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An easy, unceremonious attire; undress; also, a kind of easy robe or dressing gown worn by women.

on Neptune, and were represented as riding on sea horses, sometimes with the human form entire, and sometimes with the tail of a fish.

d by the will of A. B. Nobel (1833- 96), the Swedish inventor of dynamite, who left his entire estate for this purpose. They are awarded yearly for what is regarded as the most important work during the year in physics, chemistry, medicine or physiology, idealistic literature, and service in the interest of peace. The…

Foul; fifthy; disgusting. A girdle foul with grease bobscene attire. Dryden.

pertaining to darkness or night; inconspicuous to the sight; indistinctly seen; hidden; retired; remote from observation; unnoticed. The obscure bird Clamored the livelong night. Shak. The obscure corners of the earth. Sir J. Davies.

sive. -- Ob*tru"sive*ly, adv. -- Ob*tru"sive*ness, n. Not obvious, not obtrusive, but retired. Milton.

In reference or relation to; as, on our part expect punctuality; a satire on society.

Being a single unit, or entire being or thing, and no more; not multifold; single; individual. The dream of Pharaoh is one. Gen. xli. 25. O that we now had here But one ten thousand of those men in England. Shak.

tack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army. Milton. The onset and retire Of both your armies. Shak. Who on that day the word of onset gave. Wordsworth.

Applied to the other of two things which are entirely different; other; as, the opposite sex; the opposite extreme.

he communications, revelations, or messages delivered by God to the prophets; also, the entire sacred Scriptures -- usually in the plural. The first principles of the oracles of God. Heb. v. 12.

ne or ten which are in constant use. The bend, chevron, chief, cross, fesse, pale, and saltire are uniformly admitted as ordinaries. Some authorities include bar, bend sinister, pile, and others. See Subordinary. In ordinary. (a) In actual and constant service; statedly attending and serving; as, a physician or chaplai…

micircular projection made at the shoulder of a bastion for the purpose of covering the retired flank, -- found in old fortresses.

zontally with a vertical lens above. A mirror of peculiar shape reflects light from the entire horizon to the lens, by means of which it is focused upon the plate.

To burn entirely; to be consumed. Shak.

Utterly; entirely. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To quench entirely; to extinguish. "The candlelight outquenched." Spenser.

To fatigue to excess; to tire out.

To weary too much; to tire out. Dryden.

To work beyond the strength; to cause to labor too much or too long; to tire excessively; as, to overwork a horse.