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Careful; wary; cautious; not rash, reckless, or spendthrift; saving; frugal. His rising reputation made him more chary of his fame. Jeffrey.

Irritation of the passions; anger; wrath. He is rash and very sudden in choler. Shak.

A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime at once. Nares.

Giddy; rash. Milton.

others; to concur in action, effort, or effect. Whate'er coöperates to the common mirth. Crashaw.

he field; the stalks and ears, or the stalks, ears, and seeds, after reaping and before thrashing. In one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thrashed the corn. Milton.

A thrashing floor. Hos. ix. 1.

nces; befitting a coward; dastardly; base; as, cowardly malignity. Macualay. The cowardly rashness of those who dare not look danger in the face. Burke.

Having highly colored under tail coverts; as, the crissal thrasher.

A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin. The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds. Addison.

nd, goods to be sold, ets.; as, to cry goods, etc. Love is lost, and thus she cries him. Crashaw.

vous; malicious; snarling. [Obs.] Though his mind Be ne'er so curst, his tonque is kind. Crashaw.

Violent striking together of two bodies; collision; crash.

; offense; ill deed; wrong act; failure in virtue or wisdom. And pardon craved for his so rash default. Spenser. Regardless of our merit or default. Pope.

Formed with deliberation; well-advised; carefully considered; not sudden or rash; as, a deliberate opinion; a deliberate measure or result. Settled visage and deliberate word. Shak.

With careful consideration, or deliberation; circumspectly; warily; not hastily or rashly; slowly; as, a purpose deliberately formed.

To dig; to open (the ground) as with a spade. Delve of convenient depth your thrashing flooDryden.

value of ten cents; the tenth of a dollar. Dime novel, a novel, commonly sensational and trashy, which is sold for a dime, or ten cents.

error or evil, and in the adaptation of means to ends; prudent; sagacious; judicious; not rash or heedless; cautious. It is the discreet man, not the witty, nor the learned, nor the brave, who guides the conversation, and gives measures to society. Addison. Satire 's my weapon, but I 'm too discreet To run amuck, and t…

To strip; to divest; to undress. Heaven's King, who doffs himself our flesh to wear. Crashaw.