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Any body that gives light, especially one of the heavenly bodies. " Radiant luminary." Skelton. Where the great luminary . . . Dispenses light from far. Milton.

In a maidenlike manner. "Maidenly demure." Skelton.

Matriculated. Skelton. -- n.

Mangy. [Obs.] Skelton.

To make verse. [R.] Skelton.

A little one; -- used as a term of endearment. [Obs.] Skelton.

apable of being moved; not fixed in place or condition; movable. "Fixed or else mobile." Skelton.

The act of murmuring; a murmur. [Obs.] Skelton.

In an ordinate manner; orderly. Chaucer. Skelton.

To outshine. [R.] Skelton.

To throw out; to vomit. [Obs.] Skelton.

, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church. [Obs.] Skelton.

Proof. [Obs.] Skelton.

A returning or giving of thanks. [Obs.] Skelton.

To excite to remorse; to rebuke. [Obs.] Skelton.

hort, sp. when carried erect; hence, sometimes, the animal itself. "He ran like a scut." Skelton. How the Indian hare came to have a long tail, wheras that part in others attains no higher than a scut. Sir T. Browne. My doe with the black scut. Shak.

A small shield. [Obs.] Skelton.

Stubbed; as, stubbled legs. [Obs.] Skelton.

To stutter. [Obs.] Skelton.

Stygian. [R.] Skelton.