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The tree itself.

A law or rule. Or that the Everlasting had not fixed His canon 'gainst self- slaughter. Shak.

rge in each of the four corners; -- said of a cross on a shield, and also of the shield itself.

A member of a chapter. The chapter itself, and all its members or capitulars. Ayliffe.

dful; regardless. My brother was too careless of his charge. Shak. He grew careless of himself. Steele.

or touching, with tenderness. Wooed her with his soft caresses. Langfellow. He exerted himself to win by indulgence and caresses the hearts of all who were under his command. Macaulay.

are or worry. [R.] Nor can a man, independently . . . of God's blessing, care and cark himself one penny richer. South.

e the sparkling tears of the rich grape. Denham. Egypt's wanton queen, Carousing gems, herself dissolved in love. Young.

The manner of carrying one's self; behavior; bearing; deportment; personal manners. His gallant carriage all the rest did grace. Stirling.

To bear (one's self); to behave, to conduct or demean; -- with the refexive pronouns. He carried himself so insolently in the house, and out of the house, to all persons, that he became odious. Clarendon.

A worm or grub that makes for itself a case. See Caddice.

o put away or reject; to disregard. [R.] Connections formed for interest, and endeared By selfish views, [are] censured and cashiered. Cowper. They absolutely cashier the literal express sense of the words. Sowth.

Lot. -- To cast off. (a) To discard or reject; to drive away; to put off; to free one's self from. (b) (Hunting) To leave behind, as dogs; also, to set loose, or free, as dogs. Crabb. (c) (Naut.) To untie, throw off, or let go, as a rope. -- To cast off copy, (Print.), to estimate how much printed matter a given amo…

who has made moral shipwreck; a reprobate. Lest . . . when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway. 1 Cor. ix. 27.

To get possession of; to attain. Torment myself to catch the English throne. Shak.

Capable of being employed by itself as a term; -- said of a word.

1. Self-originating; uncreated.

on which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position util the work becomes self-supporting.

Any grass cultivated for its edible grain, or the grain itself; -- usually in the plural.

oubts; free from suspicions concerning. To make her certain of the sad event. Dryden. I myself am certain of you. Wyclif.