Search the Dictionary

To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate soil.

Given by same testator to the same legatee; -- said of a legacy. Bouvier. Wharton.

The quality of being cursory; superficial performance; as, cursoriness of view.

The ringdove or wood pigeon. Scarce with cushat's homely song can vie. Sir W. Scott.

A pictorial view which is extended circularly, so that the spectator is surrounded by the objects represented as by things in nature. The realistic effect is increased by putting, in the space between the spectator and the picture, things adapted to the scene represented, and in some places only parts of these objects,…

ence the term Cynic symbolized, in the popular judgment, moroseness, and contempt for the views of others.

l man who scoffs at pretensions of integrity; characterized by such opinions; as, cynical views of human nature.

being cynical; the mental state, opnions, or conduct, of a cynic; morose and contemptuous views and opinions.

and go obsequiously; to be or remain in waiting, at the beck and call of another, with a view to please or gain favor. A man of his place, and so near our favor, To dance attendance on their lordships' pleasure. Shak.

our woes. Shak. A deep melancholy took possesion of him, and gave a dark tinge to all his views of human nature. Macaulay. There is, in every true woman-s heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity. W. Irving.

carelessly; to execute rapidly, or with careless haste; -- with off; as, to dash off a review or sermon.

ven by a magistrate, as distinguished from being cast upon a party by the law. Burril. Bouvier. Dative executor, one appointed by the judge of probate, his office answering to that of an administrator.

rden. Dryden. (b) (Shipping) A ship's lading, when it consists of heavy goods; or, the heaviest part of a ship's cargo. (c) (Railroad) The weight of rolling stock, the live weight being the load. Knight. -- Dead wind (Naut.), a wind directly ahead, or opposed to the ship's course. -- To be dead, to die. [Obs.] I deme…

th bell thrice was heard to ring. Mickle. -- Death candle, a light like that of a candle, viewed by the superstitious as presaging death. -- Death damp, a cold sweat at the coming on of death. -- Death fire, a kind of ignis fatuus supposed to forebode death. And round about in reel and rout, The death fires danced at…

A deceased person. Bouvier.

sion private persons to do some act in place of a judge, as to examine a witness, etc. Bouvier.

eficiency; -- opposed to superfluity. Errors have been corrected, and defects supplied. Davies.

alling away from God." Sir W. Raleigh. The general defection of the whole realm. Sir J. Davies.

Weighing facts and arguments with a view a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; circumspect; slow in determining; -- applied to persons; as, a deliberate judge or counselor. "These deliberate fools." Shak.

transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter. Bouvier.