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The study of human nature. [R.] T. W. Collins.

Covered or adorned with osiers; as, osiered banks. [Poetic] Collins.

er the foot, as soft, wet earth; spongy; boggy. "O'er the watery strath, or quaggy moss." Collins.

ically, death. How sleep the brave who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest. Collins.

Attended with risk or danger; hazardous. "A risky matter." W. Collins. Generalization are always risky. Lowell.

A rivulet or small brook. Buddling rundels joined the sound. Collins. By the very sides of the way . . . there are slow runnels, in which one can see the minnows swimming. Masson.

insoluble in alcohol, formed by boiling collagen or gelatin for a long time in water. Hemicollin, a like body, is also formed at the same time, and differs from semiglutin by being partly soluble in alcohol.

rface; turf; sward. She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. Collins.

A North American plant (Collinsonia Canadensis) having a very hard root; horse balm. See Horse balm, under Horse.

To bind up. [R.] Collins.

Locke. I contend for liberty as it signifies a power in man to do as he wills or pleases. Collins.

ng with willows; containing willows; covered or overgrown with willows. "Willowed meads." Collins.

Enchanting; charming. Collins.

roidered zone surrounds her waist. Dryden. Loose were her tresses seen, her zone unbound. Collins.