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A dealer in stocks or any commodity for speculative purposes; a speculator. [Brokers' Cant]

hority to establish that for an order at one time which at another time it may abolish. Hooker.

said, truly, that the best men otherwise are not always the best in regard of society. Hooker.

Excessively fertile; bearing rank or noxious growths. [Obs.] "Overbattle grounds." Hooker.

Too capable. [R.] Overcapable of such pleasing errors. Hooker.

To sell beyond means of delivery. [Brokers'Cant] Oversold market (Brokers' Cant), a market in which stocks or commodities have been sold "short" to such an extent that it is difficult to obtain them for delivery.

An overlooking; an omission; an error. Hooker.

To exceed in weight; to overbalance; to weigh down. Drayton. Hooker.

is to color that paradox, and make it appear in show not to be altogether unreasonable. Hooker. This was sometime a paradox, but now the time gives it proof. Shak. Hydrostatic paradox. See under Hydrostatic.

umbelliferous herb (Carum Petroselinum), having finely divided leaves which are used in cookery and as a garnish. As she went to the garden for parsley, to stuff a rabbit. Shak. Fool's parsley. See under Fool. -- Hedge parsley, Milk parsley, Stone parsley, names given to various weeds of similar appearance to the pars…

r Most, a. -- In good part, as well done; favorably; acceptably; in a friendly manner. Hooker. In ill part, unfavorably; with displeasure. -- In part, in some degree; partly. -- Part and parcel, an essential or constituent portion; -- a reduplicative phrase. Cf. might and main, kith and kin, etc. "She was . . . part…

f impressions from external agents. Apolinarius, which held even deity itself passible. Hooker.

Specifically, in cookery, a dough prepared for the crust of pies and the like; pastry dough.

Sufferance; permission. [Obs.] Hooker. They stay upon your patience. Shak.

Fewness; smallness of number; scarcity. Hooker. Revelation denies it by the stern reserve, the paucity, and the incompleteness, of its communications. I. Taylor.

d. "Sweet wife, my honor is at pawn." Shak. -- Pawn ticket, a receipt given by the pawnbroker for an article pledged.

The business of a pawnbroker.

peculiar people. Titus ii. 14. Hymns . . . that Christianity hath peculiar unto itself. Hooker.

A breeding place, or rookery, of penguins.

The state of being pensive; serious thoughtfulness; seriousness. Hooker.