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An abject flatterer or parasite. Theodore Hook.

Lightly; cheaply. Hooker.

Gay; airy; cheering; exhilarating. That lightsome affection of joy. Hooker. -- Light"some*ly, adv. -- Light"some*ness, n. Happiness may walk soberly in dark attire, as well as dance lightsomely in a gala dress. Hawthorne.

nd limitations all principles have in regard of the matter whereunto they are applicable. Hooker.

ne, to allow him more or less liberty until it is convenient to stop or check him, like a hooked fish that swims away with the line. -- Water line (Shipbuilding), the outline of a horizontal section of a vessel, as when floating in the water.

An order of wormlike, degraded, parasitic arachnids. They have two pairs of retractile hooks, near the mouth. Called also Pentastomida.

nks made of metal or other material fastened together; also, a chain. And thou shalt make hooks of gold, and two chains of fine gold; linkwork and wreathed. Udall.

loweth where it listeth. John iii. 8. Them that add to the Word of God what them listeth. Hooker. Let other men think of your devices as they list. Whitgift.

sing of God's wrath were of the Greek church termed litanies, and rogations of the Latin. Hooker.

A middle course between the rigor of literal translations and the liberty of paraphrasts. Hooker.

c matter to which its fertility is chiefly due. We wash a wall of loam; we labor in vain. Hooker.

ad, cord, rope, etc., through which another thread, cord, etc., can be passed, or which a hook can be hooked into; an eye, as of metal; a staple; a noose; a bight. That the probation bear no hinge, nor loop To hang a doubt on. Shak.

Clear; evident; luminous. " Most luculent testimonies." Hooker.

ecies are known, all of them American. They are large and have a very long tail, a strong hooked bill, and a naked space around the eyes. The voice is harsh, and the colors are brilliant and strongly contrasted.

here is more cause to fear lest the want there of be a maim than the use of it a blemish. Hooker. A noble author esteems it to be a maim in history that the acts of Parliament should not be recited. Hayward.

ake up with, to become reconciled to. [Colloq.] -- To make with, to concur or agree with. Hooker.

A man of extrems enmity or evil intentions. Hooker.

marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa). Applied also to the red-breasted godwit (Limosa hæmatica). Hook-billed marlin, a curlew.

To celebrate Mass. [Obs.] Hooker.

A hook with a long handle. [Obs.] Tusser.