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degree than another; as, a better man; a better physician; a better house; a better air. Could make the worse appear The better reason. Milton.

An improvement of an estate which renders it better than mere repairing would do; -- generally used in the plural. [U. S.] Bouvier.

ressing motion from one body or place to another; from one to another of two. If things should go so between them. Bacon.

surfaces of two cones whose apices coincide with the point where the axes of the wheels would meet.

h a degree as to take away the power of resistance; to enchant. The charms of poetry our souls bewitch. Dryden.

influence; to prejudice; to prepossess. Me it had not biased in the one direction, nor should it have biased any just critic in the counter direction. De. Quincey.

The prayer for the souls of benefactors, said before the sermon.

part of a ship's hull or bottom which is broadest and most nearly flat, and on which she would rest if aground.

A market near the Billings gate in London, celebrated for fish and foul language.

en cloth, worn by the poor in the Middle Ages; also, a woolen cap or hood worn over the shoulders or over the head.

Ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. 1 Pet. ii. 25. It is a fact now generally recognized by theologians of all shades of opinion, that in the language of the New Testament the same officer in the church is called indifferently "bishop" ( J. B. Lightfoot.…

d. The lip that curls with bitterness. Percival. I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. Job vii. 11.

og hath his teeth white, therefore they will black theirs. Hakluyt. Sins which black thy soul. J. Fletcher.

emove as far as he can the modern layers of black wash, and let the man himself, fair or foul, be seen. C. Kingsley.

Using foul or scurrilous language; slanderous.

f stained or low character, esp. one who uses scurrilous language, or treats others with foul abuse; a scoundrel; a rough. A man whose manners and sentiments are decidedly below those of his class deserves to be called a blackguard. Macaulay.

The scapula or shoulder blade.

ical effect, or for the more convenient insertion of a door or window at a future time, should it be needed. -- Blank indorsement (Law), an indorsement which omits the name of the person in whose favor it is made; it is usually made by simply writing the name of the indorser on the back of the bill. -- Blank line (Pr…

s. On charitable lists he blazed his name. Pollok. To blaze those virtues which the good would hide. Pope.

y: To obscure (mental or moral perception); to blind; to hoodwink. That tickling rheums Should ever tease the lungs and blear the sight. Cowper. To blear the eye of, to deceive; to impose upon. [Obs.] Chaucer.