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A twig, cone, or little branch. See Chit.

Little sticks; twigs for burning; fuel. Johnson.

My voice or hands deny, These hands let useful skill forsake, This voice in silence die. Dwight.

A chink or cleft; a narrow and deep ravine; as, Shanklin Chine in the Isle of Wight, a quarter of a mile long and 230 feet deep. [Prov. Eng.] "The cottage in a chine." J. Ingelow.

. [Obs.] That by his fellowship he color might Both his estate and love from skill of any wight. Spenser.

ted States; -- a poetical appellation given in honor of Columbus, the discoverer. Dr. T. Dwight.

loth; a piece of silk, fine muslin, or other cloth, worn by men about the neck. While his wig was combed and his cravat tied. Macualay.

ull off; to browse; to pluck; to mow; to reap. I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one. Ezek. xvii. 22.

Something cut, cut off, or cut out, as a twig or

To deprive of fibrin, as fresh blood or lymph by stirring with twigs.

The division of insects which includes the earwigs (Forticulidæ).

ich has the anterior pair of wings coriaceous, and does not use them in flight, as the earwig.

The earwig.

An order of insects, including the earwig. The anterior wings are short, in the form of elytra, while the posterior wings fold up beneath them. See Earwig.

Twigs and branches of evergreen plants used for decoration. "The funeral evengreens entwine." Keble.

ther liquid matter; to give out. Our forests exude turpentine in . . . abundance. Dr. T. Dwight.

A bundle of sticks, twigs, or small branches of trees, used for fuel, for raising batteries, filling ditches, or other purposes in fortification; a fascine. Shak.

nce" exercised toward the moral character of God, and particularly of the Savior. Dr. T. Dwight. Faith is an affectionate, practical confidence in the testimony of God. J. Hawes.

Having no fancy; without ideas or imagination. [R.] A pert or bluff important wight, Whose brain is fanciless, whose blood is white. Armstrong.

which anything is, acts, serves, or is done. The oak for nothing ill, The osier good for twigs, the poplar for the mill. Spenser. It was young counsel for the persons, and violent counsel for the matters. Bacon. Shall I think the worls was made for one, And men are born for kings, as beasts for men, Not for protection,…