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Noisy and violent or threatening talk; noisy and boastful language. L'Estrange.

Uttering noisy threats; noisy and swaggering; boisterous. "A blustering fellow." L'Estrange.

The refrain of a song. To bed, to bed, will be the bob of the song. L'Estrange.

Of or pertaining to the body, in distinction from the mind. "Bodily defects." L'Estrange.

by sifting or bolting; -- with out. Time and nature will bolt out the truth of things. L'Estrange.

first, in order to induce him to continue playing and victimize him afterwards. [Obs.] L'Estrange.

The young of an animal. [Obs.] L'Estrange.

ous manners, or confident assertions. The imperious browbeating and scorn of great men. L'Estrange.

, Importunes personal conference. Shak. What business has the tortoise among the clouds L'Estrange.

cret purpose; selfish advantage. [Written also bye-end.] "Profit or some other by-end." L'Estrange.

To propose hypothetical cases. [Obs.] "Casing upon the matter." L'Estrange.

for their relief; alms; any act of kindness. She did ill then to refuse her a charity. L'Estrange.

on the opening of his mouth he drops his breakfast, which the fox presently chopped up. L'estrange.

pot, and there they cloyed and clammed Themselves till there was no getting out again. L'Estrange.

scold or revile. "The jade Fortune is to be clawed away for it, if you should lose it." L'Estrange. To claw (one) on the back, to tickle; to express approbation. (Obs.) Chaucer. -- To claw (one) on the gall, to find falt with; to vex. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Clownishness. L'Estrange.

or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund. They laid down the club. L'Estrange. We dined at a French house, but paid ten shillings for our part of the club. Pepys. Club law, government by violence; lynch law; anarchy. Addison. -Club moss (Bot.), an evergreen mosslike plant, much used in winter decor…

a clutter. He saw what a clutter there was with huge, overgrown pots, pans, and spits. L'Estrange.

e coarseness of the sackcloth." Dr. H. More. Pardon the coarseness of the illustration. L'Estrange. A coarseness and vulgarity in all the proceedings. Burke.

One who breeds gamecocks. L'Estrange.