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emely rigid in self-denial and devotions; austere; severe. The stern ascetic rigor of the Temple discipline. Sir W. Scott.

A temple of Athene, at Athens, in which scholars and poets were accustomed to read their works and instruct students.

A small flat curl worn on the temple by women. [Humorous]

To apply closely or with interest; to direct. To bend his mind to any public business. Temple. But when to mischief mortals bend their will. Pope.

a. The sacred bo tree of the Buddhists (Ficus religiosa), which is planted close to every temple, and attracts almost as much veneration as the status of the god himself. . . . It differs from the banyan (Ficus Indica) by sending down no roots from its branches. Tennent.

under Bronze. -- Brazen sea (Jewish Antiq.), a large laver of brass, placed in Solomon's temple for the use of the priests.

A secret. [Obs.] "The measuring of the temple, a cabal found out but lately." B. Jonson.

at some place designated, as for orders. He ordered her to call at the house once a week. Temple. To call for (a) To demand; to require; as, a crime calls for punishment; a survey, grant, or deed calls for the metes and bounds, or the quantity of land, etc., which it describes. (b) To give an order for; to request. "Wh…

Open country. Sir W. Temple.

other ponderous material, usually having three feet, -- frequently a votive offering to a temple.

Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy. The cankers of envy and faction. Temple.

A corner; angle; niche. [Obs.] The first and principal person in the temple was Irene, or Peace; she was placed aloft in a cant. B. Jonson.

The temple of Jupiter, at Rome, on the Mona Capitolinus, where the Senate met. Comes Cæsar to the Capitol to-morrow Shak.

as with, a carpet; to spread with carpets; to furnish with a carpet or carpets. Carpeted temples in fashionable squares. E. Everett.

piece of decorative work cut in stone, wood, or other material. "Carving in wood." Sir W. Temple.

ox. [Obs.] This bank is properly a general cash, where every man lodges his money. Sir W. Temple. £20,000 are known to be in her cash. Sir R. Winwood.

. [Archaic] The cloister . . . had, I doubt not, been cast for [an orange- house]. Sir W. Temple.

The part inclosed within the walls of an ancient temple, as distinguished from the open porticoes.

To ecxite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm. To rub her temples, and to chafe her skin. Spenser.

inged figure of unknown form used in connection with the mercy seat of the Jewish Ark and Temple. Ez. xxv. 18.