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Retired; secluded. "Sequestered scenes." Cowper. Along the cool, sequestered vale of life. Gray.

A hut or small cottage in an expessed or a retired place (as on a mountain or at the seaside) such as is used by shepherds, fishermen, sportsmen, etc.; a summer cottage; also, a shed. [Written also sheel, shealing, sheiling, etc.] [Scot.]

. -- To sit down. (a) To place one's self on a chair or other seat; as, to sit down when tired. (b) To begin a siege; as, the enemy sat down before the town. (c) To settle; to fix a permanent abode. Spenser. (d) To rest; to cease as satisfied. "Here we can not sit down, but still proceed in our search." Rogers. -- To…

ot much visited or frequented remote from society; retired; lonely; as, a solitary residence or place.

To be tired of eating, as cattle. [Prov. Eng.]

Tired or sore of foot from travel; lamed. [Obs.] Nares.

To adorn; to attire; to dress. [Obs.] [Jezebel] painted her face, and tired her head. 2 Kings ix. 30.

Tired; fatigued. [Obs.]

Of or pertaining to the shade or darkness; shadowy; unreal; secluded; retired. [R.] B. Jonson.

Not wearied; not fatigued or tired; hence, persistent; not tiring or wearying; indefatigable. -- Un*wea"ried*ly, adv. -- Un*wea"ried*ness, n.

o extirpate. Trees uprooted left their place. Dryden. At his command the uprooted hills retired. Milton.

strength exhausted by toil or exertion; worn out in respect to strength, endurance, etc.; tired; fatigued. I care not for my spirits if my legs were not weary. Shak. [I] am weary, thinking of your task. Longfellow.

f all colors; the opposite of black; whiteness. See the Note under Color, n., 1. Finely attired in a of white. Shak.