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A sword; -- used poetically and loosely. The glaive which he did wield. Spenser.

To prate; to jabber; to babble. [Obs.] Here many, clepid filosophirs, glavern diversely. Wyclif.

A device, as a loosely fitted plug, which is driven through a pipe by the pressure of the contents behind the plug to clear away obstructions.

n the Eastern United States the red-legged (Caloptenus femurrubrum and C. atlanis) are closely related species, but their ravages are less important. They are closely related to the migratory locusts of the Old World. See Locust.

A name formerly applied rather loosely to certain dark-colored igneous rocks, including diorite, diabase, etc.

To catch with the hand; to clasp closely with the fingers; to clutch.

Grain, esp. oats or wheat, hulled and coarsely ground; in high milling, fragments of cracked wheat smaller than groats.

In a gross manner; greatly; coarsely; without delicacy; shamefully; disgracefully.

Properly, a short hauberk, but often used loosely for the hauberk. Chaucer.

Outward appearance; attire; dress; hence, a garment; esp., a closely fitting garment or dress worn by ladies; as, a riding habit. Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy. Shak. There are, among the states, several of Venus, in different habits. Addison.

ressed; as, he was hard pushed or hard run for time, money, etc. [Colloq.] -- Hard up, closely pressed by want or necessity; without money or resources; as, hard up for amusements. [Slang]

e that evil should befall the person toward whom the feeling is directed; to dislike intensely; to detest; as, to hate one's enemies; to hate hypocrisy. Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer. 1 John iii. 15.

ath. -- Neck and heels, the whole body. (Colloq.) -- To be at the heels of, to pursue closely; to follow hard: as, hungry want is at my heels. Otway. -- To be down at the heel, to be slovenly or in a poor plight. -- To be out at the heels, to have on stockings that are worn out; hence, to be shabby, or in a poor pli…

A genus of pretty spring flowers closely related to Anemone; squirrel cup.

foliage or flower, as of most trees and shrubs in the temperate zone, is protected by closely overlapping scales.

Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily loosened or raised; -- said of an animal.

Close; closely. How home the charge reaches us, has been made out. South. They come home to men's business and bosoms. Bacon.

Plainly; rudely; coarsely; as, homely dressed. [R.] Spenser.

To impede by a hopple; to tie the feet of (a horse or a cow) loosely together; to hamper; to hobble; as, to hopple an unruly or straying horse.

A siliceous stone, a variety of quartz, closely resembling flint, but more brittle; -- called also chert.