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to consign; -- used with to, unto. Commit thy way unto the Lord. Ps. xxxvii. 5. Bid him farewell, commit him to the grave. Shak.

e. Shak. Evil company doth corrupt good manners. 1 Cor. xv. 33. (Rev. Ver. ). Brethren, farewell: your company along I will not wish. Milton.

dispatched this weary pilgrimage, and from a traveler shall come to be a comprehensor, farewell faith and welcome vision. Bp. Hall.

The act of taking leave; parting ceremony; farewell; also, dismissal.

To reckon; to rely; to depend; -- with on or upon. He was brewer to the palace; and it was apprehended that the government counted on his voice. Macaulay. I think it a great error to count upon the genius of a nation as a standing argument in all ages. Swift.

tion by means of the dough of the cakes offered in the ancient sacrifices, and the meal strewed over the victims.

o play the critic. [Obs.] Nay, if you begin to critic once, we shall never have done. A. Brewer.

See Crewel.

To dissuade; to frustrate; as, to dispurpose plots. [R.] A. Brewer.

ed in a sense very diverse from its original import. J. Edwards. Our roads are diverse: farewell, love! said she. R. Browning.

Full of dole or grief; expressing or exciting sorrow; sorrowful; sad; dismal. With screwed face and doleful whine. South. Regions of sorrow, doleful shades. Milton.

Declivous; descending; sloping. "A downhill greensward." Congrewe.

The grain from the mashing tub; as, brewers' drains. [Eng.] Halliwell. Box drain, Counter drain. See under Box, Counter. -- Right of drain (Law), an easement or servitude by which one man has a right to convey water in pipes through or over the estate of another. Kent.

bliss, There drinks the nectar with ambrosia mixed. Spenser. The bowl of punch which was brewed and drunk in Mrs. Betty's room. Thackeray.

y elves, in room of one they had stolen. See Changeling. -- Elf fire, the ignis fatuus. Brewer. -- Elf owl (Zoöl.), a small owl (Micrathene Whitneyi) of Southern California and Arizona.

Used in entreaty; pleading. [R.] "Entreative phrase." A. Brewer.

itation, or in a broken, trembling, or weak manner. And here he faltered forth his last farewell. Byron. Mde me most happy, faltering "I am thine." Tennyson.

To trick up in a showy manner. Limning and flashing it with various dyes. A. Brewer.

Producing wind; flatulent. [Obs.] A. Brewer.

he habits of some animals of running back over the same track to mislead their pursuers. Brewer.