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stonishment; stupefaction. [R.] A stupidity Past admiration strikes me, joined with fear. Chapman.

r place under. The bristled throat Of the submitted sacrifice with ruthless steel he cut. Chapman.

Serving to aid or help; serving as a chapel of ease; tributary. [R.] Not a city was without its cathedral, surrounded by its succursal churches, its monasteries, and convents. Milman.

That which supplies a deficiency, or meets a want; a store; a supply. [Obs.] Chapman.

Abounding with support. [Obs.] Chapman.

One of the sections or chapters of the Koran, which are one hundred and fourteen in number.

28. The testimony of the Lord is sure. Ps. xix. 7. Which put in good sure leather sacks. Chapman.

To give back echoes; to reëcho. [Obs.] Chapman.

owth. Sustentation fund (Eccl.), a fund of a religious body for support of its ministers, chapels, etc.; as, the sustentation fund of the Free Church of Scotland.

Swart; swarthy. "A swarth complexion." Chapman.

To strike with a switch or small flexible rod; to whip. Chapman.

A table. [Obs.] Tablements and chapters of pillars. Holland.

intended effect. [Obs.] This taint he followed with his sword drawn from a silver sheath. Chapman.

n water. (f) To win by conquest. [Obs.] For now Troy's broad-wayed town He shall take in. Chapman.

or Prov. Eng.] As a hound that, having roused a hart, Although he tappish ne'er so soft. Chapman.

To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow. [Obs.] Chapman. Taste it well and stone thou shalt it find. Chaucer.

to attend to. Being to descend A ladder much in height, I did not tend My way well down. Chapman. To tend a vessel (Naut.), to manage an anchored vessel when the tide turns, so that in swinging she shall not entangle the cable.

as, a thankless task. To shepherd thankless, but by thieves that love the night allowed. Chapman. -- Thank"less*ly, adv. -- Thank"less*ness, n.

lavery; bondage; servitude; thraldom. Tennyson. He still in thrall Of all-subdoing sleep. Chapman.

To utter in the throat; to mutter; as, to throat threats. [Obs.] Chapman.