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d Oxenford, what do most arride and solace me are thy repositories of moldering learning. Lamb.

The point on the side of the skull where the lambdoid, parieto- mastoid and occipito-mastoid sutures.

The skin of stillborn or young lambs of that region, the curled wool of which resembles fur.

n (Dicksonia barometz), which, when specially prepared and inverted, somewhat resembles a lamb; -- called also Scythian lamb.

ard with the eyes. When he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived. Num. xxi. 9. Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. John. i. 29.

g the main, To low the ox, to bleat the woolly train. Pope The ewe that will not hear her lamb when it baas, will never answer a calf when he bleats. Shak.

se of a violent death or severe wounds; to die by violence. "Cæsar must bleed." Shak. The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day. Pope.

that which is otherwise well formed; that which impairs reputation. He shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish. Lev. xiv. 10. The reliefs of an envious man are those little blemishes and imperfections that discover themselves in an illustrious character. Spectator.…

speeches from [Shakespeare's] Henry V. which are current in the mouths of schoolboys. C. Lamb. A lady's maid whose character had been blown upon. Macaulay.

an Australian eagle (Aquila audax), which destroys lambs and even the kangaroo. -- To make bold, to take liberties or the liberty; to venture.

ed How much the wife is dearer than the bride. Lyttleton. I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. Rev. xxi. 9.

A kind of fur prepared from lambskin dressed with the wool on; -- used formerly as an edging and ornament, esp. of scholastic habits.

To strike by thrusting the head against; to strike with the head. Two harmless lambs are butting one the other. Sir H. Wotton.

Bred by hand; domesticated; petted. He brought his cade lamb with him. Sheldon.

ersity of Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856. Your caputs and heads of colleges. Lamb. Caput mortuum (. Etym: [L., dead head.] (Old Chem.) The residuum after distillation or sublimation; hence, worthless residue.

A kind of wig. [Obs.] Lamb.

To befall; to happen to. [Obs.] W. Lambarde.

ad just time to get in and clap to the door. Locke Clap an extinguaisher upon your irony. Lamb.

To climb; to mount with effort; to clamber. [Obs.] Tusser.

digress into Soho to explore a bookstall. Methinks I have been thirty years a collector. Lamb.