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s.] Ethelbert . . . went peaceably to King Offa for desponsage of Athilrid, his daughter. Foxe.

Destined. [Obs.] "Destinate to hell." Foxe.

To evict; to remove. [Obs.] Foxe.

To devolve. [Obs.] Foxe.

A genus of plants including the foxglove.

.] The life of William Tyndale . . . is sufficiently and at large discoursed in the book. Foxe.

To degrade. [Obs.] Foxe.

ike. Hannah More. We have spoken of the dislike of these excellent women for Sheridan and Fox. J. Morley. His dislike of a particular kind of sensational stories. A. W. Ward.

Loss; damage. Foxe.

To expunge. [Obs.] Foxe.

Rigorous; stringent; harsh. [Obs.] Punishing with the rod of district severity. Foxe.

Strictly. [Obs.] Foxe.

Dividend; share. [Obs.] Foxe.

To divulge. [Obs.] Foxe.

Like a doctor or learned man. [Obs.] "Doctorly prelates." Foxe.

A small British marine fish (Callionymuslyra); -- called also yellow sculpin, fox, and gowdie.

- Drawn game or battle, one in which neither party wins; one equally contested. -- Drawn fox, one driven from cover. Shak. -- Drawn work, ornamental work made by drawing out threads from fine cloth, and uniting the cross threads, to form a pattern.

A hole in the ground, where an animal hides himself; as, the earth of a fox. Macaulay. They [ferrets] course the poor conies out of their earths. Holland.

Full of error; wrong. Foxe.

by the pope or a prince appointing a successor to any benefice before it becomes vacant. Foxe.