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by some to be every tenth in order. [R.] Also used substantively. "Such decuman billows." Gauden. "The baffled decuman." Lowell.

The act of running down; a lapse. [R.] Gauden.

A dishonoring; disgracing. [Obs.] Gauden.

Delirium. [Obs.] Gauden.

t of disfiguring, or the state of being disfigured; defacement; deformity; disfigurement. Gauden.

To dress gaudily; to overdress; to bedizen; to deck out. Like a tragedy queen, he has dizened her out. Goldsmith. To-morrow when the masks shall fall That dizen Nature's carnival. Emerson.

An enthusiast. [R.] Gauden.

an even, composed frame of mind; of a steady temper; not easily elated or depressed. Bp. Gauden.

One who resolves religion into prayer. [Obs.] Gauden.

New made; hence, gaudy; showy; vainly decorated. [Obs., except with the prefix new.] See Newfangled. "Our fangled world." Shak.

To shine out with gaudy colors; to flaunt; to be offensively bright or showy. With ribbons pendant, flaring about her head. Shak.

Showy; gay; gaudy; as, a flashy dress.

To mock or insult; to treat with contempt. Phillida flouts me. Walton. Three gaudy standarts lout the pale blue sky. Byron.

The throat; the gullet. [Obs.] Throats so wide and gules so gluttonous. Gauden.

Imperial. [R.] Gauden.

Unconformable. [Obs.] Gauden.

Independency; the church system of Independents. Bp. Gauden.

A weed; a kecksy. Bp. Gauden. Though the rough kex break The starred mosaic. Tennyson.

A dull, heavy person. " Country lobs." Gauden.

Ostentatious; likely to attract attention; gaudy; as, a loud style of dress; loud colors. [Slang]