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To behave or move in a lively or restless manner, as an impatient horse; to caper; to prance; to frisk. Kipling.

ection or sympathy;-with with or of. -- Touch and go, a phrase descriptive of a narrow escape. -- True as touch (i.e., touchstone), quite true. [Obs.]

Hasty; momentary; imperfect; brief; as, a transient view of a landscape.

To escape from secrecy; to become public; as, the proceedings of the council soon transpired. The story of Paulina's and Maximilian's mutual attachment had transpired through many of the travelers. De Quincey.

el, or resemblance. Our Savior was typified, indeed, by the goat that was slain, and the scapegoat in the wilderness. Sir T. Browne.

Not be escaped; inevitable. [Obs.] Wyclif.

To caper or frolic. [Obs.]

A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, as in the barberry.

wn color, supposed to be the color used by Vandyke in his pictures. -- Vandyke collar or cape, a broad collar or cape of linen and lace with a deep pointed or scalloped edge, worn lying on the shoulders; - - so called from its appearance in pictures by Vandyke. -- Vandyke edge, an edge having ornamental triangular po…

A small aperture; a hole or passage for air or any fluid to escape; as, the vent of a cask; the vent of a mold; a volcanic vent. Look, how thy wounds do bleed at many vents. Shak. Long't was doubtful, both so closely pent, Which first should issue from the narrow vent. Pope.

To provide with a vent, or escape, for air, gas, etc.; as, to ventilate a mold, or a water-wheel bucket.

The spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement. See under Escapement.

A light cape or short cloak of silk or lace worn by women in summer.

Voluntary conveyance (Law), a conveyance without valuable consideration. -- Voluntary escape (Law), the escape of a prisoner by the express consent of the sheriff. -- Voluntary jurisdiction. (Eng. Eccl. Law) See Contentious jurisdiction, under Contentious. -- Voluntary waste. (Law) See Waste, n., 4.…

To be cured; to recover. [Obs.] Your daughter . . . shall warish and escape. Chaucer.

h against; as, waves wash the shore. Fresh-blown roses washed with dew. Milton. [The landscape] washed with a cold, gray mist. Longfellow.

off waste, or superfluous, water or other fluids. Specifically: (a) (Steam Boilers) An escape pipe. See under Escape. (b) (Plumbing) The outlet pipe at the bottom of a bowl, tub, sink, or the like. -- Waste steam. (a) Steam which escapes the air. (b) Exhaust steam. -- Waste trap, a trap for a waste pipe, as of a sin…

An overfall, or weir, for the escape, or overflow, of superfluous water from a canal, reservoir, pond, or the like.

To sail or pass to the windward of; as, to weather a cape; to weather another ship.

A kind of cape, forming part of a woman's dress. My wife in her new lace whisk. Pepys.