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s, to go law. When every case in law is right. Shak. He found law dear and left it cheap. Brougham.

To make or cause to be like. [R.] Brougham.

elligible; as, a luminous mind. " Luminous eloquence." Macaulay. " A luminous statement." Brougham. Luminous paint, a paint made up with some phosphorescent substance, as sulphide of calcium, which after exposure to a strong light is luminous in the dark for a time.

A magisterial injunction. [R.] Brougham.

Fig.: To secure, or fix firmly. Brougham.

y a quack. The incentives of agitators, the arts of impostors and the nostrums of quacks. Brougham.

, exceeding the limit of capital, credit, or authority. An overissue of government paper. Brougham.

The death of one person or thing before another. [R.] Brougham.

d; and I trust to him, armed with his primer, against the soldier in full military array. Brougham.

To harass or afflict severely. To scourge and impoverish the people. Brougham.

Self-contradictory; inconsistent. Brougham.

uses it. The sensation caused by the appearance of that work is still remembered by many. Brougham.

A side throw; a throw; a fling. Thackeray. If Lord Brougham gets a stone in his hand, he must, it seems, have a shy at somebody. Punch.

guage of facts or opinions; a narrative; a recital. "Admirable perspicuity of statement!" Brougham.

One who advocates extreme measures; an ultraist; an extremist; a radical. Brougham.