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Not practical; impractical. "Unpractical questions." H. James. I like him none the less for being unpractical. Lowell.

uly conduct. But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. James iii. 8.

Conceited; assuming; as, an upsetting fellow. [Scot.] Jamieson.

o leave empty; to cease from filling or occupying; as, it was resolved by Parliament that James had vacated the throne of England; the tenant vacated the house.

uffed up; inflated. But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith apart from works is barren James ii. 20 (Rev. Ver.). The minstrels played on every side, Vain of their art. Dryden.

To swagger; to make an ostentatious show. [Prov. eng. & Scot.] Jamieson.

your life It is even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. James iv. 14.

The quality or state of being variable; variability. James i. 17.

Grain of any kind. [Scot.] Jamieson.

nd Islands, beef and mutton hung and dried, but not salted. [Scot.] [Written also vivda.] Jamieson.

Low; base; worthless; mean; despicable. A poor man in vile raiment. James ii. 2. The craft either of fishing, which was Peter's, or of making tents, which was Paul's, were [was] more vile than the science of physic. Ridley. The inhabitants account gold but as a vile thing. Abp. Abbot.

An inlet, bay, or creek; -- so called in the Orkney and Shetland Islands. Jamieson.

y all persons bearing arms; -- formerly made at certain seasons in each district. [Scot.] Jamieson. Sir W. Scott.

A large draught of any liquid. [Scot.] Jamieson.

Having weak knees; hence, easily yielding; wanting resolution. H. James.

To foretell the fate of; to predict; to destine to. [Scot.] Jamieson.

the wound." Dryden. "[Yon spring] wells softly forth." Bryant. From his two springs in Gojam's sunny realm, Pure welling out, he through the lucid lake Of fair Dambea rolls his infant streams. Thomson.

To strike a stone in an oblique direction. Jamieson.

er risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth. James i. 11.

rd every man according to his works. Matt. xvi. 27. Faith, if it hath not works, is dead. James ii. 17. Muscular work (Physiol.), the work done by a muscle through the power of contraction. -- To go to work, to begin laboring; to commence operations; to contrive; to manage. "I 'll go another way to work with him." Sha…