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ssion of desire. [R.] God blesseth man imperatively, and man blesseth God optatively. Bp. Hall.

A wishing; a wish. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

rbate, or deprived of parents or children; privation, in general; bereavement. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Orbation. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

The place in any public hall appropriated to a band of instrumental musicians.

end, the beginning and end. Cf. Odds and ends, under Odds. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Chaucer. Halliwell.

Capable of being ordained; worthy to be ordained or appointed. Bp. Hall.

Of or pertaining to trial by ordeal. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

To appoint, to regulate; to harmonize. Bp. Hall.

A small apartment next a hall, where certain persons were accustomed to dine; a sort of recess. [Obs.] Cowell.

Drowsiness; dullness; sluggishness. Hallam. It might proceed from the oscitancy of transcribers. Addison.

Convex; curved outward. "The convex or outbowed side of a vessel." Bp. Hall.

A feast given by an apprentice when he is out of his time. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

To exceed in lying. Bp. Hall.

To agitate or discuss beyond what is expedient. Bp. Hall.

To cover with a frieze, or as with a frieze. E. Hall.

The quality or state of being overly; carelessness. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Careless; negligent; inattentive; superfical; not thorough. [Archaic] Bp. Hall.

To magnify too much. Bp. Hall.

Excessively nice; fastidious. Bp. Hall. -- O"ver*nice"ly, adv. -- O"ver*nice"ness, n.