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ics; as, to exercise for health or amusement. I wear my trusty sword, When I do exercise. Cowper.

Bench and Common Pleas whose duty it was make out exigents. The office in now abolished. Cowell.

ion or of life; death; as, to make one's exit. Sighs for his exit, vulgarly called death. Cowper.

Spit out, or as if spit out. "Exsputory lines." Cowper.

Pertaining to that which is out of doors. "Extr occupations." Cowper.

Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed; as, "Faint heart ne'er won fair lady." Old Proverb.

Wanting in courage; depressed by fear; easily discouraged or frightened; cowardly; timorous; dejected. Fear not, neither be faint-hearted. Is. vii. 4. -- Faint"*heart`ed*ly, adv. -- Faint"*heart`ed*ness, n.

The upper stomach of a cow, or other ruminant animal; the rumen.

Not producing young in a given season or year; -- said only of cows.

fashions female toys. Gay. Ingenious art . . . Steps forth to fashion and refine the age. Cowper.

To make one's self the father of; to beget. Cowards father cowards, and base things sire base. Shak.

ows. (b) To make one's self conspicuous.[Colloq.] -- To show the white feather, to betray cowardice, -- a white feather in the tail of a cock being considered an indication that he is not of the true game breed.

r food, especially to animals; to furnish for consumption; as, to feed out turnips to the cows; to feed water to a steam boiler.

Uneasiness; restlessness. Cowper.

ade of the goods, chattels, or real estate of the defendant, the sum claimed. Blackstone. Cowell.

r a flint, I found This paper, thus sealed up. Shak. In woods and forests thou art found. Cowley.

To run away, as from danger or evil; to avoid in an alarmed or cowardly manner; to hasten off; -- usually with from. This is sometimes omitted, making the verb transitive. [He] cowardly fled, not having struck one stroke. Shak. Flee fornication. 1 Cor. vi. 18. So fled his enemies my warlike father. Shak.…

mmed milk. [Obs.] Fleeten face, a face of the color of fleeten, i. e., blanched; hence, a coward. "You know where you are, you fleeten face." Beau. & Fl.

good sense, tenderness of feeling; gentleness. There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart. Cowper.

To run from danger; to attempt to escape; to flee; as, an enemy or a coward flies. See Note under Flee. Fly, ere evil intercept thy flight. Milton. Whither shall I fly to escape their hands Shak.