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ughter; filial. Sir Thomas liked her natural and dear daughterly affection towards him. Cavendish.

The time of retiring to rest; time of repose. Cavendish. At the downlying, at the travail in childbirth. [Scot.]

Any medicine the dose of which is measured by drops; as, lavender drops.

to espy land; to espy a man in a crowd. As one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, . . . he espied his money. Gen. xlii. 27. A goodly vessel did I then espy Come like a giant from a haven broad. Wordsworth.

A doing, making, or preparing. [Obs.] A project for the fact and vending Of a new kind of fucus, paint for ladies. B. Jonson.

to keep the large sails of a smock windmill always in the direction of the wind. Clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan. Is. xxx. 24.

To have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to like; to fancy. [Obs.] Cavendish. Which he doth most fantasy. Robynson (More's Utopia).

An allowance of provender given to a horse, cow, etc.; a meal; as, a feed of corn or oats.

e eight month of the French republican calendar. It began April 20, and ended May 19. See Vendémiare.

of the French republican calendar. It commenced November 21, and ended December 20., See Vendémiaire.

of the French republican calendar; -- commencing August 18, and ending September 16. See Vendémiaire.

the French republican calendar [1792 -- 1806]. It began March 21 and ended April 19. See VendÉmiaire.

id fruit. -- Ground cuckoo. (Zoöl.) See Chaparral cock. -- Ground cypress. (Bot.) See Lavender cotton. -- Ground dove (Zoöl.), one of several small American pigeons of the genus Columbigallina, esp. C. passerina of the Southern United States, Mexico, etc. They live chiefly on the ground. -- Ground fish (Zoöl.), any…

A maker or vender of clocks and watches; one skilled in horology.

of fine manchet [white bread], and of silver two great post, and white wine, and sugar. Cavendish.

. Its root is powerfully astringent, and is sometimes used in medicine. Called also sea lavender. -- Marsh samphire (Bot.), a plant (Salicornia herbacea) found along seacoasts. See Glasswort. -- Marsh St. John's-wort (Bot.), an American herb (Elodes Virginica) with small opposite leaves and flesh-colored flowers. --…

To take part as a masker in a masquerade. Cavendish.

ublican calendar dating from September 22, 1792. It began June 19, and ended July 18. See VendÉmiaire.

a composite plant (Eupatorium coelestinum), having heart-shaped leaves, and corymbs of lavender-blue flowers. It is found in the Western and Southern United States.

or stage in the market or other public place, boasts of his skill in curing diseases, and vends medicines which he pretends are infalliable remedies; a quack doctor. Such is the weakness and easy credulity of men, that a mountebank ... is preferred before an able physician. Whitlock.