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Devoted to the offices of Venus, or love; venereal. [Obs.] "I am all venerean in feeling." Chaucer.

bution; -- often, in a bad sense, passionate or unrestrained revenge. To me belongeth vengeance and recompense. Deut. xxxii. 35. To execute fierce vengeance on his foes. Milton.

Extremely; excessively. [Obs.] "He loves that vengeancely." Beau. & Fl.

Of or relating to Voltaire, the French author. J. Morley.

dder; to cause to cease to depend on the mother nourishment. And the child grew, and was weaned; and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned. Gen. xxi. 8.

Quality or state of being weaned.

A weanling. [Obs.] Spenser.

a. & n. from Wean, v. The weaning of the whelp is the great test of the skill of the kennel man. J. H. Walsh. Weaning brash. (Med.) See under Brash.

One whose intention is good. "Well-meaners think no harm." Dryden.

Having a good intention.

To bring forth young, as a goat or a sheep; to ean. Shak.

A lamb or a kid; an eanling. Shak.

Having the characteristic of Zoilus, a bitter, envious, unjust critic, who lived about 270 years before Christ.

te with OHG. ga-, gi-, Goth. ga-), which, as a prefix, made no essential addition to the meaning, as in aware. (5) French à (L. ad to), as in abase, achieve. (6) L. a, ab, abs, from, as in avert. (7) Greek insep. prefix a without, or privative, not, as in abyss, atheist; akin to E. un-.

A means of defense formed by felled trees, the ends of whose branches are sharpened and directed outwards, or against the enemy.

The posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other Arthropoda.

The European siskin (Carduelis spinus), a small green and yellow finch, related to the goldfinch.

A low or downcast state; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation. That this should be termed baseness, abjection of mind, or servility, is it credible Hooker.

Meanly; servilely.

The state of being abject; abasement; meanness; servility. Grew.