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od paint the ground; gules, gules. Shak. Let's march to rest and set in gules, like suns. Beau. & Fl.

pytus. (c) The sweet gum tree of the United States (Liquidambar styraciflua), a large and beautiful tree with pointedly lobed leaves and woody burlike fruit. It exudes an aromatic terebinthine juice. -- Gum water, a solution of gum, esp. of gum arabic, in water. -- Gum wood, the wood of any gum tree, esp. the wood of…

A term of reproach, implying that one is fit to be hanged. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

ctive; having symmetry and dignity; comely; -- expressing more than pretty, and less than beautiful; as, a handsome man or woman; a handsome garment, house, tree, horse.

The quality of being handsome. Handsomeness is the mere animal excellence, beauty the mere imaginative. Hare.

Fortuitous elegance; unstudied grace; -- used especially of language. Some beauties yet no precepts can declare, For there's a happiness, as well as care. Pope.

portioned to each other; symmetrical. God hath made the intellectual world harmonious and beautiful without us. Locke.

addler, and saddleback. The immature ones are called bluesides. -- Harp shell (Zoöl.), a beautiful marine gastropod shell of the genus Harpa, of several species, found in tropical seas. See Harpa.

ip; to lay waste; as, the Northmen came several times and harried the land. To harry this beautiful region. W. Irving. A red squirrel had harried the nest of a wood thrush. J. Burroughs.

To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep. [Obs.] His weapon hatched in blood. Beau. & Fl.

here be deducted, out of our main potation, Five marks in hatchments to adorn this thigh. Beau. & Fl.

g or ornament for the head; a headtire. Among birds the males very often appear in a most beautiful headdress, whether it be a crest, a comb, a tuft of feathers, or a natural little plume. Addison.

enus Erica, of which several are European, and many more are South African, some of great beauty. See Illust. of Heather.

Destitute of heat; cold. Beau. & Fl.

ct felicity; bliss; a sublime or exalted condition; as, a heaven of delight. "A heaven of beauty." Shak. "The brightest heaven of invention." Shak. O bed! bed! delicious bed! That heaven upon earth to the weary head! Hood.

Dull; stupid. "Gross heavy-headed fellows." Beau. & Fl.

, daughter of Jupiter and Juno. She was believed to have the power of restoring youth and beauty to those who had lost them.

to intensify; to render more conspicuous; -- used of things, good or bad; as, to heighten beauty; to heighten a flavor or a tint. "To heighten our confusion." Addison. An aspect of mystery which was easily heightened to the miraculous. Hawthorne.

A genus of plants, some species of which are cultivated for their beautiful flowers; day lily.

e of numerous species of small Asiatic singing birds of the family Leiotrichidæ. Many are beautifully colored.