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To vie; to emulate; to strive. [Obs.] Spenser.

One who envies; one who desires inordinately what another possesses.

Any of several explosive mixtures, chiefly of ammonium nitrate and a nitrate derivative of naphthalene. They are stable, but require protection from moisture. As prepared it is a compressed cylinder of the explosive, filled with loose powder of the same composition, all inclosed in waterproof wrappers. It is used for m…

The spart; -- called also garvie herring, and garvock. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

A castrated deer.

The crop, or craw, of birds.

Conducive; instrumental. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

A mutual sight or view; a meeting face to face; usually, a formal or official meeting for consultation; a conference; as, the secretary had an interview with the President.

One who interviews; especially, one who obtains an interview with another for the purpose of eliciting his opinions or obtaining information for publication. It would have made him the prince of interviewers in these days. Leslie Stephen.

The act or custom of holding an interview or interviews. An article on interviewing in the "Nation" of January 28, 1869, . . . was the first formal notice of the practice under that name. The American.

Overgrown with ivy.

Lasciviousness; wantonness. [Obs.]

Lascivious. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

One who levees. Cartwright.

The Canada lynx. See Lynx.

A moving picture or a moving picture show; -- commonly used in pl. [Slang or Colloq.]

A kind of antidote for poisons; a counter poison formerly in vogue. [Obs.]

To exceed in vying. Dryden.

An inspection or overlooking. [Obs.] Shak.

A paver.