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he sun their waved coats dropped with gold. Milton. To drop a vessel (Naut.), to leave it astern in a race or a chase; to outsail it.

wattles. To dub a fly, to dress a fishing fly. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. -- To dub out (Plastering), to fill out, as an uneven surface, to a plane, or to carry out a series of small projections.

A curious fungus of the genus Geaster, in which the outer coating splits into the shape of a star, and the inner one forms a ball containing the dustlike spores.

The eastern parts of the earth; the regions or countries which lie east of Europe; the orient. In this indefinite sense, the word is applied to Asia Minor, Syria, Chaldea, Persia, India, China, etc.; as, the riches of the East; the diamonds and pearls of the East; the kings of the East. The gorgeous East, with richest…

Relating to the Eastern Islands; East Indian. [R.] Ogilvie.

t as to motive or end. His own ends, which must needs be often eccentric to those of his master. Bacon.

An official of the Eastern Church, resembling a sacrist in the Western Church.

Excessive and overmastering joy or enthusiasm; rapture; enthusiastic delight. He on the tender grass Would sit, and hearken even to ecstasy. Milton.

Master; sir; -- a title of a Turkish state official and man of learning, especially one learned in the law.

Any bombycid moth of the genera Eriogaster and Lasiocampa; as, the oak eggar (L. roboris) of Europe.

genus of shrubs or small trees, having the foliage covered with small silvery scales; oleaster.

for a candidate at an election; to use arts for securing the election of a candidate. A master of the whole art of electioneering. Macaulay.

ne, the Manila elemi. It is used in the manufacture of varnishes, also in ointments and plasters.

Fit to be applied as a plaster; glutinous; adhesive; as, emplastic applications.

The application of a plaster or salve.

e act of enforcing; compulsion. He that contendeth against these enforcements may easily master or resist them. Sir W. Raleigh. Confess 't was hers, and by what rough enforcement You got it from her. Shak.

To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; -- said of the wind.

Any external topical application to the body, except ointments and plasters, as a poultice, lotion, etc.

had been gradually shaping itself into a refined science which no human faculties could master without long and intense application. Macaulay.

A stub, like soft horn, about the size of a chestnut, situated behind and below the pastern joint.