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like the fox; craft; artfulness. [R.] He was without guile, and had no vulpinism at all. Carlyle.

ction of wagons; wagons, collectively. Wagonage, provender, and a piece or two of cannon. Carlyle.

ain shrub (Evonymus atropurpureus) having purple capsules which in dehiscence expose the scarlet-ariled seeds; -- called also burning bush.

It bears a profusion of yellow berrylike pods, which open in the autumn, and display the scarlet coverings of the seeds.

ar off the nap of cloth. -- To wear on or upon, to wear. [Obs.] "[I] weared upon my gay scarlet gites [gowns.]" Chaucer. -- To wear out. (a) To consume, or render useless, by attrition or decay; as, to wear out a coat or a book. (b) To consume tediously. "To wear out miserable days." Milton. (c) To harass; to tire. "…

; filth; mire; slough. The foul welter of our so-called religious or other controversies. Carlyle.

with a whirling motion. He saw Falmouth under gray, iron skies, and whirls of March dust. Carlyle.

R. of Brunne. Whitherward to turn for a good course of life was by no means too apparent. Carlyle.

Any cover or screen, as red-tapism. [R.] Fire peels the wiggeries away from them [facts.] Carlyle.

Destitute of a window. Carlyle.

A young wolf. Carlyle.

become worse. De Quincey. Indifferent health, which seemed rather to worsen than improve. Carlyle.

Capable of being worshiped; worthy of worship. [R.] Carlyle.

nkled; corrugated; puckered. G. Eliot. His old wrinkly face grew quite blown out at last. Carlyle.

r, or to one of those colors, green being excepted, in which yellow is a constituent, as scarlet, orange, etc.