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A bringing together. [Obs.] Bp. Richardson.

s; the aggregate of the vital powers of an individual, with refernce to ability to endure hardship, resist disease, etc.; as, a robust constitution. Our constitutions have never been enfeebled by the vices or luxuries of the oid world. Story.

A catch crop planted, esp. in orchards. as a protection to the soil in winter, as well as for the benefit of the soil when plowed under in spring.

Tengmalm's or Richardson's owl (Nyctale Tengmalmi); -- so called from a superstition of the North American Indians that its note presages death.

Tender; not able to endure hardship; feeble; frail; effeminate; -- said of constitution, health, etc.; as, a delicate child; delicate health. A delicate and tender prince. Shak.

th, from, and rarely for, before the cause or occasion of death; as, to die of disease or hardships; to die by fire or the sword; to die with horror at the thought. To die by the roadside of grief and hunger. Macaulay. She will die from want of care. Tennyson.

isowning; rejection and denial. An earnest disavowal of fear often proceeds from fear. Richardson.

open and common adultery." Milton. (c) To break or go back from, as one's word. [Obs.] Richardson.

Capacity of being dissolved; solubility. Richardson.

To deprive of sweetness. [R.] Bp. Richardson.

rms little though professing much. [Colloq.] Great talkers are commonly dolittles. Bp. Richardson.

Hardship; constraint; pressure; imprisonment; restraint of liberty. The agreements . . . made with the landlords during the time of slavery, are only the effect of duress and force. Burke.

The act of making blind. [Obs.] Bp. Richardson.

Relaxation. [R.] Richardson (Dict. ).

The act of flustrating; confusion; flurry. [Colloq.] Richardson.

To provide with a fortune. Richardson.

Frolicsome. [Obs.] Richardson.

ians follow. Shak. Can a fugitive daughter enjoy herself while her parents are in tear Richardson A libellous pamphlet of a fugitive physician. Sir H. Wotton.

To strip of the bowels; to clean. "Pilchards . . . are garbaged." Holland.

Boast; a triumphing. [Obs.] Bp. Richardson. Internal gloriation or triumph of the mind. Hobbes.