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To announce; to declare; to publish; to communicate; to make known. [Obs.] He, incontinent, did proclaim and intimate open war. E. Hall. So both conspiring 'gan to intimate Each other's grief. Spenser.

Announcement; declaration. Macaulay. They made an edict with an intimation that whosoever killed a stork, should be banished. Holland.

To lead to and make known by formal announcement or recommendation; hence, to cause to be acquainted; as, to introduce strangers; to introduce one person to another.

To jolt; to jounce. [Obs.] Bale.

the jaws of a pedestal underneath an axle box. -- Jaw breaker, a word difficult to pronounce. [Obs.] -- Jaw rope (Naut.), a rope which holds the jaws of a gaff to the mast. -- Jaw tooth, a molar or grinder; a back tooth.

Sovereign of the theocracy; the "ineffable name" of the Supreme Being, which was not pronounced by the Jews.

The Savior; the name of the Son of God as announced by the angel to his parents; the personal name of Our Lord, in distinction from Christ, his official appellation. Luke i. 31. Thou shalt call his name Jesus; for he shall save his people from their sins. Matt. i. 21.

A dunce; a blockhead. Sir T. North.

To move as if by jumping; to bounce; to jolt. "The jumping chariots." Nahum iii. 2. A flock of geese jump down together. Dryden.

To pronounce free from guilt or blame; to declare or prove to have done that which is just, right, proper, etc.; to absolve; to exonerate; to clear. I can not justify whom the law condemns. Shak.

[Etym. uncertain.] (Gaming) The percentage taken out of a pool to pay for refreshments, or for the expenses of the table. R. F. Foster.

Formed or pronounced by the cooperation of the lips and teeth, as f and v. -- n.

anciently used. Its use was prohibited by a statute of Richard II. Nares. In his hand a launcegay, A long sword by his side. Chaucer.

dy shores, buried in the sand, and are caught in large quantities for bait. Called also launce, and sand eel.

Filings of metal. [Obs.] "An ounce . . . of silver lymaille." Chaucer.

An articulation pronounced by the aid or use of the tongue and teeth.

Pronounced without any jar or harshness; smooth; as, l and r are liquid letters.

To pronounce the sibilant letter s imperfectly; to give s and z the sound of th; -- a defect common among children.

A blockhead; a dunce; a numskull. Shak. Milton.

lso, to sustain a loss without sinking under it. -- To be at a loss, to be in a state of uncertainty.