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slowly; to cause to be imbibed. That starlight dews All silently their tears of love instill. Byron. How hast thou instilled Thy malice into thousands. Milton.

The of instilling; also, that which is instilled. Johnson.

An instiller. [R.]

Belonging to instillation. [R.]

One who instills. Skelton.

The act of instilling; also, that which is instilled. [Written also instilment.]

Situated within or between the axils of leaves.

See Premaxilla.

An intermaxilla.

The space between two modillions.

Situated below the point where a leaf joins the stem.

Unquietness; restlessness. Sir W. Temple.

Turned into, or reduced to, a village. [Obs.] W. Browne.

A large, handsome, North American woodpecker (Campephilus principalis), having a large, sharp, ivory-colored beak. Its general color is glossy black, with white secondaries, and a white dorsal stripe. The male has a large, scarlet crest. It is now rare, and found only in the Gulf States.

A young woman; a sweetheart. See Gill. Beau. & Fl.

A light, giddy, or wanton girl or woman. See Gill-flirt.

A jest book; a stale jest; a worn-out joke. [Colloq.] It is an old Joe Miller in whist circles, that there are only two reasons that can justify you in not returning trumps to your partner's lead; i. e., first, sudden illness; secondly, having none. Pole.

A bulbous plant of the genus Narcissus (N. Jonquilla), allied to the daffodil. It has long, rushlike leaves, and yellow or white fragrant flowers. The root has emetic properties. It is sometimes called the rush-leaved daffodil. See Illust. of Corona.

the sea; a river; a stream; as, the channel between Staten Island and Bergen Neck is the Kill van Kull, or the Kills; -- used also in composition; as, Schuylkill, Catskill, etc.

One who causes gloom or grief; a dispiriting person. W. Black.