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doth gather her brood under her wings. Luke xiii. 34. A hen followed by a brood of ducks. Spectator.

ver constitute a wit to conclude a tart piece of buffoonery with a "What makes you blush" Spectator.

One who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern with the business transacting. He addressed the bystanders and scattered pamphlets among them. Palfrey.

respondent . . . has sent me the following letter, which I have castrated in some places. Spectator.

sity, warmth, zeal, or passion; spiritless; unconcerned; reserved. A cold and unconcerned spectator. T. Burnet. No cold relation is a zealous citizen. Burke.

Obs.] The artist is to teach them how to nod judiciously, and to connive with either eye. Spectator.

An act or expression denoting contempt. Little insults and contempts. Spectator. The contempt and anger of his lip. Shak.

o encumber by excess of numbers or quantity. The balconies and verandas were crowded with spectators, anxious to behold their future sovereign. Prescott.

Extremly; very. [Colloq.] Spectator.

The state of being a cully. Less frequent instances of eminent cullyism. Spectator.

Capable of, or fit for, being cultivated; capable or becoming cultured. London Spectator.

A pictorial view which is extended circularly, so that the spectator is surrounded by the objects represented as by things in nature. The realistic effect is increased by putting, in the space between the spectator and the picture, things adapted to the scene represented, and in some places only parts of these objects,…

n in the East Indies whose profession is to dance in the temples, or for the amusement of spectators. There are various classes of dancing girls. -- Dancing master, a teacher of dancing. -- Dancing school, a school or place where dancing is taught.

A division, at one end of a tennis court, for spectators.

Modillions. Spectator.

l temperature of the atmosphere. -- Depression of the pole, its apparent sinking, as the spectator goes toward the equator. -- Depression of the visible horizon. (Astron.) Same as Dip of the horizon, under Dip.

On the right-hand side of a shield, i. e., towards the right hand of its wearer. To a spectator in front, as in a pictorial representation, this would be the left side. Dexter chief, or Dexter point (Her.), a point in the dexter upper corner of the shield, being in the dexter extremity of the chief, as A in the cut. -…

become lost or extinct; to be extinguished. Letting the secret die within his own breast. Spectator. Great deeds can not die. Tennyson.

Discouragement. [Obs.] Spectator.

Freedom or deliverance from encumbrance, or anything burdensome or troublesome. Spectator.