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Sorrow. [Obs.] Spenser.

Very dreary. Halliwell.

Sorrowful; distressful. [Obs.] " Dreary shrieks." Spenser.

A gun, pistol, or any weapon from a shot is discharged by the force of an explosive substance, as gunpowder.

To arm or prepare for attack or resistance before the time of need. South.

Too earnest. -- O"ver*ear"nest*ly, adv. -- O"ver*ear"nest*ness, n.

To forearm. [R.]

To arrange beforehand.

A machine for crushing or hammering stone. Knight.

To raise; to erect. Byron.

Toward the back or rear; backward. "Therewith aback she started." Chaucer.

In breech-loading firearms, the block behind the barrel which receives the pressure due to recoil.

h there are different grades. The chief gradations in rank are admiral, vice admiral, and rear admiral. The admiral is the commander in chief of a fleet or of fleets.

direction of motion) of a supporting surface; -- contr. with following edge, which is the rear edge.

f two or more surfaces arranged in tandem; -- contr. with following surface, which is the rear surface.

To impress with sudden fear; to frighten; to alarm. Dreams affright our souls. Shak. A drear and dying sound Affrights the flamens at their service quaint. Milton.

Hinder; nearer the rear. (Naut.)

The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of live stock; tillage; husbandry; farming.

rm clock or watch, a clock or watch which can be so set as to ring or strike loudly at a prearranged hour, to wake from sleep, or excite attention. -- Alarm gauge, a contrivance attached to a steam boiler for showing when the pressure of steam is too high, or the water in the boiler too low. -- Alarm post, a place to…

A caldron of boiling water into which an accused person plunged his forearm as a test of innocence or guilt.