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If Nebo had had the preaching that thou hast, they [the Neboites] would have converted. Latimer. A red dust which converth into worms. Sandys. The public hope And eye to thee converting. Thomson.

se now usually written corporeal. Milton. A corporal heaven . . . .where the stare are. Latimer. What seemed corporal melted As breath into the wind. Shak.

e; unyielding. [Obs.] Clay in dry seasons is costive, hardening with the sun and wind. Mortimer.

rred his steed to full career. Sir W. Scott. To couch malt, to spread malt on a floor. Mortimer.

fall for the purpose of gathering; to hew; to mow or reap. Thy servants can skill to cut timer. 2. Chron. ii. 8

e the current in this place dammed up. Shak. A weight of earth that dams in the water. Mortimer.

overish. Liming does not depauperate; the ground will last long, and bear large grain. Mortimer. Humility of mind which depauperates the spirit. Jer. Taylor.

ackeray. To do on our own harness, that we may not; but we must do on the armor of God. Latimer. Then Jason rose and did on him a fair Blue woolen tunic. W. Morris (Jason). Though the former legal pollution be now done off, yet there is a spiritual contagion in idolatry as much to be shunned. Milton. It ["Pilgrim's Pro…

son; a fool; a blockhead. Some will say, our curate is naught, an ass-head, a dodipoll. Latimer.

Like a dove; harmless; innocent. "Joined with dovish simplicity." Latimer.

ssary to draw; traction. The Hertfordshire wheel plow . . . is of the easiest draught. Mortimer.

llment of a duty. [Obs.] "A just man that endeavoreth himself to leave all wickedness." Latimer.

Espousal. [Obs.] Latimer.

A person of high rank. [Obs.] She's a duchess, a great estate. Latimer. Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee. Mark vi. 21.

A variant of Eddish. [Obs.] Mortimer.

how; a bold-faced person. [Obs.] There be no greater talkers, nor boasters, nor fasers. Latimer.

lowed without being sowed for the season. The plowing of fallows is a benefit to land. Mortimer.

aste or caprice without much use or value. London pride is a pretty fancy for borders. Mortimer.

To practice as a farrier; to carry on the trade of a farrier. [Obs.] Mortimer.

o grow fat, plump, and fleshy. An old ox fats as well, and is as good, as a young one. Mortimer.