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t thou loosed from a wife seek not a wife. 1 Cor. vii. 27. Whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Matt. xvi. 19.

to make less dense or compact; as, to loosen a string, or a knot; to loosen a rock in the earth. After a year's rooting, then shaking doth the tree good by loosening of the earth. Bacon.

An earthworm, or a worm resembling an earthworm.

Resembling an earthworm; vermiform.

Like an earthworm; belonging to the genus Lumbricus, or family Lumbricidæ.

A genus of annelids, belonging to the Oligochæta, and including the common earthworms. See Earthworm.

ric of wool and cotton with a lustrous surface, -- used for women's dresses. Luster ware, earthenware decorated by applying to the glazing metallic oxides, which acquire brilliancy in the process of baking.

tries ice is a great luxury. He cut the side of a rock for a garden, and, by laying on it earth, furnished out a kind of luxury for a hermit. Addison.

pure, transparent liquid like water. A fountain bubbled up, whose lymph serene Nothing of earthly mixture might distain. Trench.

An earthworm. [Written also made.]

A plank or beam used for supporting the earth in mines or fortifications.

The molten matter within the earth, the source of the material of lava flows, dikes of eruptive rocks, etc.

A light earthy white substance, consisting of magnesium oxide, and obtained by heating magnesium hydrate or carbonate, or by burning magnesium. It has a slightly alkaline reaction, and is used in medicine as a mild antacid laxative. See Magnesium. Magnesia alba Etym: [L.] (Med. Chem.), a bulky white amorphous substance…

the temple of Arsinoë all of magnet, or this loadstone. Holland. Two magnets, heaven and earth, allure to bliss, The larger loadstone that, the nearer this. Dryden.

Of or pertaining to, or characterized by,, the earth's magnetism; as, the magnetic north; the magnetic meridian.

ism, Biology, Od, Hypnotism. -- Terrestrial magnetism, the magnetic force exerted by the earth, and recognized by its effect upon magnetized needles and bars.

ingredients, or materials; to constitute; to form; to amount to. The heaven, the air, the earth, and boundless sea, Make but one temple for the Deity. Waller.

of his lord, professed that he did become his man from that day forth, of life, limb, and earthly honor. Blackstone.

tic. It is found in the Mediterranean region. And shrieks like mandrakes, torn out of the earth, That living mortals, hearing them, run mad. Shak.

The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth. Raymond.