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The quality or state of being shoddy. [Colloq.] See the Note under Shoddy, n.

Like the sky, or approaching the sky; lofty; ethereal. [R.] Shak.

, n. Act or business of spying. [R.]

The practice of meanly fawning on another; base sycophancy; servile adulation.

The principles of the Tories.

Sportive; trifling; wanton.

The principle of supporting a religious system and its institutions by voluntary association and effort, rather than by the aid or patronage of the state.

Somewhat like whey; wheyey. J. Philips. -- Whey"ish*ness, n.

The conduct or principle of the Whiteboys.

State or character of a zany; buffoonery. Coleridge. H. Morley.

A soft, compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or yellowish color, carved into images by the Chinese, and hence called figure stone, and pagodite. It is probably a variety of pinite.

A grayish green antiseptic powder, consisting of a basic iodide and gallate of bismuth, sometimes used in place of iodoform. [A Trademark]

A fleecy cloud formation consisting of large whitish or grayish globular cloudlets with shaded portions, often grouped in flocks or rows.

silicate of aluminium, occurring usually in thick rhombic prisms, nearly square, of a grayish or pale reddish tint. It was first discovered in Andalusia, Spain.

Like a babe; a childish; babyish. [R.] "Babish imbecility." Drayton. -- Bab"ish*ly, adv. -- Bab"ish*ness, n. [R.]

The act of closing the doors of a schoolroom against a schoolmaster; -- a boyish mode of rebellion in schools. Swift.

Lydian stone, or black jasper, a variety of siliceous or flinty slate, of a grayish or bluish black color. It is employed to test the purity of gold, the amount of alloy being indicated by the color left on the stone when rubbed by the metal.

A grayish blue building stone, as that commonly used in the eastern United States.

A granular mineral of a grayish or yellowish color, found in Bolton, Massachusetts. It is a silicate of magnesium, belonging to the chrysolite family.

A soft strong leather, usually yellowish or grayish in color, made of deerskin.