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gment; a simpleton; a dolt. Extol not riches, then, the toil of fools. Milton. Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other. Franklin.

A metallic stand with four feet, for keeping anything warm before a fire.

To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from; to give up; as, to forbear the use of a word of doubdtful propriety. But let me that plunder forbear. Shenstone. The King In open battle or the tilting field Forbore his own advantage. Tennyson.

inct of country, generally waste and woody, belonging to the sovereign, set apart for the keeping of game for his use, not inclosed, but distinguished by certain limits, and protected by certain laws, courts, and officers of its own. Burrill.

To fail to keep an obligation. [Obs.] I will have the heart of him if he forfeit. Shak.

is formal; the formal part. It unties the inward knot of marriage, . . . while it aims to keep fast the outward formality. Milton.

England and other parts of Europe; -- so called from the fosse or ditch on each side for keeping it dry.

ion of mind marked by complaint and impatience; disturbance of temper; irritation; as, he keeps his mind in a continual fret. Yet then did Dennis rave in furious fret. Pope.

mall, acid berries. -- Frost lamp, a lamp placed below the oil tube of an Argand lamp to keep the oil limpid on cold nights; -- used especially in lighthouses. Knight. -- Frost nail, a nail with a sharp head driven into a horse's shoe to keen him from slipping. -- Frost smoke, an appearance resembling smoke, caused…

s, time, etc.; characterized by frugality; sparing; economical; saving; as, a frugal housekeeper; frugal of time. I oft admire How Nature, wise and frugal, could commit Such disproportions. Milton.

To undergo or cause a disturbing action accompanied with a sensation of heat. To keep the oil from frying in the stomach. Bacon.

To be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied. Keep his brain fuming. Shak.

A piece of iron imbedded in the sand of a mold to keep the sand in place.

shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul Matt. xvi. 26. To gain dominion, or to keep it gained. Milton. For fame with toil we gain, but lose with ease. Pope.

The keeper of a jail. See Jailer.

To keep in a garage. [Colloq.]

A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provision in.

A gate keeper; a gate tender.

The inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward.

To sport or keep festival. [Obs.] "Gauding with his familiars. " [Obs.] Sir T. North.