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One given to illusion; a visionary dreamer.

s related in anatomical characters to the ducks and geese (Anseres). Called also horned screamer. The name is sometimes applied also to the chaja. See Chaja, and Screamer.

To dream; also impersonally; as, me mette, I dreamed. [Obs.] "I mette of him all night." Chaucer.

A dreamer; an absent-minded person. [Obs.] Rom. of R.

er, or suborder, including the kamichi, and allied South American birds; -- called also screamers. In many anatomical characters they are allied to the Anseres, but they externally resemble the wading birds.

A small, narrow flag or streamer borne at the top of a lance; - - called also pennoncel. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. Chaucer.

A pennant; a flag or streamer. Longfellow.

am; to mantle. [Scot.] A huge pewter measuring pot which, in the language of the hostess, reamed with excellent claret. Sir W. Scott.

utting, trimming, or ornamenting the rim of anything, as the edges of pies, etc.; also, a reamer. Knight.

nd. I saw nothing else that is superior to the common run of parks. Walpole. Burns never dreamed of looking down on others as beneath him, merely because he was conscious of his own vast superiority to the common run of men. Prof. Wilson. His whole appearance was something out of the common run. W. Irving. -- To let go…

or of the stigmas of saffron flowers; deep orange-yellow; as, a saffron face; a saffron streamer.

ech. I heard the owl scream and the crickets cry. Shak. And scream thyself as none e'er screamed before. Pope.

first in order of place or time; hence, occuring again; another; other. And he slept and dreamed the second time. Gen. xli. 5.

a church; one with the religious guidance of others. Shepherd bird (Zoöl.), the crested screamer. See Screamer. -- Shepherd dog (Zoöl.), a breed of dogs used largely for the herding and care of sheep. There are several kinds, as the collie, or Scotch shepherd dog, and the English shepherd dog. Called also shepherd's d…

. Like a stately ship . . . With all her bravery on, and tackle trim, Sails filled, and streamers waving. Milton. Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! Longfellow.

Dogs who hereby can single out their master in the dark. Bacon. His blood! she faintly screamed her mind Still singling one from all mankind. More.

One who squalls; a screamer.

to flow freely or in a current, as a fluid or whatever is likened to fluids; as, tears streamed from her eyes. Beneath those banks where rivers stream. Milton.

d controls his judgment; an unpractical schemer; one who builds castles in the air; a daydreamer.

A flag or streamer. Weale.