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pons must needs be dangerous things, if they answered the bulk of so prodigious a person. Swift.

ill any man argue that . . . he can not be justly punished, but is answerable only to God Swift.

sion, formation, or preparation, as when a scheme or measure is forming, but not matured. Swift.

custom or right; a natural adjunct or accompaniment. "Wealth . . . the appanage of wit." Swift.

The thing desired. [Obs.] Power being the natural appetite of princes. Swift.

cant for a cup of water. Plumtre. The court require the applicant to appear in person. Z. Swift.

To ply; to move. [R.] I heard the sound of an oar applying swiftly through the water. T. Moore.

In a reeking condition. Swift.

ses, trough the degeneracy of the nobles, that the period of its duration seems approach. Swift.

s original sense) or by land. Our watchmen from the towers, with longing eyes, Expect his swift arrival. Dryden.

Formed or moving like, or in any respect resembling, an arrow; swift; darting; piercing. "His arrowy tongue." Cowper. By the blue rushing of the arrowy Rhone. Byron. With arrowy vitalities, vivacities, and ingenuities. Carlyle.

ng upward; as, he made a tedious ascent; the ascent of vapors from the earth. To him with swift ascent he up returned. Milton.

me the type of obstinacy and stupidity. There are several species of wild asses which are swift-footed.

Antagonism to theology. Swift.

That which may be heard. [Obs.] Visibles are swiftlier carried to the sense than audibles. Bacon.

ative tone. The mock authoritative manner of the one, and the insipid mirth of the other. Swift. -- Au*thor"i*ta*tive*ly, adv -- Au*thor"i*ta*tive*ness, n.

A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.

A place for children's dolls and dolls' furniture. Swift.

Barbarism; impurity of speech. [Obs.] Swift.

ted; besides. -- To sell bargains, to make saucy ( usually indelicate) repartees. [Obs.] Swift. -- To strike a bargain, to reach or ratify an agreement. "A bargain was struck." Macaulay.