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A griping of the intestines; colic. [Slang] Whose dog lies sick of the mulligrubs Beau. & Fl.

tone or material called by the Romans murrha; -- applied to certain costly vases of great beauty and delicacy used by the luxurious in Rome as wine cups; as, murrhine vases, cups, vessels. Murrhine glass, glassware made in imitation of murrhine vases and cups.

To cast off; to molt. Have I muted all my feathers Beau. & Fl.

s of Cicero. Among the mutilated poets of antiquity, there is none whose fragments are so beautiful as those of Sappho. Addison. Mutilated gear, Mutilated wheel (Mach.), a gear wheel from a portion of whose periphery the cogs are omitted. It is used for giving intermittent movements.

flowers, leaves, and berries are used variously in perfumery and as a condiment, and the beautifully mottled wood is used in turning.

A beautiful youth fabled to have been enamored of his own image as seen in a fountain, and to have been changed into the flower called Narcissus.

An act or instance of negligence or carelessness. remarking his beauties, ... I must also point out his negligences and defects. Blair.

To scoff or sneer; to jeer. [Obs.] Neighed at his nakedness. Beau. & Fl.

A beautiful black marble found in fragments among Roman ruins, and usually thought to have come from ancient Laconia.

To trifle with; to deceive; to mock. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

Overtaken by night; belated. Beau. & Fl.

Strong liquor. [Old Cant] Beau. & Fl.

A beautifully colored finch (Passerina ciris), native of the Southern United States. The male has the head and neck deep blue, rump and under parts bright red, back and wings golden green, and the tail bluish purple. Called also painted finch.

d in Christ. Hooker. You did wisely and honestly too, notwithstanding She is the greatest beauty in the parish. Fielding. Notwithstanding that, notwithstanding; although. These days were ages to him, notwithstanding that he was basking in the smiles of the pretty Mary. W. Irving.

A species of ichneumon (Herpestes nyula). Its fur is beautifully variegated by closely set zigzag markings.

dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible, glorious, beautiful, or illustrious. They are all couched in a pit hard by Herne's oak, with obscured lights. Shak. Why, 't is an office of discovery, love, And I should be obscured. Shak. There is scarce any duty which has been so obscured…

te could get, Served with observance. Chapman. This is not atheism, But court observance. Beau. & Fl.

A sycophantic follower. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

thout being its efficient cause or sufficient reason; accidental or incidental cause. Her beauty was the occasion of the war. Dryden.

Possessing inferior hardness, brilliancy, or beauty; -- used of inferior precious stones and gems, because those found in the Orient are generally superior.