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Bright; luminous; clear; unclouded. Like distant thunder on a shiny day. Dryden.

Uttering sighs; grieving; lamenting. "Sighing millions." Cowper. -- Sigh"ing*ly, adv.

Having tubular nostrils, as the petrels.

A siphorhinal bird.

The quality or state of being sketchy; lack of finish; incompleteness.

The act of riding in a sleigh.

A machine the operation of which is started by dropping a coin into a slot, for delivering small articles of merchandise, showing one's weight, exhibiting pictures, throwing dice, etc.

Hanging down at the side; limp; drooping; without firmness or shapeliness; moving in an ungainly manner.

The act of casting off the skin or shell, as do insects and crustaceans; ecdysis.

The act or art of working or forging metals, as iron, into any desired shape. Moxon.

Having a smooth chin; beardless. Drayton.

fr. Smooth, v. Smoothing iron, an iron instrument with a polished face, for smoothing clothes; a sadiron; a flatiron. -- Smoothing plane, a short, finely set plane, for smoothing and finishing work.

Snuff. [Obs.] Howell.

By snatching; abruptly.

Anything unknown, undetermined, or not specifically designated; a certain indefinite thing; an indeterminate or unknown event; an unspecified task, work, or thing. There is something in the wind. Shak. The whole world has something to do, something to talk of, something to wish for, and something to be employed about.…

from Soothe, v.

In a soothing manner.

Tendency or progress southward; as, the southing of the sun. Emerson.

The full blooming of a flower. [Obs.] Rom. of R.

The act of making a speech. [R.]