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ed; an insinuation. Mercury . . . owns it a marriage by an innuendo. Dryden. Pursue your trade of scandal picking; Your innuendoes, when you tell us, That Stella loves to talk with fellows. Swift.

ded, protected, or sustained; unsafe; unstable; exposed to danger or loss. Bp. Hurg. The trade with Egypt was exceedingly insecure and precarious. Mickle.

istic marks or signs, by which anything is known or distinguished; as, the insignia of a trade.

dition of one who is unable to pay his debts as they fall due, or in the usual course of trade and business; as, a merchant's insolvency.

o pay one's debts; unable to pay one's debts as they fall due, in the ordinary course of trade and business; as, in insolvent debtor.

lonies; pertaining to the intercourse or mutual relations of colonies; as, intercolonial trade. -- In`ter*co*lo"ni*al*ly, adv.

interests; especially, (said of a country) domestic, as opposed to foreign; as, internal trade; internal troubles or war.

Mutual trade of traffic.

en; to abash. Now guilt, once harbored in the conscious breast, Intimidates the brave, degrades the great. Johnson.

A tale of sorrow, disappointment, or complaint; a doleful story; a dolorous tirade; -- generally used satirically. He has prolonged his complaint into an endless jeremiad. Lamb.

The art or trade of a jeweler. Cotgrave.

A dealer in horses; a horse trader. Macaulay.

The art, or trade, of a joiner; the work of a joiner. A piece of joinery . . . whimsically dovetailed. Burke.

To make merry with; to make jokes upon; to rally; to banter; as, to joke a comrade.

rly, a man hired to work by the day; now, commonly, one who has mastered a handicraft or trade; -- distinguished from apprentice and from master workman. I have thought some of nature's journeymen had made men, and not made them well. Shak.

Originally, work done by the day; work done by a journeyman at his trade.

Astrakhan, esp. in fine grades. Cf. Caracul.

of. The crown of Stephanus, first king of Hungary, was always kept in the castle of Vicegrade. Knolles.

Leather prepared from the skin of young or small cattle, intermediate in grade between calfskin and cowhide.

One who refuses to join, or withdraws from, a trades union. [Cant, Eng.]