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Full of breath; full of odor; fragrant. [Obs.]

Respiration; the act of inhaling and exhaling air. Subject to a difficulty of breathing. Melmoth.

Spent with labor or violent action; out of breath.

In a breathless manner.

The state of being breathless or out of breath.

ions; to abash or disconcert by impudent or abusive words or looks; to bully; as, to browbeat witnesses. My grandfather was not a man to be browbeaten. W. Irving.

ing, with stern looks, suspercilious manners, or confident assertions. The imperious browbeating and scorn of great men. L'Estrange.

A plant (Fagopyrum esculentum) of the Polygonum family, the seed of which is used for food.

Fitted with, or wearing, shoes. Johnson.

A degeneration of animal tissue into a cheesy or curdy mass.

to some officer not to do a certain act until the party is heard in opposition; as, a caveat entered in a probate court to stop the proving of a will or the taking out of letters of administration, etc. Bouvier.

Shifting the sword from one side of an adversary's sword to the other.

One who enters a caveat.

Impregnated with salts of iron; having a taste like iron; as, chalybeate springs.

or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture. When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat. Dryden.

Capable of being cheated.

Capability of being cheated.

One who cheats.

To strengthen with a cleat.

Shaped like a round buckler or shield; scutate.