyle.

It is much used, especially on shipboard, for moving or raising heavy weights or exerting great power by traction upon a rope or cable, passing around the drum. It is operated either by steam power or by a number of men walking around the capstan, each pushing on the end of a lever fixed in its socket. [Sometimes spelt…

The state of being a captive or a prisoner. More celebrated in his captivity that in his greatest triumphs. Dryden.