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attle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for. A field or two to graze his cows. Swift.

A slender, graceful breed of dogs, remarkable for keen sight and swiftness. It is one of the oldest varieties known, and is figured on the Egyptian monuments. [Written also grayhound.]

Supply; provision. Swift.

. Shak. I have often heard the Presbyterians say, they did not grudge us our employments. Swift. They have grudged us contribution. Shak.

Care; protection. [Obs.] Swift.

A person easily duped or cheated. Swift.

ordnance, fieldpieces, carronades, howitzers, etc. See these terms in the Vocabulary. As swift as a pellet out of a gunne When fire is in the powder runne. Chaucer. The word gun was in use in England for an engine to cast a thing from a man long before there was any gunpowder found out. Selden.

A stackyard. [Prov. Eng.] Swift.

healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale body. Last year we thought him strong and hale. Swift.

Hooked, or set with hooks; hamate. Swift.

suspense; to linger; to be delayed. A noble stroke he lifted high, Which hung not, but so swift with tempest fell On the proud crest of Satan. Milton. To hang around, to loiter idly about. -- To hang back, to hesitate; to falter; to be reluctant. "If any one among you hangs back." Jowett (Thucyd.). -- To hang by the…

; apt; felicitous. One gentleman is happy at a reply, another excels in a in a rejoinder. Swift. Happy family, a collection of animals of different and hostile propensities living peaceably together in one cage. Used ironically of conventional alliances of persons who are in fact mutually repugnant. -- Happy-go-lucky,…

Wrought with severe labor; elaborate; studied. Swift.

Severely; harshly; roughly. He has in many things been hardly used. Swift.

That which is hard to hear, as toil, privation, injury, injustice, etc. Swift.

having long hind legs, a short tail, and a divided upper lip. It is a timid animal, moves swiftly by leaps, and is remarkable for its fecundity.

Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition; -- applied only to voluntary beings, as men and other animals. The king's business required haste. 1 Sam. xxi. 8.

Without due reflection; precipitately; rashly. We hastily engaged in the war. Swift.

One who contrives or originates; a plotter. A great hatcher and breeder of business. Swift.

g me, sir, thus still to haunt my house. Shak. Those cares that haunt the court and town. Swift.