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To free from rumples; to spread or lay even,

gland at the base of the tail feathers in most birds. It secretes an oily fluid which is spread over the feathers by preening.

Something hung up, or spread out, to intercept the view, and hide an object; a cover; a curtain; esp., a screen, usually of gauze, crape, or similar diaphnous material, to hide or protect the face. The veil of the temple was rent in twain. Matt. xxvii. 51. She, as a veil down to the slender waist, Her unadornéd golden…

honor of Queen Victoria. The Victoria regia is a native of Guiana and Brazil. Its large, spreading leaves are often over five feet in diameter, and have a rim from three to five inches high; its immense rose-white flowers sometimes attain a diameter of nearly two feet.

Represented as flying, or having the wings spread; as, an eagle volant. Volant piece (Anc. Armor), an adjustable piece of armor, for guarding the throat, etc., in a joust.

s head, He cast it up with his auspicious hand, Which was the signal, through the English spread, This they should charge. Drayton.

ich is a mark of lack of strength or resolution; a fault; a defect. Many take pleasure in spreading abroad the weakness of an exalted character. Spectator.

One of the arms or frames of a windmill, on which the sails are spread.

Iron rods extending on either side of the bowsprit, to spread, or guy out, the stays, etc.

To a distance; far; widely; to a great distance or extent; as, his fame was spread wide. [I] went wyde in this world, wonders to hear. Piers Plowman.

To grow wide or wider; to enlarge; to spread; to extend. Arches widen, and long aisles extend. Pope.

ance in running or swimming. As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings. Deut. xxxii. 11.

A kind of speedwell (Veronica hederifolia) which spreads chiefly in winter. Dr. Prior.

Haunted by wizards. Where Deva spreads her wizard stream. Milton.