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To dislike. [Obs.]

One who has an unusual fancy for, or interest in, dogs; also, one who deals in dogs.

A trifle. [Low] Hudibras.

Injured as by fire; burned; -- said of manure which has lost its goodness and acquired an ashy hue in consequence of heat generated by decomposition.

The ensign or standard in use by certain princes or states, such as the mediæval republics of Italy, and in more recent times by the pope.

The snowy owl.

The state or period of being an infant; the first part of life; early childhood. The babe yet lies in smiling infancy. Milton. Their love in early infancy began. Dryden.

Too odious to be expressed or mentioned. [Obs.] Howell.

The privilege granted to lords of certain manors to judge thieves taken within the seigniory of such lords. Cowell.

t his birth; a young babe; sometimes, a child several years of age. And tender cries of infants pierce the ear. C. Pitt.

A title borne by every one of the daughters of the kings of Spain and Portugal, except the eldest.

A title given to every one of sons of the kings of Spain and Portugal, except the eldest or heir apparent.

Infancy. [R.]

Of or pertaining to infanticide; engaged in, or guilty of, child murder.

The murder of an infant born alive; the murder or killing of a newly born or young child; child murder.

Of or pertaining to infancy, or to an infant; similar to, or characteristic of, an infant; childish; as, infantile behavior.

An acute disease, almost exclusively infantile, characterized by inflammation of the anterior horns of the gray substance of the spinal cord. It is attended with febrile symptoms, motor paralysis, and muscular atrophy, often producing permanent deformities. Called also acute anterior poliomyelitis.

Infantile; childish. A degree of credulity next infantine. Burke.

Like an infant. Shak.

Like an infant. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.