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mbled in such a room; also, a reception of company in it; as, to hold a drawing-room. He [Johnson] would amaze a drawing-room by suddenly ejaculating a clause of the Lord's Prayer. Macaulay. Drawing-room car. See Palace car, under Car.

ngth the moment dreaded through so many years came close, the dark cloud passed away from Johnson's mind. Macaulay.

eary shades." Dryden. "The dreary ground." Prior. Full many a dreary anxious hour. Keble. Johnson entered on his vocation in the most dreary part of that dreary interval which separated two ages of prosperity. Macaulay.

Thirst; want of drink. Johnson.

The process of dwindling; dwindlement; decline; degeneracy. [R.] Johnson.

Sovereignty; lordship; dominion. Johnson.

A whisperer of insinuations; a secret counselor. Johnson.

A medicine made by mixing oils with sirups. John Quincy.

apable of active service. He assembled his army -- 20,000 effectives -- at Corinth. W. P. Johnston.

arge; expulsion; evacuation. "Vast ejection of ashes." Eustace. "The ejection of a word." Johnson.

. That grace that elegance affords. Drayton. The endearing elegance of female friendship. Johnson. A trait of native elegance, seldom seen in the masculine character after childhood or early youth, was shown in the General's fondness for the sight and fragrance of flowers. Hawthorne.

The act of clearing from spots. [Obs.] Johnson.

To make up into a bale or pack. Johnson.

Intercalated time. Johnson.

Pertaining to emendation; corrective. "Emendatory criticism."" Johnson.

Pertaining to an emporium; relating to merchandise. [Obs.] Johnson.

A diary; a journal. Johnson.

ed his enemies, but continued them in employment; not only continued, but advanced them." Johnson.

n of Methodist young people, founded in 1889 at Cleveland, Ohio, and taking its name from John Wesley's birthplace, Epworth, Lincolnshire, England.

Having equal angles; equiangular. [R.] Johnson.