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The entire clothing of a bird.

The quality or state of being poignant; as, the poignancy of satire; the poignancy of grief. Swift.

irit. Nor is their courage or their wealth so low, That from his wars they poorly would retire. Dryden.

ometimes reach, a condition in which both representation and traditional decoration are entirely abolished and a work of art becomes a purely subjective expression in an arbitrary and personal language.

tentatiously; - - often followed by up; as, to prank up the body. See Prink. In sumptuous tire she joyed herself to prank. Spenser.

g that forbids intercourse. Wrath shell be no more Thenceforth, but in thy presence joy entire. Milton.

The state of being in retirement from the company or observation of others; seclusion.

d; lonely; solitary; as, a private room or apartment; private prayer. Reason . . . then retires Into her private cell when nature rests. Milton.

Seclusion from company or society; retirement; privacy; secrecy. Bacon.

Appropriated to retirement; private; not open to the public. " Privy chambers." Ezek. xxi. 14.

The quality or state of being prosy; tediousness; tiresomeness.

The entire cavity of the prosencephalon. B. G. Wilder.

& Obs.] His jealousy . . . attends the business, the recreations, the publications, and retirements of every man. Jer. Taylor. Publication of a libel (Law), such an exhibition of a libel as brings it to the notice of at least one person other than the person libeled. -- Publication of a will (Law), the delivery of a w…

Completely; wholly; entirely; totally; perfectly; as, the work is not quite done; the object is quite accomplished; to be quite mistaken. Man shall not quite be lost, but saved who will. Milton. The same actions may be aimed at different ends, and arise from quite contrary principles. Spectator.

Hence, mean or tattered attire; worn-out dress. And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm. Dryden.

Pleasantry or slight satire; banter; jesting language; satirical merriment. Let raillery be without malice or heat. B. Jonson. Studies employed on low objects; the very naming of them is sufficient to turn them into raillery. Addison.

o attack with raillery, either in good humor and pleasantry, or with slight contempt or satire. Honeycomb . . . raillies me upon a country life. Addison. Strephon had long confessed his amorous pain. Which gay Corinna rallied with disdain. Gay.

To retire; to recoil. [Obs.] Spenser.

Hence, a recess; a retired place. [Obs.] "In a retired receipt together lay." Chapman.

A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion. Departure from his happy place, our sweet Recess, and only consolation left. Milton.