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In later or modern magic, that species of magic in which effects are claimed to be produced by supernatural agency, in distinction from natural magic.

To use with tenderness; to fondle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

as destroyed in the time of Queen Elizabeth; -- often in the plural; as, ancient times; modern times.

A kind of cap worn in the 16th century, and copied in modern fashions; -- called also toquet. His velvet toque stuck as airily as ever upon the side of his head. Motley.

A modern constellation of the southern hemisphere.

In the direction of; to. He set his face toward the wilderness. Num. xxiv. 1. The waves make towards'' the pebbled shore. Shak.

A footpath or road track through a wilderness or wild region; as, an Indian trail over the plains.

l work, into a piece for the piano; an adaptation; an arrangement; -- a name applied by modern composes for the piano to a more or less fanciful and ornate reproduction on their own instrument of a song or other piece not originally intended for it; as, Listzt's transcriptions of songs by Schubert.

Its scale in the lower octaves is limited to the first natural harmonics; but there are modern trumpets capable, by means of valves or pistons, of producing every tone within their compass, although at the expense of the true ringing quality of tone. The trumpet's loud clangor Excites us to arms. Dryden.…

m of tumor and perplexity, to lead men into habits of intellect such as result from the modern vice of English style. De Quincey. Encysted tumor, a tumor which is inclosed in a membrane called a cyst, connected with the surrounding parts by the neighboring cellular substance. -- Fatty tumor. See under Fatty. -- Innoc…

ommon name for various styles of loose-fitting under-garments and over-garments worn in modern times by Europeans and others.

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

or hinges, in such a way as to allow of being opened and closed with ease. See Parasol. Underneath the umbrella's oily shed. Gay.

or the like, which excites emotion; especially, strong devotion; religious fervor and tenderness; sometimes, a simulated, factitious, or unnatural fervor. The delightful equivoque and unction of the passage in Farquhar. Hazlitt. The mention of thy glory Is unction to the breast. Neale (Rhythm of St. Bernard). Extreme…

To brace, fasten, or bind underneath or below. Cowper.

Under the feet; underneath; below. See Under foot, under Foot, n.

A lower fringe; a fringe underneath something. Broad-faced, with underfringe of russet beard. Tennyson.

To gore underneath.

Laid or placed underneath; also, having something laid or lying underneath.

To support by some solid foundation; to place something underneath for support.