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to call out or declare loudly; to protest vehemently; to vociferate; to shout; as, to exclaim against oppression with wonder or astonishment; "The field is won!" he exclaimed.

One who exclaims.

ten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand. [Obs.] The horse-chestnut is . . . ready to explain its leaf. Evelyn.

Capable of being explained or made plain to the understanding; capable of being interpreted. Sir. T. Browne.

One who explains; an expounder or expositor; a commentator; an interpreter.

Formerly, a railroad train run expressly for the occasion; a special train; now, a train run at express or special speed and making few stops.

An object of interest to the eye; one wirehaired with the eyes. [Obs.] That's the eye-saint, I know, Among young gallants. Beau. & Fl.

A vapid or meaningless remark; a commonplace; nonsense.

Glazed earthenware; esp., that which is decorated in color.

or expected manner, or to be altogether cut off from supply; to be lacking; as, streams fail; crops fail. As the waters fail from the sea. Job xiv. 11. Till Lionel's issue fails, his should not reign. Shak.

Fault; failure; omission. [Obs.] Bp. Fell.

A failing short; a becoming deficient; failure; deficiency; imperfection; weakness; lapse; fault; infirmity; as, a mental failing. And ever in her mind she cas about For that unnoticed failing in herself. Tennyson.

A soft silk, heavier than a foulard and not glossy.

Cessation of supply, or total defect; a failing; deficiency; as, failure of rain; failure of crops.

Well-pleased; glad; apt; wont; fond; inclined. Men and birds are fain of climbing high. Shak. To a busy man, temptation is fainto climb up together with his business. Jer. Taylor.

Do-nothingness; inactivity; indolence.

Doing nothing; shiftless. -- n.

A deity recognized as real but conceived as not acting in human affairs, hence not worshiped.

Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst.

ar; easily discouraged or frightened; cowardly; timorous; dejected. Fear not, neither be faint-hearted. Is. vii. 4. -- Faint"*heart`ed*ly, adv. -- Faint"*heart`ed*ness, n.