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it [his secret] beating at his heart, rising to his throat, and demanding disclosure. D. Webster.

pearance; counterfeit semblance or show. That eye which glances through all disguises. D. Webster.

st of therm never met again. Sir P. Sidney. States disserved, discordant, belligerent. D. Webster.

mation; as, a man of distinction. Your country's own means of distinction and defense. D. Webster.

ion of evil designs. Alienation and distrust . . . are the growth of false principles. D. Webster.

he United States. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion. D. Webster.

Desiring different things. [Obs.] Webster (White Devil).

leights; to play false. What penalty and danger you accrue, If you be found to double. J. Webster.

To dye again or twice over. To double-dye their robes in scarlet. J. Webster.

or higher antiquity. Venerable men! you have come down to us from a former generation. D. Webster.

cles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England. D. Webster.

didst thou buy this buff let me not live but I will give thee a good suit of durance. J. Webster.

Parliament should be limited. Macaulay. Soon shall have passed our own human duration. D. Webster.

really existing; existent. Is it true, that thou art but a a name, And no essential thing Webster (1623).

hak. I will deliver you, in ready coin, The full and dear'st esteem of what you crave. J. Webster.

of; to gripe; to clutch. [Obs.] Shak. He's in the law's clutches; you see he's fanged. J. Webster.

, as china or silverware, that are more or less flat, as distinguished from hollow ware. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

ds or plaitings; to envelop; to infold; to clasp; to embrace. A face folded in sorrow. J. Webster. We will descend and fold him in our arms. Shak.

use to be executed; to make binding; to enforce. [Obs.] What can the church force more J. Webster.

bs.] It was imposed upon us by constraint; And will you count such forcement treachery J. Webster.