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Harm; ruin; also, reproach; disgrace. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant. "A slender, choleric man." Chaucer. She, as a veil down to the slender waist, Her unadorned golden tresses wore. Milton.

A substance to be dissolved. [R.]

To weigh or lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to spend money for clothing. Spend thou that in the town. Shak. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread Isa. lv. 2.

One who spends; esp., one who spends lavishly; a prodigal; a spendthrift.

The act of expending; expenditure. Spending money, money set apart for extra (not necessary) personal expenses; pocket money. [Colloq.]

One who spends money profusely or improvidently; a prodigal; one who lavishes or wastes his estate. Also used figuratively. A woman who was a generous spendthrift of life. Mrs. R. H. Davis.

Spendthrift; prodigal. [R.]

Shining; glossy; beaming with light; lustrous; as, splendent planets; splendent metals. See the Note under 3d Luster, 4.

Possessing or displaying splendor; shining; very bright; as, a splendid sun.

Splendid. [Obs.]

In a splendid manner; magnificently.

The quality of being splendid.

Splendid. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Splendor-bearing; splendid. Bale (1538). "A splendiferous woman." Haliburton. [Now used humorously.]

Great brightness; brilliant luster; brilliancy; as, the splendor ot the sun. B. Jonson.

Splendid. Drayton.

Settled pay or compensation for services, whether paid daily, monthly, or annually.

Acting from mercenary considerations; stipendiary. A. Seward.

g wages, or salary; performing services for a stated price or compensation. His great stipendiary prelates came with troops of evil-appointed horseman not half full. Knolles.