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In the United States navy, a sick-bay nurse; -- now officially designated as hospital apprentice.

To slobber on; to smear with spittle running from the mouth. Also Fig.: as, to beslobber with praise.

To daub, soil, or make foul with spawl or spittle. [Obs.] Milton.

A hospital for lunatics; -- corrupted into bedlam.

Obs.] A lousy slave, that . . . rode with the black guard in the duke's carriage, 'mongst spits and dripping pans. Webster (1612).

Boastful and threatening behavior; a boastful menace. In spite of our host's bravado. Irving.

Time to breathe; respite; pause. Give me some breath, some little pause. Shak.

A house of correction for the confinement of disorderly persons; -- so called from a hospital built in 1553 near St. Bride's (or Bridget's) well, in London, which was subsequently a penal workhouse.

A spit. [Obs.] He turned a broach that had worn a crown. Bacon.

A spit; a broach. On five sharp broachers ranked, the roast they turned. Dryden.

A small spit or skewer.

To strike with the hand or fist; to box; to beat; to cuff; to slap. They spit in his face and buffeted him. Matt. xxvi. 67.

ridicule anything. The dull burlesque appeared with impudence, And pleased by novelty in spite of sense. Dryden.

Fretfully; spitefully.

rical loss caused by death, wounds, discharge, or desertion. Casualty ward, A ward in a hospital devoted to the treatment of injuries received by accident.

A place of worship not connected with a church; as, the chapel of a palace, hospital, or prison.

en celebrated by a particular church service, and also by special gifts, greetings, and hospitality. Christmas box. (a) A box in which presents are deposited at Christmas. (b) A present or small gratuity given to young people and servants at Christmas; a Christmas gift. -- Christmas carol, a carol sung at, or suitable…

oom is in a clutter. He saw what a clutter there was with huge, overgrown pots, pans, and spits. L'Estrange.

the Union soldiers, and performed services of a religious character in the field and in hospitals. -- The United States Sanitary Commission, an organization formed by the people of the North to coöperate with and supplement the medical department of the Union armies during the Civil War.

t of patriotism. She [Britain] rears to freedom an undaunted race, Compatriot, zealous, hospitable, kind. Thomson.