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To divest of clothing; to uncover. Before the folk herself strippeth she. Chaucer. Strip your sword stark naked. Shak.

A gift to a corporation, either of lands or of chattels, without naming their successors, vests an absolute property in them so lond as the corporation subsists. Blackstone.

troops, between hostile forces, so as to cut off means of communication or retreat; to invest, as a city.

also abeitic acid, which is the chief ingredient of common resin (obtained from Pinus sylvestris, and other species).

An officer of government, invested with different powers in different countries; a magistrate.

Thankfully. [Obs.] Sylvester (Du Bartas).

That branch of chemical science which includes the investigation of the various relations existing between chemical action and that manifestation of force termed heat, or the determination of the heat evolved by, or employed in, chemical actions.

Hence, sovereign power and dignity; also, the one who occupies a throne, or is invested with sovereign authority; an exalted or dignified personage. Only in the throne will I be greater than thou. Gen. xli. 40. To mold a mighty state's decrees, And shape the whisper of the throne. Tennyson.

Deck. -- Through cold, a deep-seated cold. [Obs.] Holland. -- Through stone, a flat gravestone. [Scot.] [Written also through stane.] Sir W. Scott. -- Through ticket, a ticket for the whole journey. -- Through train, a train which goes the whole length of a railway, or of a long route.

To put on hastily; to spread carelessly. O'er his fair limbs a flowery vest he threw. Pope.

A person invested with a title, in virtue of which he holds an office or benefice, whether he performs the duties of it or not.

Smoking tobacco. [Obs.] "Tobacconing is but a smoky play." [Obs.] Sylvester.

A smoker of tobacco. [Obs.] Sylvester.

A mark left by anything passing; a track; a path; a course; a footprint; a vestige; as, the trace of a carriage or sled; the trace of a deer; a sinuous trace. Milton.

t breathe only by means of tracheæ. It includes the mites, ticks, false scorpions, and harvestmen.

A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or beast; trace; vestige; footprint. Far from track of men. Milton.

dle, or the like; a trundle. [Obs.] The shaft the wheel, the wheel, the trendle turns. Sylvester.

Tressy. [R.] Sylvester.

To dress; to decorate; to adorn; to invest; to embellish; as, to trim a hat. trim a Christmas tree. A rotten building newly trimmed over. Milton. I was trimmed in Julia's gown. Shak.

High-grade stock in which trust funds may be legally invested. [Colloq.]