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will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. John vii. 17. The peasant folklore of Europe still knows of willows that bleed and weep and speak when hewn. Tylor.

uin. There is in it such a labefaction of all principles as may be injurious to morality. Johnson.

vish lad." Shak. There is a lad here, which hath fire barley loaves and two small fishes. John vi. 9.

f the Lamb. Rev. xxi. 14. Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. John i. 29. -- Lamb's lettuce (Bot.), an annual plant with small obovate leaves (Valerianella olitoria), often used as a salad; corn salad. [Written also lamb lettuce.] -- Lamb's tongue, a carpenter's plane with a deep narrow bit,…

ted for Josiah. 2 Chron. xxxv. 25. Ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice. John xvi. 20.

The church and palace of St. John Lateran, the church being the cathedral church of Rome, and the highest in rank of all churches in the Catholic world.

three important laws or expressions of the order of the planetary motions, discovered by John Kepler. They are these: (1) The orbit of a planet with respect to the sun is an ellipse, the sun being in one of the foci. (2) The areas swept over by a vector drawn from the sun to a planet are proportioned to the times of d…

e to escape reproach; and even this negative recompense has been yet granted to very few. Johnson.

Of a pound weight. [Obs.] Johnson.

fellows, candidates, and licentiates, to give gratuitous advice to the neighboring poor. Johnson.

constituent of life, esp: the blood. The words that I speak unto you . . . they are life. John vi. 63. The warm life came issuing through the wound. Pope

e; as, a likely story. It seems likely that he was in hope of being busy and conspicuous. Johnson.

That which is filed off; filings. Johnson.

Made of linen and wool; hence, of different and unsuitable parts; mean. Johnson.

The quality or state of being liquescent. Johnson.

To desire or choose; to please. The wind bloweth where it listeth. John iii. 8. Them that add to the Word of God what them listeth. Hooker. Let other men think of your devices as they list. Whitgift.

d by, letters. The literal notation of numbers was known to Europeans before the ciphers. Johnson.

He has long outlived his century, the term commonly fixed as the test of literary merit. Johnson.

One of a class of auxiliary numbers, devised by John Napier, of Merchiston, Scotland (1550-1617), to abridge arithmetical calculations, by the use of addition and subtraction in place of multiplication and division.

; to delay; to linger; to be dilatory; to spend time idly; to saunter; to lag behind. Sir John, you loiter here too long. Shak. If we have loitered, let us quicken our pace. Rogers.