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. R. Carew. Compound for sins they are inclined to By damning those they have no mind to. Hudibras.

on, or crime. Religious houses made compounders For the horrid actions of their founders. Hudibras.

ibited; to forbid. [Obs.] The law severly contrabands Our taking business of men's hands. Hudibras.

as, the conversion of a horse. Or bring my action of conversion And trover for my goods. Hudibras.

or dissordered in intellect; shattered; demented; deranged. Over moist and crazy brains. Hudibras.

ians, inhabiting a large part of British America east of the Rocky Mountains and south of Hudson's Bay.

A twist or bend; a turn; a whimsey. [Colloq.] Hudibras.

shape of the Body is exposed; hence, naked or uncovered. Exposed in cuerpo to their rage. Hudibras.

ies; Who well it wards, and quitten cuff with cuff. Spenser. Many a bitter kick and cuff. Hudibras.

A fortune teller; one who pretends to reveal mysteries. [Obs.] Hudibras.

ate of being a cur; one who is currish. [Jocose] How durst he, I say, oppose thy curship! Hudibras.

Bear baiting with a dog. Hudibras.

or jerking motion. he'd rather on a gibbet dangle Than miss his dear delight, to wrangle. Hudibras. From her lifted hand Dangled a length of ribbon. Tennyson. To dangle about or after, to hang upon importunately; to court the favor of; to beset. The Presbyterians, and other fanatics that dangle after them, are well inc…

il is delayed by a heavy fall of snow. Thyrsis! whose artful strains have oft delayed The huddling brook to hear his madrigal. Milton.

Destructive; poisonous. [Obs.] "Deletery medicines." Hudibras.

To lay, as a stake; to wager. [Obs.] Hudibras.

To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten. [Poetic] A cold shuddering dew Dips me all o'er. Milton.

To discount. See Discount. Hudibras.

To awaken from a trance or an enchantment. Hudibras.

A feat. [Obs.] See Do, n. Hudibras.