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down his arms, but not his wiles. Milton. Three horses and three goodly suits of arms. Tennyson.

Milton. Ere we could arrive the point proposed. Shak. Arrive at last the blessed goal. Tennyson.

The venomous asp. [Chiefly poetic] Shak. Tennyson.

Across; from side to side of. Athwart the thicket lone. Tennyson.

In twain; asunder. [Obs. or Poetic] "Cuts atwain the knots." Tennyson.

Between. [Archaic] Spenser. Tennyson.

o rouse from sleep.; to wake; to awaken. Where morning's earliest ray . . . awake her. Tennyson. And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us; we perish. Matt. viii. 25.

From a state or condition of being; out of existence. Be near me when I fade away. Tennyson.

r confused murmur. The babble of our young children. Darwin. The babble of the stream. Tennyson.

tes pain. "Balm for each ill." Mrs. Hemans. Balm cricket (Zoöl.), the European cicada. Tennyson. -- Balm of Gilead (Bot.), a small evergreen African and Asiatic tree of the terebinthine family (Balsamodendron Gileadense). Its leaves yield, when bruised, a strong aromatic scent; and from this tree is obtained the balm…

that heals, soothes, or restores. Was not the people's blessing a balsam to thy blood Tennyson. Balsam apple (Bot.), an East Indian plant ( Momordica balsamina), of the gourd family, with red or orange-yellow cucumber-shaped fruit of the size of a walnut, used as a vulnerary, and in liniments and poultices. -- Balsam…

jesting; humorous or good- humored raillery; pleasantry. Part banter, part affection. Tennyson.

round, or envelop, as water surrounds a person immersed. "The rosy shadows bathe me. " Tennyson. "The bright sunshine bathing all the world." Longfellow.

Embattled. [Poetic] Tennyson.

Obliged; bound in gratitude; indebted. But being so beholden to the Prince. Tennyson.

with benches. 'T was benched with turf. Dryden. Stately theaters benched crescentwise. Tennyson.

A large mass or hill, as of ice. Glittering bergs of ice. Tennyson .

d, and the Smilax aspera, rough bindweed. The fragile bindweed bells and bryony rings. Tennyson.

umerous and mostly parasitic upon birds. -- Bird mite (Zoöl.), a small mite (genera Dermanyssus, Dermaleichus and allies) parasitic upon birds. The species are numerous. -- Bird of passage, a migratory bird. -- Bird spider (Zoöl.), a very large South American spider (Mygale avicularia). It is said sometimes to captu…

A pretty or dear little bird; -- a pet name. Tennyson.