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That bites; sharp; cutting; sarcastic; caustic. "A biting affliction." "A biting jest." Shak.

eremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech. "Hiding his bitter jests in blunt behavior." "A plain, blunt man." Shak.

A jeer or flout; a sharp jest or taunt; a trick. He that a fool doth very wisely hit, Doth very foolishly, although he smart, Not to seem senseless of the bob. Shak.

Moral or political duty or obligation. I love your majesty According to my bond, nor more nor less. Shak.

A witty repartee; a jest.

To feign or counterfeit. "Borrowed hair." Spenser. The borrowed majesty of England. Shak.

Made obligatory; imposed as a duty; binding. I am much bounden to your majesty. Shak.

A jest. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A jester. [Obs.]

as the bristles of an angry hog; -- sometimes with up. Now for the bare-picked bone of majesty Doth dogged war bristle his angry crest. Shak. Boy, bristle thy courage up. Shak.

Of or pertaining to Great Britain; British; as, her Britannic Majesty.

The arts and practices of a buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures. Nor that it will ever constitute a wit to conclude a tart piece of buffoonery with a "What makes you blush" Spectator.

Like a buffoon; consisting in low jests or gestures. Blair.

f fluid displaced. Such are buoyancies or displacements of the different classes of her majesty's ships. Eng. Cyc.

A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed; as, the butt of the company. I played a sentence or two at my butt, which I thought very smart. Addison.

Security; guaranty; bail. [R.] The Parliament would yet give his majesty sufficient caution that the war should be prosecuted. Clarendon.

Light jesting talk; banter; raillery.

at a deal of cold business doth a man misspend the better part of life in! B. Jonson. The jest grows cold . . . when in comes on in a second scene. Addison.

e with food convenient for me. Prov. xxx. 8. Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient. Eph. v. 4.

dress prescribed for appearance at the court of a sovereign. -- Court fool, a buffoon or jester, formerly kept by princes and nobles for their amusement. -- Court guide, a directory of the names and adresses of the nobility and gentry in a town. -- Court hand, the hand or manner of writing used in records and judici…