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A narrow opening, often cruciform, through which arrows might be discharged.

which something rests for support; the foundation; as, the base of a statue. "The base of mighty mountains." Prescott.

ts founder; an almsman. Whereby ye shall bind me to be your poor beadsman for ever unto Almighty God. Fuller.

Proper; decorous. [Obs.] And gave him what becomed love I might. Shak.

That which is begun; a rudiment or element. Mighty things from small beginnings grow. Dryden.

elieve a person, a statement, or a doctrine. Our conqueror (whom I now Of force believe almighty). Milton. King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets Acts xxvi. Often followed by a dependent clause. I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. Acts viii. 37.

Mighty in war; armipotent. [R.] Blount.

owe allegiance or service. A desert place belonging to . . . Bethsaids. Luke ix. 10. The mighty men which belonged to David. 1 Kings i. 8.

To demean; to conduct; to behave; -- followed by a reflexive pronoun. [Obs.] How might we see Falstaff bestow himself to-night in his true colors, and not ourselves be seen Shak.

To allow; to permit; to suffer. [Obs.] So loving to my mother, That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly. Shak.

o leave unnoticed. [Obs.] Ifs and ands to qualify the words of treason, whereby every man might express his malice and blanch his danger. Bacon. I suppose you will not blanch Paris in your way. Reliq. Wot.

tarnish, as reputation or character; to defame. There had nothing passed between us that might blemish reputation. Oldys.

so, to obstruct; to hinder. [Obs.] Ye should have somewhat blenched him therewith, yet he might and would of likelihood have gone further. Sir T. More.

A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault. A vigorous blow might win [Hanno's camp]. T. Arnold.

A dagger. [Obs.] When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin. Shak.

mbards, wherewith they threw huge stones into the air, which, falling down into the city, might break down the houses. Knolles.

A muscle that bends a limb, esp. the arm. [Obs.] His rawbone arms, whose mighty brawned bowers Were wont to rive steel plates and helmets hew. Spenser. Best bower, Small bower. See the Note under Anchor.

To exercise or play at boxing; to strike; to smite; to strive; to contend. If I might buffet for my love, or bound my horse for her favors, I could lay on like a butcher. Shak.

To go; to direct one's course. [Obs.] Ye might have busked you to Huntly banks. Skelton.

or express a judgment in regard to; to estimate; to judge. [Obs.] "Should I say more, you might well censure me a flatterer." Beau. & Fl.