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Waiting for; expectation. [Obs.] Languishing attendance and expectation of death. Hooker.

being attributed; ascribable; imputable. Errors . . . attributable to carelessness. J. D. Hooker.

ect; effectual; valid; as, an available plea. [Obs.] Laws human are available by consent. Hooker.

preliminary; previously; aforetime. They may be taught beforehand the skill of speaking. Hooker.

gion; faith. No man can attain [to] belief by the bare contemplation of heaven and earth. Hooker.

it, social standing, etc.; -- usually in the plural. Their betters would hardly be found. Hooker. For the better, in the way of improvement; so as to produce improvement. "If I have altered him anywhere for the better." Dryden.

Having two legs. Hooker.

Full of blisters. Hooker.

To cause to blossom; to make flourish. [R.] Charitable affection bloomed them. Hooker.

, what boots it What booteth it to others that we wish them well, and do nothing for them Hooker. What subdued To change like this a mind so far imbued With scorn of man, it little boots to know. Byron. What boots to us your victories Southey.

Embrace; loving or affectionate inclosure; fold. Within the bosom of that church. Hooker.

cannot be but nature hath some director, of infinite power, to guide her in all her ways. Hooker. There is no question but the king of Spain will reform most of the abuses. Addison.

incidental or casual speech, not directly relating to the point. "To quote by-speeches." Hooker.

o the form of questions and answers. The Jews, even till this day, have their catechisms. Hooker. The Larger Catechism, The Shorter Catechism. See Westminster Assembly, under Assembly.

Frivolous or sophistical objection. [Obs.] Hooker.

To bite or chew impatiently. They began . . . irefully to champ upon the bit. Hooker.

belongs to children; becoming a child; meek; submissive; dutiful. "Childlike obedience." Hooker.

is not, unless the thing which we take be so in our power that we might have refused it. Hooker.

bile; -- formerly supposed to be the seat and cause of irascibility. [Obs.] His [Richard Hooker's] complexion . . . was sanguine, with a mixture of choler; and yet his motion was slow. I. Warton.

The whole body of Christians. Hooker.