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omments or notes upon; to make comments. [R.] Commentate upon it, and return it enriched. Lamb.

Compensation. [R.] Lamb.

of that sex the belonging to which was, after all, my strongest claim and title to them. Lamb.

Having the same limits; ending at the same time; conterminous. Lamb.

Pertaining to, or having, convulsions; convulsionary. [R.] Lamb.

pecies of Valerianella, annual herbs sometimes used for salad. V. olitoria is also called lamb's lettuce. -- Corn stone, red limestone. [Prov. Eng.] -- Corn violet (Bot.), a species of Campanula. -- Corn weevil. (Zoöl.) (a) A small weevil which causes great injury to grain. (b) In America, a weevil (Sphenophorus zeæ)…

A lamb reared without the aid of the dam. Hence: A pet, in general.

To give a rural appearance to; to cause to appear rustic. Lamb.

-browned, crisp rind of roasted pork. For the first time in his life he tested crackling. Lamb.

A kind of scab or ulceration on the skin of lambs.

A vain fancy speculation; a reverie; a castle in the air; unfounded hope. Mrs. Lambert's little daydream was over. Thackeray.

Abstraction of a child from its parents. Lamb.

; especially, disordered in mind; crazy; insane. The story of a poor deranged parish lad. Lamb.

a young object of the same kind with that denoted by the primitive; as, gosling, eaglet, lambkin. Babyisms and dear diminutives. Tennyson.

gently raised their fainting courage, and dispelled their fears. Milton. I saw myself the lambent easy light Gild the brown horror, and dispel the night. Dryden.

To give birth to; as, to drop a lamb.

Doubtfulness; uncertainty; doubt. [R.] Lamb. "The dubiety of his fate." Sir W. Scott.

A lamb just brought forth; a yeanling. Shak.

A kind of posset made of eggs, brandy, sugar, and ale. Lamb.

A little epistle. Lamb.