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To imagine to exist; to have a slight or vague opinion of the existence of, without proof, and often upon weak evidence or no evidence; to mistrust; to surmise; -- commonly used regarding something unfavorable, hurtful, or wrong; as, to suspect the presence of disease. Nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to kno…

or apprehension of the existence of something (esp. something wrong or hurtful) without proof, or upon very slight evidence, or upon no evidence. Suspicions among thoughts are like bats among birds, they ever fly by twilight. Bacon.

Inclined to suspect; given or prone to suspicion; apt to imagine without proof. Nature itself, after it has done an injury, will ever be suspicious; and no man can love the person he suspects. South. Many mischievous insects are daily at work to make men of merit suspicious of each other. Pope.

To answer by reproof; to reprimand; to berate. One of his relations took him up roundly. L'Estrange.

A piece of canvas covered with tar or a waterproof composition, used for covering the hatches of a ship, hammocks, boats, etc.

A slight sound such as that made by pressing the tongue against the roof of the mouth and explosively sucking out the air at one side, as in urging on a horse. -- v. i.

d (Engin.), an iron rod used as a tension member to strengthen timber or metal framework, roofs, or the like.

A flat roof to a house; as, the buildings of the Oriental nations are covered with terraces.

That with which anything is compared for proof of its genuineness; a touchstone; a standard. Life, force, and beauty must to all impart, At once the source, and end, and test of art. Pope.

solemn declaration under oath or affirmation, for the purpose of establishing, or making proof of, some fact to a court; to give testimony in a cause depending before a tribunal. One witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die. Num. xxxv. 30.

Witness; evidence; proof of some fact. When ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Mark vi. 11.

The act of testing or proving; trial; proof.

Resembling a tortoise shell in appearance or structure; roofed; arched; vaulted.

A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine. How oft, when Paul has served us with a text, Has Epictetus, Plato, Tully, preached! Cowper.

Straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.

r the amusement of spectators; anciently uncovered, except the stage, but in modern times roofed.

To strengthen; to confirm. [Obs.] And this may to thicken other proofs. Shak.

The breaking down of the roof of a gallery under its superincumbent weight. Thrust bearing (Screw Steamers), a bearing arranged to receive the thrust or endwise pressure of the screw shaft. -- Thrust plane (Geol.), the surface along which dislocation has taken place in the case of a reversed fault.

The ruins of the fallen roof resulting from the removal of the pillars and stalls. Raymond.

cipal rafters, to prevent them from thrusting out the wall. See Illust. of Timbers, under Roof. Gwilt.