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Brilliantly; splendidly; with luster; as, brightly shining armor.

The quality or state of being bright; splendor; luster; brilliancy; clearness. A sudden brightness in his face appear. Crabbe.

Bright; clear; luminous; brilliant. [R.] Marlowe.

To be or become overripe, as wheat, barley, or hops. [Prov. Eng.]

An artificer who makes carts; a cart maker.

The right of an author or his assignee, under statute, to print and publish his literary or artistic work, exclusively of all other persons. This right may be had in maps, charts, engravings, plays, and musical compositions, as well as in books.

In plain terms; without ceremony. We shall chide downright, id I longer stay. Shak.

To brighten. [Obs.]

A small annual plant (Euphrasia officinalis), formerly much used as a remedy for diseases of the eye.

Ready; directly forward; going before. [Obs.] "A foreright wind." Chapman.

Direct; straightforward; as, a forthright man. [Archaic] Lowell. They were Night and Day, and Day and Night, Piligrims wight with steps forthright. Emerson.

Straightforwardness; explicitness; directness. [Archaic] Dante's concise forthrightness of phrase. Hawthorne.

suddenly; to shock by causing sudden fear; to terrify; to scare. Nor exile or danger can fright a brave spirit. Dryden.

To disturb with fear; to throw into a state of alarm or fright; to affright; to terrify. More frightened than hurt. Old Proverb.

Full of fright; affrighted; frightened. [Obs.] See how the frightful herds run from the wood. W. Browne.

In a frightful manner; to a frightful dagree.

The quality of being frightful.

Free from fright; fearless. [Obs.]

Fear; terror. [Obs.]

A builder of houses.