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Moderately large; considerable; as, he had saved a pretty fortune. "Wavering a pretty while." Evelyn.

A species of food of a soft or moderately hard consistence, variously made, but often a compound of flour or meal, with milk and eggs, etc. And solid pudding against empty praise. Pope.

Moderately; tolerably. "Reasonably perfect in the language." Holder.

Somewhat red; moderately red. -- Red"dish*ness, n.

In a slow manner; moderately; not rapidly; not early; not rashly; not readly; tardly.

Somewhat sour; moderately acid; as, sourish fruit; a sourish taste.

To rain moderately, or with scattered drops falling now and then; as, it sprinkles.

Moderately acid or sour; as, some plants have subacid juices. -- n.

Duskish; moderately dark; brownish; tawny.

Moderately narcotic.

Moderately saline or salt.

Possessed of goods or an estate; moderately wealthy; responsible; as, a substantial freeholder. "Substantial yeomen and burghers." Sir W. Scott.

Of a dark hue; moderately black; swarthy; tawny. "Swart attendants." Trench. "Swart savage maids." Hawthorne. A nation strange, with visage swart. Spenser.

Enlarged by swelling; immoderately increased; as, swollen eyes; swollen streams.

To make or become tepid, or moderately warm. Goldsmith.

Moderately warm; lukewarm; as, a tepid bath; tepid rays; tepid vapors. -- Tep"id*ness, n.

Luminescence exhibited by a substance on being moderately heated. It is shown esp. by certain substances that have been exposed to the action of light or to the cathode rays. ---lu`mi*nes"cent (#), a.

Moderately good or agreeable; not contemptible; not very excellent or pleasing, but such as can be borne or received without disgust, resentment, or opposition; passable; as, a tolerable administration; a tolerable entertainment; a tolerable translation. Dryden. -- Tol"er*a*ble*ness, n. -- Tol"er*a*bly, adv.…

r complexion, dark, or sometimes gray, eyes, brachycephaly, and very long, prominent, and moderately narrow nose.

To become warm, or moderately heated; as, the earth soon warms in a clear day summer. There shall not be a coal to warm at. Isa. xlvii. 14.