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well but that he would cozen him, and expose him to public mirth for having been cozened. Clarendon.

red together. Shak. A form of worship in which they had been educated from their cradles. Clarendon.

f others; interest. Having credit enough with his master to provide for his own interest. Clarendon.

iral and gave him a broadside, with which he killed many of his men and damaged the ship. Clarendon.

lf, to a duty or service. The profession of a soldier, to which he had dedicated himself. Clarendon.

Muddy; boggy; sandy; -- said of roads. Chaucer. The ways in that vale were very deep. Clarendon. A deep line of operations (Military), a long line. -- Deep mourning (Costume), mourning complete and strongly marked, the garments being not only all black, but also composed of lusterless materials and of such fashion as…

the city. Shak. God defend the right! Shak. A village near it was defended by the river. Clarendon.

aw many removes and degradations in all the other offices of which he had been possessed. Clarendon.

. They answered . . . that they should demean themselves according to their instructions. Clarendon.

le manner; incontrovertibly; clearly. Cases that demonstrably concerned the public cause. Clarendon.

A written pledge of marriage. Clarendon.

d unfriendliness. They had attempted to disaffect and discontent his majesty's late army. Clarendon.

discerner of truth, of right and wrong. A great observer and discerner of men's natures. Clarendon.

dination to; to form a habit of obedience in; to drill. Ill armed, and worse disciplined. Clarendon. His mind . . . imperfectly disciplined by nature. Macaulay.

scourage. He thought a little discountenance on those persons would suppress that spirit. Clarendon.

truth from error. Stewart. To extricate and disentangle themselves out of this labyrinth. Clarendon. A mind free and disentangled from all corporeal mixtures. Bp. Stillingfleet.

An unkindness; a disobliging act. He might dispense favors and disfavors. Clarendon.

alienate. Careful . . . to disincline them from any reverence or affection to the Queen. Clarendon. To social scenes by nature disinclined. Cowper.

Disingenuousness. [Obs.] Clarendon.

A disobliging act; an offense. [Obs.] Clarendon.