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One who pants. Congreve.

A lover. [R.] Congreve.

To apply pulvil to. [Obs.] Congreve.

ble; as, to rivet friendship or affection. Rivet and nail me where I stand, ye powers! Congreve. Thus his confidence was riveted and confirmed. Sir W. Scott.

A blunt lance head used in the joust. Congreve rocket, a powerful form of rocket for use in war, invented by Sir William Congreve. It may be used either in the field or for bombardment; in the former case, it is armed with shells or case shot; in the latter, with a combustible material inclosed in a metallic case, whic…

hen I make it, I keep it; I don't stand shill-I-shall-I then; if I say 't, I'll do 't. Congreve.

A ship boy. [Obs.] Congreve.

sion; to utter with a sneer; to say sneeringly; as, to sneer fulsome lies at a person. Congreve. "A ship of fools," he sneered. Tennyson.

Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast, To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. Congreve. Though the sound of Fame May for a moment soothe, it can not slake The fever of vain longing. Byron.

m speak their rage, and so fell a sputtering at one another, like two roasting apples. Congreve.

m. vi. 4. Thus gods contended -- noble strife -Who most should ease the wants of life. Congreve.

thing; to exchange. Some few verses are inserted or substituted in the room of others. Congreve.

Act or state of swimming; suffusion. "A swimmingness in the eye." Congreve.

Lacking art or skill; artless. Congreve. -- Un*art"ful*ly, adv. Swift. Burke.

or reached; inaccessible. [Colloq.] Addison. My honor is infallible and uncomeatable. Congreve.

ery. A deed of settlement of the best part of her estate, which I wheedled out of her. Congreve.

To be subject to, or indulge in, whims; to be whimsical, giddy, or freakish. [R.] Congreve.

To corrupt by lewd intercourse; to make a whore of; to debauch. [R.] Congreve.