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A blow as with a club; a heavy blow. Many a stiff thwack, many a bang. Hudibras.

ton. -- Basket hilt, a hilt with a covering wrought like basketwork to protect the hand. Hudibras. Hence, Baskethilted, a. -- Basket work, work consisting of plaited osiers or twigs. -- Basket worm (Zoöl.), a lepidopterous insect of the genus Thyridopteryx and allied genera, esp. T. ephemeræformis. The larva makes a…

tish; to make dull or stupid; to stupefy; to infatuate. Fools besotted with their crimes. Hudibras.

A cheat; a trick; a hoax. Hudibras.

ed with meal. And fat black puddings, -- proper food, For warriors that delight in blood. Hudibras.

blemish, as reputation. Sarcasms may eclipse thine own, But can not blur my lost renown. Hudibras.

A lawyer's brief. [R.] Hudibras.

The force of a blow; shock; collision. "And heavy brunt of cannon ball." Hudibras. It is instantly and irrecoverably scattered by our first brunt with some real affair of common life. I. Taylor.

Firm; sturdy. And for the good old cause stood buff, 'Gainst many a bitter kick and cuff. Hudibras.

etry runs best in heroic verse, like that of the Dispensary, or in doggerel, like that of Hudibras. Addison.

To cover with, or as with, a hood; hence, to hoodwink or blind. Hudibras.

A commemoration or celebration of an event which occurred a hudred years before.

ition of organic substance into more simple bodies, by the use of chemical agents alone. Thudichum.

The American red squirrel (Sciurus Hudsonius); -- so called from its cry.

One who is easily cheated; a tool; a simpleton; a gull. Hudibras.

lurian system. The rocks are well developed near Cincinnati, Ohio. The group includes the Hudson River and Lorraine shales of New york.

r an animal to hinder motion. As a dog . . . but chance breaks loose, And quits his clog. Hudibras. A clog of lead was round my feet. Tennyson.

Dwelling in cloisters; solitary. "Cloistered friars and vestal nuns." Hudibras. In cloistered state let selfish sages dwell, Proud that their heart is narrow as their cell. Shenstone.

To arrive in sight; to be manifest; to appear. Then butter does refuse to come. Hudibras.

ensible images. Tillotson. He that complies against his will Is of his own opinion still. Hudibras.