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mode of election operating in the spirit of fortition or rotation can be generally good. Burke.

Difficult to travel; likely to trip one up; as, a founderous road. [R.] Burke.

ss. An appearance of delicacy, and even of fragility, is almost essential to it [beauty]. Burke.

ers. I hope that no French fraternization . . . could so change the hearts of Englishmen. Burke.

g into fellowship or brotherly sympathy. Correspondence for fraternizing the two nations. Burke.

One who fraternizes. Burke.

o make French; to infect or imbue with the manners or tastes of the French; to Gallicize. Burke.

posed to extravagance. Frugality is founded on the principle that all riches have limits. Burke.

f intemperance. The fruit of rashness. Shak. What I obtained was the fruit of no bargain. Burke. They shall eat the fruit of their doings. Is. iii 10. The fruits of this education became visible. Macaulay.

ally; radically; at the foundation; in origin or constituents. "Fundamentally defective." Burke.

h black; darkish. Sad and fuscous colors, as black or brown, or deep purple and the like. Burke.

sure; dimensions; estimate. The gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt. Burke.

A newspaper; a gazette. [Obs.] Burke.

of sorrow; low spirits; dullness. A sullen gloom and furious disorder prevailed by fits. Burke.

To act as godfather to; to take under one's fostering care. [R.] Burke.

etimes, any system of political doctrine or social philosophy; as, this political gospel. Burke.

m a grant or conveyance is made. His grace will not survive the poor grantee he despises. Burke.

e. They derive an importance from . . . the gravity of the place where they were uttered. Burke.

d against such an old and beneficent government as against . . . the greenest usurpation. Burke.

cks or herds; tending to flock or herd together; not habitually solitary or living alone. Burke. No birds of prey are gregarious. Ray. -- Gre*ga"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Gre-ga'ri-ous-ness, n.