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ith fact; as, to state things truly; the facts are truly represented. I can not truly say how I came here. Shak.

A long tube through which pellets of clay, p He shot sugarplums them out of a trunk. Howell.

Having (such) a trunk. Thickset with strong and well-trunked trees. Howell.

A cylindrical projection on each side of a piece, whether gun, mortar, or howitzer, serving to support it on the cheeks of the carriage. See Illust. of Cannon.

To do; to fare; as, how do you try! [Prov. Eng.]

mp; bombast; swelling words or expressions; false magnificence or sublimity. [R.] Better, however, to be a flippant, than, by a revolting form of tumor and perplexity, to lead men into habits of intellect such as result from the modern vice of English style. De Quincey. Encysted tumor, a tumor which is inclosed in a me…

Without tune; inharmonious; unmusical. " Thy tuneless serenade." Cowley. How often have I led thy sportive choir, With tuneless pipe, beside the murmuring Loire! Goldsmith.

A turban. [Obs.] Milton. I see the Turk nodding with his turbant. Howell.

urbed; confused; disordered. " Such turbid intervals that use to attend close prisoners." Howell.

put in proper condition; to adapt. "The poet's pen turns them to shapes." Shak. His limbs how turned, how broad his shoulders spread ! Pope. He was perfectly well turned for trade. Addison.

ndicating check, rebuke, or contempt; as, tush, tush! do not speak of it. Tush, say they, how should God perceive it Bk. of Com. Prayer (Ps. lxxiii. 11).

Tutelage. [Obs.] Howell.

A surgeon's case of instruments. Howell.

ed in printing, spoken of collectively; any number or mass of such letters or characters, however disposed.

rchangeably, both letters being then used both as vowels and consonants. U and V are now, however, differentiated, U being used only as a vowel or semivowel, and V only as a consonant. The true primary vowel sound of U, in Anglo-Saxon, was the sound which it still retains in most of the languages of Europe, that of lon…

Ubiquitous. Howell.

1637, and whose tenets were essentially the same as those of the Mennonists. In addition, however, they held that Judas and the murderers of Christ were saved. So called from the founder of the sect, Ucke Wallis, a native of Friesland. Eadie.

Howling; wailing.

To howl, as a dog or a wolf; to wail; as, ululating jackals. Sir T. Herbert.

A howling, as of a dog or wolf; a wailing. He may fright others with his ululation. Wither.