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Hooks and eyes for armor, etc. Fairholt.

Pertaining to the Alps, or other high mountains; as, Alpestrine diseases, etc.

ed; the reverse of the dactyl. In Latin d, and in English in-ter-vene, are examples of anapests.

Pertaining to an anapest; consisting of an anapests; as, an anapestic meter, foot, verse. -- n.

Anapestic.

A figure of speech in which the speaker breaks off suddenly, as if unwilling or unable to state what was in his mind; as, "I declare to you that his conduct -- but I can not speak of that, here."

A piece of linen about 1 ft. 8 in. wide by 213 ft. long, covered with embroidery representing the incidents of William the Conqueror's expedition to England, preserved in the town museum of Bayeux in Normandy. It is probably of the 11th century, and is attributed by tradition to Matilda, the Conqueror's wife.…

Relating to an open fields; drowing in a field; growing in a field, or open ground.

To hold in check; to restrain. [R.] Carlyle.

An associate or companion; a friend; a partner. [Obs.] Misshapen time, copesmate of ugly Night. Shak.

A stone for coping. See Coping.

The width of the mouth when opened, as of birds, fishes, etc. GAPES; THE GAPES The gapes.

Any strange sight. Wright.

Act of gazing about; sightseeing. [Prov. Eng.]

, and a central connecting rod, in order to be used as a charge for a cannon. Formerly grapeshot were inclosed in canvas bags.

A seed of the grape.

An eruption of the skin, taking various names, according to its form, or the part affected; especially, an eruption of vesicles in small distinct clusters, accompanied with itching or tingling, including shingles, ringworm, and the like; -- so called from its tendency to creep or spread from one part of the skin to ano…

An unexplained epithet used by Chaucer in reference to ships. By some it is defined as "dancing (on the wave)"; by others as "opposing," "warlike." T. R. Lounsbury.

To affict with pestilence; to infect, as with plague. [Obs.]

See Pester. [Obs.]