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s; moral impurity; lewdness; obsceneness; as, the obscenity of a speech, or a picture. Mr.Cowley asserts plainly, that obscenity has no place in wit. Dryden. No pardon vile obscenity should find. Pope.

s of one's life; vocation; employment; calling; trade. Absence of occupation is not rest. Cowper. Occupation bridge (Engin.), a bridge connecting the parts of an estate separated by a railroad, a canal, or an ordinary road.

. If man's convenience, health, Or safety interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount. Cowper.

tanager of Jamaica (Tanagra zena); -- so called from its bright orange breast. -- Orange cowry (Zoöl.), a large, handsome cowry (Cypræa aurantia), highly valued by collectors of shells on account of its rarity. -- Orange grass (Bot.), an inconspicuous annual American plant (Hypericum Sarothra), having minute, deep ye…

Restitution for cattle; a penalty for taking away cattle. Cowell.

ment next a hall, where certain persons were accustomed to dine; a sort of recess. [Obs.] Cowell.

Of or pertaining to Orpheus, the mythic poet and musician; as, Orphean strains. Cowper.

[R.] And with poetic trappings grace thy prose, Till it outmantle all the pride of verse. Cowper.

To weary out. Cowley.

To heat to excess; to superheat. Cowper.

To exceed; as, to overshoot the truth. Cowper. To overshoot one's self, to venture too far; to assert too much.

The cow blackbird. [Local, U. S.]

The great cowslip (Primula veris, var. elatior).

A small inclosure for pasture; esp., one adjoining a stable. Evelyn. Cowper.

The gaze of fools, and pageant of a day ! Pope. We love the man, the paltry pageant you. Cowper.

A species of Primula, either the cowslip or the primrose. [Written also pagle, pagil, peagle, and pygil.]

withhout curing; as, to palliate a disease. To palliate dullness, and give time a shove. Cowper.

judging of character, by the lines and marks in the palm of the hand; chiromancy. Ascham. Cowper.

The cowslip (Primula veris); -- so called from its supposed remedial powers. Dr. Prior.

worthless; despicable; contemptible; pitiful; trifling; as, a paltry excuse; paltry gold. Cowper. The paltry prize is hardly worth the cost. Byron.