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Soon; in good season; seasonably; betimes; as, come early. Those that me early shall find me. Prov. viii. 17. You must wake and call me early. Tennyson.

Making a circuit of the year of the seasons; recurring in each quarter of the year; as, ember fasts.

ry man the inheritance of his fathers. Num. xxxvi. 8. To enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season. Heb. xi. 25.

redness, esp. in the plumage of birds, or hair of mammals, independently of age, sex, or season.

ses; that which moves, stirs, or induces action; a motive. The cares and excitements of a season of transition and struggle. Talfowrd.

ce; to continue, as time; to lengthen; to prolong; as, to extend the time of payment or a season of trail.

nd sellers, assembled at a particular place with their merchandise at a stated or regular season, or by special appointment, for trade.

The season when leaves fall from trees; autumn. What crowds of patients the town doctor kills, Or how, last fall, he raised the weekly bills. Dryden.

e; a meteorite; an aërolite. -- Falling tide, the ebb tide. -- Falling weather, a rainy season. [Colloq.] Bartlett.

hat has lain a year or more untilled or unseeded; land plowed without being sowed for the season. The plowing of fallows is a benefit to land. Mortimer.

Not producing young in a given season or year; -- said only of cows.

acity occupied; to have an abundant supply; to be satiated; as, corn fills well in a warm season; the sail fills with the wind.

floor next above the ground floor. [Eng.] -- First fruit or fruits. (a) The fruits of the season earliest gathered. (b) (Feudal Law) One year's profits of lands belonging to the king on the death of a tenant who held directly from him. (c) (Eng. Eccl. Law) The first year's whole profits of a benefice or spiritual livin…

ion, followed by relaxation or insction; an impulse and irregular action. The fits of the season. Shak.

irds flying in company; the birds that fly or migrate together; the birds produced in one season; as, a flight of arrows. Swift. Swift flights of angels ministrant. Milton. Like a flight of fowl Scattered winds and tempestuous gusts. Shak.

goose wing. Old Proverb. To have one's fling, to enjoy one's self to the full; to have a season of dissipation. J. H. Newman. "When I was as young as you, I had my fling. I led a life of pleasure." D. Jerrold.

The act of blossoming, or the season when plants blossom; florification.

Meat chopped fine and highly seasoned, either served up alone, or used as a stuffing. [Written also forced meat.]

The art of raising plants, flowers, and fruits at an earlier season than the natural one, as in a hitbed or by the use of artificial heat. Forcing bed or pit, a plant bed having an under layer of fermenting manure, the fermentation yielding bottom heat for forcing plants; a hotbed. -- Forcing engine, a fire engine. -…

Early; timely; seasonable. "Forehanded care." Jer. Taylor.