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Monarchic. Burke.

Of or pertaining to a monarch, or to monarchy. Burke. -- Mo*nar"chic*al*ly, adv.

ull; stupid; also, immethodical; incoherent; vague. Cold hearts and muddy understandings. Burke. Dost think I am so muddy, so unsettled. Shak.

eive; to play the beggar. And then when mumping with a sore leg, ... canting and whining. Burke.

persons or things at the same time; common; joint; as, mutual happiness; a mutual effort. Burke. A vast accession of misery and woe from the mutual weeping, and wailing, and gnashing of teeth. Bentley.

In a nominal manner; by name; in name only; not in reality. Burke.

nvention, dubious in its nature . . . nosed Parliament in the very seat of its authority. Burke.

of reason in producing our passions is nothing near so extensive as is commonly believed. Burke. Nothing off (Naut.), an order to the steersman to keep the vessel close to the wind.

o grow, trains, fosters, or the like. The nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise. Burke.

ffensive; odious; hateful; as, an obnoxious statesman; a minister obnoxious to the Whigs. Burke. -- Ob*nox"ious*ly, adv. -- Ob*nox"ious*ness, n. South.

rved ourselves and our own occasions. Jer. Taylor. When my occasions took me into France. Burke.

Officious. Milton. They were tolerably well bred, very officious, humane, and hospitable. Burke.

Wrought with labor; requiring labor; hence, tedious; wearisome. "Operose proceeding." Burke. "A very operose calculation." De Quincey. -- Op"er*ose`ly, adv. -- Op"er*ose`ness, n.

Ordination. [R.] Burke.

angels sit in order serviceable. Milton. Good order is the foundation of all good things. Burke.

birth. This mixed system of opinion and sentiment had its origin in the ancient chivalry. Burke.

of the whole civill and political mass, for the purpose of originating a new civil order. Burke.

A setting out, starting, or beginning. "The outset of a political journey." Burke. Giving a proper direction to this outset of life. J. Hawes.

A toll for passage over another person's grounds. [Written also peage and pedage.] Burke.

nt. Bacon. The engagement and pact of society whish goes by the name of the constitution. Burke.