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hoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit.

p and come to matturity in a natural way; to be produced by vegetation; to thrive; to flourish; as, rice grows in warm countries. Where law faileth, error groweth. Gower.

To hold or harbor with malicioua disposition or purpose; to cherish enviously. [Obs.] Perish they That grudge one thought against your majesty ! Shak.

eligious association or society, organized for charitable purposes or for assistance in parish work.

The sea bream. [Prov. Eng. or Irish] Gunner's daughter, the gun to which men or boys were lashed for punishment. [Sailor's slang] W. C. Russell.

To afford lodging to; to enter as guest; to receive; to give a refuge to; indulge or cherish (a thought or feeling, esp. an ill thought). Any place that harbors men. Shak. The bare suspicion made it treason to harbor the person suspected. Bp. Burnet. Let not your gentle breast harbor one thought of outrage. Rowe.…

Promoting strength; nourishing; rich; abundant; as, hearty food; a hearty meal.

To excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish. Pray, walk softly; do not heat your blood. Shak.

One who, or that which, helps, aids, assists, or relieves; as, a lay helper in a parish. Thou art the helper of the fatherless. Ps. x. 14. Compassion . . . oftentimes a helper of evils. Dr. H. More.

A proprietor or landholder in a parish. [Scot.]

Belonging or relating to winter; wintry; winterish. Sir T. Browne.

Of or pertaining to Hibernia, now Ireland; Irish. -- n.

An idiom or mode of speech peculiar to the Irish. Todd.

The native language of the Irish; that branch of the Celtic languages spoken by the natives of Ireland. Also adj.

Rough and coarse; boorish. [R.] Cynical and hirsute in his behavior. Life of A. Wood.

is thought to be desirable; confidence; pleasing expectancy. The hypocrite's hope shall perish. Job vii. 13. He wished, but not with hope. Milton. New thoughts of God, new hopes of Heaven. Keble.

or other substances, and covered with glass, intended for raising early plants, or for nourishing exotics.

To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish. We hug deformities if they bear our names. Glanvill.

se; -- with down, from, away, etc.; as, to hunt down a criminal; he was hunted from the parish.

ender to virtue or piety; one who simulates virtue or piety. The hypocrite's hope shall perish. Job viii. 13. I dare swear he is no hypocrite, but prays from his heart. Shak.