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ch. He passed where Newark's stately tower Looks out from Yarrow's birchen bower. Sir W. Scott.

A lively or mettlesome fellow. [Jocular, Scot.] Burns.

To revolve or cause to revolve; to spin. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

A bristle or bristles. [Scot.]

noble extraction. Elected without reference to birth, but solely for qualifications. Prescott.

Of mean extraction. [R.] Sir W. Scott.

A rule steelyard. [Scot.]

To make bitter. Wolcott.

A small bit of anything, of indefinite size or quantity; a short distance. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

the United States, the Bascanium constrictor, or racer, sometimes six feet long, and the Scotophis Alleghaniensis, seven or eight feet long.

who has been discharged. See Black list, under Black, a. If you blacklist us, we will boycott you. John Swinton.

oney, corn, cattle, or other thing, anciently paid, in the north of England and south of Scotland, to certain men who were allied to robbers, or moss troopers, to be by them protected from pillage. Sir W. Scott.

Dark blue or bluish gray; lead-colored. [Scot.]

The bilberry. [North of Eng. & Scot.]

produces at one breath. One blast upon his bugle horn Were worth a thousand men. Sir W. Scott. The blast of triumph o'er thy grave. Bryant.

Confounded; accursed; detestable. Some of her own blasted gypsies. Sir W. Scott.

Burning with a blaze; as, a blazing fire; blazing torches. Sir W. Scott. Blazing star. (a) A comet. [Obs.] (b) A brilliant center of attraction. (c) (Bot.) A name given to several plants; as, to Chamælirium luteum of the Lily family; Liatris squarrosa; and Aletris farinosa, called also colicroot and star grass.…

ing on a coat of arms; armorial bearings. Their blazon o'er his towers displayed. Sir W. Scott.

, the stars began to blink. Wordsworth. The sun blinked fair on pool and stream . Sir W. Scott.

htly; joyous; glad; cheerful; as, a blithe spirit. The blithe sounds of festal music. Prescott. A daughter fair, So buxom, blithe, and debonair. Milton.