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An eager desire; a craving; a morbid appetite; an earnest wish; an aspiration. Put on my crown; I have immortal longings in me. Shak.

n a low and vulgar condition of life; mean dishonorable; contemptible; as, low-lived dishonesty.

The herb moonwort or "honesty".

a great many in rich gowns. Addison. It will be concluded by manythat he lived like an honest man. Fielding.

, any one of numerous species of solitary bees of the genus Osmia. They construct curious nests of hardened mud and sand. -- Mason moth (Zoöl.), any moth whose larva constructs an earthen cocoon under the soil. -- Mason shell (Zoöl.), a marine univalve shell of the genus Phorus; -- so called because it cements other…

A brand originated by a dishonest cattleman, who, without owning any stock, gradually accumulates a herd by finding mavericks. [Western U. S.]

Pensive maditation; serious thoughtfulness. [Obs.] "Hail, divinest Melancholy !" Milton.

meum and tuum, to fail to distinguish one's own property from that of others; to be dishonest.

A combination of the coarser parts of ground wheat the finest bran, separated from the fine flour and coarse bran in bolting; -- formerly regarded as valuable only for feed; but now, after separation of the bran, used for making the best quality of flour. Middlings contain a large proportion of gluten.…

In a mighty manner; with might; with great earnestness; vigorously; powerfully. Whereunto I also labor, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily. Col. i. 29.

g, and exposing to contempt, by mimicry, by insincere imitation, or by a false show of earnestness; a counterfeit appearance. It is, as the air, invulnerable, And our vain blows malicious mockery. Shak. Grace at meals is now generally so performed as to look more like a mockery upon devotion than any solemn application…

decency, or lewdness; decent in speech and demeanor; -- said of a woman. Mrs. Ford, the honest woman, the modest wife. Shak. The blushing beauties of a modest maid. Dryden.

The herb lunary or honesty. See Honesty.

ical sense; according to the rules of morality. By good, good morally so called, "bonum honestum" ought chiefly to be understood. South.

ny differing parts; manifold. There is a multifarious artifice in the structure of the meanest animal. Dr. H. More.

Finest raisins, dried on the vine; "sun raisins." [Variously written moscatel, muscadel, etc.]

ame in vain, to use a name lightly or profanely; to use a name in making flippant or dishonest oaths. Ex. xx. 7.

s near another; one whose abode is not far off. Chaucer. Masters, my good friends, mine honest neighbors. Shak.

The substance constituting the edible bird's nest.

A collection of nests. [R.] velyn.