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The act of stripping off the bark. [Obs.] Ash.

To remove darkness from. [Obs.] Ash.

See Lucubrate. [Obs.] Blount.

See Lucubration. [Obs.] Evelyn.

To balance two scales, sides, or ends; to keep even with equal weight on each side; to keep in equipoise. H. Spenser.

being balanced; equipoise. In . . . running, leaping, and dancing, nature's laws of equilibration are observed. J. Denham.

To vibrate. [Obs.] Cockeram.

The act of removing or beating out the brains.

To charge upon with reproach; to upbraid. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Reproachful accusation; upbraiding. [Obs.] A fearful exprobration of our unworthiness. Jer. Taylor.

Expressing reproach; upbraiding; reproachful. [R.] Sir A. Shirley.

Becoming smooth or glabrous from age. Gray.

Allurement. [R.] T. Brown.

To shade; to darken. [Obs.]

A comprehensive division of the animal kingdom, including all except the Vertebrata.

Destitute of a backbone; having no vertebræ; of or pertaining to the Invertebrata. -- n.

Having no backbone; invertebrate.

To vibrate as a balance does before resting in equilibrium; hence, to be poised. Their parts all liberate on too nice a beam. Clifton.

The act or state of librating. Jer. Taylor.

Balancing; moving like a balance, as it tends to an equipoise or level.