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comparative unimportance; utter insignificance; a trifle. Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought. Is. xli. 24. 'T is nothing, says the fool; but, says the friend, This nothing, sir, will bring you to your end. Dryden.

nt; -- usually in an unfavorable sense; as, a notorious thief; a notorious crime or vice. Your goodness, Since you provoke me, shall be most notorious. Shak.

To cherish; to comfort. Ye have nourished your hearts. James v. 5.

dows, or waters. Where were ye, nymphs, when the remorseless deep Closed o'er the head of your loved Lycidas Milton.

ute the commands of; to yield submission to; to comply with the orders of. Children, obey your parents in the Lord. Eph. vi. 1. Was she the God, that her thou didst obey Milton.

legal; to hold by a constraining motive. "Obligated by a sense of duty." Proudfit. That's your true plan -- to obligate The present ministers of state. Churchill.

are obnoxious, and this faulty land, Like fainting Hester, does before you stand Watching your scepter. Waller.

ter the earth was made, it was destroyed in a deluge. T. Burnet. There are yet missing of your company Some few odd lads that you remember not. Shak.

in which one has no concern; meddlesome. You are too officious In her behalf that scorns your services. Shak.

In continuance; without interruption or ceasing; as, sleep on, take your ease; say on; sing on.

Single in kind; the same; a common. One plague was on you all, and on your lords. 1 Sam. vi. 4.

ult; a storming; especially, the assault of an army. Milton. The onset and retire Of both your armies. Shak. Who on that day the word of onset gave. Wordsworth.

a beginning; commencement; first appearance; as, the opening of a speech. The opening of your glory was like that of light. Dryden.

with; to strive against; as, to oppose a rival for a prize. I am . . . too weak To oppose your cunning. Shak.

Not to be effectually opposed; irresistible. [Obs.] "Your great opposeless wills." Shak.

n alternative; as, you may read or may write, -- that is, you may do one of the things at your pleasure, but not both. It corresponds to either. You may ride either to London or to Windsor. It often connects a series of words or propositions, presenting a choice of either; as, he may study law, or medicine, or divinity…

A standard or ensign, in battle. "A handkerchief like an oriflamb." Longfellow. And be your oriflamme to-day the helmet of Navarre. Macaulay.

, a jewel or ornament worn on the person. A precious stone in a rich ouche. Sir T. Elyot. Your brooches, pearls, and ouches. Shak.

To spread out in array. [Obs.] And now they outray to your fleet. Chapman.

See Outrage, v. i. [Obs.] This warn I you, that ye not suddenly Out of yourself for no woe should outraye. Chaucer.