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ters couch themselves as may be to the center of this globe, in a spherical convexity. T. Burnet.

yden. The duke's levees and couchees were so crowded that the antechambers were full. Bp. Burnet.

conduct. Such countermarches and retractions as we do not willingly impute to wisdom. T. Burnet.

a fortification critically situated. Coming critically the night before the session. Bp. Burnet.

g; declination; descent; slope. The declension of the land from that place to the sea. T. Burnet.

ope. Two and a half per cent should be deducted out of the pay of the foreign troops. Bp. Burnet. We deduct from the computation of our years that part of our time which is spent in . . . infancy. Norris.

Conformable to the will of God. [R.] Bp. Burnet.

; to accuse; to denounce. As men were delated, they were marked down for such a fine. Bp. Burnet.

ct to its cause). The cause of effects, and the dependence of one thing upon another. Bp. Burnet.

ts consequence, subordinate, satellite, and the like. This earth and its dependencies. T. Burnet. Modes I call such complex ideas which . . . are considered as dependencies on or affections of substances. Locke.

A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source. [Obs.] T. Burnet.

to stop; to leave off. Set up their conventicles again, which had been discontinued. Bp. Burnet. I have discontinued school Above a twelvemonth. Shak. Taught the Greek tongue, discontinued before in these parts the space of seven hundred years. Daniel. They modify and discriminate the voice, without appearing to disco…

The state of being diseased; a morbid state; sickness. [R.] T. Burnet.

The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced. T. Burnet.

ispose of a house; to dispose of one's time. More water . . . than can be disposed of. T. Burnet. I have disposed of her to a man of business. Tatler. A rural judge disposed of beauty's prize. Waller.

ance or lavish use; to squander. The vast wealth . . . was in three years dissipated. Bp. Burnet.

f the flood into those that belong to the heavens, and those that belong to the earth. T. Burnet.

The act of distracting; a drawing apart; separation. To create distractions among us. Bp. Burnet.

cessive fondness; weak and foolish affection. The dotage of the nation on presbytery. Bp. Burnet.

ace of three hundred years, notwithstanding all casualties, the number of men doubles. T. Burnet.