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To lessen. [Obs.] Chaucer.

sorb; also, to distract; to bewilder. [Obs.] Camillus set upon the Gauls when they were amused in receiving their gold. Holland. Being amused with grief, fear, and fright, he could not find the house. Fuller.

Expressing amusement; as, an amused look.

Deep thought; muse. [Obs.] Here I . . . fell into a strong and deep amusement, revolving in my mind, with great perplexity, the amazing change of our affairs. Fleetwood.

One who amuses.

A light field cannon, or stocked gun mounted on a swivel.

A building comprising a number of suites designed for separate housekeeping tenements, but having conveniences, such as heat, light, elevator service, etc., furnished in common; -- often distinguished in the United States from a flat house.

mation, huzzas, or other means; marked commendation. The brave man seeks not popular applause. Dryden.

To excite to action from a state of rest; to stir, or put in motion or exertion; to rouse; to excite; as, to arouse one from sleep; to arouse the dormant faculties. Grasping his spear, forth issued to arouse His brother, mighty sovereign on the host. Cowper. No suspicion was aroused. Merivale.

A sort of hand gun or firearm a contrivance answering to a trigger, by which the burning match was applied. The musket was a later invention. [Written also harquebus.]

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

A building behind the main building. Specifically: A privy; a necessary.

A house for baking; a bakery.

A protecting ruffle or frill, as of silk or lace, sewed close to the lower edge of a skirt on the inside.

An insect of the family Coccidæ, which infests the bark of trees and vines.

A house of prostitution; a house of ill fame; a brothel.

An almshouse for poor people who pray daily for their benefactors.

The black and white standard of the Knights Templars.

By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that. Milton.

,n.Same as Beadhouse.