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es herself for hire; a prostitute; a harlot. Lasciviously decked like a courtesan. Sir H. Wotton.

To crack; to flaw. [R.] Sir H. Wotton.

t; distress. [Obs.] [Written also comber.] A place of much distraction and cumber. Sir H. Wotton. Sage counsel in cumber. Sir W. Scott.

n the daintiness of his leg and foot, and the earl in the fine shape of his hands, Sir H. Wotton.

The act of exerting one's strength or limbs. Neater limbs and freer delivery. Sir H. Wotton.

Act of departing; departure. [Obs.] Sudden departments from one extreme to another. Wotton.

To take away; to withdraw. Detract much from the view of the without. Sir H. Wotton.

Definitive; determinate; final. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

Want of as siduity or care. [R.] Sir H. Wotton.

To deprive of credit or authority; to discredit. [R.] W. Wotton.

Disavowal. [R.] Wotton.

o disgrace. He. . . least discredits his travels who returns the same man he went. Sir H. Wotton.

ecially of tumors. Many arts were used to discuss the beginnings of new affection. Sir H. Wotton. A pomade . . . of virtue to discuss pimples. Rambler.

By dispensation. Wotton.

isposition; arrangement; position; posture. [Obs.] In a kind of warlike disposure. Sir H. Wotton.

tumn disrobes the fields of verdure. Two great peers were disrobed of their glory. Sir H. Wotton.

Breadth. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

g.: One who goes deeply into a subject, study, or business. "A diver into causes." Sir H. Wotton.

s.] I bought an excellent drollery, which I afterward parted with to my brother George of Wotton. Evelyn.

The territory or dignity of an elector; electorate. [R.] Sir H. Wotton.