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xieties; -- sometimes followed by out. [Troops] harassed with a long and wearisome march. Bacon. Nature oppressed and harass'd out with care. Addison. Vext with lawyers and harass'd with debt. Tennyson.

To pillage; to harry; to oppress. [Obs.] Spenser. Meaning thereby to harrow his people. Bacon

The fruit of the hawthorn. Bacon.

or Humorous] The wisdom of a heap of learned men. Chaucer. A heap of vassals and slaves. Bacon. He had heaps of friends. W.Black.

funeral. If you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearselike airs as carols. Bacon.

was in Joab's hand. 2 Sam. xx. 10. Birds give more heed and mark words more than beasts. Bacon.

ward from a surface, as the floor or the ground, of animal, especially of a man; stature. Bacon. [Goliath's] height was six cubits and a span. 1 Sam. xvii. 4.

A book containing the names and descriptions of plants. Bacon.

In the present life or state. Happy here, and more happy hereafter. Bacon.

Having the bark so close and constricting that it impedes the growth; -- said of trees. Bacon.

See Dodman. Bacon.

support. If a man be upon an high place without rails or good hold, he is ready to fall. Bacon.

State of being hollow. Bacon.

One who does homage, or holds land of another by homage; a vassal. Bacon.

charge reaches us, has been made out. South. They come home to men's business and bosoms. Bacon.

Joint nature. [Obs.] Bacon.

Fame; reputation; credit. Some in theiractions do woo, and affect honor and reputation. Bacon. If my honor is meant anything distinct from conscience, 't is no more than a regard to the censure and esteem of the world. Rogers.

from foot. The armies were appointed, consisting of twenty-five thousand horse and foot. Bacon.

The flesh of horses. The Chinese eat horseflesh at this day. Bacon.

k before we fight. Shak. He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune. Bacon.