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In a tripping manner; with a light, nimble, quick step; with agility; nimbly. Sing, and dance it trippingly. Shak. Speak the speech . . . trippingly on the tongue. Shak.

A white crystalline alkaloid, C8H15NO, produced by decomposing atropine.

One of the precursors of the Reformation; -- a nickname corresponding to Lollard, etc.

A land tortoise. [Obs.]

To lay stones, masonry, etc., under, as the sills of a building, on which it is to rest.

The act of one who underpins; the act of supporting by stones, masonry, or the like.

Becoming an understrapper; subservient. [R.] Sterne.

To loose from pins; to remove the pins from; to unfasten; as, to unpin a frock; to unpin a frame.

To loose from pinions or manacles; to free from restraint. Goldsmith.

To untwist, as something spun.

In a usurping manner.

Of or pertaining to the fox; resembling the fox; foxy; cunning; crafty; artful. Vulpine phalangist (Zoöl.), an Australian carnivorous marsupial (Phalangista, or Trichosurus, vulpina); -- called also vulpine phalanger, and vulpine opossum.

Same as Vulpic.

f being cunning like the fox; craft; artfulness. [R.] He was without guile, and had no vulpinism at all. Carlyle.

A scaly granular variety of anhydrite of a grayish white color, used for ornamental purposes.

An exhibition of arms. according to the rank of the individual, by all persons bearing arms; -- formerly made at certain seasons in each district. [Scot.] Jamieson. Sir W. Scott.

Yelping. [R.] Fuller.

The art or occupation of preparing warp or webs for the weaver. Craig. Warping bank, a bank of earth raised round a field to retain water let in for the purpose of enriching land. Craig. -- Warping hook, a hook used by rope makers for hanging the yarn on, when warping it into hauls for tarring. -- Warping mill, a mac…

The American lotus, and its edible seeds, which somewhat resemble chinquapins. Cf. Yoncopin.

The water spider.