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The act or state of revolving; revolution. [Archaic] Its own revolvency upholds the world. Cowper.

imp. & p. p. of Ride, v. i. [Archaic] He rid to the end of the village, where he alighted. Thackeray.

The quality or state of being ridiculous; ridiculousness; also, something ridiculous. [Archaic] Bailey.

A bank, shore, or coast. [Archaic] Spenser. From the green rivage many a fall Of diamond rillets musical. Tennyson.

A little king. [Archaic] Heylin. Bancroft.

y devoted, in a bad sense, as to evil, vengeance, curse, or the like; accursed; baleful. [Archaic] But, to destruction sacred and devote. Milton.

3d pers. sing. pres. of Say. [Archaic]

Realgar; red sulphide of arsenic. [Archaic]

The metal lead. [Archaic]

aining to lead; characterized by, or resembling, lead, which was formerly called Saturn. [Archaic] Saturnine colic (Med.), lead colic.

A speech; something said; an expression of opinion; a current story; a maxim or proverb. [Archaic or Colloq.] He no sooner said out his say, but up rises a cunning snap. L'Estrange. That strange palmer's boding say, That fell so ominous and drear Full on the object of his fear. Sir W. Scott.

A small bag; a wallet; a satchel. [Archaic] Chaucer. And in requital ope his leathern scrip. Milton.

One who contrives to give himself vexation. [Archaic.] Sir P. Sidney.

Rare; infrequent. [Archaic.] "A suppressed and seldom anger." Jer. Taylor.

The space of seven nights and days; a week. [Written also se'nnight.] [Archaic.] Shak. Tennyson.

The act of sitting, or the state of being seated. [Archaic] So much his ascension into heaven and his session at the right hand of God do import. Hooker. But Viven, gathering somewhat of his mood, . . . Leaped from her session on his lap, and stood. Tennyson.

Modest; shamefaced. -- Shame"fast*ly, adv. -- Shame"fast*ness, n. [Archaic] See Shamefaced. Shamefast she was in maiden shamefastness. Chaucer. [Conscience] is a blushing shamefast spirit. Shak. Modest apparel with shamefastness. 1 Tim. ii. 9 (Rev. Ver.).

To blame, reproach, or revile; to degrade, disgrace, or put to shame. [Archaic] R. Browning. The famous name of knighthood foully shend. Spenser. She passed the rest as Cynthia doth shend The lesser stars. Spenser.

pl. of Shoe. [Archaic] Chaucer. They shook the snow from hats and shoon. Emerson.

Made of silver. [Archaic.] Wyclif (Acts xix. 24). Speech is silvern; silence is golden. Old Proverb.