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essel containing burning brandy, and eaten; also, that which is so eaten. See Flapdragon. Swift.

ppens to get out of the snuffers, you have a chance that it may fall into a dish of soup. Swift.

Close; concealed; not exposed to notice. Lie snug, and hear what critics say. Swift.

d be undertaken upon a just motive, so a prince ought to consider the condition he is in. Swift.

Affectedly grave or serious; as, to put on a solemn face. "A solemn coxcomb." Swift.

rmally. There in deaf murmurs solemnly are wise. Dryden. I do solemnly assure the reader. Swift.

Causing sleep; somniferous; soporific. "Soporiferous medicine." Swift. --- Sop`o*rif"er*ous*ly, adv. -- Sop`o*rif"er*ous*ness, n.

To fall at once into a chair or seat; to sit lazily. [Obs.] Swift.

a sot; doltish; very foolish; drunken. How ignorant are sottish pretenders to astrology! Swift.

crabbed; peevish; morose; as, a man of a sour temper; a sour reply. "A sour countenance." Swift. He was a scholar . . . Lofty and sour to them that loved him not, But to those men that sought him sweet as summer. Shak.

The act of sprinkling. [Obs.] Swift.

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

t design of these orators, in all their speeches, was to drive some one particular point. Swift.

The act or state of moving swiftly; swiftness; velocity; rapidly; rate of motion; dispatch; as, the speed a horse or a vessel. Speed, to describe whose swiftness number fails. Milton.

Not dilatory or slow; quick; swift; nimble; hasty; rapid in motion or performance; as, a speedy flight; on speedy foot. I will wish her speedy strength. Shak. Darts, which not the good could shun, The speedy ould outfly. Dryden.

To move swifty; as, to spin along the road in a carriage, on a bicycle, etc. [Colloq.]

Any one or several species of swifts of the genus Acanthylis, or Chætura, and allied genera, in which the shafts of the tail feathers terminate in rigid spines.

Having the tail quills ending in sharp, naked tips. Spine- tailed swift. (Zoöl.) See Spinetail (a).

d private men spirit up and assist those obstinate people to continue in their rebellion. Swift .

Fig.: To get by imposition or mean arts without cost; as, to sponge a breakfast. Swift.