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d living. What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul Matt. xvi. 26. To gain dominion, or to keep it gained. Milton. For fame with toil we gain, but lose with ease. Pope.

A mass or knot of nervous matter, including nerve cells, usually forming an enlargement in the course of a nerve.

Offal, as the bowels of an animal or fish; refuse animal or vegetable matter from a kitchen; hence, anything worthless, disgusting, or loathsome. Grainger.

f clothing, as a coat, a gown, etc. No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto old garment. Matt. ix. 16.

as are showy or decorated. So are you, sweet, Even in the lovely garnish of a boy. Shak. Matter and figure they produce; For garnish this, and that for use. Prior.

Warning, or legal notice, to one to appear and give information to the court on any matter.

s; hence, place of vantage; power; might. The gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Matt. xvi. 18.

ry. Byron. When he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together. Matt. ii. 4.

Business matters; affairs; concern. [Obs.] Thus go they both together to their gear. Spenser.

Alluvial matter on the surface of land, not of recent origin. R. Jameson.

An agreement binding only as a matter of honor; often, specif., such an agreement among the heads of industrial or merchantile enterprises, the terms of which could not be included and enforced in a legal contract.

A nodule of stone, containing a cavity, lined with crystals or mineral matter.

closely allied; appropriate or fitting; relevant. The phrase would be more germane to the matter. Shak. [An amendment] must be germane. Barclay (Digest).

ven by old writers to the clove pink (Dianthus Caryophyllus) but now to the common stock (Matthiola incana), a cruciferous plant with showy and fragrant blossoms, usually purplish, but often pink or white.

The main point, as of a question; the point on which an action rests; the pith of a matter; as, the gist of a question.

pay; as, we give the value of what we buy. What shall a man give in exchange for his soul Matt. xvi. 26.

ve disease of horses, asses, mules, etc., characterized by a constant discharge of sticky matter from the nose, and an enlargement and induration of the glands beneath and within the lower jaw. It may transmitted to dogs, goats, sheep, and to human beings.

A little globe; a small particle of matter, of a spherical form. Globules of snow. Sir I. Newton. These minute globules [a mole's eyes] are sunk . . . deeply in the skull. Paley.

catches gnats. -- Gnat strainer, a person ostentatiously punctilious about trifles. Cf. Matt. xxiii. 24.

xpedition. There are other men fitter to go out than I. Shak. What went ye out for to see Matt. xi. 7, 8, 9.