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e, except lined beyond ordinary, to reach unto. Carew. Till coffee has her stomach lined. Swift.

sually in the plural. "The lineaments of the body." Locke. "Lineaments in the character." Swift. Man he seems In all his lineaments. Milton.

. Benumbed with cold, and listless of their gain. Dryden. I was listless, and desponding. Swift.

found the room was void. Stole in, and took a strict survey Of all the litter as it lay. Swift.

e livelong night. Shak. How could she sit the livelong day, Yet never ask us once to play Swift.

An awkward, clumsy fellow; a lubber. Swift.

A little lord; a lordling; a lord, in contempt or ridicule. [Obs.] Swift.

To clean from lice. "You sat and loused him." Swift.

To depress; to lower. [Obs.] Swift.

A lubber. [Obs.] Swift.

age, etc., or their contents. I am gathering up my luggage, and preparing for my journey. Swift. What do you mean, To dote thus on such luggage! Shak.

A division of birds including the swifts and humming birds. So called from the length of the distal part of the wing.

essaries and conveniences. Those of better fortune not making learning their maintenance. Swift.

A maltman. Swift.

r; -- word of tenderness and familiarity. [Written also mama.] Tell tales papa and mamma. Swift.

pertaining; as, to mangle a piece of music or a recitation. To mangle a play or a novel. Swift.

le masters and misses in a house, they are impediments to the diversions of the servants. Swift.

or the seven of a red one. When Lady Tricksey played a four, You took it with a matadore. Swift.

with; as, to match a vase or a horse; to match cloth. "Matching of patterns and colors." Swift.

Thought; -- without regard to kind. [Obs.] With wings as swift As meditation or the thoughts of love. Shak.