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phere of jurisdiction, of a sheriff; sheriffalty. It was ordained by 28 Edward I that the people shall have election of sheriff in every shire where the shrievalty is not of inheritance. Blackstone.

Of or pertaining to Siam, its native people, or their language.

In a sick manner or condition; ill. My people sickly [with ill will] beareth our marriage. Chaucer.

us; criminal; unholy; as, sinful men; sinful thoughts. Piers Plowman. Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity. Isa. i. 4. -- Sin"ful*ly, adv. -- Sin"ful*ness, n.

of larger size. Men of a less size and quality. L'Estrange. The middling or lower size of people. Swift.

One of a race of people occupying a large part of Eastern and Northern Europe, including the Russians, Bulgarians, Roumanians, Servo-Croats, Slovenes, Poles, Czechs, Wends or Sorbs, Slovaks, etc. [Written also Slave, and Sclav.]

A gathering of people for social purposes; an informal party or reception; as, a church sociable. [Colloq. U. S.]

Connection; participation; partnership. [R.] The meanest of the people and such as have the least society with the acts and crimes of kings. Jer. Taylor.

Born under the predominant influence of the sun. [Obs.] And proud beside, as solar people are. Dryden.

gloomy; dismal; as, the solitary desert. How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people. Lam. i. 1. Let that night be solitary; let no joyful voice come therein. Job iii. 7.

A Hamitic people of East Central Africa.

lacious but plausible reasoning, puzzled inquirers after truth, weakened the faith of the people, and drew upon themselves general hatred and contempt. Many of the Sophists doubdtless card not for truth or morality, and merely professed to teach how to make the worse appear the better reason; but there scems no reason…

e that measures day and night. Milton. God may defer his judgments for a time, and give a people a longer space of repentance. Tillotson.

patter boots with mud. Upon any occasion he is to be spattered over with the blood of his people. Burke.

mouth; to spit, as saliva. Why must he sputter, spawl, and slaver it In vain, against the people's favorite. Swift.

A particular language, as distinct from others; a tongue; a dialect. People of a strange speech and of an hard language. Ezek. iii. 6.

etimes followed by up. Many officers and private men spirit up and assist those obstinate people to continue in their rebellion. Swift .

One who speaks for another. He shall be thy spokesman unto the people. Ex. iv. 16.

. E. Eggleston. The fly is an intruder, and a common smell-feast, that sponges upon other people's trenchers. L'Estrange.

Fig.: To oppress with hardships, burdens, or taxes; to harass; to crush. In a civil war, people must expect to be crushed and squeezed toward the burden. L'Estrange.