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Work done at a desk, as by a clerk or writer. Tennyson.

A kind of tree (Osmanthus Americanus), allied to the European olive.

See Earthworm.

To deprive of wonted usage; to disaccustom. [R.] Bp. Hall.

Bad workmanship. [Obs.] Heywood.

To refuse to worship; to treat as unworthy. [Obs.] Sir T. More.

To deprive of worth; to degrade. [Obs.] Feltham.

The Cornus, a genus of large shrubs or small trees, the wood of which is exceedingly hard, and serviceable for many purposes.

Wood drifted or floated by water.

of any geometrid moth, which drops from trees by means of a thread of silk, as the cankerworm.

An Old World species of Spiræa (S. filipendula), with finely cut leaves.

Any wood from which coloring matter is extracted for dyeing.

A kind of fragrant wood. See Agallochum.

Any construction, whether a temporary breastwork or permanent fortification, for attack or defense, the material of which is chiefly earth.

Any worm of the genus Lumbricus and allied genera, found in damp soil. One of the largest and most abundant species in Europe and America is L. terrestris; many others are known; -- called also angleworm and dewworm.

Danewort.

The soft, spongy wood of a species of Magnolia (M. Umbrella).

Fem. of Englishman. Shak.

To endow with the qualities of a woman. [R.] Daniel.

To conceive in the womb. [Obs.] Spenser.