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Aversion of the taste; dislike, as of food or drink; disrelish. Bacon.

Perturbation of mind; mental uneasiness. Sprinkled a little patience on the heat of his distemperature. Sir W. Scott.

to cause to swell; as, to distend a bladder, the stomach, etc. The warmth distends the chinks. Dryden.

, to suffer distress from the gout, or from the loss of friends. Not fearing death nor shrinking for distress. Shak.

To spread (ink) evenly, as upon a roller or a table.

An appliance, as a roller, in a printing press, for distributing ink.

or bars (as for scales); also, for spacing off and cutting teeth in wheels. -- Dividing sinker. (Knitting Mach.). See under Sinker.

Causing, or tending to cause, giddiness or vertigo. To climb from the brink of Fleet Ditch by a dizzy ladder. Macaulay.

ive constructions, do and did are in common use. I do not wish to see them; what do you think Did Cæsar cross the Tiber He did not. "Do you love me" Shak. (d) Do, as an auxiliary, is supposed to have been first used before imperatives. It expresses entreaty or earnest request; as, do help me. In the imperative mood, bu…

A common European wild rose, with single pink or white flowers.

A roll of cloth for wiping off the face of a copperplate, leaving the ink in the engraved lines.

uch a state of mind; as, we are doubtful of a fact, or of the propriety of a measure. Methinks I should know you, and know this man; Yet I am doubtful. Shak. With doubtful feet and wavering resolution. Milton.

bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down When in the down I sink my head, Sleep, Death's twin brother, times my breath. Tennyson. Thou bosom softness, down of all my cares! Southern.

Same as Drawbar (b). Called also draglink, and drawlink. [U. S.]

haust; to empty of wealth, resources, or the like; as, to drain a country of its specie. Sinking waters, the firm land to drain, Filled the capacious deep and formed the main. Roscommon.

flat stone so thrown along the surface of water as to skip from point to point before it sinks; also, the sport of so throwing stones; -- sometimes called ducks and drakes. Internal earthquakes, that, not content with one throe, run along spasmodically, like boys playing at what is called drakestone. De Quincey.…

To drink drams; to ply with drams. [Low] Johnson. Thackeray.

The practice of drinking drams.

of Drink.

The act of drawing liquor into the mouth and throat; the act of drinking. In his hands he took the goblet, but a while the draught forbore. Trench.