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To rend in pieces; to tear. [R.] Howell.

Dimension. [R.] Howell.

To discommode. [Obs.] Howell.

To redeem from mortgage. [Obs.] Howell.

a distaff on the throne. Dryden. Some say the crozier, some say the distaff was too busy. Howell.

To banish or drive from a country. [Obs.] Howell.

Relating to, or given by, our Lord; as, the dominical (or Lord's) prayer. Howell. Some words altered in the dominical Gospels. Fuller. Dominical altar (Eccl.), the high altar. -- Dominical letter, the letter which, in almanacs, denotes Sunday, or the Lord's day (dies Domini). The first seven letters of the alphabet ar…

A hamlet. "A mean fishing dorp." Howell.

Pertaining to doxology; giving praise to God. Howell.

t of; to set in a comical light. [R.] This drolling everything is rather fatiguing. W. D. Howells.

Sharp-sighted as an eagle. "Inwardly eagle-eyed." Howell.

To remove. [Obs.] Howell.

To link together; to connect. Howell.

To harden; to embolden. [Obs.] Howell.

One who studies the daily motions and positions of the planets. Howell.

To eject, as wind, from the stomach; to belch. [R.] Howell.

Stripping of possession; spoliation. [Obs.] A pitiful excoriation of the poorer sort. Howell.

be an example for imitation or for warning; by way of example. She is exemplarily loyal. Howell. Some he punisheth exemplarily. Hakewill.

A person employed in the express business; also, the driver of a job wagon. W. D. Howells.

Tolerably fair. [Colloq.] W. D. Howells.