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ffer loss, disadvantage, or defeat; to be worse off, esp. as the result of any kind of contest. We 'll . . . hear poor rogues Talk of court news; and we'll talk with them too, Who loses and who wins; who's in, who's out. Shak.

derness; as, the love of brothers and sisters. Of all the dearest bonds we prove Thou countest sons' and mothers' love Most sacred, most Thine own. Keble.

Effort to overcome in contest; struggle; endeavor. [R.] Farindon.

Clear; evident; luminous. " Most luculent testimonies." Hooker.

A kind of glossy silk fabric. See Lutestring.

state or quality of being luxuriant; luxuriance. Flowers grow up in the garden in the greatest luxuriancy and profusion. Spectator.

as canonical books in the Roman Catholic Church, but are included in the Apocrypha by Protestants. Also applied to three books, two of which are found in some MSS. of the Septuagint.

delivery pipe of a pump. -- For the main, or In the main, for the most part; in the greatest part. -- With might and main, or With all one's might and main, with all one's strength; with violent effort. With might and main they chased the murderous fox. Dryden.

A kind of pottery, with opaque glazing and showy, which reached its greatest perfection in Italy in the 16th century.

t; to bring around cunningly to one's plans. It was so much his interest to manage his Protestant subjects. Addison . It was not her humor to manage those over whom she had gained an ascendant. Bp. Hurd.

ving the qualities of a man, esp. the nobler qualities; manly. " Gentle, manlike speech." Testament of Love. " A right manlike man." Sir P. Sidney. In glaring Chloe's manlike taste and mien. Shenstone.

Battle; contest. [Obs.] Fairfax.

Contest for superiority. [Obs.] Holland.

her of two parties suited to one another, as for a union, a trial of skill or force, a contest, or the like; as, specifically:

A game arranged as a test of superiority; also, one of a series of such games.

Any intestinal worm found in the stomach, esp. the common round worm (Ascaris lumbricoides), and allied species.

The greatest quantity or value attainable in a given case; or, the greatest value attained by a quantity which first increases and then begins to decrease; the highest point or degree; -- opposed to Ant: minimum. Good legislation is the art of conducting a nation to the maximum of happiness, and the minimum of misery.…

Intermediate in excellence of any kind. According to the fittest style of lofty, mean, or lowly. Milton.

ber a number of times without a remainder; as in the phrases, the common measure, the greatest common measure, etc., of two or more numbers.

The contents of the fetal intestine; hence, first excrement.