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A disease of hawks. See Filanders. Wright.

ne who paid for nothing but what he called for, answering nearly to a sizar at Cambridge. Wright.

Impure limestone. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

Woolen yarn. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

A game at cards similar to loo. [Obs.] Wright.

See Biffin. Wright.

A spade for digging turf. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

To spoil; to corrupt. Wright.

An abode; a cottage. [Prov. Eng.] Wright. It was a relief to dismiss them [Sir Roger's servants] into little beings within my manor. Steele.

To beat with a strap. See Lace. [Obs.] Wright.

Any neglected field or broken ground; a common; a moor. [Obs.] Wright. Bowmen bickered upon the bent. Chevy Chase.

nd round; a small drop or lump of something viscid or thick; a drop; a bubble; a blister. Wright.

ers. Bolt auger, an auger of large size; an auger to make holes for the bolts used by shipwrights. -- Bolt and nut, a metallic pin with a head formed upon one end, and a movable piece (the nut) screwed upon a thread cut upon the other end. See B, C, and D, in illust. above.

Refuse boughs of trees; also, the clippings of hedges. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

A coarse kind of apron for keeping the clothes clean; a bib. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Wright.

Famous; renowned; well known. Wright. [Written also brim and brimme.]

To sniggle, or fish with a brog. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

epare for action; to apply with vigor and earnestness; -- generally used reflexively. Cartwright buckled himself to the employment. Fuller.

are skin; as, to strip to the buff. [Colloq.] To be in buff is equivalent to being naked. Wright.

One who builds; one whose occupation is to build, as a carpenter, a shipwright, or a mason. In the practice of civil architecture, the builder comes between the architect who designs the work and the artisans who execute it. Eng. Cyc.