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Uniform. [Obs.] Herrick.

ents, to form a whole; to combine; to connect; to join; to cause to adhere; as, to unite bricks by mortar; to unite iron bars by welding; to unite two armies.

Not rude; polished. Herrick.

Perverse; froward; untoward. "Untowardly tricks and vices." Locke.

Revelry; confusion; frolic. [Obs.] Herrick.

n; -- opposed to downward; as, to tend or roll upward. I. Watts. Looking inward, we are stricken dumb; looking upward, we speak and prevail. Hooker.

Rough; pricking; piercing. [R.] "Helping all urchin blasts." Milton.

Crafty; cunning; sly; as, vafrous tricks. [Obs.] Feltham.

r notice or approval; pride; ostentation; conceit. The exquisitely sensitive vanity of Garrick was galled. Macaulay.

Not well tamed or broken; given to bad tricks; unruly; refractory; as, a vicious horse.

Sorry; mean; mischievous; -- in a familiar sense. "A villainous trick of thine eye." Shak. Villainous judgment (O. E. Law), a judgment that casts reproach on the guilty person. --- Vil"lain*ous*ly, adv. Vil"lain*ous*ness, n.

fe, and thus enabled to manifest the phenomena of irritability, contractility, etc. McKendrick.

A deal at cards that draws all the tricks. Swift.

The manner or action of a wag; mischievous merriment; sportive trick or gayety; good-humored sarcasm; pleasantry; jocularity; as, the waggery of a schoolboy. Locke. A drollery and lurking waggery of expression. W. Irving.

Done, made, or laid in waggery or for sport; sportive; humorous; as, a waggish trick. -- Wag"gish*ly, adv. -- Wag"gish*ness, n.

The prickly ash.

A work or structure of stone, brick, or other materials, raised to some height, and intended for defense or security, solid and permanent inclosing fence, as around a field, a park, a town, etc., also, one of the upright inclosing parts of a building or a room. The plaster of the wall of the King's palace. Dan. v. 5.…

Anything cast away as bad or useless, as imperfect bricks, china, etc. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

A thorn, prickle, or sting with which many plants are furnished. Concealed weapons. See under Concealed. -- Weapon salve, a salve which was supposed to cure a wound by being applied to the weapon that made it. [Obs.] Boyle.

reach a supply of water, generally of a cylindrical form, and often walled with stone or bricks to prevent the earth from caving in. The woman said unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. John iv. 11.