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nd fortify their laws with rewards and punishments. South. The mate backed the captain manfully. Blackw. Mag.

To wound by clandestine detraction; to censure meanly or spitefully (as absent person); to slander or speak evil of (one absent). Spenser.

In a bad manner; poorly; not well; unskillfully; imperfectly; unfortunately; grievously; so as to cause harm; disagreeably; seriously.

al object or purpose, upon a contract, expressed or implied, that the trust shall be faithfully executed on the part of the bailee, or person intrusted; as, to bail cloth to a tailor to be made into a garment; to bail goods to a carrier. Blackstone. Kent.

some special purpose, upon a contract, expressed or implied, that the trust shall be faithfully executed. Blackstone.

omentarily like a row of bright spots resembling a string of beads. The phenomenon (first fully described by Francis Baily, 1774 -- 1844) is thought to be an effect of irradiation, and of inequalities of the moon's edge.

went straight to nature in disregard of academic tradition, treating their subjects faithfully and with poetic feeling for color, light, and atmosphere. It is exemplified, esp. in landscapes, by Corot, Rousseau, Daubigny, Jules Dupré, and Diaz. Associated with them are certain painters of animals, as Troyon and Jaque,…

Unfruitfully; unproductively.

In a base manner; with despicable meanness; dishonorably; shamefully.

ct; to comport; to manage; to bear; -- used reflexively. Those that behaved themselves manfully. 2 Macc. ii. 21.

Useful, or usefully. [Obs.]

To ply diligently; to work carefully upon. "If the earth is belabored with culture, it yieldeth corn." Barrow.

To jut over; to overhang. There is a cliff, whose high and bending head Looks fearfully in the confined deep. Shak.

In a beneficial or advantageous manner; profitably; helpfully.

company at the time of her leaving port. -- Bill of indictment, a written accusation lawfully presented to a grand jury. If the jury consider the evidence sufficient to support the accusation, they indorse it "A true bill," or "Not found," or "Ignoramus", or "Ignored." -- Bill of lading, a written account of goods sh…

. preachers to blatter against me, . . . so that they had place and time to belie me shamefully. Latimer.

Happily; fortunately; joyfully. We shall blessedly meet again never to depart. Sir P. Sidney.

To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind; to be windy and boisterous, as the weather. And ever-threatening storms Of Chaos blustering round. Milton.

Boastfully; with boasting. "He boastingly tells you." Burke.

To do anything awkwardly or unskillfully.