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Want of knowledge; lack of sense; vacuity of mind. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray. Pope. The sins of emptiness, gossip, and spite. Tennyson.

; to allure; to attract; as, the bait enticed the fishes. Often in a bad sense: To lead astray; to induce to evil; to tempt; as, the sirens enticed them to listen. Roses blushing as they blow, And enticing men to pull. Beau. & Fl. My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. Prov. i. 10. Go, and thine erring broth…

To dress up; to array; accouter. The country are led astray in following the town, and equipped in a ridiculous habit, when they fancy themselves in the height of the mode. Addison.

To wander; to roam; to stray. [Archaic] "Why wilt thou err from me" Keble. What seemeth to you, if there were to a man an hundred sheep and one of them hath erred. Wyclif (Matt. xviii. 12).

Wandering; straying; deviating from the right course; -- hence, irregular; unnatural. [Obs.] "Erroneous circulation." Arbuthnot. Stopped much of the erroneous light, which otherwise would have disturbed the vision. Sir I. Newman.

To betray; to falsify. [Obs.] [He] hath his truthe falsed in this wise. Chaucer.

Treachery; deceit; perfidy; unfaithfulness. Betrayed by falsehood of his guard. Shak.

To form a conception of; to portray in the mind; to imagine. He whom I fancy, but can ne'er express. Dryden.

Or like a fawning parasite, obeyest. Milton. Courtiers who fawn on a master while they betray him. Macaulay.

her bows. (b) To make one's self conspicuous.[Colloq.] -- To show the white feather, to betray cowardice, -- a white feather in the tail of a cock being considered an indication that he is not of the true game breed.

tructure of wood, iron, or other material, intended to prevent intrusion from without or straying from within. Leaps o'er the fence with ease into the fold. Milton.

To portray too favorably; to give a too favorable idea of; as, his portrait flatters him.

The track or trail of an animal. To run a foil,to lead astray; to puzzle; -- alluding to the habits of some animals of running back over the same track to mislead their pursuers. Brewer.

To wander away; to go astray; to wander far and to weariness. [Obs.]

An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc.

re wavering and inclined to fall; lightheaded; dizzy. By giddy head and staggering legs betrayed. Tate.

To retrace (one's path or footsteps). (b) To abandon; to turn against; to betray. [Slang, U. S.] -- To go below (Naut), to go below deck. -- To go between, to interpose or mediate between; to be a secret agent between parties; in a bad sense, to pander. -- To go beyond. See under Beyond. -- To go by, to pass away un…

To wander; to go astray; to err; to blunder; -- used of mental processes. [R.] Byron.

From this time forward; henceforward. I never from thy side henceforth to stray. Milton.

A kind of wooden tray with a handle, borne on the shoulder, for carrying mortar, brick, etc.