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A thin silk stuff. [Obs.] Boyle.

Like a lubber; clumsy. A great lubberly boy. Shak.

Giving light; affording light or means of discovery. Boyle.

Gainful; profitable. [Obs.] Boyle.

Made to resemble marble; veined or spotted like marble. "Marbled paper." Boyle.

See Boyle's law, under Law.

A title given by courtesy, now commonly pronounced mìster, except when given to boys; -- sometimes written Mister, but usually abbreviated to Mr.

e doth seldom suffer itself to be confined by other matches than those of its own making. Boyle.

that anything is separable from a body by fire that was not materially preëxistent in it. Boyle.

One skilled in the theory or construction of machines; a machinist. Boyle.

The quality or state of being mercenary; venality. Boyle.

A carrier of tidings; a newsboy; a messenger; hence, also, a newspaper. Sir J. Stephen. "The monthly Mercuries." Macaulay.

Only this, and nothing else; such, and no more; simple; bare; as, a mere boy; a mere form. From mere success nothing can be concluded in favor of any nation. Atterbury.

A boy's play, called also fivepenny morris. See Morris.

That can be mingled. Boyle.

ent of another; a fawning favorite. Sir J. Davies. Go, rate thy minions, proud, insulting boy! Shak.

Unbecoming. Milton. -- Mis`be*com"ing*ly, adv. -- Mis`be*com"ing*ness, n. Boyle.

To render wrongly; to translate or recite wrongly. Boyle.

Biting; acrid; as, the mordicant quality of a body. [R.] Boyle.

Silent and idle. [Colloq.] Boys can't sit mum-chance always. J. H. Ewing.