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The act of reading, especially of reading through or with care. Woodward.

A mold or matrix in which anything is cast or formed to a particular shape. [R.] Woodward.

The hurry, precipitation, and rapid motion of the water, returning . . . towards the sea. Woodward.

ause I thus treat last of the antediluvian earth, which was first in the order of nature. Woodward.

revalent observance; prevalent disease. This was the most received and prevalent opinion. Woodward.

That from which supplies are drawn; a storehouse; a magazine; a repository. Woodward.

A mold; a matrix. [R.] Woodward.

ds have their surface punctulated, as if set all over with other studs infinitely lesser. Woodward.

t] was recent, and formed out of the mud discharged into the neighboring sea by the Nile. Woodward.

which, how much soever it may relish of wit and invention, hath no foundation in nature. Woodward.

s, bold; those languid and remiss. Roscommon. Its motion becomes more languid and remiss. Woodward.

bosom. Chapman. Pebbles reposed in those cliffs amongst the earth . . . are left behind. Woodward.

A place in which things are reserved or kept. Woodward.

To take back,, as a grant or favor previously bestowed; to revoke. [Obs.] Woodward.

, and to the obedience of the people. -- To rights. (a) In a direct line; straight. [R.] Woodward. (b) At once; directly. [Obs. or Colloq.] Swift. -- To set to rights, To put to rights, to put in good order; to adjust; to regulate, as what is out of order. -- Writ of right (Law), a writ which lay to recover lands in…

To be split or rent asunder. Freestone rives, splits, and breaks in any direction. Woodward.

As wax dissolves, as ice begins to run. Addison. Sussex iron ores run freely in the fire. Woodward.

urchased by samples. I design this but for a sample of what I hope more fully to discuss. Woodward.

plate or salver; composed of platelike surfaces; as, the scutellated bone of a sturgeon. Woodward.

as, the semblance of worth; semblance of virtue. Only semblances or imitations of shells. Woodward.