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e of; in the same direction as, and further on or away than. Beyond that flaming hill. G. Fletcher.

Having two leaflets, as some compound leaves.

Having a forked petiole, and a pair of leaflets at the end of each division; biconjugate; twice paired; -- said of a decompound leaf.

Having two pairs, as of leaflets.

Doubly ternate, as when a petiole has three ternate leaflets. -- Bi*ter"nate*ly, adv. Gray.

his teeth white, therefore they will black theirs. Hakluyt. Sins which black thy soul. J. Fletcher.

To swell out like a bladder with air; to inflate. [Obs.] G. Fletcher.

ade. As sweet a plant, as fair a flower, is faded As ever in the Muses' garden bladed. P. Fletcher.

ake vision difficult for and painful to; to dazzle. Her beauty all the rest did blind. P. Fletcher.

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

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

me. 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.

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

used on the end of the tongue of a plow, wagen, etc., to attach it to a draft chain, whiffletree, etc.; -- called also clavel, clevy.

bracing strap for holding parts together; the iron strap, with loop, at the ends of a whiffletree. Knight.

ick 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

w) See Larceny. -- Compound leaf (Bot.), a leaf having two or more separate blades or leaflets on a common leafstalk. -- Compound microscope. See Microscope. -- Compound motion. See Motion. -- Compound number (Math.), one constructed according to a varying scale of denomination; as, 3 cwt., 1 qr., 5 lb.; -- called…

Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for refletion; terror, combined with amaxement; dismay. The chiefs around, In silence wrapped, in onsternation downed. Attend the stern reply. Pope.

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