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To madden; to rave. [Obs.] An infatuating and delirating spirit in it. Holland.

A special breed of the dromedary used for rapid traveling; the swift camel; -- called also herire, and maharik.

Behavior; conduct; bearing; demeanor. [Obs.] With grave demean and solemn vanity. West.

ress, and in front of the curtain between two bastions, intended to defend the curtain; a ravelin. See Ravelin.

Of sober or serious mien; composed and decorous in bearing; of modest look; staid; grave. Sober, steadfast, and demure. Milton. Nan was very much delighted in her demure way, and that delight showed itself in her face and in her clear bright eyes. W. Black.

In a demure manner; soberly; gravely; -- now, commonly, with a mere show of gravity or modesty. They . . . looked as demurely as they could; for 't was a hanging matter to laugh unseasonably. Dryden.

The unraveling or discovery of a plot; the catastrophe, especially of a drama or a romance.

siliceous deposits of hot springs), or that which is mechanically deposited (as the mud, gravel, etc., deposits of a river). The deposit already formed affording to the succeeding portion of the charged fluid a basis. Kirwan.

The state of being depraved or degenerated; degeneracy; depravity. The depravation of his moral character destroyed his judgment. Sir G. C. Lewis.

The stae of being depraved or corrupted; a vitiated state of moral character; general badness of character; wickedness of mind or heart; absence of religious feeling and principle. Total depravity. See Original sin, and Calvinism.

Serving to purge; tending to cleanse or purify. [Obs.] Cotgrave.

t; doom. Thither he Will come to know his destiny. Shak. No man of woman born, Coward or brave, can shun his destiny. Bryant.

To dethrone or unthrone. [Obs.] Cotgrave.

To eat up with greediness; to consume ravenously; to feast upon like a wild beast or a glutton; to prey upon. Some evil beast hath devoured him. Gen. xxxvii. 20.

An engraver of dies for stamping coins, medals, etc.

] Let him . . . diet in such places, where there is good company of the nation, where he traveleth. Bacon.

To render difficult; to difficilitate. [Obs.] Cotgrave.

transgression; offense. [R.] Then my digression is so vile, so base, That it will live engraven in my face. Shak.

An herb (Peucedanum graveolens), the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, and were formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; -- called also dill-seed. Dr. Prior.

A deposit of superficial loam, sand, gravel, stones, etc., caused by former action of flowing waters, or the melting of glacial ice.