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Right feeling. [R.] Harris.

on his haunches two or three times, bending himself, as it were, in very quick curvets. Harris.

A writer of feuilletons. F. Harrison.

The loins of a horse, beginning at the place where the hinder part of the saddle rests. Arris fillet. See under Arris.

To provide with forces; to reënforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison. [Obs.] Shak.

Noble birth. [Obs.] Harris (Voyages).

cial robe of certain professional men and scholars, as university students and officers, barristers, judges, etc.; hence, the dress of peace; the dress of civil officers, in distinction from military. He Mars deposed, and arms to gowns made yield. Dryden.

l.) See Guib. -- Harnessed moth (Zoöl.), an American bombycid moth (Arctia phalerata of Harris), having, on the fore wings, stripes and bands of buff on a black ground.

A hawse hole. Harris.

ant. [R.] Heavy artillery. (Mil.) (a) Guns of great weight or large caliber, esp. siege, garrison, and seacoast guns. (b) Troops which serve heavy guns. -- Heavy cavalry. See under Cavalry. -- Heavy fire (Mil.), a continuous or destructive cannonading, or discharge of small arms. -- Heavy metal (Mil.), large guns ca…

have I rode to thee. Shak. A wistaria vine running helter-skelter across the roof. J. C. Harris.

wild sport. [Colloq.] "All the high jinks of the county, when the lad comes of age." F. Harrison. -- High latitude (Geog.), one designated by the higher figures; consequently, a latitude remote from the equator. -- High life, life among the aristocracy or the rich. -- High liver, one who indulges in a rich diet. -…

emn-thoughted idyl. Mrs. Browning. His [Goldsmith's] lovely idyl of the Vicar's home. F. Harrison.

One of the colleges (societies or buildings) in London, for students of the law barristers; as, the Inns of Court; the Inns of Chancery; Serjeants' Inns. Inns of chancery (Eng.), colleges in which young students formerly began their law studies, now occupied chiefly by attorneys, solicitors, etc. -- Inns of court (Eng…

An introduction. [Obs.] Harris.

in other matters. It is a general term, comprehending attorneys, counselors, solicitors, barristers, sergeants, and advocates.

theater as brilliantly as it is now lighted would have cost, I suppose, fifty pounds. F. Harrison. The sun has set, and Vesper, to supply His absent beams, has lighted up the sky. Dryden.

ted rhythm; sprightliness. The movement, the lilt, and the subtle charm of the verse. F. Harrison.

roceeding with regard to method; systematic. "Aristotle, strict, methodic, and orderly." Harris.

The doctrine of mutual dependence as the condition of individual and social welfare. F. Harrison. H. Spencer. Mallock.