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eeding; in England, in a restricted sense, those between the nobility and the yeomanry. Macaulay.

speaking, or in representing action or passion, and enforcing arguments and sentiments. Macaulay.

A loose hydrated form of silica, a variety of opal, deposited in concretionary cauliflowerlike masses, around some hot springs and geysers.

ghastly pang. Coleridge. His face was so ghastly that it could scarcely be recognized. Macaulay.

and up the sacred seat, His vulture eye pursued the trip of those small glancing feet. Macaulay.

undance; as, a glut of the market. A glut of those talents which raise men to eminence. Macaulay.

o correspond exactly, point for point. It is not easy to make a simile go on all fours. Macaulay. -- To go out. (a) To issue forth from a place. (b) To go abroad; to make an excursion or expedition. There are other men fitter to go out than I. Shak. What went ye out for to see Matt. xi. 7, 8, 9.

e, any necessity that urges or stimulates. The daily goad urging him to the daily toil. Macaulay.

; as, a good goer; a safe goer. This antechamber has been filled with comers and goers. Macaulay.

formed by education; a polite education. Distinguished by good humor and good breeding. Macaulay. -- Good cheap, literally, good bargain; reasonably cheap. -- Good consideration (Law). (a) A consideration of blood or of natural love and affection. Blackstone. (b) A valuable consideration, or one which will sustain a c…

y. What might have been done with a good grace would at least be done with a bad grace. Macaulay.

duated at Oxford. Latham. He was brought to their bar and asked where he had graduated. Macaulay.

dered with regard to the rules of a grammar. The original bad grammar and bad spelling. Macaulay.

other. Sir W. Hamilton. Politicians who naturally gravitate towards the stronger party. Macaulay.

The shops at which the best families of the neighborhood bought grocery and millinery. Macaulay.

, obscene, or impure. The terms which are delicate in one age become gross in the next. Macaulay.

rtions; fantastic; ludicrous; antic. "Grotesque design." Dryden. "Grotesque incidents." Macaulay.

to grow; to cultivate; to produce; as, to grow a crop; to grow wheat, hops, or tobacco. Macaulay.

anty; a security. Same as Guaranty. His interest seemed to be a guarantee for his zeal. Macaulay.

A reward; requital; recompense; -- used in both a good and a bad sense. Macaulay. So young as to regard men's frown or smile As loss or guerdon of a glorious lot. Byron. He shall, by thy revenging hand, at once receive the just guerdon of all his former villainies. Knolles.