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arms, above. -- To take upon one's self. (a) To assume; to undertake; as, he takes upon himself to assert that the fact is capable of proof. (b) To appropriate to one's self; to allow to be imputed to, or inflicted upon, one's self; as, to take upon one's self a punishment. -- To take up the gauntlet. See under Gaun…

in of a vessel, usually placed where the captain can see it at all hours, and thus inform himself of the vessel's course.

testament. Heb. ix. 15. Holographic testament, a testament written wholly by the testator himself. Bouvier.

to, before, and may be either singular or plural. He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame. Prov. ix. 7. A judgment that is equal and impartial must incline to the greater probabilities. Bp. Wilkins.

The plural of himself, herself, and itself. See Himself, Herself, Itself.

The speculative part of a science; speculation. At the very first, with our Lord himself, and his apostles, as represented to us in the New Testament, morals come before contemplation, ethics before theoretics. H. B. Wilson.

der; to deliberate. And when he thought thereon, he wept. Mark xiv. 72. He thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits Luke xii. 17.

To drink, as strong liquors, frequently or in excess. Himself, for saving charges, A peeled, sliced onions eats, and tipples verjuice. Dryden.

ship of property are sinful, and in religion rejects all teachings not coming from Christ himself.

l to the top, ore brim; brimfull. "Topful of direst cruelty." Shak. [He] was so topful of himself, that he let it spill on all the company. I. Watts.

In a transgressive manner Adam, perhaps, . . . from the transgressive infirmities of himself, might have erred alone. Sir T. Browne.

tight and tie the laces of garments. [Obs.] "Enter Honeysuckle, in his nightcap, trussing himself." J. Webster (1607). -- To truss up, to strain; to make close or tight. -- Trussed beam, a beam which is stiffened by a system of braces constituting a truss of which the beam is a chord.

he metal. -- To turn against. (a) To direct against; as, to turn one's arguments against himself. (b) To make unfavorable or hostile to; as, to turn one's friends against him. -- To turn a hostile army, To turn the enemy's flank, or the like (Mil.), to pass round it, and take a position behind it or upon its side. -…

with pinching or sharp pains. The gnat . . . twinged him [the lion] till he made him tear himself, and so mastered him. L'Estrange.

ictly observed. A man, in questions of this kind, is able to be a skillful umpire between himself and others. Barrow.

[Obs. & R.] How oft, with danger of the field beset, Or with home mutinies, would he unbe Himself! Old Pay.

shop; to deprive, as a clergyman, of episcopal dignity or rights. [R.] "Then he unbishops himself." Milton.

ed for anointing; an unguent; an ointment; hence, anything soothing or lenitive. The king himself the sacred unction made. Dryden. Lay not that flattering unction to your soul. Shak.

A lease granted by a tenant or lessee; especially, a lease granted by one who is himself a lessee for years, for any fewer or less number of years than he himself holds; a sublease. Burrill.

f material objects. Chaucer. Taverners until them told the same. Piers Plowman. He roused himself full blithe, and hastened them until. Spenser.