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To lie in wait for; to ambush. An ambushed thief forlays a traveler. Dryden.

Deserted abandoned; lost. Of fortune and of hope at once forlorn. Spenser. Some say that ravens foster forlorn children. Shak.

To feed; to nourish; to support; to bring up. Some say that ravens foster forlorn children. Shak.

Difficult to travel; likely to trip one up; as, a founderous road. [R.] Burke.

n the threads of the warp or of the woof wear off so that the cross threads are loose; to ravel; as, the cloth frays badly. A suit of frayed magnificience. tennyson.

nce of temper; irritation; as, he keeps his mind in a continual fret. Yet then did Dennis rave in furious fret. Pope.

That part of the entablature of an order which is between the architrave and cornice. It is a flat member or face, either uniform or broken by triglyphs, and often enriched with figures and other ornaments of sculpture.

to shock by causing sudden fear; to terrify; to scare. Nor exile or danger can fright a brave spirit. Dryden.

Frowning; scowling. [Obs.] Her frowny mother's ragged shoulder. Sir F. Palgrave.

Use; fruition; enjoyment. [Obs.] Cotgrave.

A mocker. [Obs.] Cotgrave.

Thundering; striking terror. Cotgrave.

Not firmly woven; that ravels. [Written also fozy.] [Prov. Eng.]

A traverse made with gabions between guns or on their flanks, protecting them from enfilading fire.

Noble in bearing or spirit; brave; high-spirited; courageous; heroic; magnanimous; as, a gallant youth; a gallant officer. That gallant spirit hath aspired the clouds. Shak. The gay, the wise, the gallant, and the grave. Waller.

Bravery; intrepidity; as, the troops behaved with great gallantry.

process (without etching) copperplates which can be printed from in the same manner as engraved plates.

g of game on his estate with a view to its increase. [Eng.] -- To be game. (a) To show a brave, unyielding spirit. (b) To be victor in a game. [Colloq.] -- To die game, to maintain a bold, unyielding spirit to the last; to die fighting.

To long, wait eagerly, or cry aloud for something; -- with for, after, or at. The hungry grave for her due tribute gapes. Denham.

To clothe; array; deck. These black dog-Dons Garb themselves bravely. Tennyson.