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he congregation of Christ's flock, and do sign him with the sign of the cross. Bk. of Com Prayer.

t; to feign. The Puritans, even in the depths of the dungeons to which she had sent them, prayed, and with no simulated fervor, that she might be kept from the dagger of the assassin. Macaulay.

he book put of the right hand of him that sate upon the seat. Bible (1551) (Rev. v. 7.) I pray you, jest, sir, as you sit at dinner. Shak.

gent of cleanliness; disorderly; as, a sluttish woman. Why is thy lord so slutish, I thee pray. Chaucer. An air of liberal, though sluttish, plenty, indicated the wealthy farmer. Sir W. Scott. -- Slut"tish*ly, adv. -- Slut"tish*ness, n.

after live a godly, righteous, and sober life, to the glory of Thy holy name. Bk. of Com. Prayer.

irp. Every Israelite . . . arose, solemnized his face, looked towards Jerusalem . . . and prayed. L. Wallace.

Greatly; violently; deeply. [Hannah] prayed unto the Lord and wept sore. 1 Sam. i. 10. Sore sighed the knight, who this long sermon heard. Dryden.

To conform; to adapt; to accommodate. [R.] I pray thee, sort thy heart to patience. Shak.

A cant or whining mode of speaking, especially in preaching or praying. [Scot.] Jamieson.

scent. [Obs.] Therefore right as an hawk upon a sours Up springeth into the air, right so prayers . . . Maken their sours to Goddes ears two. Chaucer.

forbear to punish, injure, or harm; to show mercy to. Spare us, good Lord. Book of Common Prayer. Dim sadness did not spare That time celestial visages. Milton. Man alone can whom he conquers spare. Waller.

favorable issue; success. "For common speed." Chaucer. O Lord God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day. Gen. xxiv. 12.

Spray blown from the tops waves during a gale at sea; also, snow driven in the wind at sea; -- written also spindrift.

To utter magniloquently; to recite in an oratorical or pompous manner. Pray, spout some French, son. Beau. & Fl.

Small branches of a tree; twigs; sprays. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray; as, a sprig of laurel or of parsley.

on the feet, in an erect or nearly erect position; -- opposed to lie, sit, kneel, etc. "I pray you all, stand up!" Shak.

ing; posture. [R.] A station like the herald, Mercury. Shak. Their manner was to stand at prayer, whereupon their meetings unto that purpose . . . had the names of stations given them. Hooker.

ly; a race or generation of progenitors. "All that are of noble stem." Milton. While I do pray, learn here thy stem And true descent. Herbert.

cease. [Archaic] They can not stint till no thing be left. Chaucer. And stint thou too, I pray thee. Shak. The damsel stinted in her song. Sir W. Scott.