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tudied austerity of her dress, and partly to the lack of demonstration in her manners. Hawthorne.

Past the middle of life; in the third stage. An autumnal matron. Hawthorne. Autumnal equinox, the time when the sun crosses the equator, as it proceeds southward, or when it passes the ~ point. -- ~= point, the point of the equator intersected by the ecliptic, as the sun proceeds southward; the first point of Libra.…

Babble. Hawthorne.

with up. He barely looked the idea in the face, and hastened to bar it in its dungeon. Hawthorne.

, or effect. Her sentence bore that she should stand a certain time upon the platform. Hawthorne.

To cover (the head) with a wig. Hawthorne.

. He . . . soon lost all traces of it amid bewilderment of tree trunks and underbrush. Hawthorne.

successive mother has transmitted a fainter bloom, a more delicate and briefer beauty. Hawthorne.

thing which causes ennui. It is as great a bore as to hear a poet read his own verses. Hawthorne.

roides), of North America. -- Box holly, the butcher's broom (Russus aculeatus). -- Box thorn, a shrub (Lycium barbarum). -- Box tree, the tree variety of the common box.

Full of brakes; abounding with brambles, shrubs, or ferns; rough; thorny. In the woods and braky glens. W. Browne.

genus Rubus, including the raspberry and blackberry. Hence: Any rough, prickly shrub. The thorny brambles, and embracing bushes. Shak.

Fig.: Anything sharp or unpleasant to the feelings. The thorns and briers of reproof. Cowper. Brier root, the root of the southern Smilax laurifolia and S. Walleri; -- used for tobacco pipes. -- Cat brier, Green brier, several species of Smilax (S. rotundifolia, etc.) -- Sweet brier (Rosa rubiginosa). See Sweetbrier.…

Full of briers; thorny.

With lively intelligence; intelligently. Looking brightly into the mother's face. Hawthorne.

en. Brooding over all these matters, the mother felt like one who has evoked a spirit. Hawthorne. When with downcast eyes we muse and brood. Tennyson.

ellow flowers. The seed vessel on bursting resembles two bucklers or shields. -- Buckler thorn, a plant with seed vessels shaped like a buckler. See Christ's thorn. -- Riding buckler (Naut.), a buckler with a hole for the passage of a cable.

at size; large; thick; massive; as, bulky volumes. A bulky digest of the revenue laws. Hawthorne.

hes rising from or near the root; a thick shrub or a cluster of shrubs. To bind a bush of thorns among sweet-smelling flowers. Gascoigne.

ultuous; characterized by confused activity; as, a bustling crowd. "A bustling wharf." Hawthorne.