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The quality of being fluid. [Obs.] Fielding.

make awkward attempts to do or find something. Adams now began to fumble in his pockets. Fielding.

h jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded by the old prisoners of a newcomer. [Cant] Fielding. Garnish bolt (Carp.), a bolt with a chamfered or faceted head. Knight.

, but he gulps it down. Cowper. The old man . . . glibly gulped down the whole narrative. Fielding. To gulp up, to throw up from the stomach; to disgorge.

ot plunge his brother in despair. Addison. She had no jewels to deposit in their caskets. Fielding.

Decorated with the fabric lace. A shirt with laced ruffles. Fielding. Laced mutton, a prostitute. [Old slang] -- Laced stocking, a strong stocking which can be tightly laced; -- used in cases of weak legs, varicose veins, etc. Dunglison.

any in rich gowns. Addison. It will be concluded by manythat he lived like an honest man. Fielding.

A petty falling out; a tiff; a quarrel; offense. Fielding.

ou did wisely and honestly too, notwithstanding She is the greatest beauty in the parish. Fielding. Notwithstanding that, notwithstanding; although. These days were ages to him, notwithstanding that he was basking in the smiles of the pretty Mary. W. Irving.

Act of picking up, as, in various games, the fielding or hitting of a ball just after it strikes the ground.

To acquaint previously or beforehand. Fielding.

Roguery; thievery. [Obs.] Fielding.

ediate use; causing no delay for lack of being prepared or furnished. "Dinner was ready." Fielding. My oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. Matt. xxii. 4.

h. That makes him a resolved enemy. Jer. Taylor. I am resolved she shall not settle here. Fielding.

To go back in thought, narration, or argument. "But to return to my story." Fielding.

a certain distance, and then ties him for the use of the other, who is coming up on foot. Fielding. -- To ride down. (a) To ride over; to trample down in riding; to overthrow by riding against; as, to ride down an enemy. (b) (Naut.) To bear down, as on a halyard when hoisting a sail. -- To ride out (Naut.), to keep s…

To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote; as, to set a psalm. Fielding.

A fellow who affects smartness, briskness, and vivacity; a dandy. [Slang] Fielding.

of Mr. Jones to give a toast . . . who could not refrain from mentioning his dear Sophia. Fielding.

To change into a different shape; to transform. [Colloq.] Fielding.