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onvex bottom. By sucking out a little air, the bottom springs into a concave form with a smart crack; and by breathing or blowing gently into the orifice, the bottom, with a like noise, springs into its former convex form.

Age; antiquity. [Obs.] Martin.

Trouble; vexation; also, physical pain or smart of a sore, etc. [Obs.] I made the experiment, setting the moxa where . . . the greatest anger and soreness still continued. Temple.

employer for the money intrusted to his care. Let his neck answer for it, if there is any martial law. Shak.

To sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm; as, to approve the decision of a court-martial.

on or affection; eagerness; zeal; as, he pursues study with ardor; the fought with ardor; martial ardor.

remains of the human body when burnt, or when "returned to dust" by natural decay. Their martyred blood and ashes sow. Milton. The coffins were broken open. The ashes were scattered to the winds. Macaulay.

Same as Aspen. "Trembling poplar or asp." Martyn.

crown or accidental glory added to the bliss of heaven, as a reward to those (as virgins, martyrs, preachers, etc.) who have overcome the world, the flesh, and the devil.

Extemporary; offhand. [R.] Dean Martin.

A little cask, or something resembling one. Smart.

l more or less extensive. -- To fight at barriers, to fight with a barrier between, as a martial exercise. [Obs.]

and dissolute minions of the palace, dared to do more than mutter something about a court martial. Macaulay.

oöl.), a minute, wingless, dipterous insect (Braula cæca) parasitic on hive bees. -- Bee martin (Zoöl.), the kingbird (Tyrannus Carolinensis) which occasionally feeds on bees. -- Bee moth (Zoöl.), a moth (Galleria cereana) whose larvæ feed on honeycomb, occasioning great damage in beehives. -- Bee wolf (Zoöl.), the…

Of or pertaining to war; warlike; martial. [Obs.] "Bellic Cæsar." Feltham.

To betoken; to show; to indicate by external marks or appearances. When the abbot of St. Martin was born, he had so little the figure of a man that it bespoke him rather a monster. Locke.

To cause sharp pain, or smarting, to; to hurt or injure, in a literal or a figurative sense; as, pepper bites the mouth. "Frosts do bite the meads." Shak.

Causing pain or smart; piercing; painful; sharp; severe; as, a bitter cold day.

A prostitute; a courtesan; a strumpet. [Low] Smart.

or taunt; a trick. He that a fool doth very wisely hit, Doth very foolishly, although he smart, Not to seem senseless of the bob. Shak.