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One who associates with drabs; a wencher. Massinger.

The quality or condition of being a duke; also, the personality of a duke. Massinger.

ported into England from Holland. -- Dutch concert, a so-called concert in which all the singers sing at the same time different songs. [Slang] -- Dutch courage, the courage of partial intoxication. [Slang] Marryat. -- Dutch door, a door divided into two parts, horizontally, so arranged that the lower part can be shu…

in; to remain absorbed with; to stick to; to make much of; as, to dwell upon a subject; a singer dwells on a note. They stand at a distance, dwelling on his looks and language, fixed in amazement. Buckminster.

e, yielding the highest pleasures; exceedingly delightful; beatific. "Elysian shades." Massinger. "Elysian age." Beattie. This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life elysian. Longfellow.

To call for a repetition or reappearance of; as, to encore a song or a singer. [Rebecca] insisted upon encoring one of the duets. Thackeray.

To come together; to meet, as in sexual embrace. "I saw their mouths engender." Massinger.

ething sacred; as, to enshrine something in memory. We will enshrine it as holy relic. Massinger.

Ostrich. [Obs.] Massinger.

From grateful souls exact reward at last Dryden. My designs Exact me in another place. Massinger.

aling; unfaithfulness; treachery; perfidy; as, the falseness of a report, a drawing, or a singer's notes; the falseness of a man, or of his word.

A dog keeper. [Obs.] Massinger.

Little flowers of ornament introduced into a melody by a singer or player.

A parasite. [Obs.] Massinger.

ost curious and costly ingredients frayed, I shall acknowledge myself amply satisfied. Massinger.

ly reported. [Obs.] 'T is frequent in the city he hath subdued The Catti and the Daci. Massinger.

Having all its sails set,; hence, without restriction or reservation. Massinger.

Prepossessing; well-favored. [Obs.] Massinger.

them to numerous minute jets of gas to burn off the small fibers; any similar process of singeing.

To be glad; to rejoice. [Obs.] Massinger.