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A stupid fellow; a poor-spirited person. [Colloq.] "A muff of a curate." Thackeray.

their harangues. I. Watts. A multitude of flowers As countless as the stars on high. Longfellow.

en full of must." Wyclif (Acts ii. 13. ). No fermenting must fills ... the deep vats. Longfellow.

A mustache. Longfellow.

One entitled to, or exhibiting, neighborly kindness; hence, one of the human race; a fellow being. Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves Luke x. 36. The gospel allows no such term as "stranger;" makes every man my neighbor. South.

who possess a state of neutrality in times of public danger, desert the interest of their fellow subjects. Addison.

nt of Love. Tyndale. Where springtime of the Hesperides Begins, but endeth nevermore. Longfellow.

A person meanly close and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonous fellow; a miser. Chaucer. A penurious niggard of his wealth. Milton. Be niggards of advice on no pretense. Pope.

A silly fellow; a ninny.

A dunce; a dolt; a stupid fellow. [Colloq.] They have talked like numskulls. Arbuthnot.

sing forgetfulness. "The oblivious pool." Milton. She lay in deep, oblivious slumber. Longfellow.

or great sea. Like the odor of brine from the ocean Comes the thought of other years. Longfellow.

connected, fragmentary, or the like; something that is separated or disconnected from its fellows; esp. (in pl.),

he German tribes. There in the Temple, carved in wood, The image of great Odin stood. Longfellow.

d dress, girl. "Old-fashioned men of wit." Addison. This old-fashioned, quaint abode. Longfellow.

which stands on the floor of a house on an island. I stood on the bridge at midnight. Longfellow.

A standard or ensign, in battle. "A handkerchief like an oriflamb." Longfellow. And be your oriflamme to-day the helmet of Navarre. Macaulay.

Of or pertaining to the Orkney islands. "Orkneyan skerries." Longfellow.

Cast out; degraded. "Outcast, rejected." Longfellow.

the testimony. Ex. xxx. 6. Over them gleamed far off the crimson banners of morning. Longfellow.