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To celebrate loudly; to extol; to praise. [Obs.] In fable, hymn, or song so personating Their gods ridiculous. Milton.

rveying or map making by photography, used also in determining the height and motions of clouds, sea waves, and the like.

rs of Hercules; a pillar of the state. "You are a well-deserving pillar." Shak. By day a cloud, by night a pillar of fire. Milton.

nus Alisma, having acrid leaves, and formerly regarded as a specific against hydrophobia. Loudon.

ain peace and plenty." Shak. Houses of office stuffed with plentee. Chaucer. The teeming clouds Descend in gladsome plenty o'er the world. Thomson.

o Etym: [It.] (Mus.) Little by little; as, poco a poco crescendo, gradually increasing in loudness.

violently, or recklessly; moving precipitately. They leave their little lives Above the clouds, precipitant to earth. J. Philips. Should he return, that troop so blithe and bold, Precipitant in fear would wing their flight. Pope.

A meteor or exhalation formerly supposed to be thrown from the clouds with such violence that by collision it is set on fire. [Obs.]

A process by which cloud effects or other features not in the original negative are introduced into a photograph. Portions, such as the sky, are covered while printing and the blank space thus reserved is filled in by printing from another negative.

propagate; to yield; to furnish; as, the earth produces grass; trees produce fruit; the clouds produce rain. This soil produces all sorts of palm trees. Sandys. [They] produce prodigious births of body or mind. Milton. The greatest jurist his country had produced. Macaulay.

To afford reason to expect; to cause hope or assurance of; as, the clouds promise rain. Milton.

's height." Dryden. Till tower, and dome, and bridge-way proud Are mantled with a golden cloud. Keble.

To drive with a puff, or with puffs. The clearing north will puff the clouds away. Dryden.

in running over or through obstructions. Swift o'er the rolling pebbles, down the hills, Louder and louder purl the falling rills. Pope.

bination of the primary colors red and blue. Arraying with reflected purple and gold The clouds that on his western throne attend. Milton.

To make vain and loud pretensions; to boast. " To quack of universal cures." Hudibras.

Arranged in four rows or ranks; as, quadrifarious leaves. Loudon.

An interval of a fifth; also, a part sung with such intervals. [Obs.] "He sang . . . a loud quynyble." Chaucer.

Thin, flying, broken clouds, or any portion of floating vapor in the sky. Shak. The winds in the upper region, which move the clouds above, which we call the rack, . . . pass without noise. Bacon. And the night rack came rolling up. C. Kingsley.

ly, anger accompanied with raving; overmastering wrath; violent anger; fury. torment, and loud lament, and furious rage. Milton.