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ke his English sweet upon his tongue. Chaucer. A voice sweet, tremulous, but powerful. Hawthorne.

waves that roll in yonder bay. Tennyson. The gigantic swells and billows of the snow. Hawthorne.

asure by tale, and not by weight. Hooker. And every shepherd tells his tale, Under the hawthornn in the dale. Milton. In packing, they keep a just tale of the number. Carew.

Given to talk; loquacious. The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whispering lovers made. Goldsmith.

sed to have originated in Holland and to have been the principal stock from which the shorthorns were derived.

Fig.: Resembling a thistle or thistles; sharp; pricking. In such a world, so thorny, and where none Finds happiness unblighted, or, if found, Without some thistly sorrow at its side. Cowper.

Brushwood and thorns for making and repairing hedges. [Obs. Eng.]

or outline of the mother and the child, slowly lading into the twilight of the woods. Hawthorne.

some particular female progenitor, through the female line; as, the Duchess tribe of shorthorns.

right into your eyes and twigged something there which you had half a mind to conceal. Hawthorne.

Not bidden; not commanded. Thorns also and thistles it shall bring thee forth Unbid; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field. Milton.

hat ungentle flavor which distinguishes nearly all our native and uncultivated grapes. Hawthorne. -- Un*gen"tle*ness, n. -- Un*gen"tly, adv.

Not seemly; unbecoming; indecent. An unseemly outbreak of temper. Hawthorne.

Not worldly; spiritual; holy. Hawthorne. -- Un*world"li*ness, n.

A gushing upward. Hawthorne.

To; against. [Obs. & R.] She, poor bird, as all forlorn, Leaned her breast uptill a thorn. Shak.

ng corridors, with their numerous alcoves, might have been utilized as . . . dungeons. Hawthorne.

Inclined to vacillate; wavering; irresolute. Hawthorne.

t turned away, and gave himself up to a sort of vague revery, which he called thought. Hawthorne.

In a vague manner. What he vaguely hinted at, but dared not speak. Hawthorne.