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To run a small stream. [R.] Prior.

(Polygala vulgaris); -- so called from its former use for garlands in Rogation week. Dr. Prior. -- Rogation week, the second week before Whitsunday, in which the Rogation days occur.

illows, with alternate swell and depression. What different sorrows did within thee roll. Prior.

s proper hue. Milton. While blooming youth and gay delight Sit thy rosy cheeks confessed. Prior.

per. A fiend, a fury, pitiless and rough. Shak. A surly boatman, rough as wayes or winds. Prior.

e feast was served; the bowl was crowned; To the king's pleasure went the mirthful round. Prior.

The wild radish. Dr. Prior.

ing. Condemned to sacrifice his childish years To babbling ignorance, and to empty fears. Prior. The Baronet had sacrificed a large sum . . . for the sake of . . . making this boy his heir. G. Eliot.

xuosum); -- so called because swine feed on it, and St. Anthony was once a swineherd. Dr. Prior. -- Saint Anthony's turnip (Bot.), the bulbous crowfoot, a favorite food of swine. Dr. Prior. -- Saint Barnaby's thistle (Bot.), a kind of knapeweed (Centaurea solstitialis) flowering on St. Barnabas's Day, June 11th. Dr.…

. Teach the glad hours to scatter, as they fly, Soft quiet, gentle love, and endless joy. Prior.

f an orange, or of a rose; the scent of musk. With lavish hand diffuses scents ambrosial. prior.

dry up with heat; to affect as by heat. Lashed by mad rage, and scorched by brutal fires. Prior.

scorn or contempt; contemptuous; disdainful. Scornful of winter's frost and summer's sun. Prior. Dart not scornful glances from those eyes. Shak.

. . makes deep scratches in the work. Moxon. These nails with scratches deform my breast. Prior. God forbid a shallow scratch should drive The prince of Wales from such a field as this. Shak.

The gladen, and other species of Iris. Prior.

Like; resembling. [Obs.] Prior.

o make a representation or likeness. [Obs.] Where sembling art may carve the fair effect. Prior.

More advanced than another in age; prior in age; elder; hence, more advanced in dignity, rank, or office; superior; as, senior member; senior counsel.

ved; the place where external impressions are localized, and transformed into sensations, prior to being reflected to other parts of the organism; hence, the whole nervous system, when animated, so far as it is susceptible of common or special sensations.

With unruffled temper; coolly; calmly. Prior.