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To adorn again or anew.

To advance again.

The act of adverting to again, or of reviewing. [R.] Norris.

eded for some act or event; prepared for immediate movement or action; as, the troops are ready to march; ready for the journey. "When she redy was." Chaucer.

Made already, or beforehand, in anticipation of need; not made to order; as, ready-made clothing; ready-made jokes.

Having ready wit.

To dread. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

d time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously. "Joseph was in Egypt already." Exod. i. 5. I say unto you, that Elias is come already. Matt. xvii. 12.

To tell, declare, explain, or interpret; to divine; to guess; as, to aread a riddle or a dream. [Obs.] Therefore more plain aread this doubtful case. Spenser.

A bedquilt; a counterpane; a coverlet. [U. S.]

A brown, bitter substance found in some of the cells of honeycomb. It is made chiefly from the pollen of flowers, which is collected by bees as food for their young.

To spread or cover over. The carpet which bespread His rich pavilion's floor. Glover.

A post-office clerk whose duty is to decipher obscure addresses.

To spread. [Obs.] Ray.

The stomach. [Humorous] S. Foote.

Corn of grain of which bread is made, as wheat, rye, etc.

Braided [Obs.] Spenser.

Made of bread. [R.]

form, from four to six or seven inches in diameter, and, when baked, somewhat resembles bread, and is eaten as food, whence the name.

Without bread; destitude of food. Plump peers and breadless bards alike are dull. P. Whitehead.