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fall short of a mark. [R.] Often it drops or overshoots by the disproportion of distance. Collier.

. A woman does not envy a man for his fighting courage, nor a man a woman for her beauty. Collier. Whoever envies another confesses his superiority. Rambler.

The refuse or meaner part of anything. The fag-end of business. Collier.

especially by for. All quality that is good for anything is founded originally in merit. Collier.

hatchways, and coal transporters, for coaling war vessels from its own hold or from other colliers.

of authority or order. The brain, which is the headquarters, or office, of intelligence. Collier.

stop; as, it holds up. Hudibras. (c) To keep up; not to fall behind; not to lose ground. Collier.

Of or pertaining to learning or literature; learned. " A lettered education." Collier.

t; -- with in. Envy lies between beings equal in nature, though unequal in circumstances. Collier. He that thinks that diversion may not lie in hard labor, forgets the early rising and hard riding of huntsmen. Locke.

rsome. Dryden. They must divide the image among them, and so lug off every one his share. Collier.

smelling; hence, scent. We are not offended with a dog for a better nose than his master. Collier.

To make excessive display or flourish of. Collier.

Too busy; too ready to intermeddle; too officious. Collier.

To fly beyond the mark. Collier.

re or less passable than another. L'Estrange. Could they have made this slander passable. Collier.

gnity of presence than beauty of aspect." Bacon. A graceful presence bespeaks acceptance. Collier. Presence chamber, or Presence room, the room in which a great personage receives company. Addison." Chambers of presence." Bacon. -- Presence of mind, that state of the mind in which all its faculties are alert, prompt,…

As by right or title; arrogantly; presumptuously. Collier.

would gladly understand the formation of a soul, and run it up to its "punctum saliens." Collier.

value to its scarcity. Rambler. The value of an advantage is enhanced by its scarceness. Collier.

gh opinion, of one's self; an overweening estimate of one's self or of one's own opinion. Collier.