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A white robe with a purple border, worn by a Roman boy before he was entitled to wear the toga virilis, or until about the completion of his fourteenth year, and by girls until their marriage. It was also worn by magistrates and priests.

That which preserves, or has the power of preserving; a presevative agent. To wear tablets as preservatives against the plague. Bacon.

o called because used originally, as now, in presses for pressing and finishing knit underwear.

ak. (b) To seize as prey; to take for food by violence; to seize and devour. Shak. (c) To wear away gradually; to cause to waste or pine away; as, the trouble preyed upon his mind. Addison.

s. Hence, specifically; Irreverent in language; taking the name of God in vain; given to swearing; blasphemous; as, a profane person, word, oath, or tongue. 1 Tim. i. 9.

Indulging in protracted discourse; tedious; wearisome; -- applied to a speaker or writer.

e or proclaim, as a law or an edict. Published was the bounty of her name. Chaucer. The unwearied sun, from day to day, Does his Creator's power display, And publishes to every land The work of an almighty hand. Addison.

A maid; a virgin. [Written also pucel.] [Obs.] Lady or pucelle, that wears mask or fan. B. Jonson. La Pucelle, the Maid of Orleans, Joan of Arc.

iental pyjama (which see), adopted among Europeans, Americans, and other Occidentals, for wear in the dressing room and during sleep; also, a suit of drawers and blouse for such wear.

tered piece of cloth; a shred; a tatter; a fragment. Cowls, hoods, and habits, with their wearers, tossed, And fluttered into rags. Milton. Not having otherwise any rag of legality to cover the shame of their cruelty. Fuller.

A person who wears ragged clothing. [Colloq.]

Wearing tattered clothes; as, a ragged fellow.

Wearing a rapier. "Scarletcoated, rapiered figures." Lowell.

To give fresh life to; to reanimate; to revive; especially, to refresh after wearying toil or anxiety; to relieve; to cheer; to divert; to amuse; to gratify. Painters, when they work on white grounds, place before them colors mixed with blue and green, to recreate their eyes, white wearying . . . the sight more than an…

To restore, as from weariness, sickness; or the like; to repair. In western waves his weary wagon did recure. Spenser.

One who wears a red coat; specifically, a red-coated British soldier.

To cast off or reject deliberately; to disown; to dismiss; to forswear. This world I do renounce, and in your sights Shake patiently my great affliction off. Shak.

ent his majesty to the lords and commons. Fuller. After the toil of battle to repose Your wearied virtue. Milton.

Hence, freedom from everything which wearies or disturbs; peace; security. And the land had rest fourscore years. Judges iii. 30.

Hence, a servant, not a domestic, but occasionally attending and wearing his master's livery. Cowell.