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A kind of linen cloth with raised figures, used for towelings.

To take out the entrails of; to disembowel; as, to hulk a hare. [R.] Beau. & Fl.

To moisten; to wet. [Obs.] Howell.

ne who has the jurisdiction of a hundred; and sometimes, a bailiff of a hundred. Blount. Cowell.

S. cynn; E. thin, AS. ynne; E. dominion, donjon, dungeon. In English I has two principal vowel sounds: the long sound, as in pine, ice; and the short sound, as in pîn. It has also three other sounds: (a) That of e in term, as in thirst. (b) That of e in mete (in words of foreign origin), as in machine, pique, regime. (…

" of the Supreme Being, which in latter Jewish tradition is not pronounced save with the vowels of adonai or elohim, so that the true pronunciation is lost.

Somewhat ill. [Obs.] Howell.

ourney to the Holy Land. Sir J. Davies. A defluxion on my throat impeached my utterance. Howell.

That which impedes or hinders progress, motion, activity, or effect. Thus far into the bowels of the land Have we marched on without impediment. Shak. Impediment in speech, a defect which prevents distinct utterance.

Safety; security. [Obs.] Howell.

Not decimable, or liable to be decimated; not liable to the payment of tithes. Cowell.

Too odious to be expressed or mentioned. [Obs.] Howell.

ed to lords of certain manors to judge thieves taken within the seigniory of such lords. Cowell.

To cover or overspread with, or as with, leaves. [R.] Howell.

Unlucky; unfortunate. [Obs.] Shak. "A most infortynate chance." Howell. - In*for"tu*nate*ly, adv. [Obs.]

See Inhabitativeness. What the phrenologists call inhabitiveness. Lowell.

; esp., a writ issuing from a higher ecclesiastical court to an inferior one, on appeal. Cowell.

Pertaining to, having the nature of, or resembling, an insect. Howell.

The inward parts; entrails; bowels; hence, that which is within; private thoughts and feelings. Here's none but friends; we may speak Our insides freely. Massinger.

Insular. [Obs.] Howell.