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Alienation of affection; displeasure; anger. On the part of Heaven, Now alienated, distance and distaste. Milton.

Unpleasant or disgusting to the taste; nauseous; loathsome.

Causing distress; painful; unpleasant.

One who, or that which, diverts, turns off, or pleases.

) A light and pleasing composition.

Tending to divert; diverting; amusing; interesting. Things of a pleasant and divertive nature. Rogers.

Remaining much at home; devoted to home duties or pleasures; as, a domestic man or woman.

costume worn as a disguise at masquerades, consisting of a robe with a hood adjustable at pleasure.

ble play (Baseball), a play by which two players are put out at the same time. -- Double plea (Law), a plea alleging several matters in answer to the declaration, where either of such matters alone would be a sufficient bar to the action. Stephen. -- Double point (Geom.), a point of a curve at which two branches cros…

Sweet; pleasant. [Obs.]

thing that retards; a clog; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment. My lectures were only a pleasure to me, and no drag. J. D. Forbes.

or about a bed. Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. Bryant. All the decent drapery of life is to be rudely torn off. Burke. Casting of draperies. See under Casting. The casting of draperies . . . is one of the most important of an artist's studies. Fairholt.…

One who draws pleadings or other writings.

to be raised up, let down, or drawn or turned aside, to admit or hinder communication at pleasure, as before the gate of a town or castle, or over a navigable river or canal.

evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror. The secret dread of divine displeasure. Tillotson. The dread of something after death. Shak.

Attention to apparel, or skill in adjusting it. Men of pleasure, dress, and gallantry. Pope.

A small trickling stream; a rill. [Obs.] Springs through the pleasant meadows pour their drills. Sandys.

The act of driving; a trip or an excursion in a carriage, as for exercise or pleasure; -- distinguished from a ride taken on horseback.

To send, as a letter; as, please drop me a line, a letter, word.

power; to overcome; to extinguish; -- said especially of sound. Most men being in sensual pleasures drowned. Sir J. Davies. My private voice is drowned amid the senate. Addison. To drown up, to swallow up. [Obs.] Holland.