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Drops of some drug put in one's drink to stupefy him for purpose of robbery, etc. [Slang, U. S.]

Marked by knocking about or roughness.

To punish with the knout Brougham.

The closing of a factory or workshop by an employer, usually in order to bring the workmen to satisfactory terms by a suspension of wages.

A careful looking or watching for any object or event.

Having a loud voice; talking or sounding noisily; noisily impudent.

To bend; to box; to stoop. [Archaic] Chaucer. Longfellow. He fair the knight saluted, louting low. Spenser.

Clownish; rude; awkward. "Loutish clown." Sir P. Sidney. -- Lout"ish*ly, adv. -- Lout"*ish*ness, n.

A crested black monkey (Semnopithecus maurus) of Java.

The namaycush.

The keeper and driver of an elephant. [East Indies]

A Mohammedan saint; especially, one who claims to work cures supernaturally.

See Mealy-mouthed.

dly or timidly delicate of speech; unwilling to tell the truth in plain language. "Mealy-mouthed philanthropies." Tennyson. She was a fool to be mealy-mouthed where nature speaks so plain. L'Estrange. -- Meal"y-mouth`ness, n.

The Chinese tree peony (Pæonia Mountan), a shrub with large flowers of various colors.

The opening of a vessel by which it is filled or emptied, charged or discharged; as, the mouth of a jar or pitcher; the mouth of the lacteal vessels, etc.

Having the basal joints of the legs converted into jaws.

Spoken without sincerity; not heartfelt. "Mouth-made vows." Shak.

Furnished with a mouth.

One who mouths; an affected speaker.