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Of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines and practice.

The doctrines, notions, or practice of Puritans.

To agree with, or teach, the doctrines of Puritans; to conform to the practice of Puritans. Bp. Montagu.

To practice theft; to steal. Titus ii. 10.

o bring to a stated mental or moral condition; as, to put one in fear; to put a theory in practice; to put an enemy to fight. This present dignity, In which that I have put you. Chaucer. I will put enmity between thee and the woman. Gen. iii. 15. He put no trust in his servants. Job iv. 18. When God into the hands of t…

To pun; to practice punning. Cudworth.

To draw off from the lees or sediment, as wine. It is in common practice to draw wine or beer from the lees (which we call racking), whereby it will clarify much the sooner. Bacon. Rack vintage, wine cleansed and drawn from the lees. Cowell.

The art or practice of using the radiophone.

A place where shooting, as with cannons or rifles, is practiced.

The practice or tenets of the Ranters.

The act or practice of extorting or exacting by oppressive injustice; exorbitant greediness of gain. "The rapacity of some ages." Sprat.

ly; soon; betimes. [Obs. or Poetic] Why rise ye up so rathe Chaucer. Too rathe cut off by practice criminal. Spencer.

The conduct or practices of one who rats. See Rat, v. i., 1. Sydney Smith.

Hence: Unprepared for use or enjoyment; immature; unripe; unseasoned; inexperienced; unpracticed; untried; as, raw soldiers; a raw recruit. Approved himself to the raw judgment of the multitude. De Quincey.

book containing a selection of extracts for exercises in reading; an elementary book for practice in a language; a reading book.

wenty quires or 480 sheets. Printer's ream, twenty-one and a half quires. [Eng.] A common practice is now to count five hundred sheets to the ream. Knight.

The act or practice of collecting or concentrating the mind; concentration; self-control. [Archaic] From such an education Charles contracted habits of gravity and recollection. Robertson.

Rightness of principle or practice; exact conformity to truth, or to the rules prescribed for moral conduct, either by divine or human laws; uprightness of mind; uprightness; integrity; honesty; justice.

One who is obstinate in refusal; one standing out stubbornly against general practice or opinion. The last rebellious recusants among the European family of nations. De Quincey.

e intention of selling the same again, in or near the same place, at a higher price, -- a practice which was formerly treated as a public offense.