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That carouses; relating to a carouse.

In the manner of a carouser.

The act or process of inclosing in, or covering with, a case or thin substance, as plaster, boards, etc.

Dried dung of cattle used as fuel. [Prov. Eng.] Waterland.

The art of ornamenting metal by means of chasing tools; also, a piece of ornamental work produced in this way.

Curved; bent; as, compassing timbers.

Pertaining to, or used in, composition. Composing frame (Print.), a stand for holding cases of type when in use. -- Composing rule (Print.), a thin slip of brass or steel, against which the type is arranged in a composing stick, or by the aid of which stickfuls or handfuls or type are lifted; -- called also setting ru…

The pursuit or running game with dogs that follow by sight instead of by scent. In coursing of a deer, or hart, with greyhounds. Bacon

A layer of tiles forming a corona for a wall.

The act by which anything is crossed; as, the crossing of the ocean.

In a manner to debase.

Becoming less and less; diminishing. -- De*creas"ing*ly, adv. Decreasing series (Math.), a series in which each term is numerically smaller than the preceding term.

In a depressing manner.

Contemptuously.

A masque or masquerade. [Obs.]

Disingenuousness. [Obs.] Clarendon.

Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean; unworthy; as, disingenuous conduct or schemes.

Causing displeasure or dissatisfaction; offensive; disagreeable. -- Dis*pleas"ing*ly, adv. -- Dis*pleas"ing*ness, n. Locke.

In a manner to dispose.

By way of dispraise.