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rative character, worn loosely over the shoulders or about the neck or the waist; a light shawl or handkerchief for the neck; also, a cravat; a neckcloth. Put on your hood and scarf. Swift. With care about the banners, scarves, and staves. R. Browning.

tening aspect. Burns. A ruddy storm, whose scowl Made heaven's radiant face look foul. Crashaw.

A blanket or shawl worn as an outer garment by the Spanish Americans, as in Mexico.

See Shawm. [Obs.] Knolles.

of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use; as, a boot strap, shawl strap, stirrup strap.

uddenly; to interpose; to interrupt. "I proposed the embassy of Constantinople for Mr. Henshaw, but my Lord Winchelsea struck in." Evelyn. (d) To join in after another has begun,as in singing. -- To strike in with, to conform to; to suit itself to; to side with, to join with at once. "To assert this is to strike in wi…

take or drink by a little at a time; to sip. There I'll sup Balm and nectar in my cup. Crashaw.

To crowd or throng. Fanshawe.

A tasseled shawl or scarf worn over the head or thrown round the shoulders while at prayer.

d in amorous nets." Milton. When my simple weakness strays, Tangled in forbidden ways. Crashaw.

The male of various falcons, esp. of the peregrine; also, the male of the goshawk. Encyc. Brit.

To change; to convert. [R.] Crashaw.

evant and by most Mohammedans of the male sex, consisting of a cap, and a sash, scarf, or shawl, usually of cotton or linen, wound about the cap, and sometimes hanging down the neck.

To mingle; to mix. [Obs.] Crashaw.

Dried up; withered by heat. [Obs.] "My tongue . . . unparched." Crashaw.

Not plundered. [Obs.] "Unpoll'd Arabian wealth." Fanshawe.

blanket worn by countrywomen, in the west of England, over the shoulders, like a cloak or shawl. C. Kingsley.

A wrapper; -- often used in the plural for blankets, furs, shawls, etc., used in riding or traveling.

, the European yellow-hammer. -- Yellow cat (Zoöl.), a yellow catfish; especially, the bashaw. -- Yellow copperas (Min.), a hydrous sulphate of iron; -- called also copiapite. -- Yellow copper ore, a sulphide of copper and iron; copper pyrites. See Chalcopyrite. -- Yellow cress (Bot.), a yellow-flowered, cruciferou…

, a thin kind of cassimere made in Belgium; also, a waterproof fabric of wool. -- Zephyr shawl, a kind of thin, light, embroidered shawl made of worsted and cotton. -- Zephyr yarn, or worsted, a fine, soft kind of yarn or worsted, -- used for knitting and embroidery.