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To insult; to flout; to mock; to snub. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

Beady for flight; eager. [Archaic] Beau. & Fl.

One who makes or uses perfumes. [Obs.] Embroiderers, feather makers, fumers. Beau. & Fl.

A thorny evergreen shrub (Ulex Europæus), with beautiful yellow flowers, very common upon the plains and hills of Great Britain; -- called also gorse, and whin. The dwarf furze is Ulex nanus.

To play the beau; to wait upon the ladies; also, to roam about for pleasure without any definite plan. [Slang] Dickens.

To truss or hang up by means of a gambrel. Beau. & Fl.

Garden. [Obs.] "Trees of the gard." F. Beaumont.

A genus of plants, some species of which produce beautiful and fragrant flowers; Cape jasmine; -- so called in honor of Dr. Alexander Garden.

red; enveloped, as with a garment. [Poetic] A lovely lady garmented in light From her own beauty. Shelley.

Gaskins. Beau & Fl.

To gast. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

body; to assemble; to muster; to congregate. And Belgium's capital had gathered them Her beauty and her chivalry. Byron. When he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together. Matt. ii. 4.

mall size, or expressed within brief limits, which is regarded as a gem on account of its beauty or value, as a small picture, a verse of poetry, a witty or wise saying. Artificial gem, an imitation of a gem, made of glass colored with metallic oxide. Cf. Paste, and Strass.

To act like a cat. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

Same as Gigot. Cut the slaves to giggets. Beau. & Fl.

A girl; esp., a wanton; a gill. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

To catch in a trap. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

To make public; to reveal. I'll not state them By giving up their characters. Beau. & Fl.

diate leaves, and including many species, some of which are cultivated and valued for the beauty of their flowers; the corn flag; the sword lily.

ate mollusks, found in the warmer latitudes, swimming in the open sea. These mollusks are beautifully colored with blue and silvery white.