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A fishing spear. [Obs.] Sandys.

To lay with flags of flat stones. The sides and floor are all flagged with . . . marble. Sandys.

Destitute of flame. Sandys.

Like flax; flaxen. Sir M. Sandys.

Without food; barren. Sandys.

lary. -- Fore wind, a favorable wind. [Obs.] Sailed on smooth seas, by fore winds borne. Sandys. -- Fore world, the antediluvian world. [R.] Southey.

iting it, and forfeited by nonperformance; security. Nor without gages to the needy lend. Sandys.

Ganching, which is to let fall from on high upon hooks, and there to hang until they die. Sandys.

A nitrogenous substance, forming a heavy, sandy powder, white or nearly so. It is a derivative of pyridine.

Small particles of earth; gravel. [Obs.] Lying down upon the sandy grail. Spenser.

the porcupine fish. -- Hedgehog grass (Bot.), a grass with spiny involucres, growing on sandy shores; burgrass (Cenchrus tribuloides). -- Hedgehog rat (Zoöl.), one of several West Indian rodents, allied to the porcupines, but with ratlike tails, and few quills, or only stiff bristles. The hedgehog rats belong to Cap…

To adorn; to grace; to honor; to make becoming, appropriate, or honorable. [Obs.] Abp. Sandys.

elow). -- Horn poppy (Bot.), a plant allied to the poppy (Glaucium luteum), found on the sandy shores of Great Britain and Virginia; -- called also horned poppy. Gray. -- Horn pox (Med.), abortive smallpox with an eruption like that of chicken pox. -- Horn quicksilver (Min.), native calomel, or bichloride of mercury…

Horned rattler (Zoöl.), a species of rattlesnake (Crotalus cerastes), inhabiting the dry, sandy plains, from California to Mexico. It has a pair of triangular horns between the eyes; -- called also sidewinder. -- Horned ray (Zoöl.), the sea devil. -- Horned screamer (Zoöl.), the kamichi. -- Horned snake (Zoöl.), the…

To deposit and cover, as in the grave. Sandys.

A whirlwind. [Obs.] Sandys.

Unknown. [Obs.] Sir E. Sandys. -- n.

To wall around; to surround with walls. [Obs.] Sandys.

One who importunes; an importuner. [Obs.] Sir E. Sandys.

unbecoming assurance; shamelessly. At once assail With open mouths, and impudently rail. Sandys.