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r. Glittering chains, embroidered richly o'er With infinite of pearls and finest gold. Fanshawe.

creeping, winding, or flowing in. By a soft insinuation mix'd With earth's large mass. Crashaw.

To style. [Obs.] Crashaw.

A kickshaws. Milton.

To retire into a den, or hole, and lie dormant in winter; to retreat and lie hid. [R.] G. Shaw.

ion of North America from Connecticut to Virginia. They included the Mohicans, Delawares, Shawnees, and several other tribes.

ng or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions or harsh tones. "Liquid melody." Crashaw.

cacy; a labyrinth. "Quaint mazes on the wanton green." Shak. Or down the tempting maze of Shawford brook. Wordaworth. The ways of Heaven are dark and intricate, Puzzled with mazes, and perplexed with error. Addison.

Imitation; mimicry. [R.] Crashaw.

understood. Lev. vii. 16. Till this stormy night is gone, And the eternal morrow dawn. Crashaw.

The marriage knot. [Obs.] Crashaw.

in Turkey, as to governers of provinces, military commanders, etc. The earlier form was bashaw. [Written also pacha.]

An optical glass; a telescope. [Obs.] Crashaw.

A fine material for ladies' shawls, scarfs, handkerchiefs, etc., made from the fiber of the pineapple leaf, and perhaps from other fibrous tropical leaves. It is delicate, soft, and transparent, with a slight tinge of pale yellow.

A fine material for ladies' shawls, scarfs, handkerchiefs, etc., made from the fiber of the pineapple leaf, and perhaps from other fibrous tropical leaves. It is delicate, soft, and transparent, with a slight tinge of pale yellow.

Pshaw! pish! nonsense! -- an expression of scorn, dislike, or contempt.

-- so called from the place where he sits. The other of the two is called the tubman. Whishaw.

Puffed up; vain. [R.] Fanshawe.

Pshaw! pish! -- a word used in contempt or disdain.

A trifle; a kickshaw. Donne.