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To bully; to scold. [Collog.] J. Fletcher.

f any solid body; a crack or breach; a flaw. Stain or brack in her sweet reputation. J. Fletcher.

. Used as a symbol of tragedy, or the tragic drama, as distinguished from comedy. Great Fletcher never treads in buskins here, No greater Jonson dares in socks appear. Dryden.

ds; circumlocution. [R.] Has he given the lie, In circle, or oblique, or semicircle. J. Fletcher.

k mass; to coagulate; to clot; as, clodded gore. See Clot. Clodded in lumps of clay. G. Fletcher.

To join or patch clumsily. If fond Bavius vent his clouted song. P. Fletcher

To beat with a crabstick. [Obs.] J. Fletcher.

Same as Crosspiece. -- Cross bond, a form of bricklaying, in which the joints of one stretcher course come midway between those of the stretcher courses above and below, a course of headers and stretchers intervening. See Bond, n., 8. -- Cross breed. See in the Vocabulary. -- Cross breeding. See under Breeding. --…

To discard. [Obs.] You have cast those by, decarded them. J. Fletcher.

Deprived of glory; dishonored. [Obs.] "With thorns degloried." G. Fletcher.

One who, or that which, delineates; a sketcher.

To live in, or as in, a den. The sluggish salvages that den below. G. Fletcher.

ow may weak mortal ever hope to file His unsmooth tongue, and his deprostrate style. G. Fletcher.

To disavow; to disclaim. [Obs.] G. Fletcher.

der) of anything; to be separated. [Obs.] As far as heaven and earth discoasted lie. G. Fletcher. To discoast from the plain and simple way of speech. Barrow.

xxv. 5 (Bk. of Com. Prayer). This virtuous plaster will displease Your tender sides. J. Fletcher. Adversity is so wholesome . . . why should we be displeased therewith Barrow.

To free from shadow or shade. [Obs.] G. Fletcher.

oke, or deception. Beau. & Fl. To give one the dor, to make a fool of him. [Archaic] P. Fletcher.

Full of anxiety or yearning. [Obs.] P. Fletcher.

Shining. [Obs.] G. Fletcher.