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a forerunner; prefix, to fix or place before; preëminent eminent before or above others. Pre- is sometimes used intensively, as in prepotent, very potent. [Written also præ-.]

Popularly, any modern artist thought to be a would-be restorer of early ideas or methods, as one of the German painters often called Nazarenes, or one who paints and draws with extreme minuteness of detail.

To echo back; to reverberate again; as, the hills reëcho the roar of cannon.

e sails extended upon yards suspended horizontally by the middle, as distinguished from fore-and-aft sails; thus, a ship and a brig are square-rigged vessels.

Having the toe square. Obsolete as fardingales, ruffs, and square-toed shoes. V. Knox.

A precise person; -- used contemptuously or jocularly. Thackeray.

Not liable to stumble or fall; as, a sure-footed horse.

One who has the actual possession of land; the occupant. [Written also ter-tenant.]

An olive-green earth used as a pigment. See Glauconite.

Concerning that. [Scot.]

A lady's maid. Fashionableness of the tire-woman's making. Locke.

A house or building where treasures and stores are kept.

Any money, bullion, or the like, found in the earth, or otherwise hidden, the owner of which is not known. In England such treasure belongs to the crown; whereas similar treasure found in the sea, or upon the surface of the land, belongs to the finder if no owner appears.

A vagabond musician. [Obs.] You are an ass, a twire-pipe. Beau. & Fl. You looked like Twire-pipe, the taborer. Chapman.

One who draws metal into wire.

A disease in the feet of a horse or other beast.

wires, as of a puppet; hence, one who operates by secret means; an intriguer. Political wire-pullers and convention packers. Lowell.

The act of pulling the wires, as of a puppet; hence, secret influence or management, especially in politics; intrigue.

Having some or all of the tail quills terminated in a long, slender, pointed shaft, without a web or barbules.

One who manufactures articles from wire.