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Having the qualities of a cuckold; mean-spirited; sneaking. Shak.

The state of a cuckold; cuckolds, collectively. Addison.

The state of being a cuckold; the practice of making cuckolds.

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

Eight times a quantity.

To give boldness or courage to; to encourage. Shak. The self-conceit which emboldened him to undertake this dangerous office. Sir W. Scott.

One who emboldens.

To render cold. [Obs.]

To infold. See Infold.

The act of infolding. See Infoldment.

In fives; consisting of five in one; five repeated; quintuple.

To lap or lay in plaits or folds; to lay one part over another part of; to double; as, to fold cloth; to fold a letter. As a vesture shalt thou fold them up. Heb. i. 12.

See Faldage.

One who, or that which, folds; esp., a flat, knifelike instrument used for folding paper.

Nonsense. [Colloq.]

The act of making a fold or folds; also, a fold; a doubling; a plication. The lower foldings of the vest. Addison.

Having no fold. Milman.

A holding with the feet; firm L'Estrange.

The forward part of the hold of a ship.

Ominous foreboding; superstitious prognostication. [Obs.] L'Estrange.