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To fluctuate between motives which appear of equal force; to waver; to hesitate. He would not balance or err in the determination of his choice. Locke.

with good eating and drinking; to feast. Were it a draught for Juno when she banquets, I would not taste thy treasonous offer. Milton.

Cruelty; ferociousness; inhumanity. Treating Christians with a barbarity which would have shocked the very Moslem. Macaulay.

Any bar, obstruction, or means of defense. Such a barricade as would greatly annoy, or absolutely stop, the currents of the atmosphere. Derham.

A fabulous serpent, or dragon. The ancients alleged that its hissing would drive away all other serpents, and that its breath, and even its look, was fatal. See Cockatrice. Make me not sighted like the basilisk. Shak.

ish or conquer; to surpass. He beat them in a bloody battle. Prescott. For loveliness, it would be hard to beat that. M. Arnold.

A beef; a beef creature. They would knock down the first beeve they met with. W. Irving.

To emit with a loud voice; to shout; -- used with out. "Would bellow out a laugh." Dryden.

etite. Hence: A great abundance; more than enough. Lloyd. King James told his son that he would have his bellyful of parliamentary impeachments. Johnson.

Conferring benefits; useful; profito. The war which would have been most beneficial to us. Swift.

or prosperity; to be useful to; to profit. I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them. Jer. xviii. 10.

To paint; to cover or color with, or as with, paint. Else would a maiden blush bepaint my cheek. Shak.

To disclose or discover, as something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally. Be swift to hear, but cautious of your tongue, lest you betray your ignorance. T. Watts.

; a superior, as in merit, social standing, etc.; -- usually in the plural. Their betters would hardly be found. Hooker. For the better, in the way of improvement; so as to produce improvement. "If I have altered him anywhere for the better." Dryden.

An improvement of an estate which renders it better than mere repairing would do; -- generally used in the plural. [U. S.] Bouvier.

e surfaces of two cones whose apices coincide with the point where the axes of the wheels would meet.

part of a ship's hull or bottom which is broadest and most nearly flat, and on which she would rest if aground.

us. On charitable lists he blazed his name. Pollok. To blaze those virtues which the good would hide. Pope.

truct; to hinder. [Obs.] Ye should have somewhat blenched him therewith, yet he might and would of likelihood have gone further. Sir T. More.

s; that which promotes prosperity and welfare; a beneficent gift. Nature's full blessings would be well dispensed. Milton.