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The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach.

The dressing of the hair by crisping or curling. Smollett.

Use; fruition; enjoyment. [Obs.] Cotgrave.

nything is furnished or supplied; supplies; outfit; equipment. The form and all the furniture of the earth. Tillotson. The thoughts which make the furniture of their minds. M. Arnold.

Act of fusing; fusion. [R.]

come hereafter; that will exist at any time after the present; as, the next moment is future, to the present. Future tense (Gram.), the tense or modification of a verb which expresses a future act or event.

Without prospect of betterment in the future. W. D. Howells.

In time to come. [Obs.] Raleigh.

The tread, treadle, or chalasa of an egg.

Same as Electro-puncture.

Clothing; dress.

That which garnishes; ornamental appendage; embellishment; furniture; dress. The pomp of groves and garniture of fields. Beattie.

To gaze; to stare. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Generation; procreation; birth. Dryden.

British or British colonial architecture of the period of the four Georges, especially that of the period before 1800.

Manner of carrying the body; position of the body or limbs; posture. [Obs.] Accubation, or lying down at meals, was a gesture used by many nations. Sir T. Browne.

Free from gestures.

Act of making gestures; gesturing. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Swordplay; fencing; gladiatorial contest. Gayton.

Naturally mild in temper; not easily provoked.