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oftly. Here an old grandmother was crooning over a sick child, and rocking it to and fro. Dickens.

Humor; temper of mind. [Colloq.] Dickens.

Like a cushion; soft; pliable. A flat and cushiony noce. Dickens.

liar person; -- in an indefinite sense; as, a queer customer; an ugly customer. [Colloq.] Dickens.

of the room in a dazed state, that is an odd though a sufficient substitute for interest. Dickens.

o the last degree; completely; wholly. [Colloq.] I was tired of reading, and dead sleepy. Dickens. Dead drunk, so drunk as to be unconscious.

Same as Deary. Dickens.

t her eye with slow dilation rolled. Tennyson. A gigantic dilation of the hateful figure. Dickens.

Immediately after; as soon as. Directly he stopped, the coffin was removed. Dickens.

A distributer. [R.] Dickens.

petition. A spacious table in the center, and a variety of smaller dittos in the corners. Dickens.

A character in Dickens's novel "Barnaby Rudge," a beautiful, lively, and coquettish girl who wore a cherry-colored mantle and cherry-colored ribbons.

To predominate over; to rule; to govern. "A city dominated by the ax." Dickens. We everywhere meet with Slavonian nations either dominant or dominated. W. Tooke.

o and sit upon the stairs, in . . . a strong draught of air, until he was again sent for. Dickens.

In a faded manner. A dull room fadedly furnished. Dickens.

State of worry or excitment; fidget; ill humor. [Prov. Eng.] Dickens.

A person; an individual. She seemed to be a good sort of fellow. Dickens.

The apparation of a living person; a wraith. The very fetch and ghost of Mrs. Gamp. Dickens. Fetch candle, a light seen at night, superstitiously believed to portend a person's death.

or eager to kill or injure; of a nature to inspire terror; ferocious. "A fierce whisper." Dickens. "A fierce tyrant." Pope. The fierce foe hung upon our broken rear. Milton. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion. Job. x. 16.

Something serving to rouse or excite. I take a glass of grog for a filip. Dickens.