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w of being opened and closed with ease. See Parasol. Underneath the umbrella's oily shed. Gay.

nt his bow, uncertain in his aim. Dryden. Whistling slings dismissed the uncertain stone. Gay.

Not acknowledged; not avowed. Gay.

An undertaker, or provider for funerals. [Obs.] The upholder, rueful harbinger of death. Gay.

pations; various colors. So many and so various laws are given. Milton. A wit as various, gay, grave, sage, or wild. Byron.

A little villa. [R.] Gay.

A vista; a prospect. [R.] Gay. Through the long visto of a thousand years. Young.

The manner or action of a wag; mischievous merriment; sportive trick or gayety; good-humored sarcasm; pleasantry; jocularity; as, the waggery of a schoolboy. Locke. A drollery and lurking waggery of expression. W. Irving.

In a wanton manner; without regularity or restraint; loosely; sportively; gayly; playfully; recklessly; lasciviously.

r modulated; to be uttered melodiously. Such strains ne'er warble in the linnet's throat. Gay.

Wearing apparel, in general; articles of dress or personal decoration. Flowers that their gay wardrobe wear. Milton. With a pair of saddlebags containing his wardrobe. T. Hughes.

ea; also, a bog; a marsh; a fen; as, the washes in Lincolnshire. "The Wash of Edmonton so gay." Cowper. These Lincoln washes have devoured them. Shak.

to wear 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 ti…

he is my prize, or ocean whelm them all! Shak. The whelming billow and the faithless oar. Gay.

drawing up the thread; as, to whip a ruffle. In half-whipped muslin needles useless lie. Gay.

s. The weary plowman leaves the task of day, And, trudging homeward, whistles on the way. Gay.

The fruit of several shrubby plants of the genus Gaylussacia; also, any one of these plants. See Huckleberry.

esticated, or cultivated; wild. [Poetic] "Wilding flowers." Tennyson. The ground squirrel gayly chirps by his den, And the wilding bee hums merrily by. Bryant.

Cheerful; merry; gay; light-hearted. Misled by ill example, and a winsome nature. Jeffrey.

ver found, they are the same kind, civil, obliging, humane, tender beings, inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest. J. Ledyard.