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osts hung helmets, darts, and spears, And captive chariots, axes, shields, and bars, And broken beaks of ships, the trophies of their wars. Dryden.

To shine with an intermitted or a broken, quavering light; to flash at intervals; to sparkle; to scintillate. These stars not twinkle when viewed through telescopes that have large apertures. Sir I. Newton. The western sky twinkled with stars. Sir W. Scott.

A two-stroke cycle for an internal-combustion engine. --Two"- cy`cle, a.

Never mounted by a rider; unbroken. "Unbacked colts." Shak.

ripts, esp. in Greek and Latin manuscripts. The letters are somewhat rounded, and the upstrokes and downstrokes usually have a slight inclination. These letters were used as early as the 1st century b. c., and were seldom used after the 10th century a. d., being superseded by the cursive style.

A pawnbroker. [Slang] Thackeray. My uncle, a pawnbroker. [Slang] - - Uncle Sam, a humorous appellation given to the United States Government. See Uncle Sam, in Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.

individuals, as well as companies, may underwrite policies of insurance. B. Jonson. The broker who procures the insurance ought not, by underwriting the policy, to deprive the parties of his unbiased testimony. Marshall.

Not divided; not separated or disunited; unbroken; whole; continuous; as, plains undivided by rivers or mountains.

To sell in large quantities, as stock; to get rid of. [Brokers' Cant, U. S.]

Stripped of a roof, or similar covering. Broken carriages, dead horses, unroofed cottages, all indicated the movements. Sir W. Scott.

A broker or auctioneer; a tradesman. [Obs.]

A broker. [Obs.] Caxton.

er by merely inverting which the temperature may be registered. The column of mercury is broken and, as it remains until the instrument is reset, the reading may be made at leisure.

old crown with palisades, bestowed upon the soldier who first surmounted the rampart and broke into the enemy's camp.

vicinage. "To summon the Protestant gentleman of the vicinage." Macaulay. Civil war had broken up all the usual ties of vicinage and good neighborhood. Sir W. Scott.

Not well tamed or broken; given to bad tricks; unruly; refractory; as, a vicious horse.

. Victory may be honorable to the arms, but shameful to the counsels, of a nation. Bolingbroke.

Capable of being violated, broken, or injured. -- Vi"o*la*bly, adv.

A comma. [R.] In the MSS. of Chaucer, the line is always broken by a cæsura in the middle, which is pointed by a virgule. Hallam.

idelity; a pledge of love or affection; as, the marriage vow. Knights of love, who never broke their vow; Firm to their plighted faith. Dryden.