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ed in one body or company; associable. [R.] They are sociable parts united into one body. Hooker.

A combination of two hooks which close upon each other, by means of a spring, as soon as the fish bites. [U. S.]

To mend; to patch up. "To solder up a broken cause." Hooker.

legal forms. Baptism to be administered in one place, and marriage solemnized in another. Hooker.

A mammal having a single hoof on each foot, as the horses and asses; a solidungulate. [Written also solipede.] The solipeds, or firm-hoofed animals, as horses, asses, and mules, etc., -- they are, also, in mighty number. Sir T. Browne.

Having single hoofs.

A sophist. See Sophist. [Obs.] Hooker.

. Flowers, in such sort worn, can neither be smelt nor seen well by those that wear them. Hooker. I'll deceive you in another sort. Shak. To Adam in what sort Shall I appear Milton. I shall not be wholly without praise, if in some sort I have copied his style. Dryden.

Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount. We acknowledge him [God] our sovereign good. Hooker.

A rope having its ends made fast so that a purchase can be hooked to the bight; also, a rope made fast in the center so that both ends can be used.

f attention; a specialty. On these two general heads all other specialities are depedent. Hooker. Strive, while improving your one talent, to enrich your whole capital as a man. It is in this way that you escape from the wretched narrow- mindedness which is the characteristic of every one who cultivates his speciality.…

Given to speculation; contemplative. The mind of man being by nature speculative. Hooker.

Here, while his eyes the learned leaves peruse, Each spellful mystery explained he views. Hoole.

The hooded merganser.

A kind of fishing line with many hooks; a boulter.

A system or method of fishing by means of a number of hooks set on snoods all on one line; -- in North America, called trawl fishing, bultow, or bultow fishing, and long-line fishing.

Poison spittle; poison ejected from the mouth. [R.] Hooker.

To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of. Hooker.

Fig.: A simpleton; a spooney. [Slang] Hood. Spoon bait (Fishing), a lure used in trolling, consisting of a glistening metallic plate shaped like the bowl of a spoon with a fishhook attached. -- Spoon bit, a bit for boring, hollowed or furrowed along one side. -- Spoon net, a net for landing fish. -- Spoon oar. see u…

To issue with speed and violence; to move with activity; to dart; to shoot. And sudden light Sprung through the vaulted roof. Dryden.