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A spongy, morbid growth or granulation in animal bodies, as the proud flesh of wounds. Hoblyn.

A coat of morbid matter collected on the tongue in persons affected with fever.

To contradict; to deny; to controvert; to dispute; to forbid. I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. Luke xxi. 15. The just gods gainsay That any drop thou borrow'dst from thy mother, My sacred aunt, should by my mortal sword Be drained. Shak.…

The great auk; also, the razorbill. See Auk. [Written also gairfowl, and gurfel.]

To agree; to harmonize. [Colloq. or Prov. Eng.] Forby.

exchange freely, as blows, sarcasms, etc. -- To give time (Law), to accord extension or forbearance to a debtor. Abbott. -- To give the time of day, to salute one with the compliment appropriate to the hour, as "good morning." "good evening", etc. -- To give tongue, in hunter's phrase, to bark; -- said of dogs. --…

Globular; spherical; orbicular. -- Glob"u*lous*ness, n.

Resembling, or pertaining to, a globe; round; orbicular. "The globy sea." Milton.

To boast; to be proud. God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Gal. vi. 14 No one . . . should glory in his prosperity. Richardson.

d with; to consider expedient or proper. If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. Zech. xi. 12.

To cook, as macaroni, in a savory juice or sauce until juice is absorbed and a crisp surface forms.

Of forbidding or fear-inspiring aspect; fierce; stern; surly; cruel; frightful; horrible. Whose grim aspect sets every joint a-shaking. Shak . The ridges of grim war. Milton.

Fierceness of look; sternness; crabbedness; forbiddingness.

A preparation from the seeds of Paullinia sorbilis, a woody climber of Brazil, used in making an astringent drink, and also in the cure of headache.

A term applied to a lachrymal gland on the inner side of the orbit of many animals which have a third eyelid, or nictitating membrane. See Nictitating membrane, under Nictitate.

about the autumnal equinox, when, by reason of the small angle that is made by the moon's orbit with the horizon, it rises nearly at the same hour for several days. -- Harvest mouse (Zoöl.), a very small European field mouse (Mus minutus). It builds a globular nest on the stems of wheat and other plants. -- Harvest q…

A rank tuft of bog grass; a tussock. Forby.

To forbear; to avoid. I can not help remarking the resemblance betwixt him and our author. Pope.

f self-fertilization; -- said of hermaphrodite flowers in which some structural obstacle forbids autogamy.

That mode of treating diseases, by which a morbid condition is removed by inducing an opposite morbid condition to supplant it; allopathy.