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The religion of the Roman Catholic Church, comprehending doctrines and practices; -- generally used in an opprobrious sense.

Tricks deserving the halter; roguery. [Obs.] "Saucy merchant . . . so full of his ropery." Shak.

rapidly, and easily upon the surface; smooth; glib; as, oily substances render things slippery.

The art, process, or employment of making stereotype plates.

A place where tripe is prepared or sold. London Quart. Rev.

eit; worthless but showy matter; hence, things worn out and of no value; rubbish. The trumpery in my house, go bring it hither, for state to catch these thieves. Shak. Upon the coming of Christ, very much, though not all, of this idolatrous trumpery and superstition was driven out of the world. South.…

the utmost esteem and affection; to idolize. The great mass of the population abhorred Popery and adored Montouth. Macaulay.

Opposed to the pope or to popery. Milton.

The quality of being apish; mimicry; foppery.

Mourning garments of a black color; funereal drapery. Friends weeping, and blacks, and obsequies, and the like show death terrible. Bacon. That was the full time they used to wear blacks for the death of their fathers. Sir T. North.

Apt to let things fall, or to let them slip away; slippery; careless.

A name given to several different fishes, in allusion to their slippery coating of mucus, as the Stromateus triacanthus of the Atlantic coast, the Epinephelus punctatus of the southern coast, the rock eel, and the kelpfish of New Zealand.

A private or obscure road. "Through slippery byroads" Swift.

Resembling paper or parchment; of paper-like texture; papery.

d the blackleg. J. Randolph. The coalition between the religious and worldly enemies of popery. Macaulay.

the vile In loathsome beds, and leavest the kingly couch Shak. Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. Bryant.

f a court; court-craft; finesse. [Obs.] She [the Queen] being composed of courtship and Popery. Fuller.

ish Parliament in 1643, to preserve the reformed religion in Scotland, and to extirpate popery and prelacy; -- usually called the "Solemn League and Covenant." He [Wharton] was born in the days of the Covenant, and was the heir of a covenanted house. Macualay.

Consisting of copper or resembling copper; coppery.

n or conceal, and admitting of being drawn back or up, and reclosed at pleasure; esp., drapery of cloth or lace hanging round a bed or at a window; in theaters, and like places, a movable screen for concealing the stage.