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bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles. It has a harsh, croaking note. See Caw.

A suborder of Bryozoa, usually having a circle of bristles below the tentacles.

Bold; spirited; showy. The dashing and daring spirit is preferable to the listless. T. Campbell.

Having a dull, faint heart; spiritless; listless. -- Dead"*heart`ed*ness, n. Bp. Hall.

o while away; to take away as if by deception. These occupations oftentimes deceived The listless hour. Wordsworth.

Appertaining to a decree; containing a decree; as, a decretal epistle. Ayliffe.

Constituting or serving as a dedication; complimental. "An epistle dedicatory." Dryden.

The fixed order of things; invincible necessity; fate; a resistless power or agency conceived of as determining the future, whether in general or of an individual. But who can turn the stream of destiny Spenser. Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny. Longfellow. The Dest…

non, or ecclesiastical writing of inferior authority; -- said of the Apocrypha, certain Epistles, etc.

anguage; tongue; form of speech. This book is writ in such a dialect As may the minds of listless men affect. Bunyan. The universal dialect of the world. South.

progress for weeks; -- so called by sailors. To be in the doldrums, to be in a state of listlessness ennui, or tedium.

us of low perennial or biennial plants, the leaves of which are beset with gland-tipped bristles. See Sundew. Gray.

estitute of that which interests or amuses; barren; unembellished; jejune; plain. These epistles will become less dry, more susceptible of ornament. Pope.

A brush of feathers, bristles, or hair, for removing dust from furniture.

Set with prickles; prickly, like a hedgehog; bristled; as, an echinated pericarp.

The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, as the down of the thistle.

Pertaining to epistles or letters; suitable to letters and correspondence; as, an epistolary style.

One who writes epistles; a correspondent. Mary Cowden Clarke.

One of the clergy who reads the epistle at the communion service; an epistler.

A little epistle. Lamb.