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A coarse blackish seaweed (Fuscus nodosus). Dr. Prior. Tang sparrow (Zoöl.), the rock pipit. [Prov. Eng.]

ft. And check the tardy flight of time. Sandys. Tardy to vengeance, and with mercy brave. Prior.

ffs, and scorns, and contemelious taunts. Shak. With sacrilegious taunt and impious jest. Prior.

xcite terror, awe, or dread; dreadful; formidable. Prudent in peace, and terrible in war. Prior. Thou shalt not be affrighted at them; for the Lord thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible. Deut. vii. 21.

That which excites dread; a cause of extreme fear. Those enormous terrors of the Nile. Prior. Rulers are not a terror to good works. Rom. xiii. 3. There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats. Shak.

Face to face; privately or confidentially; familiarly. Prior.

To have a thirst for. [R.] He seeks his keeper's flesh, and thirsts his blood. Prior.

d her crowd distrust, and doubt, and fear, And thoughtful foresight, and tormenting care. Prior.

A kind of amaranth (Amarantus caudatus). Dr. Prior.

Early; soon; in good season. Timely advised, the coming evil shun. Prior. Thanks to you, That called me timelier than my purpose hither, For I have gained by it. Shak.

In the Kantian system, of or pertaining to that which can be determined a priori in regard to the fundamental principles of all human knowledge. What is transcendental, therefore, transcends empiricism; but is does not transcend all human knowledge, or become transcendent. It simply signifies the a priori or necessary…

The transcending, or going beyond, empiricism, and ascertaining a priori the fundamental principles of human knowledge.

another. Itself a sun, it with transmissive light Enlivens worlds denied to human sight. Prior.

To step or walk on. Forbid to tread the promised land he saw. Prior. Methought she trod the ground with greater grace. Dryden.

Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank; as, the tricks of boys. Prior.

A kind of kettledrum. [Written also trimbal.] A tymbal's sound were better than my voice. Prior.

To free from chains or slavery; to let loose. Prior.

Having no precedent or example; not preceded by a like case; not having the authority of prior example; novel; new; unexampled. -- Un*prec"e*dent*ed*ly, adv.

icacy; to disentangle; to resolve; as, to untangle thread. Untangle but this cruel chain. Prior.

Not zoned; not bound with a girdle; as, an unzoned bosom. Prior.