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An aged person; an older. Dryden. Each village senior paused to scan, And speak the lovely caravan. Emerson.

loq.] Is he sure that objects are not otherwise sensed by others than they are by him Glanvill.

England, at least from the reign of Henry II, one only, and that the inferior species [of villeins], existed . . . But by the customs of France and Germany, persons in this abject state seem to have been called serfs, and distinguished from villeins, who were only bound to fixed payments and duties in respect of their…

and learning". Atterbury. "Serviceable tools." Macaulay. I know thee well, a serviceable villain. Shak.

Measured by sixty degrees; fixed or indicated by a distance of sixty degrees. Glanvill.

he head of an Arab family, or of a clan or a tribe; also, the chief magistrate of an Arab village. The name is also applied to Mohammedan ecclesiastics of a high grade. [Written also scheik, shaik, sheikh.]

with horror or disgust; extremely offensive or disgusting. The grossest and most shocking villainies. Secker. -- Shock"ing*ly, adv. -- Shock"ing*ness, n.

havens, because of the great rocks that ben strong and dangerous to pass by. Sir J. Mandeville. Every of this happy number That have endured shrewd days and nights with us. Shak.

close to the surface, as a leaf; sericeous. Silky oak (Bot.), a lofty Australian tree (Grevillea robusta) with silky tomentose lobed or incised leaves. It furnishes a valuable timber.

ve, nor sense of pain, Nor force of reason, can persuade, Then let example be obeyed. Granville.

cksmith; a smithery; a stithy. [Written also smiddy.] Under a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands. Lonfellow.

break upon suddenly with sharp, angry words; to treat snappishly; -- usually with up. Granville.

A mean, sneaking fellow. A set of simpletons and superstitious sneaks. Glanvill.

Weak in character; impressible. The deceiver soon found this soft place of Adam's. Glanvill.

One who admits the existence of material beings only; a materialist. Glanvill.

y with numerals, but formerly also with a singular substantive of time or distance; as, a village of some eighty houses; some two or three persons; some hour hence. Shak. The number slain on the rebel's part were some two thousand. Bacon.

re; a little. His giantship is gone, somewhat crestfallen. Milton. Somewhat back from the village street. Longfellow.

A person stupefied by excessive drinking; an habitual drunkard. "A brutal sot." Granville. Every sign That calls the staring sots to nasty wine. Roscommon.

thout a soul, or without greatness or nobleness of mind; mean; spiritless. Slave, souless villain, dog! Shak.

cost; to speak to. [He will] thee in hope; he will speak thee fair. Ecclus. xiii. 6. each village senior paused to scan And speak the lovely caravan. Emerson. To speak a ship (Naut.), to hail and speak to her captain or commander.