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One who bets heavily and recklessly on a race; a reckless speculator. [Cant]

An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer. [Cant, U. S.]

A translation or a key used to avoid study in getting lessons; a crib. [College Cant]

Inadequate; insufficient; insignificant; as, a poor excuse. That I have wronged no man will be a poor plea or apology at the last day. Calamy.

A long-handled brush for dusting ceilings, etc., also for washing windows. [Cant]

ant-eater (Zoöl.), the echidna. -- Porcupine crab (Zoöl.), a large spiny Japanese crab (Acantholithodes hystrix). -- Porcupine disease (Med.). See Ichthyosis. -- Porcupine fish (Zoöl.), any plectognath fish having the body covered with spines which become erect when the body is inflated. See Diodon, and Globefish.…

igious community endowed with property in lands, buildings, etc., as contrasted with mendicant friars. [Obs.] Wyclif.

ry or artistic work, and esp. a painting, done simply for money and the means of living. [Cant]

, either out of a vessel or into it; as, to pour water from a pail; to pour wine into a decanter; to pour oil upon the waters; to pour out sand or dust.

e of being used. Obsolete words may be revived when they are more sounding or more significant than those in practice. Dryden.

One who prays; a supplicant.

ed States) to purchase a certain portion at a fixed price in preference to all other applicants. Abbott.

In a pregnant manner; fruitfully; significantly.

Usually Press work. The work of a press agent. [Chiefly Theat. Cant]

To filch or steal; as, to prig a handkerchief. [Cant]

The wood of two small tropical American trees (Hamelia ventricosa, and Cordia gerascanthoides). It is brownish, veined with lighter color.

face or introduction to a discourse, poem, or performance; as, the prologue of Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales;" esp., a discourse or poem spoken before a dramatic performance

Lying at mercy, as a supplicant. Dryden.

To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See Provisor. Prescott.

pecially an ecclesiastical division, over which one has jurisdiction; as, the province of Canterbury, or that in which the archbishop of Canterbury exercises ecclesiastical authority.