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." Dryden. "To shed that august blood." Macaulay. So beautiful and so august a spectacle. Burke. To mingle with a body so august. Byron.

f birds, before undertaking any important business. They auspicate all their proceedings. Burke.

entitle to credit. The king serves only as a notary to authenticate the choice of judges. Burke.

ect; secret; intriguing; as if finding access by the back stairs. A backstairs influence. Burke. Female caprice and backstairs influence. Trevelyan.

To make barbarous. The hideous changes which have barbarized France. Burke.

g by exchange of commodities; an exchange of goods. The spirit of huckstering and barter. Burke.

Obscene; filthy; unchaste. "A bawdy story." Burke.

To compel or drive by the bayonet. To bayonet us into submission. Burke.

ty to; to adorn; to deck; to grace; to embellish. The arts that beautify and polish life. Burke.

x in, the mire; to soil by passing through mud or dirt. Bemired and benighted in the dog. Burke.

Possessed of a benefice o "Beneficed clergymen." Burke.

value to property; advantage; profit. Men have no right to what is not for their benefit. Burke.

beset, replied." Milton. "Beset with ills." Addison. "Incommodities which beset old age." Burke.

ort; to go; -- with a reflexive pronoun. They betook themselves to treaty and submission. Burke. The rest, in imitation, to like arms Betook them. Milton. Whither shall I betake me, where subsist Milton.

A circle in or, i. e., gold, representing the gold coin called bezant. Burke.

One who bids or offers a price. Burke.

ho gives publicity, proclaims, or blazons; esp., one who blazons coats of arms; a herald. Burke.

y the bully; to storm; to rage. Your ministerial directors blustered like tragic tyrants. Burke.

Boastfully; with boasting. "He boastingly tells you." Burke.

bran. Harte. The report of the committee was examined and sifted and bolted to the bran. Burke.