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Without horns; as, dodded cattle; without beards; as, dodded corn. Halliwell.

A British ray; the thornback.

fy; to sweeten; to please. As she . . . was further dulcified by her pipe of tobacco. Hawthorne.

One or a breed of short-horned cattle, originating in the county of Durham, England. The Durham cattle are noted for their beef-producing quality.

re of that first ancestor invested by family tradition with a dim and dusky grandeur. Hawthorne.

o the payment of a duty; as dutiable goods. [U.S.] All kinds of dutiable merchandise. Hawthorne.

ly. He might truly be termed a legitimate son of the revenue system dyed in the wool. Hawthorne.

One of a group of gigantic, horned beetles, including Dynastus Neptunus, and the Hercules beetle (D. Hercules) of tropical America, which grow to be six inches in length.

brought Her infant's thrilling kiss. Keble. A crowd of eager and curious schoolboys. Hawthorne. Conceit and grief an eager combat fight. Shak.

ety. Burke. The doorsteps and threshold with the early grass springing up about them. Hawthorne.

which represents the Savior as given up to the people by Pilate, and wearing a crown of thorns.

A rock consisting of granular red garnet, light green smaragdite, and common hornblende; -- so called in reference to its beauty.

had been but the effluence of these two mortal hearts, it vanished with their sorrow. Hawthorne.

ly youth, was shown in the General's fondness for the sight and fragrance of flowers. Hawthorne.

nts or first principles; rudimentary; elementary. "The elemental rules of erudition." Cawthorn.

The elfish intelligence that was so familiar an expression on her small physiognomy. Hawthorne.

To bend like a bow; to curve. "Embowed arches." [Obs. or R.] Sir W. Scott. With gilded horns embowed like the moon. Spenser.

To brutify; to imbrute. All the man embruted in the swine. Cawthorn.

An orange-red crystalline substance, C15H10O5, obtained from the buckthorn, rhubarb, etc., and regarded as a derivative of anthraquinone; -- so called from a species of rhubarb (Rheum emodei).

engage. Pope. Taking upon himself the difficult task of engaging him in conversation. Hawthorne.