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your skill. Ford. Formerly, a very rude mode of ascertaining the strength of spirits was practiced, called the proof. Ure.

The art or practice of propagating tenets or principles; zeal in propagating one's opinions.

The act or practice of proselyting; the making of converts to a religion or a religious sect, or to any opinion, system, or party. They were possessed of a spirit of proselytism in the most fanatical degree. Burke.

The act or practice of prostituting or offering the body to an indiscriminate intercourse with men; common lewdness of a woman.

e, as the case may be. This should be made by a notary public, whose seal it is the usual practice to affix. Kent. Story.

Of or pertaining to the faith and practice of those Christians who reject the authority of the Roman Catholic Church; as, Protestant writers.

To practice psalmody. " The psalmodizing art." J. G. Cooper.

The act, practice, or art of singing psalms or sacred songs; also, psalms collectively, or a collection of psalms.

The act or practice of writing psalms, or sacred songs.

To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water). Some unhatched practice . . . Hath puddled his clear spirit. Shak.

The practice of boxing, or fighting with the fist.

s of a public ceremony. They will not part with the least punctilio in their opinions and practices. Fuller .

The art or practice of punning; paronomasia. [R.] Pope.

Of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines and practice.

The doctrines, notions, or practice of Puritans.

To agree with, or teach, the doctrines of Puritans; to conform to the practice of Puritans. Bp. Montagu.

To practice theft; to steal. Titus ii. 10.

o bring to a stated mental or moral condition; as, to put one in fear; to put a theory in practice; to put an enemy to fight. This present dignity, In which that I have put you. Chaucer. I will put enmity between thee and the woman. Gen. iii. 15. He put no trust in his servants. Job iv. 18. When God into the hands of t…

To pun; to practice punning. Cudworth.

To draw off from the lees or sediment, as wine. It is in common practice to draw wine or beer from the lees (which we call racking), whereby it will clarify much the sooner. Bacon. Rack vintage, wine cleansed and drawn from the lees. Cowell.