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nner; stout and rosy; jolly; frolicsome. A daughter fair, So buxom, blithe, and debonair. Milton. A parcel of buxom bonny dames, that were laughing, singing, dancing, and as merry as the day was long. Tatler. -- Bux"om*ly, adv. -- Bux"om*ness, n.

Senseless; stupid. [R.& Obs.] Milton.

long with; as, come and sit by me. By foundation or by shady rivulet He sought them both. Milton.

A secret or side stroke, as of raillery or sarcasm. Milton.

The act or state of declining or sinking. [Obs.] Now was the sun in western cadence low. Milton.

A wind from the northeast. Milton.

hed; wretched; unhappy. "This sad and calamitous condition." South. "A calamitous prison" Milton.

the bugle's call. "Call of the trumpet." Shak. I rose as at thy call, but found thee not. Milton.

ion; not agitated or excited; tranquil; quiet in act or speech. "Calm and sinless peace." Milton. "With calm attention." Pope. Such calm old age as conscience pure And self-commanding hearts ensure. Keble.

To be able to do; to have power or influence. [Obs.] The will of Him who all things can. Milton. For what, alas, can these my single arms Shak. Mæcænas and Agrippa, who can most with Cæsar. Beau. & Fl.

ut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude. [Obs.] "Canceled from heaven." Milton.

Of or pertaining to a canonist. "This canonistic exposition." Milton.

To cover with, or as with, a canopy. "A bank with ivy canopied." Milton.

A corner or edge of anything; a piece; a fragment; a part. "In one cantle of his law." Milton. Cuts me from the best of all my land A huge half moon, a monstrous cantle out. Shak.

examine by discussion; to debate. An opinion that we are likely soon to canvass. Sir W. Hamilton.

Of or pertaining to cane or canes; abounding with canes. Milton.

gh it can not be dented that there are examples of its usage in an active sense. Sir W. Hamilton.

o the head. [Obs.] Needs must the Serpent now his capital bruise Expect with mortal pain. Milton.

kept in bondage or in the power of another. Then, when I am thy captive, talk of chains. Milton.

f triumph; a vehicle of splendor, dignity, or solemnity. [Poetic]. The gilded car of day. Milton. The towering car, the sable steeds. Tennyson.