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A plug of some substance lodged in a blood vessel, being brought thither by the blood current. It consists most frequently of a clot of fibrin, a detached shred of a morbid growth, a globule of fat, or a microscopic organism.

To whirl hither and thither. [Obs.]

Expedition; haste; dispatch. [Obs.] Making hither with all due expedience. Shak.

substance. All the unaccomplished works of Nature's hand, . . . Dissolved on earth, fleet hither. Milton.

To move as a wave; to roll hither and thither; to wave; to float backward and forward, as on waves; as, a fluctuating field of air. Blackmore.

nemy or a coward flies. See Note under Flee. Fly, ere evil intercept thy flight. Milton. Whither shall I fly to escape their hands Shak.

a harbinger; a sign foreshowing something; a prognostic; as, the forerunner of a fever. Whither the forerunner in for us entered, even Jesus. Heb. vi. 20. My elder brothers, my forerunners, came. Dryden.

To proceed; to go. [Obs.] The bauty of this sinful dame Made many princes thither frame. Shak.

ed. The word is some times used as a term of friendly address. Friend, how camest thou in hither Matt. xxii. 12.

ks; to play tricks of levity, mirth, and gayety; to indulge in frolicsome play; to sport. Hither, come hither, and frolic and play. Tennyson.

To maneuver; to move hither and thither. [Colloq.] Wooden arms with elbow joints jerking and fugling in the air. Carlyle.

se. Transient unexpected gleams of joi. Addison. At last a gleam Of dawning light turned thitherward in haste His [Satan's] traveled steps. Milton. A glimmer, and then a gleam of light. Longfellow.

Halting or stopping in walking; lame. Bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. Luke xiv. 21.

To pull or draw with force; to drag. Some dance, some haul the rope. Denham. Thither they bent, and hauled their ships to land. Pope. Romp-loving miss Is hauled about in gallantry robust. Thomson.

them of Ashdod. 1 Sam. v. 6. The king himself hath a heavy reckoning to make. Shak. Sent hither to impart the heavy news. Wordsworth. Trust him not in matter of heavy consequence. Shak.

To or into this place; hither. [Colloq.] See Thither. Here comes Virgil. B. Jonson. Thou led'st me here. Byron.

Up to this time; hitherto; before; in time past. Shak.

Importunity; solicitation. [Obs.] At our importance hither is he come. Shak.

. 'T was long ago Since gods come down incognito. Prior. The prince royal of Persia came thither incognito. Tatler.

forthwith. [Archaic] Immediately he sent word to Athens that he would incontinently come hither with a host of men. Golding.