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Tattle; gabble. L'Estrange.

In the month immediately preceding the present; as, on the 1st ultimo; -- usually abbreviated to ult. Cf. Proximo.

nduced to do or forbear an act which he would not do, or would do, if left to act freely. Abbott.

Not paired; not suited or matched. And minds unpaired had better think alone. Crabbe.

Want of reason; unreasonableness; absurdity. Abbot of Unreason. See Abbot of Misrule, under Abbot.

To deprive of a sheath; to draw from the sheath or scabbard, as a sword. To unsheathe the sword, to make war.

ck, usually of hard wood, and heavier than the other strakes. -- Upper ten thousand, or (abbreviated) Upper ten, the ten thousand, more or less, who are highest in position or wealth; the upper class; the aristocracy. [Colloq.] -- Upper topsail (Naut.), the upper half of a double topsail. -- Upper works (Naut.), all…

, or Utia. In general appearance and habits they resemble rats, but they are as large as rabbits.

m. Shak. They bring it home, and utter it commonly by the name of Newfoundland fish. Abp. Abbot.

ng the authority of the precedent. Eikon Basilike. The necessity of observing the Jewish Sabbath was Vacated by the apostolical institution of the Lord's Day. R. Nelson.

A variety; -- used in giving scientific names, and often abbreviated to var.

The rabble; the crowd; the mob. Shall they hoist me up, And show me to the shouting varletry Of censuring Rome. Shak.

a. & n. from Vary. Varying hare (Zoöl.), any hare or rabbit which becomes white in winter, especially the common hare of the Northern United States and Canada.

Against; as, John Doe versus Richard Roe; -- chiefly used in legal language, and abbreviated to v. or vs.

isdiction, established by authority of Parliament in British possessions beyond the seas. Abbott. -- Vice chamberlain, an officer in court next in rank to the lord chamberlain. [Eng.] -- Vice chancellor. (a) (Law) An officer next in rank to a chancellor. (b) An officer in a university, chosen to perform certain duties…

To wit; namely; -- often abbreviated to viz.

han the science of physic. Ridley. The inhabitants account gold but as a vile thing. Abp. Abbot.

To move irregularly or awkwardly; to wamble, or wabble. [Prov. Eng.]

l them their ware." Chaucer. It the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the Sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the Sabbath, or on the holy day. Neh. x. 31.

A piece of ground for the breeding of rabbits.