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A young timber tree. [Prov. Eng.] Evelyn.

take off the or upper part of; to crop. Top your rose trees a little with your knife. Evelyn.

Having no motion or activity; incapable of motion; benumbed; torpid. [Obs.] Evelyn.

Work turned on a lathe; turnery.[Obs.] See Turnery. Evelyn.

atharine of Sienna, they show her head- the rest of her body being translated to Rome. Evelyn.

Metaphorical; tralatitious; also, foreign; exotic. [Obs.] Evelyn.

to, or drawn from, trees. [Obs.] Spenser. Treen liquors, especially that of the date. Evelyn.

of mankind including the Mongols and allied races of Asia, together with the Malays and Polynesians.

or twigs; like a twig or twigs; full of twigs; abounding with shoots. " Twiggy trees." Evelyn.

cion of injury or wrong; offense; resentment. Which gave umbrage to wiser than myself. Evelyn. Persons who feel most umbrage from the overshadowing aristocracy. Sir W. Scott.

tractor. To sign deputations for undertakes to furnish their proportions of saltpeter. Evelyn. In come some other undertakes, and promise us the same or greater wonders. South.

A wavy appearance or outline; waviness. Evelyn.

of monarchy. [Obs.] Unkingship was proclaimed, and his majesty's statues thrown down. Evelyn.

Impassable. E. A. Freeman. -- Un*pass"a*ble*ness, n. Evelyn.

s, a usurper. The parish churches on which the Presbyterians and fanatics had usurped. Evelyn. And now the Spirits of the Mind Are busy with poor Peter Bell; Upon the rights of visual sense Usurping, with a prevalence More terrible than magic spell. Wordsworth.

Spenser. We coasted within two leagues of Antibes, which is the utmost town in France. Evelyn. Betwixt two thieves I spend my utmost breath. Herbert.

Carrying or bearing sails. [Obs.] "Veliferous chariots." Evelyn.

t; a slight contest; a skirmish. [R.] Sir M. Hale. After a short velitation we parted. Evelyn.

To gather the vintage. [Obs.] Evelyn.

Freshness; soundness. [Obs.] Evelyn.