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. "The steely point of Clifford's lance." Shak. Around his shop the steely sparkles flew. Gay.

to pounce; to souse; to swoop. The bird of Jove, stooped from his aëry tour, Two birds of gayest plume before him drove. Milton.

Astonishment; amazement. [Obs.] Spenser. Gay.

not wise nature strung the legs and feet With firmest nerves, designed to walk the street Gay.

Covered with stubble. A crow was strutting o'er the stubbled plain. Gay.

etimes this crook drew hazel bought adown, And stuffed her apron wide with nuts so brown. Gay. Lest the gods, for sin, Should with a swelling dropsy stuff thy skin. Dryden.

other garments; an overcoat, especially when long, and fitting closely like a body coat. Gay.

The act of tantalizing, or state of being tantalized. Gayton.

Theatrical. Woods over woods in gay, theatric pride. Goldsmith.

Giddy; gay; dissipated. [R.] Johnson.

thymy vale. Akenside. Where'er a thymy bank he found, He rolled upon the fragrant ground. Gay.

very plain, but clean and tight. Evelyn. I'll spin and card, and keep our children tight. Gay.

pregnate with some extraneous matter. A little black paint will tincture and spoil twenty gay colors. I. Watts.

and gaudy; something superficially shining and showy, or having a false luster, and more gay than valuable. O happy peasant! O unhappy bard! His the mere tinsel, hers the rich reward. Cowper.

The act of tittuping; lively, gay, or restless behavior or gait; a prance or caper. [Written also titup.]

Given to tittuping; gay; lively; prancing; also, shaky; unsteady.

High flight; elevation. [Obs.] Johnson. Gay Lussac's tower (Chem.), a large tower or chamber used in the sulphuric acid process, to absorb (by means of concentrated acid) the spent nitrous fumes that they may be returned to the Glover's tower to be reemployed. See Sulphuric acid, under Sulphuric, and Glover's tower, be…

the market. [R.] You 'll see a draggled damsel From Billingsgate her fishy traffic bear. Gay.

Partaking of the nature of, or combining, tragedy, comedy, and pastoral poetry. [R.] Gay.

Belonging to train oil. [Obs.] Gay.