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in the last part of a race course. The horse that ran the whole field out of distance. L'Estrange.

-- Next door to, near to; bordering on. A riot unpunished is but next door to a tumult. L'Estrange. -- Out of doors, or Without doors, and, colloquially, Out doors, out of the house; in open air; abroad; away; lost. His imaginary title of fatherhood is out of doors. Locke. -- To lay (a fault, misfortune, etc.) at one's…

One who practices double dealing; a deceitful, trickish person. L'Estrange.

alf asleep; to be drowsy. If he happened to doze a little, the jolly cobbler waked him. L'Estrange.

v. 4. He laid down his pipe, and cast his net, which brought him a very great draught. L'Estrange.

n that will not be reasoned into their senses, may yet be laughed or drolled into them. L'Estrange.

To beat with a stick; to thrash; to cudgel. Soundly Drubbed with a good honest cudgel. L'Estrange.

A contraction for even. See Even. I have e'en done with you. L'Estrange.

hem. Its full official title is The Orthodox Catholic Apostolic Eastern Church. It became estranged from the Western, or Roman, Church over the question of papal supremacy and the doctrine of the filioque, and a separation, begun in the latter part of the 9th century, became final in 1054. The Eastern Church consists o…

Sudden; hasty. [Obs.] "Ejaculatory repentances, that take us by fits and starts." L'Estrange.

ho lived at an earlier period; a predecessor. Carry your head as your elders have done. L'Estrange.

One who is confined to no general rule. L'Estrange.

Something offensive to the eye or sight; a blemish. Mordecai was an eyesore to Haman. L'Estrange.

usually in a bad sense; pliancy. It is a great error to take facility for good nature. L'Estrange.

fair words and good counsel will not prevail on us, we must be frighted into our duty. L' Estrange.

to befall; to chance. "There fell out a bloody quarrel betwixt the frogs and the mice." L'Estrange. (c) (Mil.) To leave the ranks, as a soldier. -- To fall over. (a) To revolt; to desert from one side to another.

a cap. An eagle had the ill hap to be struck with an arrow feathered from her own wing. L'Estrange.

. (a) To overtake. [Obs.] "Says [the hare], I can fetch up the tortoise when I please." L'Estrange. (b) To stop suddenly.

To put into the head of, as something useless o [Obs.] L'Estrange.

A piece of burning wood. L'Estrange.