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eshness; also, changed for the better; renovated; unworn; untried; unspent; as, rest and travel made him a new man. Steadfasty purposing to lead a new life. Bk. of Com. Prayer. Men after long emaciating diets, fat, and almost new. Bacon.

Going or traveling in the night. Gay.

Well known by reputation or report; eminent; celebrated; as, a noted author, or traveler. -- Not"ed*ly, adv. -- Not"ed*ness, n.

Done or obtained by surprise; with secrecy, or by concealment of the truth. [R.] Cotgrave.

A machine for registering the distance traversed by a vehicle or pedestrain.

An instrument attached to the wheel of a vehicle, to measure the distance traversed; also, a wheel used by surveyors, which registers the miles and rods traversed.

rson with whom the odd card is left is the old maid. -- Old man's beard. (Bot.) (a) The traveler's joy (Clematis Vitalba). So named from the abundant long feathery awns of its fruit.

potent; the Deity. Will Omnipotence neglect to save The suffering virtue of the wise and brave Pope.

To choose; to wish for; to desire. [Obs.] Cotgrave.

nt; refuse; -- commonly used in the plural. Milton. Let him have time a beggar's orts to crave. Shak.

One of the ridges of sand or gravel found in Sweden, etc., supposed by some to be of marine origin, but probably formed by subglacial waters. The osar are similar to the kames of Scotland and the eschars of Ireland. See Eschar.

To surpass in daring; to overcome by courage; to brave. Shak. R. Browning.

or look (one) out of countenance; to resist or bear down by bold looks or effrontery; to brave. Shak. Having outfaced all the world. South.

In art: A line drawn by pencil, pen, graver, or the like, by which the boundary of a figure is indicated.

A minor defense constructed beyond the main body of a work, as a ravelin, lunette, hornwork, etc. Wilhelm.

To take long, loose stitches over (the raw edges of a seam) to prevent raveling.

To travel over. [R.] Shak.

One who travels over lands or countries; one who travels overland.

essively; to exhaust. Then dozed a while herself, but overtoiled By that day's grief and travel. Tennyson.

To travel upon foot; to tread. [Obs.] Padding the streets for half a crown. Somerville.