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rder to hinder, so far as possible, those who are unworthy from approaching the table. McCheyne.

A small fiber; the branch of a fiber; a very slender thread; a fibrilla. Cheyne.

Limitation. Cheyne.

To plan beforehand; to intend previously. Cheyne.

A way from; -- the contrary of toward. [Obs.] Towards or fromwards the zenith. Cheyne.

To pass off in fumes or vapors. Their parts pre kept from fuming away by their fixity. Cheyne.

To flow slowly, as water. Cheyne.

Ridden by a hag or witch; hence, afflicted with nightmare. Beattie. Cheyne.

To fall or glide; to pass; -- usually followed by into. Cheyne.

Not mechanical. [Obs.] Cheyne. -- Im"me*chan"ic*al*ly, adv. [Obs.]

The act of incommoded. [Obs.] Cheyne.

To incrust. [R.] Cheyne.

To turn from a straight line or course; to bend; to crook. Cheyne.

Not to stimulate; to soothe; to quiet. [Obs.] Cheyne.

Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize. [Obs.] Cheyne.

memory can lodge a greater stone of images that all the senses can present at one time. Cheyne.

The art or practice of measuring distances or lengths. Cheyne.

g lengthwise, as distinguished from transverse; as, the longitudinal diameter of a body. Cheyne.

due excitement of the nerves; easily agitated or annoyed. Poor, weak, nervous creatures. Cheyne.

r the notion of principles. Sir I. Newton. Few agree in their notions about these words. Cheyne. That notion of hunger, cold, sound, color, thought, wish, or fear which is in the mind, is called the "idea" of hunger, cold, etc. I. Watts. Notion, again, signifies either the act of apprehending, signalizing, that is, the…