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me cried-up English poet for their model. Dryden. But let her go for an ungrateful woman. Philips.

en. -- Foster earth, earth by which a plant is nourished, though not its native soil. J. Philips. -- Foster father, a man who takes the place of a father in caring for a child. Bacon. -- Foster land. (a) Land allotted for the maintenance of any one. [Obs.] (b) One's adopted country. -- Foster lean Etym: [foster + A…

Fruit, taken collectively; fruitage. J. Philips.

Running or flowing, as a liquid. [R.] "A fusil sea." J. Philips.

to a horse, but formerly used also of the human male. They went down both into the water, Philip and the gelding, and Philip baptized him. Wyclif (Acts viii. 38).

usible; to palliate by specious explanation. You have the art to gloss the foulest cause. Philips.

ertook the Argonautic expedition. (b) (Her.) An order of knighthood instituted in 1429 by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy; -- called also Toison d'Or. -- Golden grease, a bribe; a fee. [Slang] -- Golden hair (Bot.), a South African shrubby composite plant with golden yellow flowers, the Chrysocoma Coma-aurea. -- Go…

grass or herbage. The cackling goose, Close grazer, finds wherewith to ease her want. J. Philips.

An old cat, esp. a she-cat. J. Philips.

To utter with outcry. "Go . . . howl it out in deserts." Philips.

as of manner, influence, etc.; chilling; frigid; cold. Icy was the deportment with which Philip received these demonstrations of affection. Motley.

Intractable; not yielding to culture. [R.] "Ill-natured land." J. Philips. -- Ill`-na"tured*ly, adv. -- Ill`-na"tured*ness, n.

dly put together; inartificial; rude; unpolished; irregular. "Carol incondite rhymes." J. Philips.

tter added; increase; produce; production; -- opposed to decrement. "Large increment." J. Philips.

ant, by the insertion of a bud or eye; to inoculate. The arts of grafting and ineying. J. Philips.

To bend; to cause to become curved; to make crooked; to deflect. J. Philips.

ignominious; as, inglorious flight, defeat, etc. Inglorious shelter in an alien land. J. Philips.

h before the person whose favor is sought. Lysimachus . . . ingratiated himself both with Philip and his pupil. Budgell.

] Having no children, she did, with singular care and tenderness, intend the education of Philip. Bacon. My soul, not being able to intend two things at once, abated of its fervency in praying. Fuller.

own. Sir M. Hale. They interlard their native drinks with choice Of strongest brandy. J. Philips.